Highest Paying IT Jobs in the UK

Use this page to decide which it jobs roles to target next, based on current salary and demand signals.

The field of Information Technology (IT) is one of the most lucrative industries in the UK.

With rapid technological advancements and a growing reliance on technology across various sectors, the demand for skilled IT professionals has increased significantly.

As a result, IT jobs have become some of the highest paying jobs in the UK.

Last 12 Month IT Jobs Summary

There have been 5,297,107 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,036,670	95.08 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	171,137	3.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	89,300	1.69 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 101,867 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 441,426 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	96,858	419,722
Contract	5,008	21,703

The busiest month for new permanent IT Jobs in the UK is March, whilst the quietest month is June.

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is January, and the quietest month is October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

103,044

Up 119.3% vs last year

Average salary

£52,850.00

Down 2.4% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

2,714

Up 68.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 6.0% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

1,117

Up 69.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Down 0.2% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed IT Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
March 2026	103,044
February 2026	82,182
January 2026	95,521
December 2025	37,456
November 2025	32,533
October 2025	31,836
September 2025	50,492
August 2025	44,736
July 2025	34,627
June 2025	24,764
May 2025	30,270
April 2025	44,790

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	20	£113,595.00	£121,550.00	£129,500.00
Angular	62	£105,000.00	£115,470.00	£125,940.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	167	£94,305.00	£101,935.00	£109,570.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Enterprise Architect	65	£91,450.00	£96,140.00	£100,825.00
Python	468	£84,460.00	£93,110.00	£101,760.00
Java Developer	152	£83,665.00	£91,855.00	£100,045.00
Head of Software	4	£83,250.00	£90,500.00	£97,750.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Data Architect	148	£83,575.00	£89,820.00	£96,065.00
Business Architect	16	£82,500.00	£87,125.00	£91,750.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Azure Architect	16	£78,440.00	£85,940.00	£93,440.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	227	£76,400.00	£83,505.00	£90,600.00
Cloud Consultant	6	£79,375.00	£83,125.00	£86,875.00
Software Architect	245	£82,525.00	£82,525.00	£82,525.00
Programme Lead	3	£70,000.00	£82,500.00	£95,000.00
Solutions Architect	374	£77,480.00	£82,440.00	£87,405.00
Security Architect	58	£76,415.00	£81,860.00	£87,305.00
Software Engineer	1,352	£73,600.00	£81,370.00	£89,135.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Architect	50	£74,895.00	£79,145.00	£83,395.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£72,750.00	£78,750.00	£84,750.00
Head of Service	22	£74,155.00	£78,635.00	£83,115.00
Transformation Manager	33	£71,825.00	£78,035.00	£84,250.00
Technical Lead	510	£74,500.00	£77,740.00	£80,990.00
Functional Consultant	35	£71,600.00	£77,595.00	£83,585.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Backend Developer	51	£69,945.00	£76,910.00	£83,875.00
SAP Consultant	34	£69,970.00	£76,430.00	£82,890.00
Network Manager	12	£71,875.00	£76,250.00	£80,625.00
Transformation Lead	13	£74,125.00	£75,815.00	£77,500.00
Software Developer	1,025	£70,175.00	£75,540.00	£80,900.00
Data Engineer	811	£69,685.00	£75,365.00	£81,040.00
Infrastructure Manager	75	£70,840.00	£75,300.00	£79,755.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Network Security Engineer	1	£75,000.00	£75,000.00	£75,000.00
Information Security Manager	31	£69,530.00	£74,815.00	£80,100.00
Head of Product	7	£67,475.00	£74,675.00	£81,890.00
Head of Operations	49	£70,815.00	£74,525.00	£78,240.00
IT Director	4,800	£68,665.00	£74,365.00	£80,060.00
Data Scientist	61	£68,695.00	£74,265.00	£79,835.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	60	£70,775.00	£73,865.00	£76,955.00
Application Developer	41	£69,000.00	£73,800.00	£78,595.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Cloud Engineer	204	£66,905.00	£73,140.00	£79,360.00
Hardware Engineer	340	£71,720.00	£73,000.00	£74,275.00
Information Security	201	£68,720.00	£72,720.00	£76,720.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Active Directory	18	£70,035.00	£72,285.00	£74,535.00
Lead Developer	289	£67,460.00	£72,115.00	£76,780.00
