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 5,270,045 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,010,826	95.08 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	170,269	3.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	88,950	1.69 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 101,347 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 439,170 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	96,362	417,568
Contract	4,984	21,601

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	67	£105,415.00	£115,990.00	£126,565.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	175	£95,180.00	£102,990.00	£110,800.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Enterprise Architect	58	£90,510.00	£95,105.00	£99,695.00
Java Developer	155	£85,025.00	£93,365.00	£101,710.00
Python	489	£84,485.00	£93,015.00	£101,540.00
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	142	£83,170.00	£89,360.00	£95,555.00
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	200	£76,625.00	£83,775.00	£90,920.00
Cloud Consultant	4	£78,750.00	£83,750.00	£88,750.00
Programme Lead	3	£70,000.00	£82,500.00	£95,000.00
Security Architect	51	£76,415.00	£81,955.00	£87,490.00
Software Architect	252	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Software Engineer	1,287	£73,680.00	£81,460.00	£89,230.00
Solutions Architect	357	£76,320.00	£80,860.00	£85,400.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£72,750.00	£78,750.00	£84,750.00
Technical Architect	47	£75,570.00	£78,570.00	£81,565.00
Network Manager	10	£73,335.00	£78,335.00	£83,335.00
Head of Service	16	£74,485.00	£78,235.00	£81,990.00
Transformation Manager	33	£71,825.00	£78,035.00	£84,250.00
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
Transformation Lead	11	£75,500.00	£76,915.00	£78,335.00
Technical Lead	491	£73,635.00	£76,685.00	£79,740.00
Backend Developer	49	£69,790.00	£76,645.00	£83,495.00
Data Engineer	793	£70,565.00	£76,280.00	£81,995.00
Software Developer	1,016	£70,520.00	£76,025.00	£81,530.00
SAP Consultant	32	£69,945.00	£75,985.00	£82,030.00
Infrastructure Manager	72	£70,710.00	£75,100.00	£79,490.00
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
Data Scientist	58	£69,395.00	£74,955.00	£80,510.00
Information Security Manager	31	£69,530.00	£74,815.00	£80,100.00
Head of Operations	49	£70,815.00	£74,525.00	£78,240.00
IT Director	4,654	£68,450.00	£74,010.00	£79,565.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	57	£70,640.00	£73,665.00	£76,690.00
Application Developer	39	£68,855.00	£73,595.00	£78,325.00
Cloud Engineer	186	£66,665.00	£72,850.00	£79,030.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Data Modeller	220	£66,865.00	£72,290.00	£77,705.00
Active Directory	18	£70,035.00	£72,285.00	£74,535.00
Application Manager	63	£67,700.00	£72,080.00	£76,455.00
Information Security	209	£67,890.00	£71,790.00	£75,690.00
Hardware Engineer	335	£70,015.00	£71,775.00	£73,530.00
Lead Developer	274	£66,930.00	£71,670.00	£76,415.00
Application Architect	23	£69,790.00	£71,565.00	£73,335.00
Full Stack Developer	231	£64,820.00	£71,420.00	£78,015.00
Test Manager	41	£66,905.00	£71,150.00	£75,395.00
Technical Consultant	51	£62,985.00	£70,870.00	£78,750.00
DevOps Engineer	221	£65,385.00	£70,705.00	£76,020.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Head of Product	10	£64,985.00	£70,615.00	£76,260.00
JavaScript Developer	7	£62,500.00	£70,000.00	£77,500.00
Senior Software Developer	13	£66,200.00	£69,500.00	£72,800.00
Scrum Master	14	£62,335.00	£68,865.00	£75,400.00
Senior Developer	306	£63,690.00	£68,755.00	£73,815.00
Cloud Architect	10	£62,375.00	£68,625.00	£74,875.00
Solution Designer	324	£63,495.00	£68,590.00	£73,685.00
Senior Product Manager	24	£65,195.00	£68,225.00	£71,255.00
Programme Manager	360	£63,785.00	£68,020.00	£72,250.00
Cyber Security	479	£62,920.00	£67,680.00	£72,445.00
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	323	£62,640.00	£66,175.00	£69,700.00
Network Security	71	£61,505.00	£65,665.00	£69,820.00
Data Science	42	£60,315.00	£65,160.00	£70,000.00
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
Technical Author	502	£64,590.00	£64,590.00	£64,590.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£59,095.00	£64,430.00	£69,765.00
Product Owner	148	£60,135.00	£64,060.00	£67,985.00
Front End Developer	26	£58,975.00	£63,650.00	£68,320.00
Service Delivery Manager	30	£60,595.00	£63,220.00	£65,835.00
Hardware Designer	138	£61,050.00	£62,945.00	£64,830.00
Cyber Security Manager	16	£60,585.00	£62,835.00	£65,085.00
Data Management	418	£59,370.00	£62,770.00	£66,170.00
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
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Data Migration	23	£56,020.00	£61,065.00	£66,105.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Network Engineer	269	£57,050.00	£60,585.00	£64,110.00
Senior Analyst	195	£57,960.00	£60,550.00	£63,145.00
Cyber Security Consultant	50	£53,965.00	£60,405.00	£66,840.00
Head of IT	6,552	£57,055.00	£60,390.00	£63,725.00
Network Administrator	2	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Business Analyst	647	£56,430.00	£59,930.00	£63,430.00
Embedded Software Engineer	37	£51,470.00	£59,555.00	£67,640.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Technical Services Manager	95	£55,655.00	£58,535.00	£61,410.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Information Management	104	£55,095.00	£57,985.00	£60,875.00
