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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 5,054,140 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,802,152	95.01 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	165,086	3.27 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	86,902	1.72 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 97,195 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 421,178 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	92,349	400,179
Contract	4,845	20,998

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	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
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
Angular	103	£103,840.00	£114,370.00	£124,895.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Cloud Consultant	2	£90,000.00	£107,500.00	£125,000.00
Python Developer	235	£96,625.00	£104,510.00	£112,400.00
Head of Software	9	£97,165.00	£103,665.00	£110,165.00
Head of Technology	2	£91,625.00	£99,625.00	£107,625.00
Java Developer	186	£87,470.00	£96,600.00	£105,725.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Enterprise Architect	60	£89,860.00	£94,425.00	£98,990.00
Python	587	£85,110.00	£93,630.00	£102,150.00
Data Architect	72	£84,675.00	£91,185.00	£97,690.00
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
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	295	£79,030.00	£86,590.00	£94,150.00
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
Software Engineer	1,517	£75,035.00	£83,475.00	£91,915.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Senior Java Developer	4	£69,750.00	£81,250.00	£92,750.00
Security Architect	42	£74,805.00	£80,580.00	£86,355.00
Solutions Architect	388	£75,815.00	£80,245.00	£84,680.00
Technical Architect	45	£77,285.00	£80,080.00	£82,870.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Manager	13	£74,705.00	£79,750.00	£84,795.00
Technical Lead	441	£76,320.00	£78,965.00	£81,610.00
Data Engineer	727	£72,340.00	£78,130.00	£83,915.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
Software Developer	1,160	£72,040.00	£77,435.00	£82,830.00
SAP Consultant	34	£70,970.00	£77,290.00	£83,610.00
Azure Architect	10	£71,250.00	£77,085.00	£82,915.00
Head of Service	12	£73,670.00	£77,055.00	£80,445.00
Backend Developer	43	£68,910.00	£76,175.00	£83,435.00
Transformation Lead	11	£73,835.00	£76,085.00	£78,335.00
Cloud Engineer	198	£69,170.00	£75,760.00	£82,340.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
Lead Developer	231	£70,055.00	£74,485.00	£78,920.00
Head of Operations	38	£70,035.00	£74,340.00	£78,645.00
Application Manager	34	£69,770.00	£74,195.00	£78,620.00
IT Director	3,805	£68,785.00	£74,170.00	£79,555.00
Functional Consultant	36	£66,765.00	£73,980.00	£81,190.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Infrastructure Manager	78	£68,510.00	£73,250.00	£77,990.00
Data Scientist	61	£68,125.00	£73,245.00	£78,365.00
DevOps Engineer	234	£67,620.00	£73,165.00	£78,710.00
Full Stack Developer	256	£66,595.00	£72,750.00	£78,905.00
Data Science	38	£67,765.00	£72,650.00	£77,530.00
Application Developer	36	£69,270.00	£72,440.00	£75,605.00
Network Manager	20	£66,250.00	£72,365.00	£78,470.00
Data Modeller	184	£66,350.00	£72,050.00	£77,750.00
Information Security Manager	33	£66,930.00	£72,050.00	£77,165.00
Oracle Consultant	6	£66,250.00	£71,875.00	£77,500.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	63	£68,445.00	£71,815.00	£75,185.00
Information Security	218	£67,135.00	£71,520.00	£75,900.00
JavaScript Developer	6	£65,000.00	£71,250.00	£77,500.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
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	13	£66,250.00	£69,500.00	£72,750.00
Technical Project Manager	13	£63,750.00	£69,250.00	£74,750.00
Machine Learning Engineer	2	£60,000.00	£68,750.00	£77,500.00
Programme Manager	312	£64,045.00	£68,310.00	£72,575.00
Test Manager	24	£64,470.00	£68,130.00	£71,790.00
