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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 4,922,028 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,675,702	95.00 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	160,927	3.27 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	85,399	1.74 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 94,654 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 410,169 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	89,916	389,641
Contract	4,737	20,527

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 also March, 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
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
January 2025	30,982

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	£116,395.00	£123,870.00	£131,345.00
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
Angular	115	£98,295.00	£109,185.00	£120,075.00
Cloud Consultant	2	£90,000.00	£107,500.00	£125,000.00
Python Developer	228	£95,070.00	£103,410.00	£111,750.00
Head of Software	9	£95,500.00	£102,835.00	£110,165.00
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
Java Developer	199	£88,460.00	£97,915.00	£107,380.00
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
Python	628	£86,050.00	£94,410.00	£102,765.00
Enterprise Architect	54	£88,585.00	£93,225.00	£97,860.00
Head of Delivery	8	£86,090.00	£91,090.00	£96,090.00
Data Architect	61	£81,890.00	£88,500.00	£95,110.00
Business Architect	8	£82,500.00	£87,500.00	£92,500.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	327	£78,315.00	£85,920.00	£93,525.00
Azure Architect	11	£76,250.00	£85,250.00	£94,250.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£74,835.00	£83,750.00	£92,665.00
Software Engineer	1,786	£74,155.00	£82,510.00	£90,855.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Solutions Architect	434	£76,985.00	£81,380.00	£85,785.00
Technical Architect	51	£77,145.00	£80,600.00	£84,055.00
Data Engineer	737	£74,465.00	£80,420.00	£86,370.00
Transformation Manager	9	£73,165.00	£80,125.00	£87,090.00
Cisco Engineer	3	£75,000.00	£80,000.00	£85,000.00
SAP Consultant	33	£73,000.00	£79,800.00	£86,600.00
Cloud Engineer	225	£72,125.00	£78,965.00	£85,800.00
Machine Learning Engineer	16	£65,315.00	£78,640.00	£91,965.00
Technical Lead	413	£75,580.00	£78,545.00	£81,510.00
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
Transformation Lead	4	£73,750.00	£77,125.00	£80,500.00
Data Science	42	£70,725.00	£76,255.00	£81,785.00
Functional Consultant	34	£69,645.00	£76,030.00	£82,410.00
Software Developer	1,210	£70,235.00	£75,720.00	£81,210.00
Security Architect	38	£70,095.00	£75,245.00	£80,395.00
Agile Coach	3	£60,000.00	£75,000.00	£90,000.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Technology Consultant	9	£61,250.00	£75,000.00	£88,750.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
DevOps Engineer	274	£68,890.00	£74,545.00	£80,195.00
Backend Developer	41	£65,965.00	£74,445.00	£82,930.00
Application Developer	48	£71,220.00	£74,275.00	£77,315.00
IT Director	3,203	£68,890.00	£73,890.00	£78,890.00
Application Manager	32	£69,580.00	£73,565.00	£77,545.00
Full Stack Developer	239	£67,235.00	£73,185.00	£79,140.00
Lead Developer	198	£68,395.00	£72,555.00	£76,725.00
Technical Product Owner	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Data Scientist	49	£67,395.00	£72,470.00	£77,545.00
Data Modeller	148	£66,735.00	£72,455.00	£78,175.00
Infrastructure Manager	74	£66,710.00	£71,480.00	£76,255.00
JavaScript Developer	6	£65,000.00	£71,250.00	£77,500.00
Head of Service	8	£68,450.00	£70,810.00	£73,175.00
Network Manager	23	£64,585.00	£70,550.00	£76,515.00
Information Security Manager	33	£65,430.00	£70,075.00	£74,720.00
iOS Developer	2	£60,000.00	£70,000.00	£80,000.00
Microsoft Developer	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	63	£66,510.00	£69,905.00	£73,300.00
Senior Software Developer	26	£65,445.00	£69,600.00	£73,750.00
