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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 5,120,314 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,865,883	95.03 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	166,853	3.26 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	87,578	1.71 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 98,468 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 426,693 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	93,575	405,490
Contract	4,892	21,202

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

27,092

Down 42.3% vs last year

Average salary

£52,040.00

Down 3.9% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

536

Down 66.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£525.00

Up 7.1% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

220

Down 66.7% vs last year

Average day rate

£510.00

Up 0.8% 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
March 2026	27,092
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
May 2025	30,270
April 2025	44,790

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	9	£115,000.00	£121,960.00	£128,915.00
Angular	57	£105,000.00	£115,180.00	£125,355.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	152	£96,275.00	£104,365.00	£112,460.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Enterprise Architect	48	£90,400.00	£94,965.00	£99,530.00
Python	391	£84,940.00	£93,730.00	£102,515.00
Java Developer	141	£84,265.00	£93,280.00	£102,290.00
Head of Software	4	£83,250.00	£90,500.00	£97,750.00
Data Architect	74	£83,105.00	£89,170.00	£95,235.00
Business Architect	12	£82,500.00	£87,190.00	£91,875.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
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
Senior Software Engineer	166	£76,230.00	£83,775.00	£91,315.00
Security Architect	36	£78,340.00	£83,595.00	£88,855.00
Transformation Manager	8	£76,425.00	£82,950.00	£89,475.00
Software Architect	238	£82,525.00	£82,525.00	£82,525.00
Programme Lead	3	£70,000.00	£82,500.00	£95,000.00
Solutions Architect	282	£77,685.00	£82,225.00	£86,765.00
Software Engineer	1,109	£73,870.00	£82,150.00	£90,415.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Active Directory	12	£76,250.00	£78,565.00	£80,875.00
Network Manager	10	£73,335.00	£78,335.00	£83,335.00
Software Developer	872	£72,405.00	£78,205.00	£84,000.00
Technical Lead	425	£75,180.00	£78,085.00	£80,990.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Functional Consultant	22	£71,460.00	£77,350.00	£83,235.00
Azure Architect	10	£71,250.00	£77,085.00	£82,915.00
Head of Service	14	£73,105.00	£76,855.00	£80,615.00
Technical Architect	38	£73,510.00	£76,405.00	£79,305.00
Backend Developer	43	£68,910.00	£76,175.00	£83,435.00
SAP Consultant	25	£69,285.00	£75,625.00	£81,965.00
Infrastructure Manager	64	£70,865.00	£75,240.00	£79,615.00
Hardware Engineer	258	£73,690.00	£75,085.00	£76,480.00
Cloud Consultant	2	£65,000.00	£75,000.00	£85,000.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Network Security Engineer	1	£75,000.00	£75,000.00	£75,000.00
Data Engineer	556	£69,215.00	£74,755.00	£80,295.00
Application Manager	30	£69,765.00	£73,980.00	£78,200.00
Data Scientist	42	£68,180.00	£73,845.00	£79,505.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
IT Director	3,541	£68,140.00	£73,675.00	£79,205.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	49	£70,790.00	£73,660.00	£76,530.00
Information Security Manager	25	£67,455.00	£73,245.00	£79,030.00
Lead Developer	222	£68,255.00	£72,900.00	£77,550.00
Cloud Engineer	159	£66,160.00	£72,660.00	£79,150.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Application Developer	27	£68,665.00	£72,475.00	£76,275.00
Full Stack Developer	215	£65,590.00	£72,140.00	£78,690.00
Data Modeller	159	£66,030.00	£72,015.00	£77,995.00
Application Architect	17	£71,000.00	£71,840.00	£72,665.00
DevOps Engineer	189	£66,020.00	£71,740.00	£77,455.00
Information Security	158	£67,735.00	£71,500.00	£75,265.00
Test Manager	30	£67,130.00	£70,705.00	£74,275.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Transformation Lead	9	£68,250.00	£70,375.00	£72,500.00
Programme Manager	272	£65,790.00	£70,330.00	£74,870.00
