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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 5,717,601 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,439,887	95.14 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	183,614	3.21 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	94,100	1.65 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 109,954 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 476,467 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	104,613	453,324
Contract	5,340	23,142

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

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is June, and the quietest month is December.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

74,661

Up 11.2% vs last year

Average salary

£52,845.00

Down 0.7% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

1,258

Down 39.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£535.00

Up 3.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

424

Down 47.2% vs last year

Average day rate

£525.00

Up 3.1% 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
October 2026	74,661
September 2026	79,707
August 2026	51,007
July 2026	58,516
June 2026	67,860
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

The Highest Paying Programming Languages in the UK

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	16	£116,460.00	£125,110.00	£133,750.00
Software Programmer	2	£110,000.00	£125,000.00	£140,000.00
Cloud Architect	10	£98,750.00	£106,875.00	£115,000.00
Python Developer	81	£97,200.00	£105,230.00	£113,260.00
Enterprise Architect	98	£95,615.00	£102,995.00	£110,370.00
Head of Software	2	£95,000.00	£102,500.00	£110,000.00
Azure Architect	24	£92,405.00	£96,780.00	£101,155.00
Data Solution Architect	2	£80,000.00	£96,250.00	£112,500.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Data Architect	167	£83,300.00	£89,660.00	£96,015.00
Head of Product	8	£84,985.00	£89,285.00	£93,590.00
Security Architect	78	£82,875.00	£87,595.00	£92,320.00
Angular	4	£87,500.00	£87,500.00	£87,500.00
Python	377	£78,410.00	£87,160.00	£95,910.00
Software Architect	77	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
Solutions Architect	418	£79,425.00	£85,630.00	£91,835.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
Software Development Manager	4	£83,500.00	£84,125.00	£84,750.00
Technical Architect	47	£78,575.00	£83,500.00	£88,425.00
Cloud Consultant	6	£79,375.00	£83,125.00	£86,875.00
Business Architect	26	£78,570.00	£82,875.00	£87,180.00
Android Developer	2	£72,500.00	£82,500.00	£92,500.00
Backend Developer	27	£77,395.00	£82,475.00	£87,555.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Infrastructure Manager	91	£74,785.00	£79,710.00	£84,635.00
Senior Software Engineer	193	£72,605.00	£79,565.00	£86,520.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	87	£74,825.00	£79,460.00	£84,085.00
IT Director	5,453	£72,140.00	£78,740.00	£85,340.00
Information Security	199	£73,395.00	£78,125.00	£82,850.00
Head of Quality	8	£74,835.00	£77,750.00	£80,665.00
Programme Director	1	£65,000.00	£77,500.00	£90,000.00
Information Security Manager	16	£73,335.00	£77,230.00	£81,120.00
Technical Lead	412	£72,165.00	£76,810.00	£81,450.00
Software Engineer	1,220	£69,870.00	£76,690.00	£83,500.00
Functional Consultant	47	£70,480.00	£76,550.00	£82,620.00
Systems Architect	2	£70,000.00	£76,250.00	£82,500.00
SAP Consultant	20	£69,700.00	£76,225.00	£82,750.00
Senior Product Manager	29	£71,690.00	£76,165.00	£80,640.00
Java Developer	103	£68,960.00	£75,460.00	£81,955.00
