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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 5,013,357 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,763,288	95.01 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	163,626	3.26 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	86,443	1.72 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 96,411 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 417,780 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	91,601	396,940
Contract	4,809	20,839

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

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

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
January 2026	93,148
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
March 2025	54,605
February 2025	31,781

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
Head of Data	15	£119,395.00	£127,370.00	£135,345.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Angular	109	£100,375.00	£110,640.00	£120,910.00
Application Integrator	3	£100,650.00	£109,550.00	£118,425.00
Cloud Consultant	2	£90,000.00	£107,500.00	£125,000.00
Head of Software	9	£97,165.00	£103,665.00	£110,165.00
Python Developer	237	£95,265.00	£103,305.00	£111,350.00
Head of Technology	2	£91,625.00	£99,625.00	£107,625.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Oracle Consultant	2	£87,500.00	£96,250.00	£105,000.00
Java Developer	194	£87,090.00	£96,205.00	£105,325.00
Enterprise Architect	58	£89,445.00	£93,800.00	£98,145.00
Python	605	£85,280.00	£93,675.00	£102,070.00
Data Architect	62	£83,260.00	£89,685.00	£96,110.00
Head of Delivery	4	£84,750.00	£88,125.00	£91,500.00
Business Architect	10	£82,500.00	£87,500.00	£92,500.00
Senior Software Engineer	299	£79,875.00	£87,320.00	£94,765.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£74,835.00	£83,750.00	£92,665.00
Software Engineer	1,567	£74,965.00	£83,505.00	£92,040.00
Solutions Architect	395	£77,340.00	£81,740.00	£86,145.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Security Architect	38	£75,220.00	£80,770.00	£86,315.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Data Engineer	709	£73,355.00	£79,390.00	£85,425.00
Technical Architect	47	£76,035.00	£79,040.00	£82,040.00
Technical Lead	428	£76,160.00	£78,820.00	£81,475.00
Transformation Manager	11	£72,110.00	£78,415.00	£84,725.00
SAP Consultant	33	£71,500.00	£77,950.00	£84,400.00
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
Cloud Engineer	202	£70,295.00	£77,035.00	£83,765.00
Machine Learning Engineer	4	£64,100.00	£77,000.00	£89,900.00
Software Developer	1,171	£71,440.00	£76,890.00	£82,340.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£67,850.00	£75,650.00	£83,450.00
Azure Architect	8	£69,375.00	£75,625.00	£81,875.00
Data Science	38	£70,485.00	£75,560.00	£80,630.00
Head of Operations	31	£71,000.00	£75,285.00	£79,570.00
Agile Coach	3	£60,000.00	£75,000.00	£90,000.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
Application Manager	34	£70,210.00	£74,565.00	£78,915.00
Backend Developer	41	£66,900.00	£74,445.00	£81,990.00
IT Director	3,665	£68,930.00	£74,300.00	£79,665.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Lead Developer	215	£69,410.00	£73,750.00	£78,100.00
DevOps Engineer	245	£67,505.00	£73,605.00	£79,700.00
Functional Consultant	36	£66,765.00	£73,355.00	£79,940.00
Infrastructure Manager	78	£68,665.00	£73,225.00	£77,790.00
Data Scientist	51	£68,515.00	£73,210.00	£77,905.00
Data Modeller	169	£67,290.00	£73,030.00	£78,770.00
Full Stack Developer	252	£66,645.00	£72,700.00	£78,760.00
Head of Service	10	£69,105.00	£72,340.00	£75,570.00
Application Developer	40	£69,525.00	£72,120.00	£74,705.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	63	£68,595.00	£71,790.00	£74,990.00
Information Security Manager	29	£66,215.00	£71,560.00	£76,900.00
JavaScript Developer	6	£65,000.00	£71,250.00	£77,500.00
Programme Manager	299	£66,830.00	£71,025.00	£75,220.00
Network Manager	23	£64,585.00	£70,550.00	£76,515.00
Information Security	212	£66,140.00	£70,405.00	£74,665.00
Cloud Architect	20	£64,440.00	£70,355.00	£76,270.00
Business Relationship Manager	2	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Microsoft Developer	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Senior Product Manager	11	£66,250.00	£69,500.00	£72,750.00