Head of Operations	34	£67,550.00	£70,075.00	£72,600.00
Business Relationship Manager	2	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
JavaScript Developer	7	£62,500.00	£70,000.00	£77,500.00
Technical Project Manager	10	£63,440.00	£69,690.00	£75,940.00
Senior Product Manager	15	£66,250.00	£69,500.00	£72,750.00
Senior Software Developer	13	£66,200.00	£69,500.00	£72,800.00
Cloud Architect	10	£62,375.00	£68,625.00	£74,875.00
Cyber Security	371	£63,400.00	£68,090.00	£72,785.00
Cyber Security Engineer	13	£62,080.00	£68,050.00	£74,020.00
Senior Developer	246	£63,055.00	£67,955.00	£72,855.00
Solution Designer	248	£62,600.00	£67,930.00	£73,260.00
Head of Product	3	£60,000.00	£66,500.00	£73,000.00
Cisco Engineer	2	£65,000.00	£66,250.00	£67,500.00
Scrum Master	12	£60,420.00	£66,080.00	£71,750.00
Hardware Designer	99	£63,520.00	£65,555.00	£67,585.00
Data Management	302	£61,965.00	£65,505.00	£69,050.00
Network Security	53	£62,230.00	£65,480.00	£68,730.00
Data Science	26	£61,115.00	£65,325.00	£69,535.00
Technical Consultant	45	£56,075.00	£65,305.00	£74,530.00
Delivery Manager	254	£61,795.00	£65,295.00	£68,785.00
Technical Author	441	£64,830.00	£64,830.00	£64,830.00
Cyber Security Consultant	41	£58,725.00	£64,450.00	£70,175.00
Product Owner	115	£60,020.00	£64,095.00	£68,170.00
Front End Developer	26	£58,975.00	£63,650.00	£68,320.00
Service Delivery Manager	30	£60,595.00	£63,220.00	£65,835.00
Salesforce Developer	9	£60,750.00	£63,040.00	£65,335.00
Data Migration	16	£58,650.00	£62,625.00	£66,600.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Technical Analyst	12	£58,150.00	£61,025.00	£63,900.00
Head of IT	4,992	£57,250.00	£60,815.00	£64,375.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Network Administrator	2	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Senior Analyst	173	£57,440.00	£59,895.00	£62,350.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Network Engineer	227	£56,355.00	£59,390.00	£62,425.00
Cyber Security Analyst	13	£52,250.00	£59,190.00	£66,140.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£56,700.00	£59,150.00	£61,600.00
Information Management	78	£55,865.00	£59,000.00	£62,135.00
Business Analyst	494	£55,575.00	£58,950.00	£62,325.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Embedded Software Engineer	24	£49,455.00	£58,395.00	£67,330.00
Technical Services Manager	78	£55,145.00	£58,130.00	£61,105.00
Systems Administrator	57	£54,780.00	£57,745.00	£60,710.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Product Management	926	£53,235.00	£57,125.00	£61,025.00
BI Developer	24	£51,895.00	£56,805.00	£61,715.00
Digital Analyst	10	£55,000.00	£56,250.00	£57,500.00
Docker	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
Technical Account Manager	44	£52,350.00	£55,790.00	£59,220.00
IT Business Partner	1,563	£52,950.00	£55,515.00	£58,075.00
Software Team Leader	9	£55,500.00	£55,500.00	£55,500.00
Oracle Developer	4	£50,250.00	£55,250.00	£60,250.00
Database Administrator	4	£51,250.00	£55,000.00	£58,750.00
Information Analyst	14	£50,835.00	£55,000.00	£59,165.00
Wordpress	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Project Analyst	6	£51,890.00	£54,690.00	£57,500.00
Head of Development	8	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
Test Lead	31	£51,095.00	£54,185.00	£57,280.00
IT Project Manager	5,669	£50,165.00	£54,145.00	£58,125.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Systems Analyst	36	£48,900.00	£53,545.00	£58,195.00
CRM Manager	6	£52,665.00	£53,415.00	£54,165.00
Data Analyst	185	£49,275.00	£53,005.00	£56,740.00
Data Analysis	47	£48,900.00	£52,865.00	£56,835.00
Application Support	190	£49,720.00	£52,775.00	£55,825.00
Systems Developer	255	£47,530.00	£52,230.00	£56,920.00
Systems Manager	1,797	£49,920.00	£52,120.00	£54,315.00
SQL Developer	6	£48,335.00	£52,085.00	£55,835.00
Application Support Analyst	28	£48,170.00	£51,645.00	£55,110.00
Operations Analyst	10	£47,000.00	£50,750.00	£54,500.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Digital	3,299	£47,425.00	£50,625.00	£53,825.00
Data Centre Engineer	2	£46,000.00	£50,500.00	£55,000.00
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Performance Analyst	3	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Business Systems Analyst	12	£44,085.00	£49,790.00	£55,500.00
