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Highest Paying IT Jobs in the UK

Use this page to decide which it jobs roles to target next, based on current salary and demand signals.

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 5,384,451 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,120,249	95.09 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	173,871	3.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	90,331	1.68 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 103,547 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 448,704 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	98,466	426,687
Contract	5,080	22,016

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

67,544

Up 21.7% vs last year

Average salary

£52,695.00

Down 2.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

2,401

Up 39.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Up 7.2% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: May 2026

Jobs listed

947

Up 40.1% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 2.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month Total Listed IT Jobs

Month 🔽	Listed Jobs	vs Prev Month	vs Prev 3 Months	vs Prev 6 Months	vs Prev Year
May 2026	67,544
April 2026	98,757
March 2026	103,044
February 2026	82,182
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

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	20	£113,595.00	£121,550.00	£129,500.00
Angular	47	£103,335.00	£112,710.00	£122,085.00
Python Developer	138	£92,975.00	£100,150.00	£107,325.00
Software Development Manager	14	£93,165.00	£97,750.00	£102,335.00
Enterprise Architect	86	£91,440.00	£96,870.00	£102,305.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Python	455	£81,760.00	£90,510.00	£99,255.00
Head of Software	4	£83,250.00	£90,500.00	£97,750.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Data Architect	151	£82,415.00	£88,360.00	£94,305.00
Java Developer	129	£79,560.00	£87,165.00	£94,770.00
Azure Architect	19	£78,750.00	£86,250.00	£93,750.00
Integration Architect	6	£78,335.00	£85,835.00	£93,335.00
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
Security Architect	61	£79,675.00	£84,890.00	£90,110.00
Senior Software Engineer	228	£77,090.00	£84,525.00	£91,950.00
Business Architect	18	£79,165.00	£84,190.00	£89,210.00
Software Architect	224	£83,885.00	£83,885.00	£83,885.00
Solutions Architect	394	£78,095.00	£83,535.00	£88,975.00
Head of Technology	2	£70,150.00	£83,200.00	£96,250.00
Cloud Consultant	6	£79,375.00	£83,125.00	£86,875.00
Android Developer	2	£72,500.00	£82,500.00	£92,500.00
Programme Lead	3	£70,000.00	£82,500.00	£95,000.00
Software Engineer	1,413	£73,380.00	£80,960.00	£88,535.00
Head of Service	32	£74,920.00	£80,615.00	£86,315.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Lead	11	£78,000.00	£78,835.00	£79,665.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£72,750.00	£78,750.00	£84,750.00
Technical Lead	488	£74,740.00	£78,705.00	£82,670.00
Backend Developer	47	£71,685.00	£78,590.00	£85,495.00
Transformation Manager	33	£71,825.00	£78,035.00	£84,250.00
Technical Architect	42	£73,635.00	£77,555.00	£81,480.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Cloud Architect	8	£70,000.00	£77,085.00	£84,165.00
SAP Consultant	33	£70,595.00	£76,735.00	£82,875.00
Functional Consultant	34	£70,350.00	£76,345.00	£82,335.00
IT Director	5,109	£70,360.00	£76,185.00	£82,000.00
Information Security	186	£71,775.00	£75,780.00	£79,780.00
Information Security Manager	32	£70,310.00	£75,555.00	£80,800.00
Infrastructure Manager	81	£70,815.00	£75,140.00	£79,460.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Head of Product	7	£67,475.00	£74,675.00	£81,890.00
Data Engineer	823	£69,460.00	£74,635.00	£79,805.00
Data Scientist	59	£69,570.00	£74,305.00	£79,040.00
Software Developer	985	£69,050.00	£74,080.00	£79,110.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	76	£69,860.00	£73,160.00	£76,460.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Data Modeller	243	£67,200.00	£72,775.00	£78,340.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Application Developer	44	£67,875.00	£72,390.00	£76,895.00
Full Stack Developer	228	£65,455.00	£72,290.00	£79,125.00
Senior Product Manager	29	£67,285.00	£71,755.00	£76,230.00
Cloud Engineer	225	£65,715.00	£71,710.00	£77,695.00
Senior Software Developer	15	£68,500.00	£71,460.00	£74,415.00
Lead Developer	319	£66,535.00	£71,410.00	£76,290.00
DevOps Engineer	214	£65,760.00	£71,295.00	£76,830.00
Test Manager	41	£66,905.00	£71,150.00	£75,395.00
Scrum Master	14	£65,135.00	£70,915.00	£76,700.00