Head of Service	40	£70,185.00	£75,195.00	£80,210.00
Scrum Master	12	£67,670.00	£74,645.00	£81,625.00
Transformation Lead	17	£71,260.00	£74,445.00	£77,635.00
Data Modeller	300	£68,990.00	£73,485.00	£77,965.00
Cloud Engineer	224	£66,910.00	£73,340.00	£79,765.00
Transformation Manager	39	£68,275.00	£73,325.00	£78,375.00
Data Scientist	63	£67,440.00	£73,295.00	£79,150.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Solution Designer	466	£67,685.00	£72,990.00	£78,290.00
Data Engineer	820	£67,720.00	£72,940.00	£78,160.00
Test Manager	43	£67,125.00	£72,695.00	£78,270.00
Senior Software Developer	11	£71,300.00	£72,050.00	£72,800.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£69,065.00	£72,030.00	£75,000.00
Head of Operations	95	£67,855.00	£71,970.00	£76,090.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Network Security	115	£66,040.00	£70,800.00	£75,555.00
Application Developer	51	£65,300.00	£70,795.00	£76,285.00
CRM Developer	3	£67,500.00	£70,625.00	£73,750.00
Cyber Security	640	£66,360.00	£70,490.00	£74,635.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
Software Developer	770	£65,265.00	£70,175.00	£75,085.00
DevOps Engineer	164	£64,375.00	£70,080.00	£75,785.00
JavaScript Developer	3	£60,000.00	£70,000.00	£80,000.00
Sap Project Manager	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Programme Manager	441	£64,935.00	£69,955.00	£74,970.00
Cyber Security Manager	23	£66,940.00	£69,515.00	£72,090.00
Product Owner	216	£63,420.00	£69,400.00	£75,380.00
Application Manager	89	£64,275.00	£68,675.00	£73,070.00
Technical Project Manager	16	£63,570.00	£68,500.00	£73,430.00
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
Senior Developer	255	£61,730.00	£67,465.00	£73,195.00
Lead Developer	405	£63,195.00	£67,170.00	£71,140.00
Cyber Security Engineer	18	£63,180.00	£67,145.00	£71,105.00
Senior Java Developer	4	£57,650.00	£66,750.00	£75,850.00
Data Management	452	£62,145.00	£66,675.00	£71,210.00
Head of Technology	5	£60,140.00	£66,665.00	£73,190.00
Integration Architect	24	£63,200.00	£66,535.00	£69,865.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Data Science	47	£58,150.00	£65,355.00	£72,565.00
Service Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Software Team Leader	59	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Full Stack Developer	176	£58,745.00	£64,860.00	£70,970.00
Wordpress	3	£62,000.00	£64,500.00	£67,000.00
Delivery Manager	374	£60,675.00	£64,400.00	£68,115.00
Programme Lead	13	£56,925.00	£64,310.00	£71,685.00
Head of IT	7,993	£60,565.00	£64,280.00	£68,000.00
Senior Programmer	3	£60,000.00	£64,000.00	£68,000.00
Senior Analyst	216	£61,510.00	£63,915.00	£66,310.00
Technical Services Manager	185	£59,145.00	£63,635.00	£68,125.00
Service Delivery Manager	26	£60,045.00	£63,490.00	£66,930.00
Embedded Software Engineer	37	£55,535.00	£63,270.00	£71,010.00
Cyber Security Consultant	18	£55,040.00	£62,845.00	£70,645.00
Hardware Engineer	320	£60,940.00	£62,625.00	£64,320.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Oracle Developer	3	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Technical Account Manager	127	£58,480.00	£62,410.00	£66,340.00
Network Engineer	246	£57,510.00	£62,160.00	£66,815.00
Systems Analyst	55	£49,555.00	£62,040.00	£74,530.00
BI Developer	24	£56,315.00	£61,740.00	£67,165.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Database Developer	2	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Mobile Developer	4	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Front End Developer	16	£56,020.00	£61,230.00	£66,440.00