Technical Project Manager	13	£64,750.00	£69,500.00	£74,250.00
Release Manager	4	£59,540.00	£68,850.00	£78,150.00
Senior Software Developer	18	£64,790.00	£68,440.00	£72,085.00
Solution Designer	287	£63,325.00	£68,065.00	£72,810.00
Front End Developer	40	£62,790.00	£67,530.00	£72,260.00
Senior Developer	319	£62,655.00	£67,455.00	£72,255.00
Cyber Security	372	£62,860.00	£67,390.00	£71,920.00
Hardware Engineer	268	£66,460.00	£67,335.00	£68,215.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	6	£64,485.00	£66,890.00	£69,300.00
Data Migration	18	£62,835.00	£66,875.00	£70,915.00
Technical Consultant	53	£57,870.00	£66,835.00	£75,795.00
Cyber Security Engineer	17	£61,390.00	£66,410.00	£71,430.00
Cisco Engineer	2	£65,000.00	£66,250.00	£67,500.00
Sap Project Manager	2	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Test Manager	20	£62,785.00	£66,165.00	£69,545.00
Hardware Designer	120	£64,160.00	£65,905.00	£67,645.00
Technology Consultant	13	£54,100.00	£65,550.00	£77,000.00
Delivery Manager	244	£61,930.00	£65,430.00	£68,925.00
Technical Author	362	£65,275.00	£65,335.00	£65,400.00
Agile Project Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Programme Lead	14	£57,575.00	£64,825.00	£72,075.00
Cyber Security Consultant	41	£58,725.00	£64,450.00	£70,175.00
Product Owner	126	£59,900.00	£64,210.00	£68,515.00
Active Directory	14	£62,690.00	£64,065.00	£65,440.00
Scrum Master	10	£60,000.00	£63,450.00	£66,900.00
Network Security	82	£59,695.00	£63,360.00	£67,025.00
Service Delivery Manager	26	£59,140.00	£62,060.00	£64,980.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Cyber Security Manager	14	£58,500.00	£61,585.00	£64,665.00
Information Management	68	£58,170.00	£61,570.00	£64,965.00
Database Administrator	12	£56,565.00	£61,375.00	£66,190.00
Web Developer	13	£58,065.00	£61,345.00	£64,625.00
Systems Architect	12	£59,900.00	£61,275.00	£62,665.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Data Management	369	£57,925.00	£61,230.00	£64,535.00
Business Analyst	682	£57,080.00	£60,820.00	£64,560.00
Senior Analyst	160	£57,475.00	£60,210.00	£62,950.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
Head of IT	5,678	£57,270.00	£60,100.00	£62,925.00
Cyber Security Analyst	11	£53,940.00	£59,940.00	£65,940.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Network Engineer	288	£55,770.00	£58,975.00	£62,175.00
Digital Product Manager	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Technical Account Manager	25	£54,535.00	£58,125.00	£61,715.00
Web Manager	6	£56,000.00	£58,000.00	£60,000.00
Software Team Leader	29	£57,750.00	£57,750.00	£57,750.00
Project Analyst	10	£55,945.00	£57,655.00	£59,375.00
Network Security Engineer	2	£50,000.00	£57,500.00	£65,000.00
Technical Services Manager	60	£54,170.00	£57,265.00	£60,355.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
Embedded Software Engineer	33	£48,745.00	£56,815.00	£64,885.00
Power BI Developer	10	£53,125.00	£56,750.00	£60,375.00
Product Management	1,003	£52,985.00	£56,680.00	£60,385.00
Quality Assurance Manager	6	£54,375.00	£56,565.00	£58,750.00
BI Developer	30	£52,070.00	£56,370.00	£60,665.00
Systems Administrator	107	£53,665.00	£56,350.00	£59,025.00
Test Lead	38	£53,590.00	£56,350.00	£59,115.00
Information Analyst	12	£51,250.00	£56,250.00	£61,250.00
IT Business Partner	1,527	£53,490.00	£55,950.00	£58,400.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
SQL Developer	7	£54,165.00	£55,835.00	£57,500.00
IT Project Manager	5,810	£51,560.00	£55,380.00	£59,200.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£55,250.00	£57,125.00
Digital Analyst	8	£55,000.00	£55,000.00	£55,000.00
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
Application Support	224	£50,490.00	£53,735.00	£56,975.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Technical Analyst	12	£51,585.00	£53,355.00	£55,125.00
Systems Developer	421	£49,245.00	£53,260.00	£57,270.00
Systems Analyst	82	£48,930.00	£53,145.00	£57,370.00
Data Analyst	227	£49,160.00	£52,970.00	£56,790.00
Programming	651	£50,660.00	£52,755.00	£54,850.00
Application Support Analyst	59	£49,115.00	£52,735.00	£56,355.00
Information Security Analyst	23	£49,790.00	£52,290.00	£54,790.00
Application Specialist	25	£50,815.00	£52,065.00	£53,315.00
Business Systems Analyst	35	£46,655.00	£51,820.00	£56,990.00