Cloud Architect	23	£64,440.00	£69,520.00	£74,605.00
Technical Project Manager	11	£65,315.00	£69,375.00	£73,440.00
Information Security	210	£65,215.00	£69,265.00	£73,315.00
Release Manager	4	£59,540.00	£68,850.00	£78,150.00
Front End Developer	47	£63,965.00	£68,650.00	£73,335.00
Hardware Engineer	208	£68,105.00	£68,500.00	£68,900.00
Technical Consultant	65	£58,835.00	£67,465.00	£76,095.00
Data Migration	20	£63,165.00	£67,415.00	£71,665.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Senior Developer	339	£62,930.00	£67,170.00	£71,410.00
Test Manager	17	£64,570.00	£67,055.00	£69,545.00
Solution Designer	278	£62,295.00	£66,990.00	£71,690.00
Cyber Security	328	£62,365.00	£66,835.00	£71,305.00
Programme Manager	285	£62,335.00	£66,480.00	£70,630.00
Delivery Manager	301	£62,720.00	£66,250.00	£69,780.00
Sap Project Manager	2	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Product Owner	123	£61,315.00	£66,160.00	£71,005.00
Cyber Security Engineer	20	£61,765.00	£65,920.00	£70,075.00
Hardware Designer	90	£64,160.00	£65,905.00	£67,645.00
Senior Product Manager	6	£62,500.00	£65,250.00	£68,000.00
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
Data Management	371	£59,930.00	£63,755.00	£67,585.00
Cyber Security Consultant	36	£57,050.00	£62,850.00	£68,650.00
Network Security	93	£58,910.00	£62,045.00	£65,180.00
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
Database Administrator	12	£56,565.00	£61,375.00	£66,190.00
Systems Architect	12	£59,900.00	£61,275.00	£62,665.00
Mobile Developer	6	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Senior Analyst	158	£58,110.00	£61,230.00	£64,345.00
Head of IT	5,079	£57,715.00	£60,785.00	£63,855.00
Information Management	49	£58,005.00	£60,780.00	£63,555.00
Business Analyst	692	£56,670.00	£60,660.00	£64,645.00
Database Manager	4	£57,500.00	£60,375.00	£63,250.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
Software Programmer	4	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Systems Specialist	37	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Scrum Master	8	£57,500.00	£59,625.00	£61,750.00
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
Digital Product Manager	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Software Team Leader	33	£58,500.00	£58,500.00	£58,500.00
Product Management	919	£54,785.00	£58,175.00	£61,580.00
Network Engineer	309	£54,885.00	£58,090.00	£61,290.00
Web Manager	6	£56,000.00	£58,000.00	£60,000.00
Project Analyst	10	£55,945.00	£57,655.00	£59,375.00
Cyber Security Analyst	13	£52,065.00	£57,595.00	£63,125.00
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
Systems Administrator	110	£53,775.00	£56,625.00	£59,480.00
Embedded Software Engineer	35	£48,540.00	£56,550.00	£64,560.00
IT Business Partner	1,364	£53,930.00	£56,385.00	£58,840.00
IT Project Manager	5,346	£52,495.00	£56,380.00	£60,260.00
Information Analyst	6	£51,250.00	£56,250.00	£61,250.00
Salesforce Developer	6	£55,335.00	£56,165.00	£57,000.00
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
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
BI Developer	32	£50,010.00	£54,305.00	£58,605.00
Information Security Analyst	21	£51,080.00	£54,080.00	£57,080.00
Systems Analyst	83	£49,685.00	£53,940.00	£58,195.00
Application Support Analyst	74	£50,330.00	£53,865.00	£57,395.00
Application Support	239	£50,365.00	£53,650.00	£56,930.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Operations Analyst	15	£49,250.00	£53,540.00	£57,835.00
Systems Developer	394	£49,735.00	£53,325.00	£56,910.00
Data Analyst	228	£49,425.00	£53,240.00	£57,060.00
Systems Manager	1,646	£50,615.00	£52,860.00	£55,105.00
SQL Developer	9	£50,625.00	£52,815.00	£55,000.00
Digital	3,157	£48,965.00	£52,565.00	£56,165.00
Programming	558	£50,160.00	£52,370.00	£54,585.00
Application Specialist	25	£50,815.00	£52,065.00	£53,315.00
Quality Assurance Manager	10	£49,585.00	£51,875.00	£54,165.00
