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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 4,890,706 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,645,134	94.98 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	160,409	3.28 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	85,163	1.74 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 94,052 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 407,559 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	89,329	387,094
Contract	4,722	20,464

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

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is also March, 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
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
January 2025	30,982
December 2024	21,396

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	27	£116,165.00	£125,515.00	£134,870.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Application Integrator	3	£100,650.00	£109,550.00	£118,425.00
Cloud Consultant	2	£90,000.00	£107,500.00	£125,000.00
Angular	123	£96,305.00	£107,200.00	£118,100.00
Head of Software	9	£95,500.00	£102,835.00	£110,165.00
Python Developer	237	£94,360.00	£102,730.00	£111,105.00
Head of Software Development	2	£90,000.00	£100,000.00	£110,000.00
Head of Technology	2	£91,625.00	£99,625.00	£107,625.00
Head of Quality	2	£85,000.00	£97,500.00	£110,000.00
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	206	£86,430.00	£95,410.00	£104,395.00
Enterprise Architect	54	£89,195.00	£94,175.00	£99,145.00
Python	677	£85,390.00	£93,950.00	£102,510.00
Head of Delivery	8	£86,090.00	£91,090.00	£96,090.00
Data Architect	62	£83,710.00	£89,865.00	£96,020.00
Business Architect	4	£82,500.00	£87,500.00	£92,500.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	405	£78,730.00	£86,495.00	£94,260.00
Azure Architect	11	£76,250.00	£85,250.00	£94,250.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Software Engineer	2,011	£74,485.00	£83,035.00	£91,575.00
Transformation Manager	11	£75,440.00	£83,000.00	£90,560.00
Solutions Architect	451	£77,515.00	£82,380.00	£87,255.00
Senior Java Developer	8	£74,250.00	£81,875.00	£89,500.00
Data Engineer	743	£75,170.00	£81,540.00	£87,910.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Technical Architect	53	£77,675.00	£81,315.00	£84,950.00
Technical Lead	414	£78,265.00	£81,070.00	£83,875.00
Cisco Engineer	3	£75,000.00	£80,000.00	£85,000.00
SAP Consultant	33	£73,000.00	£79,800.00	£86,600.00
DevOps Engineer	301	£73,040.00	£79,295.00	£85,545.00
Head of Operations	18	£73,000.00	£78,000.00	£83,000.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
Security Architect	40	£71,620.00	£77,250.00	£82,875.00
Transformation Lead	4	£73,750.00	£77,125.00	£80,500.00
Machine Learning Engineer	18	£66,040.00	£76,980.00	£87,920.00
Cloud Engineer	231	£69,965.00	£76,620.00	£83,265.00
Senior Product Manager	10	£71,250.00	£76,500.00	£81,750.00
Software Developer	1,311	£71,325.00	£76,485.00	£81,645.00
Data Science	55	£70,330.00	£75,685.00	£81,040.00
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
IT Director	3,081	£69,660.00	£74,735.00	£79,805.00
Backend Developer	41	£65,965.00	£74,445.00	£82,930.00
Application Developer	48	£71,220.00	£74,275.00	£77,315.00
Application Manager	35	£70,395.00	£74,165.00	£77,940.00
Data Scientist	52	£68,705.00	£73,410.00	£78,115.00
Technology Consultant	6	£65,000.00	£73,335.00	£81,665.00
Lead Developer	203	£68,410.00	£73,310.00	£78,215.00
Technical Product Owner	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Head of Service	11	£69,400.00	£72,215.00	£75,035.00
Infrastructure Manager	74	£67,340.00	£71,985.00	£76,635.00
Functional Consultant	32	£64,605.00	£71,780.00	£78,960.00
Full Stack Developer	240	£65,805.00	£71,710.00	£77,620.00
JavaScript Developer	6	£65,000.00	£71,250.00	£77,500.00
Information Security	221	£66,750.00	£70,990.00	£75,230.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	63	£67,635.00	£70,860.00	£74,085.00
Data Modeller	151	£65,565.00	£70,770.00	£75,970.00
Programme Manager	298	£66,060.00	£70,360.00	£74,660.00
iOS Developer	2	£60,000.00	£70,000.00	£80,000.00
Microsoft Developer	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Cloud Architect	25	£64,975.00	£69,875.00	£74,770.00
Senior Software Developer	30	£65,465.00	£69,840.00	£74,215.00
Technical Project Manager	11	£65,315.00	£69,375.00	£73,440.00
Front End Developer	48	£64,210.00	£69,280.00	£74,340.00
