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Highest Paying IT Jobs in the UK

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 4,773,751 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,533,335	94.96 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	156,544	3.28 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	83,872	1.76 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 91,803 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 397,813 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	87,179	377,778
Contract	4,623	20,034

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

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is September, and the quietest month is also December.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Last 12 Month Total Listed IT Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
August 2025	44,736
July 2025	34,627
June 2025	24,764
May 2025	30,270
April 2025	44,790
March 2025	54,605
February 2025	31,781
January 2025	30,982
December 2024	21,396
November 2024	71,845
October 2024	104,996
September 2024	35,062

The Highest Paying Programming Languages in the UK

Whether you're a seasoned developer or a newcomer to the coding scene, decoding the languages that lead to the highest remuneration is vital for making informed career decisions.

See the highest paid programming languages here.

The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Software Development Manager	10	£112,500.00	£125,000.00	£137,500.00
Head of Data	40	£112,425.00	£123,720.00	£135,005.00
Big Data	8	£117,365.00	£122,415.00	£127,450.00
Application Integrator	5	£100,650.00	£109,550.00	£118,425.00
Docker	55	£93,665.00	£106,040.00	£118,415.00
Angular	154	£93,960.00	£104,950.00	£115,940.00
Head of Software	11	£96,625.00	£102,440.00	£108,250.00
Python Developer	333	£91,350.00	£101,475.00	£111,605.00
Head of Software Development	4	£95,000.00	£100,625.00	£106,250.00
Head of Technology	2	£91,625.00	£99,625.00	£107,625.00
Java Developer	242	£88,625.00	£99,040.00	£109,465.00
Enterprise Architect	58	£92,405.00	£97,200.00	£101,985.00
Python	1,048	£85,360.00	£94,300.00	£103,245.00
Azure Architect	7	£85,000.00	£93,500.00	£102,000.00
Head of Delivery	8	£86,090.00	£91,090.00	£96,090.00
Data Architect	70	£84,850.00	£90,870.00	£96,890.00
Integration Architect	3	£80,000.00	£90,000.00	£100,000.00
Cloud Consultant	8	£79,165.00	£88,750.00	£98,335.00
Senior Software Engineer	601	£77,500.00	£85,085.00	£92,670.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Machine Learning Engineer	83	£72,775.00	£82,780.00	£92,780.00
Software Engineer	2,722	£74,085.00	£82,735.00	£91,385.00
Data Engineer	1,013	£75,925.00	£82,550.00	£89,170.00
Solutions Architect	541	£77,405.00	£81,815.00	£86,225.00
Senior Java Developer	15	£73,585.00	£81,165.00	£88,750.00
SAP Consultant	33	£74,500.00	£80,425.00	£86,350.00
Technical Lead	330	£76,950.00	£80,225.00	£83,505.00
Technical Architect	84	£76,090.00	£80,165.00	£84,230.00
Cisco Engineer	3	£75,000.00	£80,000.00	£85,000.00
Software Architect	132	£79,350.00	£79,350.00	£79,350.00
DevOps Engineer	435	£71,790.00	£78,950.00	£86,110.00
Security Architect	51	£71,555.00	£77,925.00	£84,295.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Lead	4	£73,750.00	£77,125.00	£80,500.00
Transformation Manager	19	£70,265.00	£76,800.00	£83,335.00
Senior Programmer	9	£72,400.00	£76,775.00	£81,150.00
Cloud Engineer	307	£70,040.00	£76,225.00	£82,395.00
Senior Product Manager	29	£70,045.00	£75,880.00	£81,720.00
Agile Coach	3	£60,000.00	£75,000.00	£90,000.00
Technical Product Owner	4	£72,500.00	£75,000.00	£77,500.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
Lead Developer	249	£69,165.00	£74,135.00	£79,110.00
Head of Development	10	£69,585.00	£74,040.00	£78,500.00
Software Developer	1,520	£67,855.00	£73,840.00	£79,825.00
Head of Operations	46	£68,525.00	£73,785.00	£79,040.00
IT Director	3,604	£67,950.00	£73,000.00	£78,055.00