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
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Bi Analyst	23	£48,335.00	£50,835.00	£53,335.00
Data Analysis	69	£46,965.00	£50,745.00	£54,520.00
Product Developer	339	£46,550.00	£50,740.00	£54,930.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Reporting Analyst	7	£47,165.00	£49,415.00	£51,665.00
Product Analyst	4	£45,000.00	£48,500.00	£52,000.00
Service Manager	2,313	£45,975.00	£48,435.00	£50,905.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
Mobile Engineer	172	£43,575.00	£47,385.00	£51,205.00
Developer	55,973	£44,790.00	£47,275.00	£49,765.00
Development	56,879	£44,885.00	£47,240.00	£49,610.00
Service Desk Manager	14	£45,740.00	£47,080.00	£48,425.00
IT Consultant	12,577	£41,275.00	£46,635.00	£51,995.00
Junior Developer	10	£44,000.00	£46,575.00	£49,150.00
Technical Account Manager	17	£42,920.00	£45,980.00	£49,045.00
Test Analyst	20	£43,940.00	£45,795.00	£47,655.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
IT Specialist	7,404	£43,320.00	£45,135.00	£46,950.00
PHP Developer	41	£42,450.00	£45,105.00	£47,760.00
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
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
IT Support Analyst	354	£41,075.00	£44,125.00	£47,170.00
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	83,781	£41,275.00	£43,595.00	£45,915.00
Systems Officer	4	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
Website	426	£40,290.00	£43,295.00	£46,290.00
Autodesk	10	£38,750.00	£42,815.00	£46,875.00
Technical Support	280	£39,855.00	£42,520.00	£45,185.00
Senior IT Technician	173	£38,660.00	£41,705.00	£44,740.00
IT Support Engineer	902	£37,715.00	£40,385.00	£43,065.00
Desktop Support Engineer	12	£39,750.00	£40,315.00	£40,875.00
Software Tester	4	£37,500.00	£39,750.00	£42,000.00
Product Marketing Manager	26	£36,190.00	£39,030.00	£41,875.00
IT Field Service Engineer	900	£36,000.00	£38,410.00	£40,820.00
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 Support	121,314	£36,600.00	£38,140.00	£39,680.00
IT Technician	23,953	£36,180.00	£38,075.00	£39,970.00
Laravel Developer	5	£33,750.00	£37,875.00	£42,000.00
IT Business Development Executive	146	£30,520.00	£37,625.00	£44,730.00
Project Office Support	4	£36,050.00	£37,500.00	£38,975.00
Product	26,631	£35,555.00	£36,985.00	£38,420.00
Service Desk	262	£34,915.00	£36,775.00	£38,630.00
Digital Account Manager	4	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Officer	11,283	£34,300.00	£36,390.00	£38,485.00
IT Trainer	346	£33,985.00	£35,725.00	£37,465.00
Product Planner	58	£33,570.00	£35,410.00	£37,245.00
CRM Administrator	4	£34,900.00	£35,400.00	£35,900.00
2nd Line Support	65	£32,935.00	£35,390.00	£37,850.00
Service Analyst	40	£32,790.00	£34,795.00	£36,805.00
1st Line Support	18	£31,200.00	£33,640.00	£36,085.00
1st Line IT Support	16	£31,410.00	£33,620.00	£35,835.00
IT Support Executive	40	£32,425.00	£33,460.00	£34,500.00
IT Support Technician	30	£30,825.00	£32,755.00	£34,690.00
Service Desk Analyst	66	£31,020.00	£32,665.00	£34,295.00
Support Consultant	7	£29,835.00	£32,585.00	£35,335.00
IT Support Officer	170	£31,525.00	£32,575.00	£33,615.00
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
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
IT Helpdesk	58	£30,115.00	£31,500.00	£32,875.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
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
Technical Administrator	11	£27,500.00	£29,665.00	£31,835.00
IT Administrator	8,686	£27,800.00	£29,015.00	£30,230.00
It Graduate	464	£27,070.00	£29,015.00	£30,970.00
IT Security Officer	25	£28,420.00	£28,590.00	£28,755.00
IT Trainee	2,468	£25,965.00	£28,190.00	£30,415.00
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
IT Support Advisor	18	£24,855.00	£25,210.00	£25,555.00
Graduate Software Developer	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,047	£23,320.00	£23,670.00	£24,020.00