Information Security Manager	31	£63,170.00	£68,440.00	£73,715.00
Release Manager	8	£59,365.00	£68,130.00	£76,890.00
Technical Consultant	67	£59,420.00	£68,030.00	£76,635.00
Data Management	404	£63,425.00	£67,865.00	£72,315.00
Data Migration	25	£63,480.00	£67,835.00	£72,190.00
Senior Developer	353	£62,725.00	£67,615.00	£72,510.00
Network Manager	31	£62,815.00	£67,600.00	£72,385.00
Test Manager	14	£65,335.00	£67,400.00	£69,470.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Cyber Security	349	£62,330.00	£66,735.00	£71,145.00
Sap Project Manager	2	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Solution Designer	286	£61,500.00	£65,985.00	£70,470.00
Cyber Security Engineer	20	£61,765.00	£65,920.00	£70,075.00
Delivery Manager	312	£62,475.00	£65,765.00	£69,060.00
Product Owner	120	£61,160.00	£65,035.00	£68,905.00
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
Product Development Manager	2	£59,000.00	£64,500.00	£70,000.00
Technical Author	375	£64,360.00	£64,450.00	£64,540.00
Web Developer	14	£59,690.00	£64,220.00	£68,750.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£61,725.00	£64,090.00	£66,450.00
Hardware Engineer	192	£63,250.00	£63,935.00	£64,615.00
Systems Architect	40	£62,450.00	£63,140.00	£63,830.00
Cyber Security Consultant	36	£57,050.00	£62,850.00	£68,650.00
Information Management	46	£59,590.00	£62,605.00	£65,615.00
Network Security	88	£58,545.00	£62,355.00	£66,170.00
IT Support Team Lead	4	£58,750.00	£61,875.00	£65,000.00
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
Service Delivery Manager	28	£57,990.00	£61,380.00	£64,770.00
Mobile Developer	4	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Business Analyst	708	£57,480.00	£61,240.00	£64,995.00
Database Administrator	14	£54,750.00	£61,100.00	£67,450.00
Senior Analyst	156	£57,645.00	£60,735.00	£63,825.00
Database Manager	4	£57,500.00	£60,375.00	£63,250.00
Hardware Designer	72	£57,825.00	£60,265.00	£62,700.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
Information Analyst	2	£52,500.00	£60,000.00	£67,500.00
Software Programmer	4	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Scrum Master	8	£57,500.00	£59,625.00	£61,750.00
Head of IT	5,009	£56,110.00	£59,185.00	£62,255.00
Active Directory	16	£57,750.00	£59,100.00	£60,450.00
Technical Services Manager	36	£56,020.00	£58,880.00	£61,735.00
Technical Analyst	12	£56,665.00	£58,855.00	£61,040.00
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Software Team Leader	33	£58,500.00	£58,500.00	£58,500.00
Cyber Security Analyst	17	£52,650.00	£58,325.00	£64,000.00
Product Management	970	£54,630.00	£58,175.00	£61,720.00
Bi Analyst	16	£53,890.00	£58,060.00	£62,225.00
Web Manager	6	£56,000.00	£58,000.00	£60,000.00
Network Engineer	318	£54,380.00	£57,805.00	£61,230.00
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
Head of Development	7	£54,500.00	£57,000.00	£59,500.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
Test Lead	41	£54,260.00	£56,790.00	£59,320.00
Salesforce Developer	6	£55,335.00	£56,165.00	£57,000.00
Systems Administrator	116	£53,210.00	£56,150.00	£59,090.00
Embedded Software Engineer	34	£48,290.00	£56,115.00	£63,940.00
Product Analyst	6	£51,665.00	£56,085.00	£60,500.00
IT Business Partner	1,352	£53,300.00	£55,920.00	£58,540.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
Power BI Developer	13	£53,415.00	£55,835.00	£58,250.00
Digital Analyst	8	£55,000.00	£55,000.00	£55,000.00
IT Project Manager	5,435	£51,335.00	£54,865.00	£58,395.00
Systems Manager	1,573	£52,070.00	£54,560.00	£57,050.00
BI Developer	32	£50,010.00	£54,305.00	£58,605.00
Systems Specialist	22	£50,000.00	£54,000.00	£58,000.00
Application Support Analyst	76	£50,525.00	£53,965.00	£57,405.00
Systems Developer	364	£50,915.00	£53,955.00	£56,995.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Operations Analyst	15	£49,250.00	£53,540.00	£57,835.00
Information Security Analyst	23	£49,995.00	£53,495.00	£56,995.00
Systems Analyst	91	£49,290.00	£53,345.00	£57,400.00
Programming	544	£50,375.00	£52,850.00	£55,315.00
SQL Developer	9	£50,625.00	£52,815.00	£55,000.00
Application Specialist	25	£50,815.00	£52,065.00	£53,315.00
Digital	3,104	£48,375.00	£52,000.00	£55,630.00
Digital Project Manager	4	£48,500.00	£52,000.00	£55,500.00
Quality Assurance Manager	10	£49,585.00	£51,875.00	£54,165.00
Application Support	248	£48,565.00	£51,800.00	£55,035.00
CRM Manager	12	£49,815.00	£51,655.00	£53,500.00