Digital	3,403	£48,255.00	£51,790.00	£55,325.00
Operations Analyst	12	£47,915.00	£51,790.00	£55,665.00
Systems Manager	1,817	£49,750.00	£51,785.00	£53,815.00
CRM Manager	12	£49,815.00	£51,655.00	£53,500.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Junior Developer	8	£46,875.00	£49,845.00	£52,815.00
Reporting Analyst	19	£47,835.00	£49,660.00	£51,485.00
Data Analysis	79	£46,085.00	£49,445.00	£52,815.00
Product Analyst	4	£45,000.00	£48,500.00	£52,000.00
Mobile Engineer	190	£44,955.00	£48,435.00	£51,920.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
Product Developer	346	£44,020.00	£47,810.00	£51,600.00
Bi Analyst	19	£44,995.00	£47,455.00	£49,920.00
Service Manager	2,670	£44,705.00	£47,050.00	£49,410.00
Developer	61,937	£44,400.00	£46,830.00	£49,265.00
Development	62,446	£44,440.00	£46,755.00	£49,075.00
Test Analyst	16	£44,215.00	£46,070.00	£47,930.00
Service Desk Manager	12	£44,240.00	£45,705.00	£47,175.00
IT Consultant	14,591	£39,985.00	£45,625.00	£51,255.00
PHP Developer	35	£42,450.00	£45,395.00	£48,345.00
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 Specialist	8,446	£42,895.00	£44,800.00	£46,710.00
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
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£42,500.00	£44,000.00	£45,500.00
Technical Trainer	6	£43,335.00	£43,960.00	£44,585.00
IT Support Analyst	333	£40,825.00	£43,865.00	£46,890.00
IT Service Desk Manager	21	£42,575.00	£43,765.00	£44,950.00
IT Manager	95,280	£41,200.00	£43,620.00	£46,045.00
Technical Support Manager	5	£42,275.00	£43,525.00	£44,775.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
Autodesk	10	£38,750.00	£42,815.00	£46,875.00
Website	505	£39,385.00	£42,560.00	£45,735.00
Technical Support	314	£39,320.00	£41,930.00	£44,535.00
Senior IT Technician	218	£38,315.00	£41,525.00	£44,735.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
IT Support Engineer	815	£37,440.00	£39,930.00	£42,430.00
Software Tester	4	£37,500.00	£39,750.00	£42,000.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
Product Marketing Manager	26	£36,190.00	£39,030.00	£41,875.00
Assistant Product Manager	19	£36,125.00	£38,690.00	£41,250.00
IT Technician	32,327	£36,530.00	£38,500.00	£40,480.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,062	£35,700.00	£38,360.00	£41,015.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Support	138,380	£36,550.00	£38,125.00	£39,700.00
Product	28,456	£35,890.00	£37,490.00	£39,090.00
Service Desk	252	£35,630.00	£37,430.00	£39,230.00
IT Business Development Executive	137	£29,720.00	£36,795.00	£43,870.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
2nd Line Support	62	£33,040.00	£35,510.00	£37,975.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Officer	13,281	£33,300.00	£35,360.00	£37,415.00
IT Trainer	438	£33,390.00	£35,175.00	£36,960.00
Product Planner	76	£33,515.00	£35,100.00	£36,685.00
Service Analyst	44	£32,415.00	£34,580.00	£36,740.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Executive	97	£32,305.00	£33,455.00	£34,605.00
IT Support Technician	30	£30,825.00	£32,755.00	£34,690.00
Support Consultant	7	£29,835.00	£32,585.00	£35,335.00
Service Desk Analyst	64	£30,940.00	£32,575.00	£34,205.00
Junior Product Manager	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
IT Helpdesk	77	£30,445.00	£31,915.00	£33,385.00
IT Support Officer	215	£30,665.00	£31,800.00	£32,935.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
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
Systems Coordinator	4	£29,500.00	£30,250.00	£31,000.00
1st Line Support	16	£28,440.00	£29,870.00	£31,300.00
1st Line IT Support	14	£28,690.00	£29,845.00	£31,000.00
It Graduate	480	£27,410.00	£29,340.00	£31,275.00
IT Administrator	10,753	£27,885.00	£29,095.00	£30,305.00
IT Security Officer	37	£28,925.00	£29,090.00	£29,260.00
Technical Administrator	16	£27,190.00	£28,875.00	£30,565.00
IT Trainee	3,147	£26,265.00	£28,690.00	£31,110.00
Junior IT Technician	10	£25,815.00	£27,720.00	£29,625.00
Trainee IT Technician	28	£27,245.00	£27,475.00	£27,700.00
Systems Support Analyst	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
Graduate Developer	45	£25,455.00	£25,455.00	£25,455.00
IT Support Advisor	22	£25,090.00	£25,375.00	£25,650.00
Graduate Software Developer	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,170	£23,450.00	£23,770.00	£24,090.00