Technical Consultant	71	£55,675.00	£61,190.00	£66,695.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Network Manager	23	£57,235.00	£60,690.00	£64,140.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Docker	11	£52,500.00	£60,415.00	£68,335.00
Product Marketing Manager	28	£53,990.00	£60,335.00	£66,665.00
Hardware Designer	169	£58,415.00	£60,175.00	£61,940.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Data Controller	2	£59,500.00	£59,500.00	£59,500.00
Business Analyst	695	£55,405.00	£58,935.00	£62,460.00
Technology Consultant	21	£48,735.00	£58,615.00	£68,500.00
Active Directory	19	£55,655.00	£58,490.00	£61,320.00
Data Migration	65	£54,770.00	£58,445.00	£62,115.00
Cyber Security Analyst	33	£54,170.00	£57,885.00	£61,600.00
IT Business Partner	2,487	£54,090.00	£57,200.00	£60,310.00
SQL Developer	9	£52,815.00	£57,030.00	£61,250.00
Application Support	204	£53,225.00	£56,810.00	£60,385.00
Systems Developer	437	£52,435.00	£56,770.00	£61,095.00
IT Project Manager	9,017	£52,175.00	£56,560.00	£60,945.00
Test Lead	28	£53,720.00	£56,415.00	£59,105.00
Product Management	1,784	£52,175.00	£55,715.00	£59,250.00
Product Analyst	5	£51,250.00	£55,625.00	£60,000.00
Head of Development	18	£53,375.00	£55,270.00	£57,170.00
Digital Analyst	10	£51,770.00	£55,155.00	£58,550.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Technical Author	593	£54,200.00	£54,975.00	£55,755.00
Technical Analyst	22	£51,970.00	£54,655.00	£57,345.00
Data Analyst	246	£50,460.00	£54,485.00	£58,510.00
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
Information Security Analyst	12	£50,000.00	£52,500.00	£55,000.00
Technical Support Manager	19	£50,665.00	£52,225.00	£53,790.00
Implementation Manager	28	£50,000.00	£52,085.00	£54,165.00
CRM Manager	39	£48,790.00	£51,925.00	£55,065.00
Information Management	206	£48,915.00	£51,645.00	£54,375.00
ERP Consultant	6	£47,500.00	£51,250.00	£55,000.00
Product Development Manager	9	£47,035.00	£51,210.00	£55,400.00
Systems Administrator	93	£47,645.00	£50,955.00	£54,265.00
Business Systems Analyst	10	£44,815.00	£50,375.00	£55,940.00
IT Service Desk Manager	6	£45,465.00	£50,090.00	£54,715.00
Service Desk Manager	6	£45,465.00	£50,090.00	£54,715.00
Data Analysis	65	£46,740.00	£50,065.00	£53,390.00
PHP Developer	17	£46,000.00	£50,050.00	£54,100.00
AI Specialist	1	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Bi Analyst	16	£47,800.00	£49,590.00	£51,375.00
Reporting Analyst	22	£47,635.00	£49,510.00	£51,385.00
Implementation Consultant	20	£44,815.00	£49,480.00	£54,145.00
Quality Assurance Manager	13	£47,360.00	£48,960.00	£50,560.00
Systems Manager	2,600	£46,455.00	£48,780.00	£51,110.00
Mobile Engineer	363	£45,155.00	£48,455.00	£51,755.00
Application Support Analyst	38	£45,060.00	£48,190.00	£51,320.00
Digital	5,209	£45,260.00	£48,170.00	£51,080.00
Service Manager	3,832	£45,685.00	£47,905.00	£50,130.00
Programming	1,106	£44,920.00	£47,505.00	£50,085.00
Telecoms Engineer	12	£40,000.00	£47,500.00	£55,000.00
Systems Specialist	34	£45,500.00	£47,170.00	£48,845.00
Developer	96,970	£44,440.00	£47,160.00	£49,885.00
Development	93,083	£44,435.00	£47,160.00	£49,880.00
Product Developer	964	£43,280.00	£46,360.00	£49,435.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Support Consultant	21	£41,860.00	£45,900.00	£49,940.00
Database Administrator	20	£43,540.00	£45,790.00	£48,040.00
IT Consultant	20,839	£39,615.00	£45,140.00	£50,665.00
PMO Analyst	4	£43,750.00	£44,750.00	£45,750.00
IT Support Engineer	1,528	£42,375.00	£44,700.00	£47,030.00