Head of Product	34	£67,065.00	£71,960.00	£76,850.00
Data Science	87	£66,685.00	£71,915.00	£77,140.00
Cloud Architect	31	£66,520.00	£71,705.00	£76,890.00
Head of Quality	4	£64,500.00	£71,625.00	£78,750.00
Data Scientist	64	£66,170.00	£71,275.00	£76,375.00
Oracle Consultant	7	£64,165.00	£71,250.00	£78,335.00
Reporting Specialist	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Product Analyst	34	£63,750.00	£70,985.00	£78,215.00
Data Modeller	113	£65,780.00	£70,770.00	£75,760.00
Programme Manager	388	£66,415.00	£70,765.00	£75,120.00
Application Developer	68	£66,905.00	£70,420.00	£73,930.00
Full Stack Developer	237	£63,915.00	£70,330.00	£76,740.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	93	£66,520.00	£70,060.00	£73,600.00
Information Security Manager	34	£65,605.00	£70,035.00	£74,465.00
JavaScript Developer	8	£65,000.00	£70,000.00	£75,000.00
Microsoft Developer	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Xamarin Developer	4	£65,000.00	£70,000.00	£75,000.00
Technology Consultant	12	£61,350.00	£69,800.00	£78,250.00
Backend Developer	26	£64,040.00	£69,740.00	£75,435.00
Infrastructure Manager	97	£65,020.00	£69,635.00	£74,245.00
Application Manager	41	£66,505.00	£69,515.00	£72,530.00
Information Security	302	£65,315.00	£69,405.00	£73,490.00
iOS Developer	5	£61,665.00	£69,165.00	£76,665.00
Release Manager	16	£61,145.00	£69,080.00	£77,005.00
Head of Service	15	£66,640.00	£68,830.00	£71,020.00
Data Management	596	£63,670.00	£68,305.00	£72,940.00
Senior Developer	540	£63,160.00	£67,885.00	£72,615.00
Product Owner	169	£63,365.00	£67,670.00	£71,970.00
CRM Developer	5	£58,750.00	£67,500.00	£76,250.00
Test Lead	28	£65,545.00	£67,405.00	£69,270.00
Senior Software Developer	49	£61,390.00	£67,105.00	£72,820.00
Solution Designer	312	£62,995.00	£67,015.00	£71,035.00
Data Migration	34	£62,365.00	£66,800.00	£71,235.00
Cyber Security Consultant	42	£62,165.00	£66,715.00	£71,255.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	6	£63,650.00	£66,475.00	£69,300.00
Sap Project Manager	2	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Front End Developer	68	£59,775.00	£65,595.00	£71,410.00
Functional Consultant	41	£57,850.00	£65,215.00	£72,585.00
Cyber Security	510	£61,230.00	£65,195.00	£69,165.00
Cyber Security Manager	32	£61,165.00	£65,165.00	£69,160.00
Systems Architect	35	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Network Security	110	£61,195.00	£64,975.00	£68,755.00
Technical Project Manager	13	£61,000.00	£64,750.00	£68,500.00
Test Manager	84	£62,870.00	£64,655.00	£66,445.00
Product Development Manager	2	£59,000.00	£64,500.00	£70,000.00
Angular Developer	2	£57,500.00	£63,750.00	£70,000.00
Network Manager	55	£59,680.00	£63,745.00	£67,805.00
IT Support Team Lead	8	£60,000.00	£63,125.00	£66,250.00
Delivery Manager	613	£60,110.00	£62,915.00	£65,725.00
Business Analyst	959	£58,230.00	£62,515.00	£66,805.00
Technical Consultant	85	£55,030.00	£62,075.00	£69,125.00
Senior Analyst	201	£58,300.00	£61,995.00	£65,685.00
Cyber Security Engineer	32	£58,390.00	£61,920.00	£65,450.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Salesforce Developer	8	£60,250.00	£61,690.00	£63,125.00
Network Security Engineer	11	£57,080.00	£61,265.00	£65,445.00
Scrum Master	12	£59,165.00	£61,210.00	£63,250.00
Hardware Engineer	135	£60,135.00	£61,145.00	£62,160.00
Technical Author	380	£59,250.00	£60,230.00	£61,215.00
Web Developer	30	£55,205.00	£60,135.00	£65,070.00
Active Directory	37	£58,635.00	£60,095.00	£61,555.00
Agile Project Manager	4	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Software Programmer	4	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Software Team Leader	24	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Database Administrator	21	£54,645.00	£59,980.00	£65,320.00
Cyber Security Analyst	38	£54,215.00	£59,540.00	£64,870.00
Oracle Developer	17	£54,250.00	£59,040.00	£63,835.00
Service Delivery Manager	56	£56,525.00	£58,950.00	£61,380.00
