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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 5,707,832 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,430,348	95.14 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	183,451	3.21 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	94,033	1.65 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 109,766 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 475,653 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	104,429	452,529
Contract	5,336	23,123

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

79,707

Up 23.1% vs last year

Average salary

£52,840.00

Down 1.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

1,507

Down 28.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£540.00

Up 5.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

518

Down 35.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£510.00

Up 0.2% 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
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
October 2025	31,836

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
Data Architect	169	£84,070.00	£90,315.00	£96,555.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Head of Product	8	£84,985.00	£89,285.00	£93,590.00
Python	379	£79,915.00	£88,765.00	£97,610.00
Security Architect	76	£83,745.00	£88,715.00	£93,685.00
Angular	4	£87,500.00	£87,500.00	£87,500.00
Solutions Architect	415	£81,060.00	£86,760.00	£92,450.00
Software Architect	77	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
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 Director	5,492	£72,800.00	£79,490.00	£86,180.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	87	£74,825.00	£79,460.00	£84,085.00
Information Security	202	£73,905.00	£78,265.00	£82,630.00
Head of Quality	8	£74,835.00	£77,750.00	£80,665.00
Information Security Manager	18	£71,945.00	£76,860.00	£81,765.00
Technical Lead	412	£72,165.00	£76,810.00	£81,450.00
Functional Consultant	47	£70,480.00	£76,550.00	£82,620.00
Software Engineer	1,233	£69,600.00	£76,510.00	£83,410.00
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
Transformation Manager	39	£68,275.00	£73,325.00	£78,375.00
Data Scientist	63	£67,440.00	£73,295.00	£79,150.00
Solution Designer	459	£67,835.00	£73,175.00	£78,520.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Data Engineer	820	£67,720.00	£72,940.00	£78,160.00
Test Manager	43	£67,125.00	£72,695.00	£78,270.00
Data Modeller	302	£67,915.00	£72,580.00	£77,240.00
DevOps Engineer	166	£67,135.00	£72,575.00	£78,010.00
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
Cloud Engineer	229	£65,400.00	£71,740.00	£78,070.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Network Security	112	£66,240.00	£70,815.00	£75,390.00
Application Developer	51	£65,300.00	£70,795.00	£76,285.00
CRM Developer	3	£67,500.00	£70,625.00	£73,750.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
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	432	£64,290.00	£69,695.00	£75,095.00
Cyber Security	641	£65,160.00	£69,335.00	£73,515.00
Cyber Security Manager	21	£66,695.00	£69,135.00	£71,570.00
Lead Developer	399	£65,055.00	£68,710.00	£72,355.00
Application Manager	87	£64,095.00	£68,540.00	£72,980.00
Technical Project Manager	16	£63,570.00	£68,500.00	£73,430.00
Software Developer	776	£63,460.00	£68,455.00	£73,450.00
Product Owner	219	£62,300.00	£68,200.00	£74,100.00
Data Management	454	£63,325.00	£67,895.00	£72,460.00
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
Cyber Security Engineer	18	£63,180.00	£67,145.00	£71,105.00
Full Stack Developer	180	£60,835.00	£66,795.00	£72,745.00
Senior Java Developer	4	£57,650.00	£66,750.00	£75,850.00
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
Cyber Security Consultant	20	£58,030.00	£65,375.00	£72,715.00
Data Science	47	£58,150.00	£65,355.00	£72,565.00
Delivery Manager	378	£61,200.00	£65,310.00	£69,415.00
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
Head of IT	7,925	£60,665.00	£64,330.00	£67,995.00
Senior Programmer	3	£60,000.00	£64,000.00	£68,000.00
Programme Lead	11	£56,025.00	£63,815.00	£71,590.00
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
Hardware Engineer	320	£60,940.00	£62,625.00	£64,320.00
Senior Analyst	213	£60,165.00	£62,555.00	£64,945.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Oracle Developer	3	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Network Engineer	253	£57,780.00	£62,410.00	£67,040.00
Systems Analyst	57	£50,160.00	£62,230.00	£74,305.00
Technical Services Manager	183	£57,925.00	£62,005.00	£66,085.00
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	69	£55,455.00	£61,005.00	£66,545.00