IT Technician	79,920	£41,775.00	£44,595.00	£47,405.00
IT Manager	158,733	£41,825.00	£44,585.00	£47,335.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	27	£43,675.00	£44,510.00	£45,340.00
Technical Trainer	20	£40,730.00	£43,405.00	£46,080.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
Product	29,699	£40,580.00	£42,905.00	£45,240.00
IT Specialist	16,095	£40,950.00	£42,875.00	£44,805.00
Senior IT Technician	307	£39,315.00	£42,705.00	£46,100.00
IT Support Analyst	290	£39,770.00	£42,620.00	£45,465.00
MySQL	12	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Test Analyst	8	£41,375.00	£42,500.00	£43,625.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Web Developer	57	£38,085.00	£42,195.00	£46,300.00
IT Support	231,022	£39,675.00	£41,955.00	£44,235.00
Technical Support	1,121	£38,865.00	£41,615.00	£44,365.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£40,585.00	£41,375.00	£42,165.00
Operations Analyst	4	£38,750.00	£41,250.00	£43,750.00
Laravel Developer	10	£35,625.00	£40,190.00	£44,750.00
Technical Officer	6	£38,275.00	£39,790.00	£41,310.00
Application Specialist	33	£37,670.00	£39,115.00	£40,550.00
Junior Developer	73	£34,820.00	£38,780.00	£42,730.00
Website	1,157	£35,955.00	£38,755.00	£41,550.00
Autodesk	10	£35,250.00	£38,375.00	£41,500.00
2nd Line Support	35	£35,960.00	£38,290.00	£40,620.00
Assistant Product Manager	8	£34,285.00	£37,800.00	£41,310.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,642	£35,005.00	£37,370.00	£39,745.00
IT Trainer	1,593	£35,310.00	£37,160.00	£39,015.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
IT Support Technician	59	£33,905.00	£36,660.00	£39,415.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Business Development Executive	184	£31,640.00	£36,300.00	£40,960.00
Systems Officer	18	£33,725.00	£36,070.00	£38,420.00
IT Officer	27,093	£33,330.00	£35,855.00	£38,375.00
Service Desk	296	£34,065.00	£35,705.00	£37,350.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£31,250.00	£35,000.00	£38,750.00
Product Planner	184	£32,420.00	£34,525.00	£36,630.00
Service Analyst	20	£32,255.00	£34,200.00	£36,140.00
Service Desk Analyst	35	£31,605.00	£33,765.00	£35,915.00
Release Manager	2	£31,500.00	£33,000.00	£34,500.00
IT Support Executive	607	£31,635.00	£32,800.00	£33,970.00
CRM Administrator	2	£29,000.00	£32,000.00	£35,000.00
EPOS	20	£30,550.00	£31,740.00	£32,925.00
IT Security Officer	79	£31,505.00	£31,730.00	£31,950.00
Project Office Support	2	£31,000.00	£31,000.00	£31,000.00
Systems Coordinator	11	£28,375.00	£30,875.00	£33,375.00
1st Line IT Support	11	£28,625.00	£30,425.00	£32,220.00
1st Line Support	11	£28,625.00	£30,425.00	£32,220.00
IT Helpdesk	172	£29,350.00	£30,420.00	£31,495.00
Technical Administrator	95	£29,015.00	£30,415.00	£31,815.00
It Graduate	695	£28,330.00	£30,225.00	£32,125.00
Project Analyst	8	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
IT Trainee	5,155	£27,570.00	£29,920.00	£32,270.00
Junior Java Developer	4	£28,500.00	£29,750.00	£31,000.00
IT Support Officer	504	£28,725.00	£29,665.00	£30,615.00
IT Administrator	20,709	£28,155.00	£29,350.00	£30,535.00
Junior IT Technician	48	£27,310.00	£29,020.00	£30,725.00
IT Support Advisor	91	£27,330.00	£28,005.00	£28,680.00
Bid Assistant	4	£26,500.00	£28,000.00	£29,500.00
Trainee IT Technician	60	£27,540.00	£27,940.00	£28,340.00
Graduate Developer	42	£25,500.00	£25,665.00	£25,835.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	29	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,113	£24,370.00	£24,860.00	£25,345.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00