Service Desk Manager	4	£48,215.00	£49,715.00	£51,215.00
Programming	697	£47,240.00	£49,325.00	£51,400.00
Power BI Developer	6	£45,000.00	£49,125.00	£53,250.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
Mobile Engineer	186	£45,860.00	£48,830.00	£51,805.00
Product Marketing Manager	15	£44,190.00	£48,530.00	£52,875.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Web Developer	56	£44,850.00	£48,275.00	£51,700.00
PHP Developer	19	£44,790.00	£47,960.00	£51,125.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Oracle Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
SQL Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Technical Support Manager	10	£45,515.00	£47,185.00	£48,850.00
Development	54,678	£44,235.00	£46,890.00	£49,560.00
Developer	54,217	£44,080.00	£46,865.00	£49,650.00
Product Developer	368	£43,015.00	£46,850.00	£50,680.00
Service Manager	2,368	£44,225.00	£46,535.00	£48,850.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Junior Developer	55	£42,400.00	£45,775.00	£49,150.00
IT Service Desk Manager	10	£44,480.00	£45,545.00	£46,605.00
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 Consultant	14,950	£38,675.00	£44,340.00	£50,000.00
IT Specialist	8,309	£42,215.00	£44,190.00	£46,175.00
IT Manager	90,925	£40,720.00	£43,250.00	£45,770.00
IT Support Analyst	231	£40,250.00	£43,090.00	£45,915.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£42,250.00	£45,000.00
Application Specialist	36	£41,420.00	£42,125.00	£42,830.00
Website	598	£39,020.00	£41,725.00	£44,430.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Technical Support	325	£38,855.00	£41,540.00	£44,220.00
IT Support Engineer	747	£38,570.00	£41,505.00	£44,450.00
Senior IT Technician	237	£38,055.00	£41,130.00	£44,205.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
Technical Trainer	10	£39,835.00	£40,960.00	£42,085.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£37,335.00	£40,500.00	£43,665.00
IT Technician	36,552	£38,350.00	£40,185.00	£42,025.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
IT Support	130,876	£37,325.00	£39,035.00	£40,745.00
IT Business Development Executive	62	£31,100.00	£38,510.00	£45,915.00
Product	23,154	£36,665.00	£38,395.00	£40,125.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
Service Analyst	24	£35,295.00	£37,625.00	£39,950.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,251	£35,030.00	£37,615.00	£40,205.00
Service Desk	173	£35,515.00	£37,400.00	£39,285.00
Systems Officer	4	£35,900.00	£37,200.00	£38,500.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
IT Trainer	520	£34,740.00	£36,855.00	£38,975.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Executive	144	£34,055.00	£35,180.00	£36,300.00
IT Officer	13,507	£32,995.00	£35,085.00	£37,175.00
Product Planner	85	£33,075.00	£34,805.00	£36,535.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
Service Desk Analyst	41	£31,925.00	£34,095.00	£36,260.00
2nd Line Support	45	£31,250.00	£33,810.00	£36,370.00
IT Support Technician	42	£30,535.00	£32,295.00	£34,055.00
Junior Product Manager	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
Support Consultant	6	£29,750.00	£31,875.00	£34,000.00
1st Line Support	15	£30,140.00	£31,660.00	£33,175.00
1st Line IT Support	13	£30,390.00	£31,635.00	£32,875.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
IT Support Officer	217	£29,615.00	£30,635.00	£31,655.00
Systems Coordinator	4	£29,500.00	£30,250.00	£31,000.00
It Graduate	442	£27,805.00	£29,730.00	£31,650.00
IT Trainee	3,862	£26,735.00	£29,680.00	£32,620.00
IT Security Officer	41	£29,090.00	£29,285.00	£29,485.00
IT Helpdesk	105	£28,370.00	£29,190.00	£30,015.00
IT Administrator	10,923	£27,660.00	£28,920.00	£30,175.00
Junior IT Technician	10	£27,125.00	£28,875.00	£30,625.00
Technical Administrator	22	£27,125.00	£28,875.00	£30,625.00
Trainee IT Technician	36	£27,085.00	£27,170.00	£27,250.00
IT Support Advisor	14	£26,200.00	£26,515.00	£26,820.00
Graduate Developer	33	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	11	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00
IT Support Assistant	1,055	£23,645.00	£23,995.00	£24,345.00