Head of Operations	49	£67,220.00	£70,720.00	£74,220.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Application Manager	77	£66,275.00	£70,530.00	£74,780.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
Hardware Engineer	338	£69,190.00	£70,370.00	£71,550.00
JavaScript Developer	7	£62,500.00	£70,000.00	£77,500.00
Sap Project Manager	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security	546	£64,580.00	£69,275.00	£73,975.00
Solution Designer	442	£65,065.00	£69,260.00	£73,450.00
Technical Consultant	53	£61,095.00	£69,020.00	£76,940.00
Senior Developer	287	£63,500.00	£68,650.00	£73,790.00
Programme Manager	408	£63,515.00	£68,100.00	£72,680.00
Active Directory	20	£65,030.00	£67,530.00	£70,030.00
Business Relationship Manager	4	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Head of Delivery	1	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Sharepoint Consultant	2	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
Salesforce Developer	12	£65,450.00	£67,325.00	£69,200.00
Delivery Manager	337	£62,450.00	£66,340.00	£70,220.00
Network Security	98	£61,740.00	£66,155.00	£70,570.00
Data Management	434	£61,760.00	£65,510.00	£69,260.00
Front End Developer	24	£59,155.00	£65,435.00	£71,715.00
Service Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£59,095.00	£64,430.00	£69,765.00
Product Owner	201	£60,670.00	£64,395.00	£68,120.00
Service Delivery Manager	28	£61,530.00	£63,755.00	£65,975.00
Technical Author	588	£63,485.00	£63,585.00	£63,690.00
Head of IT	7,220	£59,485.00	£63,355.00	£67,220.00
Network Manager	10	£59,530.00	£62,970.00	£66,405.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Data Science	40	£57,340.00	£61,895.00	£66,455.00
Cyber Security Manager	16	£59,750.00	£61,790.00	£63,835.00
Technical Analyst	14	£58,460.00	£61,770.00	£65,085.00
Cyber Security Analyst	20	£55,850.00	£61,515.00	£67,185.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Senior Analyst	224	£58,740.00	£61,210.00	£63,675.00
Hardware Designer	139	£59,135.00	£61,015.00	£62,895.00
Network Engineer	296	£57,085.00	£60,900.00	£64,715.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Cyber Security Consultant	50	£53,965.00	£60,405.00	£66,840.00
Software Team Leader	29	£60,250.00	£60,250.00	£60,250.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Embedded Software Engineer	35	£52,000.00	£59,960.00	£67,915.00
Technical Account Manager	80	£55,565.00	£59,495.00	£63,425.00
Business Analyst	674	£56,050.00	£59,020.00	£61,990.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Technical Services Manager	112	£55,420.00	£58,340.00	£61,260.00
Information Management	120	£54,940.00	£57,945.00	£60,945.00
Oracle Developer	7	£53,500.00	£57,665.00	£61,835.00
Test Lead	42	£54,550.00	£57,565.00	£60,570.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Data Migration	29	£53,410.00	£57,510.00	£61,605.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£57,125.00	£60,875.00
IT Business Partner	2,471	£54,400.00	£57,090.00	£59,775.00
BI Developer	30	£52,070.00	£56,995.00	£61,915.00
Product Management	1,388	£52,620.00	£56,300.00	£59,980.00
Docker	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
Systems Developer	407	£51,985.00	£55,385.00	£58,785.00
Digital Analyst	16	£53,415.00	£55,125.00	£56,840.00
Wordpress	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
IT Project Manager	7,650	£50,765.00	£54,810.00	£58,865.00
Application Support	214	£51,450.00	£54,805.00	£58,160.00
Systems Administrator	92	£51,485.00	£54,175.00	£56,870.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Data Analyst	236	£50,065.00	£53,870.00	£57,680.00
Systems Specialist	46	£52,300.00	£53,600.00	£54,900.00
Systems Analyst	61	£48,970.00	£53,365.00	£57,760.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Information Analyst	12	£50,000.00	£52,500.00	£55,000.00
Technical Support Manager	19	£50,665.00	£52,225.00	£53,790.00
Product Marketing Manager	21	£48,015.00	£52,160.00	£56,300.00
SQL Developer	6	£48,335.00	£52,085.00	£55,835.00
Data Analysis	50	£48,545.00	£52,020.00	£55,505.00
CRM Manager	30	£49,430.00	£51,130.00	£52,835.00
Systems Manager	2,561	£48,790.00	£50,940.00	£53,100.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Application Support Analyst	32	£47,190.00	£50,305.00	£53,420.00
Product Development Manager	4	£45,550.00	£50,250.00	£54,975.00
Business Systems Analyst	14	£44,215.00	£50,000.00	£55,785.00
Service Desk Manager	4	£48,215.00	£49,715.00	£51,215.00
Digital	4,826	£46,465.00	£49,460.00	£52,465.00
IT Service Desk Manager	6	£47,975.00	£49,390.00	£50,810.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