Business Systems Analyst	36	£46,470.00	£51,510.00	£56,555.00
Data Analyst	258	£48,080.00	£51,455.00	£54,830.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Data Analysis	73	£46,670.00	£50,455.00	£54,230.00
Product Developer	340	£46,320.00	£50,255.00	£54,195.00
Data Insight Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Systems Officer	2	£48,000.00	£49,500.00	£51,000.00
Microsoft Dynamics AX	2	£45,000.00	£49,000.00	£53,000.00
Service Manager	2,236	£45,730.00	£48,235.00	£50,750.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
Development	55,156	£45,340.00	£47,750.00	£50,175.00
IT Consultant	12,066	£42,085.00	£47,715.00	£53,345.00
Developer	54,398	£45,170.00	£47,690.00	£50,215.00
Service Desk Manager	14	£45,740.00	£47,080.00	£48,425.00
Test Analyst	20	£45,065.00	£46,985.00	£48,905.00
Reporting Analyst	5	£43,750.00	£46,875.00	£50,000.00
Junior Developer	10	£44,000.00	£46,575.00	£49,150.00
PHP Developer	47	£42,790.00	£45,915.00	£49,040.00
IT Specialist	6,839	£43,585.00	£45,565.00	£47,545.00
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	25	£43,785.00	£44,990.00	£46,200.00
Website	421	£41,840.00	£44,820.00	£47,795.00
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
Mobile Engineer	174	£40,750.00	£44,270.00	£47,790.00
SQL Analyst	6	£41,665.00	£44,165.00	£46,665.00
IT Support Analyst	373	£41,115.00	£44,025.00	£46,930.00
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 Manager	81,945	£41,185.00	£43,450.00	£45,725.00
Technical Account Manager	14	£40,560.00	£43,310.00	£46,060.00
Technical Support	273	£40,670.00	£43,205.00	£45,735.00
Autodesk	10	£38,750.00	£42,815.00	£46,875.00
Software Tester	2	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Senior IT Technician	157	£38,525.00	£41,530.00	£44,530.00
Desktop Support Engineer	12	£39,750.00	£40,315.00	£40,875.00
IT Support Engineer	934	£37,845.00	£40,250.00	£42,655.00
Product Marketing Manager	26	£36,190.00	£39,030.00	£41,875.00
Service Desk	271	£36,345.00	£38,535.00	£40,725.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£36,500.00	£38,250.00	£40,000.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Field Service Engineer	883	£35,900.00	£38,110.00	£40,315.00
Laravel Developer	5	£33,750.00	£37,875.00	£42,000.00
IT Support	114,898	£35,970.00	£37,505.00	£39,040.00
Project Office Support	4	£36,050.00	£37,500.00	£38,975.00
IT Business Development Executive	147	£30,375.00	£37,345.00	£44,305.00
IT Officer	10,992	£35,025.00	£37,090.00	£39,160.00
IT Technician	20,204	£35,225.00	£37,090.00	£38,960.00
Product	27,210	£35,485.00	£36,975.00	£38,460.00
Digital Account Manager	2	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Trainer	339	£34,385.00	£36,165.00	£37,945.00
Product Planner	56	£33,770.00	£35,590.00	£37,405.00
2nd Line Support	61	£33,035.00	£35,425.00	£37,815.00
CRM Administrator	4	£34,900.00	£35,400.00	£35,900.00
QA Tester	2	£32,000.00	£35,000.00	£38,000.00
Service Analyst	42	£32,680.00	£34,870.00	£37,055.00
1st Line Support	18	£31,200.00	£33,640.00	£36,085.00
IT Support Executive	31	£32,545.00	£33,630.00	£34,715.00
1st Line IT Support	16	£31,410.00	£33,620.00	£35,835.00
Support Consultant	5	£30,165.00	£32,750.00	£35,335.00
IT Support Officer	164	£31,615.00	£32,700.00	£33,775.00
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 Technician	32	£30,350.00	£32,360.00	£34,375.00
Service Desk Analyst	66	£30,660.00	£32,270.00	£33,880.00
Junior Product Manager	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
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
IT Helpdesk	57	£30,095.00	£31,480.00	£32,855.00
Web Design	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
Systems Support Analyst	4	£29,565.00	£30,525.00	£31,500.00
Systems Coordinator	4	£29,500.00	£30,250.00	£31,000.00
Junior PHP Developer	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
It Graduate	459	£27,810.00	£29,835.00	£31,865.00
Technical Administrator	11	£27,500.00	£29,665.00	£31,835.00
IT Administrator	8,325	£28,100.00	£29,305.00	£30,515.00
IT Security Officer	18	£28,105.00	£28,305.00	£28,505.00
IT Trainee	2,394	£25,925.00	£28,010.00	£30,090.00
Junior IT Technician	6	£25,250.00	£27,375.00	£29,500.00
Trainee IT Technician	11	£26,900.00	£27,210.00	£27,510.00
Graduate Developer	55	£25,395.00	£25,395.00	£25,395.00
Graduate Software Developer	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Advisor	14	£24,675.00	£24,875.00	£25,070.00
IT Support Assistant	874	£23,285.00	£23,690.00	£24,095.00