Data Migration	16	£63,000.00	£67,790.00	£72,585.00
Senior Software Developer	14	£64,000.00	£67,625.00	£71,250.00
Front End Developer	40	£62,950.00	£67,495.00	£72,035.00
Senior Developer	321	£62,695.00	£67,420.00	£72,150.00
Hardware Engineer	288	£66,460.00	£67,335.00	£68,215.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Cyber Security	396	£62,740.00	£67,195.00	£71,650.00
Active Directory	12	£65,625.00	£67,000.00	£68,375.00
Scrum Master	12	£62,500.00	£66,625.00	£70,750.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,975.00	£66,590.00	£70,200.00
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
Solution Designer	289	£61,560.00	£66,090.00	£70,620.00
Technical Consultant	53	£56,760.00	£66,005.00	£75,240.00
Hardware Designer	120	£64,160.00	£65,905.00	£67,645.00
Delivery Manager	255	£62,155.00	£65,540.00	£68,925.00
Technical Author	423	£65,490.00	£65,490.00	£65,490.00
Product Owner	129	£60,835.00	£65,030.00	£69,225.00
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
Database Administrator	10	£59,065.00	£63,875.00	£68,690.00
Data Management	379	£59,935.00	£63,350.00	£66,775.00
Network Security	77	£59,280.00	£62,910.00	£66,540.00
Web Developer	12	£59,450.00	£62,075.00	£64,700.00
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
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Information Management	79	£57,790.00	£61,035.00	£64,275.00
Business Analyst	688	£57,010.00	£60,810.00	£64,615.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Senior Analyst	176	£57,610.00	£60,375.00	£63,145.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
Head of IT	5,968	£57,000.00	£60,040.00	£63,085.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Cyber Security Analyst	17	£53,650.00	£59,415.00	£65,185.00
Network Engineer	275	£55,960.00	£59,220.00	£62,485.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£56,700.00	£59,150.00	£61,600.00
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
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
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Network Security Engineer	2	£50,000.00	£57,500.00	£65,000.00
BI Developer	32	£52,955.00	£57,465.00	£61,980.00
Technical Services Manager	69	£54,420.00	£57,340.00	£60,260.00
Test Lead	40	£54,685.00	£57,230.00	£59,775.00
Product Management	1,035	£53,475.00	£57,000.00	£60,535.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
Power BI Developer	10	£53,125.00	£56,750.00	£60,375.00
Embedded Software Engineer	30	£49,160.00	£56,735.00	£64,315.00
IT Business Partner	1,628	£53,660.00	£56,280.00	£58,905.00
Digital Analyst	10	£55,000.00	£56,250.00	£57,500.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
Systems Administrator	105	£52,940.00	£55,840.00	£58,740.00
SQL Developer	7	£54,165.00	£55,835.00	£57,500.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£55,250.00	£57,125.00
IT Project Manager	6,293	£51,205.00	£55,015.00	£58,825.00
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
Technical Account Manager	30	£51,515.00	£54,780.00	£58,050.00
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
Technology Consultant	16	£43,550.00	£53,775.00	£64,000.00
Data Analyst	226	£49,755.00	£53,560.00	£57,375.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Technical Analyst	14	£51,000.00	£53,230.00	£55,465.00
Application Support	231	£49,890.00	£53,115.00	£56,340.00
Systems Analyst	76	£48,290.00	£52,485.00	£56,685.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Information Security Analyst	25	£49,830.00	£52,330.00	£54,830.00
Systems Developer	413	£48,570.00	£52,250.00	£55,930.00
Application Support Analyst	56	£48,655.00	£52,225.00	£55,790.00
Business Systems Analyst	35	£46,655.00	£51,820.00	£56,990.00
CRM Manager	12	£49,815.00	£51,655.00	£53,500.00
Programming	698	£49,250.00	£51,515.00	£53,775.00
Systems Manager	1,900	£49,135.00	£51,360.00	£53,585.00