Product Management	1,196	£54,135.00	£57,935.00	£61,740.00
Test Lead	40	£54,760.00	£57,780.00	£60,805.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
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
Systems Administrator	80	£54,075.00	£56,845.00	£59,610.00
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
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
IT Business Partner	2,123	£52,245.00	£54,800.00	£57,345.00
Project Analyst	6	£51,890.00	£54,690.00	£57,500.00
IT Project Manager	6,968	£50,630.00	£54,580.00	£58,535.00
Application Support	221	£50,905.00	£54,295.00	£57,680.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Systems Developer	355	£49,690.00	£53,435.00	£57,175.00
Data Analyst	245	£49,470.00	£53,090.00	£56,710.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Product Marketing Manager	21	£48,015.00	£52,160.00	£56,300.00
Systems Analyst	40	£47,620.00	£52,090.00	£56,560.00
SQL Developer	6	£48,335.00	£52,085.00	£55,835.00
Application Support Analyst	28	£48,170.00	£51,645.00	£55,110.00
Technical Account Manager	74	£47,905.00	£51,370.00	£54,830.00
CRM Manager	13	£49,730.00	£50,820.00	£51,900.00
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
Digital	4,321	£47,175.00	£50,460.00	£53,750.00
Programming	856	£47,915.00	£50,295.00	£52,675.00
Product Development Manager	4	£45,550.00	£50,250.00	£54,975.00
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Data Analysis	51	£46,995.00	£50,200.00	£53,415.00
Systems Manager	2,311	£47,375.00	£49,720.00	£52,065.00
Service Desk Manager	4	£48,215.00	£49,715.00	£51,215.00
Web Developer	60	£46,230.00	£49,620.00	£53,005.00
Information Security Analyst	21	£46,665.00	£49,165.00	£51,665.00
Business Systems Analyst	14	£43,855.00	£49,105.00	£54,355.00
Mobile Engineer	248	£46,135.00	£49,050.00	£51,965.00
Database Administrator	11	£46,335.00	£48,710.00	£51,085.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Oracle 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	3,140	£44,600.00	£46,940.00	£49,285.00
PHP Developer	25	£43,750.00	£46,820.00	£49,895.00
Developer	71,220	£44,090.00	£46,785.00	£49,490.00
Development	71,361	£44,115.00	£46,715.00	£49,325.00
Product Developer	534	£42,880.00	£46,575.00	£50,275.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Implementation Manager	16	£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	5	£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	18,467	£38,565.00	£43,965.00	£49,360.00
IT Specialist	10,444	£41,345.00	£43,330.00	£45,320.00
IT Manager	121,921	£40,790.00	£43,315.00	£45,835.00
IT Support Analyst	279	£40,290.00	£43,145.00	£45,990.00
Technical Support	677	£40,300.00	£42,755.00	£45,210.00
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
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Website	779	£38,745.00	£41,495.00	£44,240.00
IT Support Engineer	1,097	£38,655.00	£41,335.00	£44,025.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£41,250.00	£41,250.00	£41,250.00
Senior IT Technician	291	£38,015.00	£41,210.00	£44,400.00
IT Technician	50,321	£38,550.00	£40,875.00	£43,205.00
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	176,431	£37,175.00	£39,025.00	£40,875.00
Product	28,471	£37,275.00	£38,885.00	£40,500.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,846	£35,400.00	£37,885.00	£40,365.00
Service Analyst	30	£35,345.00	£37,540.00	£39,735.00
IT Business Development Executive	92	£30,885.00	£37,450.00	£44,015.00
Service Desk	225	£35,530.00	£37,245.00	£38,955.00
Systems Officer	4	£35,900.00	£37,200.00	£38,500.00
IT Trainer	1,329	£34,815.00	£37,045.00	£39,280.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
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
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Technician	55	£33,235.00	£35,030.00	£36,820.00
IT Officer	17,999	£32,915.00	£34,985.00	£37,055.00
Product Planner	89	£33,095.00	£34,870.00	£36,640.00
Support Consultant	8	£31,835.00	£34,750.00	£37,665.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
2nd Line Support	47	£31,865.00	£34,235.00	£36,605.00
IT Support Executive	278	£33,010.00	£34,020.00	£35,040.00
Service Desk Analyst	45	£31,560.00	£33,490.00	£35,415.00
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
1st Line Support	15	£30,140.00	£31,660.00	£33,175.00
1st Line IT Support	13	£30,390.00	£31,635.00	£32,875.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Support Officer	287	£30,280.00	£31,245.00	£32,205.00
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
IT Trainee	5,076	£27,085.00	£29,850.00	£32,610.00
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	567	£27,515.00	£29,360.00	£31,210.00
IT Helpdesk	141	£28,405.00	£29,135.00	£29,865.00
IT Administrator	14,704	£27,520.00	£28,730.00	£29,935.00
Technical Administrator	39	£27,035.00	£28,545.00	£30,055.00
Junior IT Technician	18	£26,350.00	£28,065.00	£29,775.00
Trainee IT Technician	58	£27,365.00	£27,540.00	£27,715.00
IT Support Advisor	28	£26,355.00	£26,970.00	£27,585.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	49	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	27	£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	1,169	£23,940.00	£24,335.00	£24,730.00