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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 5,003,077 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,753,154	95.00 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	163,530	3.27 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	86,393	1.73 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 96,213 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 416,923 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	91,406	396,096
Contract	4,806	20,826

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	92,066
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	7	£98,250.00	£104,250.00	£110,250.00
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	607	£85,205.00	£93,575.00	£101,940.00
Data Architect	61	£82,885.00	£89,325.00	£95,765.00
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	301	£79,780.00	£87,290.00	£94,795.00
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	1,573	£74,935.00	£83,510.00	£92,080.00
Solutions Architect	399	£77,230.00	£81,630.00	£86,035.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Security Architect	40	£74,770.00	£80,370.00	£85,970.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Lead	426	£77,300.00	£79,970.00	£82,640.00
Data Engineer	704	£73,355.00	£79,425.00	£85,485.00
Technical Architect	47	£76,035.00	£79,040.00	£82,040.00
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	6	£64,100.00	£77,000.00	£89,900.00
Software Developer	1,171	£71,440.00	£76,890.00	£82,340.00
Head of Operations	25	£71,415.00	£76,415.00	£81,415.00
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	40	£70,455.00	£75,495.00	£80,540.00
Lead Developer	213	£70,815.00	£75,310.00	£79,815.00
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
Functional Consultant	32	£68,405.00	£74,765.00	£81,125.00
Application Manager	34	£70,210.00	£74,565.00	£78,915.00
Backend Developer	41	£66,900.00	£74,445.00	£81,990.00
DevOps Engineer	245	£68,315.00	£74,075.00	£79,825.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
IT Director	3,597	£68,490.00	£73,670.00	£78,840.00
Data Scientist	51	£68,515.00	£73,210.00	£77,905.00
Data Modeller	167	£67,330.00	£73,100.00	£78,865.00
Infrastructure Manager	75	£68,030.00	£72,550.00	£77,070.00
Full Stack Developer	250	£66,135.00	£72,125.00	£78,115.00
Application Developer	40	£69,525.00	£72,120.00	£74,705.00
Head of Service	8	£68,475.00	£71,950.00	£75,425.00
Senior Product Manager	9	£68,335.00	£71,835.00	£75,335.00
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
IT Infrastructure Manager	60	£67,955.00	£70,970.00	£73,990.00
Network Manager	23	£64,585.00	£70,550.00	£76,515.00
Cloud Architect	20	£64,440.00	£70,355.00	£76,270.00
Information Security	214	£66,070.00	£70,340.00	£74,605.00
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
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
Programme Manager	296	£64,065.00	£68,195.00	£72,320.00
Hardware Engineer	258	£67,415.00	£67,945.00	£68,480.00
Solution Designer	291	£62,875.00	£67,560.00	£72,250.00
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
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	368	£62,190.00	£66,625.00	£71,065.00
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
Cyber Security Engineer	15	£60,140.00	£65,680.00	£71,220.00
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	356	£65,330.00	£65,375.00	£65,420.00
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
Data Management	362	£60,485.00	£64,025.00	£67,565.00
Scrum Master	10	£60,000.00	£63,450.00	£66,900.00
Network Security	84	£59,255.00	£62,855.00	£66,455.00
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
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
Information Management	65	£57,965.00	£61,185.00	£64,405.00
Business Analyst	676	£57,040.00	£60,770.00	£64,500.00
Senior Analyst	155	£57,680.00	£60,645.00	£63,610.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
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
Head of IT	5,573	£56,115.00	£59,175.00	£62,225.00
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
Web Manager	6	£56,000.00	£58,000.00	£60,000.00
Technical Services Manager	58	£55,050.00	£57,765.00	£60,475.00
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
Product Management	1,008	£54,060.00	£57,625.00	£61,190.00
Network Security Engineer	2	£50,000.00	£57,500.00	£65,000.00
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
Quality Assurance Manager	8	£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
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 Business Partner	1,506	£53,395.00	£55,820.00	£58,245.00
IT Project Manager	5,739	£51,540.00	£55,315.00	£59,085.00
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	221	£50,690.00	£53,915.00	£57,135.00
Data Analyst	225	£49,660.00	£53,600.00	£57,545.00
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	411	£49,670.00	£53,340.00	£57,000.00
Systems Analyst	82	£48,930.00	£53,145.00	£57,370.00
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
Programming	642	£49,845.00	£52,115.00	£54,385.00
Systems Manager	1,798	£49,910.00	£52,105.00	£54,305.00
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
Operations Analyst	12	£47,915.00	£51,790.00	£55,665.00
CRM Manager	12	£49,815.00	£51,655.00	£53,500.00
Digital	3,374	£47,950.00	£51,465.00	£54,970.00
Data Analysis	77	£47,500.00	£51,205.00	£54,915.00
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	16	£47,795.00	£49,825.00	£51,855.00
Product Developer	339	£45,475.00	£49,325.00	£53,175.00
Technical Account Manager	24	£45,670.00	£48,905.00	£52,145.00
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
Service Manager	2,634	£45,325.00	£47,745.00	£50,170.00
Bi Analyst	19	£44,995.00	£47,455.00	£49,920.00
Developer	60,624	£44,475.00	£47,010.00	£49,550.00
Development	61,478	£44,530.00	£46,935.00	£49,350.00
IT Consultant	14,422	£40,615.00	£46,170.00	£51,725.00
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
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
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
IT Specialist	8,353	£42,430.00	£44,310.00	£46,190.00
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
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
IT Manager	94,153	£40,845.00	£43,250.00	£45,665.00
Autodesk	10	£38,750.00	£42,815.00	£46,875.00
Website	489	£39,775.00	£42,810.00	£45,835.00
Technical Support	308	£40,015.00	£42,760.00	£45,495.00
Senior IT Technician	216	£38,465.00	£41,550.00	£44,625.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
IT Support Engineer	812	£37,640.00	£40,340.00	£43,050.00
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	31,493	£36,675.00	£38,605.00	£40,540.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,050	£35,640.00	£38,075.00	£40,515.00
IT Support	136,746	£36,265.00	£37,850.00	£39,440.00
Service Desk	249	£35,630.00	£37,425.00	£39,220.00
IT Business Development Executive	137	£29,720.00	£36,795.00	£43,870.00
Product	28,477	£35,220.00	£36,735.00	£38,250.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Officer	13,134	£33,545.00	£35,560.00	£37,580.00
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 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	90	£32,560.00	£33,560.00	£34,560.00
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
IT Support Officer	212	£31,095.00	£32,140.00	£33,175.00
IT Helpdesk	75	£30,690.00	£32,110.00	£33,525.00
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
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	465	£27,340.00	£29,285.00	£31,240.00
IT Security Officer	37	£28,925.00	£29,090.00	£29,260.00
IT Administrator	10,577	£27,825.00	£29,040.00	£30,255.00
IT Trainee	3,107	£26,280.00	£28,810.00	£31,335.00
Technical Administrator	14	£27,125.00	£28,750.00	£30,375.00
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	1,138	£23,415.00	£23,760.00	£24,105.00