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
Technical Account Manager	132	£55,615.00	£59,420.00	£63,220.00
Cyber Security Analyst	31	£55,125.00	£59,190.00	£63,255.00
Business Analyst	699	£55,565.00	£58,920.00	£62,270.00
Technology Consultant	21	£48,735.00	£58,615.00	£68,500.00
Data Migration	65	£54,770.00	£58,445.00	£62,115.00
Active Directory	17	£55,445.00	£58,240.00	£61,030.00
SQL Developer	9	£52,815.00	£57,030.00	£61,250.00
IT Business Partner	2,499	£53,805.00	£56,910.00	£60,015.00
Systems Developer	437	£52,435.00	£56,770.00	£61,095.00
Product Management	1,714	£52,930.00	£56,540.00	£60,140.00
Test Lead	28	£53,720.00	£56,415.00	£59,105.00
IT Project Manager	8,993	£51,440.00	£55,905.00	£60,375.00
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
Application Support	207	£51,595.00	£55,210.00	£58,815.00
Digital Analyst	10	£51,770.00	£55,155.00	£58,550.00
Information Management	204	£52,525.00	£55,110.00	£57,690.00
Technical Author	591	£54,290.00	£55,050.00	£55,820.00
Wordpress	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Technical Analyst	22	£51,970.00	£54,655.00	£57,345.00
Data Analyst	245	£50,310.00	£54,350.00	£58,400.00
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
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
Systems Manager	2,563	£46,890.00	£49,330.00	£51,770.00
Quality Assurance Manager	13	£47,360.00	£48,960.00	£50,560.00
Digital	5,230	£45,390.00	£48,450.00	£51,515.00
Service Manager	3,853	£45,520.00	£47,725.00	£49,935.00
Telecoms Engineer	12	£40,000.00	£47,500.00	£55,000.00
Mobile Engineer	367	£44,265.00	£47,375.00	£50,485.00
Systems Specialist	34	£45,500.00	£47,170.00	£48,845.00
Development	91,998	£44,275.00	£47,100.00	£49,925.00
Developer	94,761	£44,325.00	£47,075.00	£49,835.00
Programming	1,062	£44,240.00	£46,955.00	£49,670.00
Application Support Analyst	40	£43,655.00	£46,875.00	£50,090.00
Product Developer	936	£43,210.00	£46,335.00	£49,465.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Support Consultant	21	£41,860.00	£45,900.00	£49,940.00
PMO Analyst	4	£43,750.00	£44,750.00	£45,750.00
IT Consultant	20,821	£39,100.00	£44,630.00	£50,160.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
IT Manager	161,458	£41,785.00	£44,550.00	£47,310.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	27	£43,675.00	£44,510.00	£45,340.00
IT Support Engineer	1,526	£41,870.00	£44,160.00	£46,455.00
IT Technician	78,869	£41,185.00	£43,980.00	£46,770.00
Database Administrator	18	£41,550.00	£43,725.00	£45,900.00
Technical Trainer	20	£40,730.00	£43,405.00	£46,080.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
IT Support Analyst	288	£39,805.00	£42,670.00	£45,525.00
Senior IT Technician	313	£38,985.00	£42,590.00	£46,205.00
Product	30,049	£40,255.00	£42,565.00	£44,885.00
IT Specialist	16,219	£40,585.00	£42,550.00	£44,525.00
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	231,092	£39,150.00	£41,565.00	£43,970.00
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
Technical Support	1,114	£38,490.00	£41,170.00	£43,845.00
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	1,164	£35,850.00	£38,695.00	£41,535.00
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 Trainer	1,606	£35,620.00	£37,435.00	£39,255.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,642	£35,005.00	£37,370.00	£39,745.00
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	186	£31,570.00	£36,135.00	£40,690.00
Systems Officer	18	£33,725.00	£36,070.00	£38,420.00
Service Desk	291	£34,300.00	£35,970.00	£37,640.00
IT Officer	27,221	£33,310.00	£35,825.00	£38,335.00
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
Service Analyst	20	£32,255.00	£34,200.00	£36,140.00
Product Planner	188	£32,090.00	£34,125.00	£36,160.00
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
Junior Java Developer	6	£31,500.00	£32,585.00	£33,665.00
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
IT Helpdesk	172	£29,350.00	£30,420.00	£31,495.00
Technical Administrator	97	£28,765.00	£30,075.00	£31,385.00
It Graduate	705	£28,090.00	£30,025.00	£31,960.00
Project Analyst	8	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
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
IT Trainee	5,167	£27,410.00	£29,685.00	£31,965.00
IT Support Officer	499	£28,540.00	£29,650.00	£30,765.00
IT Administrator	20,795	£28,115.00	£29,335.00	£30,555.00
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	46	£25,430.00	£25,570.00	£25,715.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£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	1,102	£24,380.00	£24,865.00	£25,345.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00