Technical Services Manager	51	£55,160.00	£58,950.00	£62,740.00
Digital Analyst	9	£52,500.00	£58,750.00	£65,000.00
Mobile Developer	6	£54,165.00	£58,750.00	£63,335.00
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Programme Lead	15	£53,585.00	£58,685.00	£63,785.00
Web Manager	6	£56,000.00	£58,000.00	£60,000.00
Embedded Software Engineer	44	£50,590.00	£57,975.00	£65,365.00
Network Engineer	481	£54,445.00	£57,880.00	£61,325.00
Head of IT	6,733	£54,865.00	£57,815.00	£60,755.00
SQL Developer	9	£56,250.00	£57,815.00	£59,375.00
Business Process Analyst	6	£56,125.00	£57,375.00	£58,625.00
Hardware Designer	42	£53,880.00	£57,085.00	£60,290.00
Technical Analyst	57	£54,115.00	£57,060.00	£59,995.00
Product Management	1,726	£53,710.00	£56,935.00	£60,160.00
Transition Manager	5	£55,125.00	£56,690.00	£58,250.00
Business Systems Analyst	44	£51,780.00	£56,340.00	£60,895.00
Implementation Consultant	4	£47,500.00	£56,250.00	£65,000.00
Information Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£56,250.00	£61,250.00
Business Relationship Manager	16	£56,000.00	£56,000.00	£56,000.00
Systems Administrator	190	£53,105.00	£55,995.00	£58,885.00
Information Security Analyst	22	£51,555.00	£55,430.00	£59,305.00
IT Business Partner	1,757	£52,605.00	£55,180.00	£57,760.00
IT Project Manager	7,410	£51,470.00	£54,915.00	£58,350.00
Application Support Analyst	94	£51,790.00	£54,850.00	£57,910.00
Service Transition Manager	5	£53,000.00	£54,250.00	£55,500.00
Bi Analyst	18	£49,170.00	£54,170.00	£59,170.00
BI Developer	33	£49,730.00	£54,020.00	£58,315.00
Information Management	167	£51,610.00	£53,855.00	£56,095.00
Systems Developer	352	£52,085.00	£53,705.00	£55,325.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Systems Analyst	117	£49,525.00	£53,220.00	£56,925.00
Programming	852	£50,295.00	£53,075.00	£55,855.00
Power BI Developer	12	£50,690.00	£53,030.00	£55,375.00
Product Developer	633	£49,110.00	£52,900.00	£56,690.00
Systems Manager	1,821	£50,235.00	£52,735.00	£55,225.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	4	£48,750.00	£52,500.00	£56,250.00
Digital Project Manager	4	£48,500.00	£52,000.00	£55,500.00
Operations Analyst	17	£47,875.00	£51,975.00	£56,070.00
Project Analyst	12	£50,455.00	£51,975.00	£53,500.00
Digital	3,623	£48,515.00	£51,825.00	£55,135.00
Application Support	322	£48,585.00	£51,800.00	£55,020.00
Data Analyst	357	£47,885.00	£51,655.00	£55,430.00
Data Analysis	140	£47,975.00	£51,155.00	£54,330.00
MI Analyst	2	£46,500.00	£50,750.00	£55,000.00
Application Specialist	57	£48,450.00	£50,250.00	£52,050.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£47,500.00	£50,000.00	£52,500.00
Data Insight Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
ERP Consultant	3	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£47,500.00	£50,000.00	£52,500.00
Systems Specialist	36	£47,800.00	£49,750.00	£51,700.00
Microsoft Dynamics AX	2	£45,000.00	£49,000.00	£53,000.00
Test Analyst	26	£46,695.00	£48,655.00	£50,615.00
Database Manager	14	£46,050.00	£48,335.00	£50,615.00
IT Consultant	13,956	£43,055.00	£48,335.00	£53,615.00
PHP Developer	66	£44,390.00	£48,295.00	£52,195.00
Network Administrator	10	£46,375.00	£48,250.00	£50,125.00
Service Desk Manager	28	£46,095.00	£48,130.00	£50,165.00
Service Manager	2,688	£45,580.00	£48,070.00	£50,570.00
Web Designer	22	£45,360.00	£47,975.00	£50,590.00
Developer	68,763	£45,375.00	£47,895.00	£50,425.00
Development	70,049	£45,435.00	£47,880.00	£50,335.00
Laravel Developer	5	£43,750.00	£46,875.00	£50,000.00
Quality Assurance Manager	16	£44,915.00	£46,540.00	£48,165.00
Technical Account Manager	43	£43,735.00	£46,285.00	£48,835.00
Software Tester	5	£42,500.00	£46,250.00	£50,000.00
Website	600	£43,255.00	£46,210.00	£49,165.00
IT Service Desk Manager	37	£43,885.00	£45,760.00	£47,640.00
IT Specialist	7,997	£43,740.00	£45,540.00	£47,330.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
CRM Manager	33	£42,985.00	£45,095.00	£47,200.00