Application Manager	66	£67,405.00	£71,790.00	£76,180.00
Application Architect	25	£69,790.00	£71,565.00	£73,335.00
Full Stack Developer	234	£64,390.00	£71,350.00	£78,310.00
Test Manager	41	£66,905.00	£71,150.00	£75,395.00
DevOps Engineer	220	£65,435.00	£71,055.00	£76,670.00
Data Modeller	236	£65,055.00	£70,665.00	£76,270.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Programme Manager	362	£65,575.00	£70,250.00	£74,915.00
JavaScript Developer	7	£62,500.00	£70,000.00	£77,500.00
Senior Product Manager	27	£66,250.00	£69,590.00	£72,935.00
Technical Consultant	51	£61,235.00	£69,575.00	£77,915.00
Senior Software Developer	13	£66,200.00	£69,500.00	£72,800.00
Senior Developer	316	£64,375.00	£69,175.00	£73,965.00
Scrum Master	14	£62,335.00	£68,865.00	£75,400.00
Cloud Architect	10	£62,375.00	£68,625.00	£74,875.00
Solution Designer	363	£63,290.00	£68,440.00	£73,590.00
Cyber Security	504	£63,420.00	£68,195.00	£72,975.00
Business Relationship Manager	4	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Sharepoint Consultant	2	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
Delivery Manager	331	£62,615.00	£66,125.00	£69,625.00
Data Management	433	£62,145.00	£65,775.00	£69,400.00
Network Security	77	£61,690.00	£65,705.00	£69,725.00
Service Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Data Science	45	£60,100.00	£64,810.00	£69,520.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£59,095.00	£64,430.00	£69,765.00
Implementation Consultant	4	£60,250.00	£64,000.00	£67,750.00
Technical Author	503	£63,655.00	£63,700.00	£63,745.00
Product Owner	162	£59,700.00	£63,680.00	£67,665.00
Front End Developer	26	£58,975.00	£63,650.00	£68,320.00
Cyber Security Manager	18	£61,215.00	£63,500.00	£65,785.00
Service Delivery Manager	30	£60,595.00	£63,220.00	£65,835.00
Hardware Designer	146	£61,060.00	£62,940.00	£64,820.00
Cisco Engineer	4	£55,000.00	£61,875.00	£68,750.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Network Engineer	283	£57,810.00	£61,300.00	£64,790.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Head of IT	6,788	£57,430.00	£60,970.00	£64,505.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Senior Analyst	205	£57,945.00	£60,525.00	£63,105.00
Cyber Security Consultant	50	£53,965.00	£60,405.00	£66,840.00
Data Migration	28	£55,910.00	£60,010.00	£64,105.00
Network Administrator	2	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Embedded Software Engineer	37	£51,470.00	£59,555.00	£67,640.00
Business Analyst	640	£55,925.00	£59,230.00	£62,535.00
Technical Services Manager	105	£56,130.00	£59,165.00	£62,200.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Information Management	107	£55,290.00	£58,225.00	£61,165.00
Test Lead	42	£54,550.00	£57,565.00	£60,570.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Systems Administrator	82	£54,425.00	£57,225.00	£60,025.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£57,125.00	£60,875.00
Digital Analyst	14	£55,520.00	£57,030.00	£58,550.00
BI Developer	30	£52,070.00	£56,995.00	£61,915.00
Product Management	1,255	£53,220.00	£56,970.00	£60,730.00
Systems Specialist	44	£55,375.00	£56,375.00	£57,375.00
Cyber Security Analyst	18	£51,065.00	£56,270.00	£61,480.00
Docker	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Technical Analyst	14	£53,460.00	£56,085.00	£58,710.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
Software Team Leader	9	£55,500.00	£55,500.00	£55,500.00
IT Project Manager	7,169	£51,130.00	£55,430.00	£59,735.00
Oracle Developer	4	£50,250.00	£55,250.00	£60,250.00
Information Analyst	14	£50,835.00	£55,000.00	£59,165.00
Wordpress	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Project Analyst	6	£51,890.00	£54,690.00	£57,500.00
IT Business Partner	2,224	£52,140.00	£54,680.00	£57,220.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Application Support	227	£50,195.00	£53,470.00	£56,745.00
Systems Developer	341	£49,240.00	£53,230.00	£57,220.00
Systems Analyst	44	£48,560.00	£53,180.00	£57,805.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Technical Account Manager	76	£49,515.00	£52,960.00	£56,405.00
Data Analyst	243	£48,725.00	£52,415.00	£56,115.00
Product Marketing Manager	21	£48,015.00	£52,160.00	£56,300.00
SQL Developer	6	£48,335.00	£52,085.00	£55,835.00
Data Analysis	49	£47,985.00	£51,560.00	£55,145.00
Systems Manager	2,434	£48,780.00	£50,910.00	£53,045.00
Operations Analyst	10	£47,000.00	£50,750.00	£54,500.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Data Centre Engineer	2	£46,000.00	£50,500.00	£55,000.00
Application Support Analyst	30	£47,150.00	£50,345.00	£53,535.00
Product Development Manager	4	£45,550.00	£50,250.00	£54,975.00
Programming	887	£47,840.00	£50,210.00	£52,570.00
CRM Manager	15	£49,145.00	£50,175.00	£51,205.00