Programming	943	£46,225.00	£48,740.00	£51,250.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Web Developer	62	£44,030.00	£47,765.00	£51,500.00
Reporting Analyst	25	£45,880.00	£47,685.00	£49,490.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Operations Analyst	8	£44,375.00	£47,500.00	£50,625.00
SQL Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
PHP Developer	20	£44,585.00	£47,335.00	£50,085.00
Developer	78,101	£44,570.00	£47,325.00	£50,085.00
Development	77,122	£44,610.00	£47,310.00	£50,015.00
Implementation Consultant	10	£44,125.00	£47,250.00	£50,375.00
Database Administrator	16	£44,750.00	£47,155.00	£49,565.00
Mobile Engineer	284	£44,425.00	£47,125.00	£49,825.00
Product Developer	628	£43,290.00	£47,000.00	£50,700.00
Service Manager	3,429	£44,420.00	£46,795.00	£49,180.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Implementation Manager	26	£45,000.00	£46,250.00	£47,500.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
AI Specialist	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
Technical Trainer	21	£42,285.00	£44,275.00	£46,265.00
IT Manager	136,562	£41,260.00	£43,955.00	£46,655.00
IT Specialist	12,201	£41,960.00	£43,845.00	£45,750.00
IT Consultant	21,335	£38,065.00	£43,745.00	£49,425.00
Junior Developer	57	£40,585.00	£43,730.00	£46,875.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
Application Specialist	26	£41,810.00	£42,500.00	£43,190.00
MySQL	3	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
IT Technician	55,671	£40,315.00	£42,335.00	£44,355.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£42,250.00	£45,000.00
Senior IT Technician	308	£38,875.00	£42,250.00	£45,615.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
IT Support Analyst	284	£39,500.00	£42,225.00	£44,945.00
IT Support Engineer	1,249	£39,570.00	£42,115.00	£44,670.00
Website	870	£38,820.00	£41,735.00	£44,650.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
IT Support	196,275	£39,115.00	£41,050.00	£42,980.00
Desktop Support Engineer	10	£40,440.00	£41,030.00	£41,625.00
Support Consultant	15	£36,665.00	£40,750.00	£44,835.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£37,335.00	£40,500.00	£43,665.00
Product	30,939	£38,700.00	£40,425.00	£42,155.00
Technical Support	763	£37,950.00	£40,415.00	£42,875.00
Laravel Developer	13	£35,500.00	£39,650.00	£43,800.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,302	£34,735.00	£37,095.00	£39,460.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Service Desk	233	£35,060.00	£36,985.00	£38,905.00
IT Trainer	1,475	£35,115.00	£36,960.00	£38,800.00
Technical Officer	4	£35,000.00	£36,875.00	£38,750.00
Service Analyst	24	£34,545.00	£36,790.00	£39,035.00
IT Business Development Executive	95	£31,045.00	£36,685.00	£42,320.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Project Analyst	12	£34,390.00	£35,940.00	£37,500.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
Systems Officer	6	£33,700.00	£35,475.00	£37,250.00
IT Support Technician	66	£33,090.00	£35,100.00	£37,105.00
IT Officer	20,132	£33,035.00	£35,090.00	£37,155.00
2nd Line Support	47	£32,605.00	£34,955.00	£37,305.00
Product Planner	99	£32,395.00	£34,440.00	£36,480.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Executive	518	£32,875.00	£34,195.00	£35,505.00
Junior Java Developer	4	£33,250.00	£34,125.00	£35,000.00
Service Desk Analyst	41	£31,280.00	£33,380.00	£35,475.00
CRM Administrator	2	£29,000.00	£32,000.00	£35,000.00
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
IT Security Officer	53	£30,915.00	£31,045.00	£31,180.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
IT Support Officer	367	£29,285.00	£30,265.00	£31,250.00
1st Line IT Support	13	£28,390.00	£29,985.00	£31,575.00
1st Line Support	13	£28,390.00	£29,985.00	£31,575.00
Systems Coordinator	6	£28,835.00	£29,750.00	£30,665.00
IT Trainee	5,345	£27,090.00	£29,735.00	£32,385.00
IT Helpdesk	150	£28,560.00	£29,335.00	£30,110.00
IT Administrator	15,928	£27,740.00	£29,025.00	£30,305.00
It Graduate	644	£27,265.00	£28,980.00	£30,690.00
Technical Administrator	41	£27,405.00	£28,945.00	£30,490.00
Junior IT Technician	33	£27,075.00	£28,830.00	£30,585.00
Trainee IT Technician	67	£27,215.00	£27,565.00	£27,910.00
EPOS	6	£26,375.00	£27,375.00	£28,375.00
IT Support Advisor	40	£26,305.00	£26,880.00	£27,455.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	52	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	33	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,185	£24,400.00	£24,795.00	£25,190.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00