Android Developer	2	£35,000.00	£45,000.00	£55,000.00
Senior Web Developer	3	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Wordpress Developer	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Technical Trainer	12	£44,250.00	£44,825.00	£45,395.00
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
SQL Analyst	6	£41,665.00	£44,165.00	£46,665.00
IT Manager	110,680	£41,580.00	£43,830.00	£46,085.00
Web Design	24	£41,520.00	£43,730.00	£45,945.00
Reporting Analyst	22	£41,500.00	£43,375.00	£45,250.00
Mobile Engineer	316	£39,720.00	£43,230.00	£46,740.00
Desktop Support Analyst	8	£40,500.00	£43,000.00	£45,500.00
Systems Officer	3	£41,940.00	£42,690.00	£43,440.00
IT Support Analyst	481	£39,215.00	£42,115.00	£45,015.00
Technical Support	467	£39,050.00	£41,665.00	£44,275.00
Senior IT Technician	197	£38,950.00	£41,450.00	£43,940.00
Autodesk	17	£36,625.00	£41,190.00	£45,750.00
Product Marketing Manager	37	£37,250.00	£40,875.00	£44,500.00
Technical Team Leader	4	£37,600.00	£40,700.00	£43,775.00
Desktop Support Engineer	11	£39,665.00	£40,415.00	£41,165.00
Technical Officer	7	£38,000.00	£40,065.00	£42,125.00
IT Support Engineer	1,311	£37,835.00	£39,885.00	£41,925.00
Systems Support Analyst	6	£38,875.00	£39,515.00	£40,165.00
PMO Analyst	11	£37,900.00	£39,190.00	£40,465.00
Junior Developer	8	£36,250.00	£38,845.00	£41,440.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,093	£36,020.00	£38,450.00	£40,875.00
Wordpress	4	£33,750.00	£37,250.00	£40,750.00
IT Support	122,555	£35,435.00	£37,015.00	£38,600.00
Service Desk	433	£34,725.00	£36,775.00	£38,825.00
Product	35,241	£34,865.00	£36,315.00	£37,765.00
Assistant Product Manager	15	£34,165.00	£36,265.00	£38,370.00
EPOS	4	£35,750.00	£36,250.00	£36,750.00
IT Officer	15,686	£34,205.00	£36,185.00	£38,165.00
IT Trainer	478	£34,025.00	£35,960.00	£37,890.00
IT Technician	18,073	£33,815.00	£35,690.00	£37,565.00
IT Business Development Executive	413	£30,665.00	£35,630.00	£40,590.00
CRM Administrator	4	£34,900.00	£35,400.00	£35,900.00
Product Planner	167	£33,365.00	£35,255.00	£37,135.00
Support Consultant	7	£32,625.00	£35,190.00	£37,750.00
Digital Account Manager	4	£32,500.00	£35,000.00	£37,500.00
QA Tester	2	£32,000.00	£35,000.00	£38,000.00
2nd Line Support	90	£32,375.00	£34,765.00	£37,150.00
Service Analyst	88	£31,790.00	£33,655.00	£35,515.00
Project Office Support	6	£32,525.00	£33,250.00	£33,990.00
Technical Support Manager	2	£32,550.00	£32,550.00	£32,550.00
Service Desk Team Lead	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Support Executive	68	£31,590.00	£32,490.00	£33,395.00
Junior Product Manager	12	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
IT Support Technician	66	£30,030.00	£31,945.00	£33,870.00
Service Desk Analyst	99	£30,415.00	£31,850.00	£33,275.00
IT Support Officer	229	£30,795.00	£31,805.00	£32,810.00
2nd Line Support Technician	4	£29,000.00	£31,500.00	£34,000.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
1st Line Support	32	£28,980.00	£31,260.00	£33,535.00
1st Line IT Support	30	£29,160.00	£31,245.00	£33,320.00
IT Helpdesk	85	£29,545.00	£30,790.00	£32,035.00
Technical Administrator	44	£28,180.00	£30,600.00	£33,020.00
Junior PHP Developer	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
It Graduate	628	£27,865.00	£29,875.00	£31,890.00
IT Security Officer	36	£29,410.00	£29,705.00	£30,000.00
Systems Coordinator	2	£28,000.00	£29,500.00	£31,000.00
IT Administrator	11,428	£27,955.00	£29,170.00	£30,395.00
IT Trainee	2,627	£25,725.00	£27,265.00	£28,810.00
1st Line Technician	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
Junior IT Technician	18	£25,265.00	£26,995.00	£28,725.00
Trainee IT Technician	35	£25,590.00	£26,135.00	£26,675.00
Graduate Developer	46	£25,530.00	£25,530.00	£25,530.00
IT Support Advisor	29	£24,915.00	£25,150.00	£25,375.00
Graduate Analyst	2	£24,500.00	£24,500.00	£24,500.00
IT Support Assistant	1,189	£22,390.00	£22,840.00	£23,290.00