Business Systems Analyst	14	£44,215.00	£50,000.00	£55,785.00
Service Desk Manager	4	£48,215.00	£49,715.00	£51,215.00
Information Security Analyst	21	£46,665.00	£49,165.00	£51,665.00
Digital	4,398	£45,920.00	£49,015.00	£52,115.00
Database Administrator	13	£46,335.00	£48,710.00	£51,085.00
Mobile Engineer	267	£45,705.00	£48,475.00	£51,250.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Web Developer	62	£44,030.00	£47,765.00	£51,500.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
SQL Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Technical Support Manager	14	£45,800.00	£47,365.00	£48,925.00
Performance Analyst	23	£45,000.00	£47,085.00	£49,165.00
Service Manager	3,219	£44,765.00	£47,045.00	£49,330.00
Development	73,077	£44,395.00	£47,025.00	£49,665.00
Developer	73,057	£44,275.00	£47,005.00	£49,745.00
PHP Developer	25	£43,750.00	£46,820.00	£49,895.00
Product Developer	573	£43,015.00	£46,745.00	£50,475.00
Reporting Analyst	23	£45,030.00	£46,675.00	£48,320.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Implementation Manager	26	£45,000.00	£46,250.00	£47,500.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Junior Developer	55	£42,400.00	£45,775.00	£49,150.00
SQL Database Administrator	7	£43,500.00	£45,625.00	£47,750.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
AI Specialist	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Android Developer	2	£35,000.00	£45,000.00	£55,000.00
IT Service Desk Manager	13	£43,730.00	£44,795.00	£45,855.00
Application Specialist	38	£43,855.00	£44,375.00	£44,895.00
Technical Trainer	19	£42,230.00	£44,095.00	£45,955.00
IT Consultant	19,155	£38,490.00	£44,075.00	£49,650.00
IT Specialist	10,915	£41,690.00	£43,640.00	£45,600.00
IT Manager	126,611	£41,055.00	£43,620.00	£46,185.00
IT Support Analyst	288	£39,815.00	£42,610.00	£45,395.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£42,250.00	£45,000.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Website	818	£39,365.00	£42,205.00	£45,045.00
IT Support Engineer	1,115	£38,855.00	£41,670.00	£44,500.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Technical Support	697	£38,945.00	£41,470.00	£43,990.00
Senior IT Technician	303	£38,155.00	£41,315.00	£44,470.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£41,250.00	£41,250.00	£41,250.00
IT Technician	51,301	£38,635.00	£40,775.00	£42,920.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£37,335.00	£40,500.00	£43,665.00
Laravel Developer	11	£35,625.00	£40,190.00	£44,750.00
IT Support	181,141	£37,730.00	£39,575.00	£41,420.00
Product	29,367	£37,075.00	£38,855.00	£40,640.00
IT Business Development Executive	91	£31,425.00	£38,440.00	£45,455.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,008	£35,110.00	£37,655.00	£40,210.00
Service Desk	227	£35,680.00	£37,540.00	£39,400.00
Systems Officer	4	£35,900.00	£37,200.00	£38,500.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
IT Trainer	1,386	£34,545.00	£36,615.00	£38,690.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Technical Officer	2	£33,500.00	£36,000.00	£38,500.00
Service Analyst	30	£33,755.00	£35,905.00	£38,055.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Officer	18,616	£33,065.00	£35,125.00	£37,195.00
IT Support Technician	60	£33,225.00	£35,005.00	£36,780.00
Product Planner	91	£32,930.00	£34,760.00	£36,585.00
Support Consultant	8	£31,835.00	£34,750.00	£37,665.00
2nd Line Support	49	£32,335.00	£34,650.00	£36,975.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Executive	285	£33,120.00	£34,155.00	£35,185.00
Service Desk Analyst	47	£31,060.00	£33,145.00	£35,230.00
CRM Administrator	2	£29,000.00	£32,000.00	£35,000.00
Junior Product Manager	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Support Officer	305	£30,285.00	£31,255.00	£32,225.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
Web Design	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
1st Line Support	17	£28,450.00	£30,135.00	£31,815.00
1st Line IT Support	15	£28,660.00	£30,115.00	£31,565.00
IT Trainee	5,123	£27,010.00	£29,795.00	£32,575.00
Systems Coordinator	6	£28,835.00	£29,750.00	£30,665.00
IT Security Officer	48	£29,545.00	£29,715.00	£29,885.00
It Graduate	584	£27,640.00	£29,500.00	£31,370.00
IT Helpdesk	141	£28,405.00	£29,135.00	£29,865.00
IT Administrator	14,991	£27,460.00	£28,620.00	£29,780.00
Technical Administrator	39	£27,035.00	£28,545.00	£30,055.00
Junior IT Technician	21	£26,680.00	£28,450.00	£30,220.00
Trainee IT Technician	63	£27,315.00	£27,490.00	£27,665.00
IT Support Advisor	30	£26,365.00	£26,900.00	£27,430.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	52	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	30	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00
IT Support Assistant	1,177	£23,915.00	£24,270.00	£24,625.00