Digital	3,547	£47,875.00	£51,335.00	£54,790.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Operations Analyst	10	£47,000.00	£50,750.00	£54,500.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Data Analysis	83	£46,065.00	£49,445.00	£52,835.00
Product Developer	393	£45,125.00	£48,625.00	£52,125.00
Product Analyst	4	£45,000.00	£48,500.00	£52,000.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
Mobile Engineer	195	£44,715.00	£47,905.00	£51,100.00
Service Manager	2,782	£45,365.00	£47,805.00	£50,250.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Bi Analyst	19	£44,995.00	£47,455.00	£49,920.00
Junior Developer	10	£44,500.00	£47,375.00	£50,250.00
Application Specialist	30	£46,050.00	£47,350.00	£48,650.00
Test Analyst	16	£45,645.00	£46,965.00	£48,285.00
Developer	63,944	£44,270.00	£46,810.00	£49,350.00
Development	64,212	£44,280.00	£46,690.00	£49,110.00
Service Desk Manager	12	£44,240.00	£45,705.00	£47,175.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
PHP Developer	28	£42,240.00	£45,085.00	£47,930.00
IT Consultant	15,808	£39,615.00	£45,030.00	£50,440.00
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
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	£40,865.00	£43,825.00	£46,775.00
IT Service Desk Manager	21	£42,575.00	£43,765.00	£44,950.00
IT Specialist	8,771	£41,810.00	£43,725.00	£45,640.00
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	101,647	£40,680.00	£43,145.00	£45,610.00
Product Marketing Manager	28	£38,950.00	£42,225.00	£45,500.00
Technical Support	344	£39,420.00	£42,190.00	£44,960.00
Website	576	£39,000.00	£41,990.00	£44,975.00
Autodesk	12	£37,800.00	£41,750.00	£45,700.00
Senior IT Technician	231	£38,390.00	£41,490.00	£44,585.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
IT Support Engineer	849	£37,835.00	£40,430.00	£43,030.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
IT Technician	36,102	£37,015.00	£38,850.00	£40,690.00
Assistant Product Manager	19	£36,125.00	£38,690.00	£41,250.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,175	£35,435.00	£37,990.00	£40,545.00
IT Support	146,878	£36,385.00	£37,985.00	£39,585.00
Service Desk	249	£35,440.00	£37,245.00	£39,050.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Product	29,325	£35,360.00	£36,940.00	£38,525.00
IT Business Development Executive	137	£30,150.00	£36,700.00	£43,245.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Service Analyst	44	£34,065.00	£36,180.00	£38,295.00
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	14,454	£33,190.00	£35,230.00	£37,275.00
IT Trainer	460	£33,100.00	£34,865.00	£36,640.00
Product Planner	83	£33,120.00	£34,730.00	£36,330.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Technician	37	£31,920.00	£34,040.00	£36,160.00
IT Support Executive	121	£32,760.00	£33,895.00	£35,030.00
Service Desk Analyst	59	£31,075.00	£32,755.00	£34,420.00
Junior Product Manager	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
Support Consultant	6	£29,750.00	£31,875.00	£34,000.00
IT Support Officer	233	£30,735.00	£31,815.00	£32,890.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	83	£29,955.00	£31,085.00	£32,210.00
1st Line Support	18	£29,540.00	£31,060.00	£32,575.00
1st Line IT Support	16	£29,790.00	£31,035.00	£32,275.00
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
It Graduate	506	£27,410.00	£29,360.00	£31,315.00
IT Trainee	3,600	£26,375.00	£29,050.00	£31,720.00
Technical Administrator	16	£27,190.00	£28,875.00	£30,565.00
IT Administrator	11,789	£27,625.00	£28,775.00	£29,925.00
Junior IT Technician	10	£26,000.00	£27,940.00	£29,875.00
IT Security Officer	33	£27,490.00	£27,690.00	£27,890.00
Trainee IT Technician	33	£26,920.00	£27,105.00	£27,285.00
Systems Support Analyst	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
IT Support Advisor	24	£25,240.00	£25,480.00	£25,710.00
Graduate Developer	49	£25,395.00	£25,395.00	£25,395.00
Graduate Software Developer	8	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,218	£23,800.00	£24,145.00	£24,495.00