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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 5,414,794 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,148,595	95.08 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	175,340	3.24 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	90,859	1.68 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 104,131 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 451,233 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	99,011	429,049
Contract	5,119	22,183

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	42	£101,000.00	£109,250.00	£117,500.00
Head of Software	2	£95,000.00	£102,500.00	£110,000.00
Python Developer	130	£93,860.00	£101,120.00	£108,390.00
Software Development Manager	14	£93,165.00	£97,750.00	£102,335.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Enterprise Architect	86	£90,205.00	£95,850.00	£101,490.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Python	447	£81,785.00	£89,910.00	£98,035.00
Data Architect	157	£83,950.00	£89,755.00	£95,555.00
Azure Architect	21	£82,540.00	£89,415.00	£96,290.00
Head of Product	8	£81,650.00	£86,450.00	£91,260.00
Integration Architect	6	£78,335.00	£85,835.00	£93,335.00
Software Architect	217	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
Senior Software Engineer	244	£78,080.00	£85,690.00	£93,295.00
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
Business Architect	18	£79,165.00	£84,190.00	£89,210.00
Solutions Architect	415	£78,775.00	£83,540.00	£88,300.00
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
Head of Service	30	£76,170.00	£82,230.00	£88,290.00
Software Engineer	1,439	£73,315.00	£81,285.00	£89,250.00
Technical Architect	46	£77,315.00	£80,895.00	£84,480.00
Cloud Architect	10	£72,500.00	£80,625.00	£88,750.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Java Developer	121	£72,930.00	£79,310.00	£85,685.00
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
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 Lead	487	£73,970.00	£77,840.00	£81,705.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
SAP Consultant	33	£70,595.00	£76,735.00	£82,875.00
Infrastructure Manager	88	£71,920.00	£76,540.00	£81,160.00
Functional Consultant	33	£70,400.00	£76,535.00	£82,670.00
IT Director	5,144	£69,745.00	£75,905.00	£82,055.00
Information Security Manager	32	£70,310.00	£75,555.00	£80,800.00
Data Engineer	849	£69,435.00	£75,150.00	£80,860.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	85	£71,260.00	£74,975.00	£78,680.00
Software Developer	966	£69,065.00	£74,475.00	£79,875.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Data Modeller	266	£67,975.00	£73,515.00	£79,045.00
Information Security	195	£69,395.00	£73,410.00	£77,430.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Data Scientist	61	£68,115.00	£72,625.00	£77,135.00
Senior Software Developer	13	£69,700.00	£72,500.00	£75,300.00
Application Developer	44	£67,875.00	£72,390.00	£76,895.00
DevOps Engineer	216	£66,440.00	£72,090.00	£77,735.00
Senior Product Manager	29	£67,285.00	£71,755.00	£76,230.00
Cloud Engineer	228	£65,820.00	£71,640.00	£77,450.00
Lead Developer	325	£66,800.00	£71,615.00	£76,430.00
Full Stack Developer	231	£64,955.00	£71,295.00	£77,635.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Scrum Master	14	£65,135.00	£70,915.00	£76,700.00
Head of Operations	54	£67,220.00	£70,720.00	£74,220.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
Application Manager	79	£66,025.00	£70,280.00	£74,530.00
Solution Designer	461	£65,675.00	£70,035.00	£74,395.00
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
Hardware Engineer	341	£68,710.00	£69,985.00	£71,265.00
Programme Manager	417	£65,185.00	£69,830.00	£74,465.00
Test Manager	43	£65,305.00	£69,770.00	£74,240.00
Technical Consultant	53	£61,095.00	£69,020.00	£76,940.00
Senior Developer	291	£63,000.00	£68,215.00	£73,425.00
Cyber Security	567	£62,995.00	£67,585.00	£72,180.00
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	349	£63,325.00	£67,120.00	£70,910.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Network Security	102	£62,020.00	£66,160.00	£70,305.00
Data Management	448	£61,725.00	£65,705.00	£69,685.00
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
Product Owner	220	£60,510.00	£64,440.00	£68,375.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£59,095.00	£64,430.00	£69,765.00
Service Delivery Manager	28	£61,530.00	£63,755.00	£65,975.00
Head of IT	7,385	£58,895.00	£62,735.00	£66,570.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Network Engineer	292	£58,410.00	£62,250.00	£66,085.00
Technical Author	598	£61,855.00	£61,955.00	£62,060.00
Cyber Security Manager	16	£59,750.00	£61,790.00	£63,835.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Cyber Security Analyst	28	£55,230.00	£60,930.00	£66,635.00
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
Hardware Designer	144	£58,760.00	£60,530.00	£62,295.00
Senior Analyst	230	£58,200.00	£60,500.00	£62,795.00
Cyber Security Consultant	50	£53,965.00	£60,405.00	£66,840.00
Data Science	39	£55,110.00	£60,380.00	£65,655.00
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	39	£52,000.00	£59,875.00	£67,750.00
Technical Account Manager	80	£55,565.00	£59,495.00	£63,425.00
Business Analyst	699	£56,195.00	£59,090.00	£61,990.00
Information Management	120	£55,685.00	£58,985.00	£62,280.00
Network Manager	12	£55,825.00	£58,975.00	£62,125.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Data Migration	33	£54,310.00	£58,360.00	£62,405.00
Technical Services Manager	112	£55,420.00	£58,340.00	£61,260.00
Oracle Developer	7	£53,500.00	£57,665.00	£61,835.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Test Lead	44	£54,545.00	£57,360.00	£60,175.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£57,125.00	£60,875.00
BI Developer	30	£52,070.00	£56,995.00	£61,915.00
Technical Analyst	15	£54,290.00	£56,980.00	£59,665.00
IT Business Partner	2,439	£54,165.00	£56,875.00	£59,575.00
Product Management	1,392	£52,560.00	£56,300.00	£60,035.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
Digital Analyst	16	£53,415.00	£55,125.00	£56,840.00
IT Project Manager	7,746	£51,135.00	£55,065.00	£59,000.00
Wordpress	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Systems Analyst	60	£50,120.00	£54,515.00	£58,910.00
Application Support	219	£51,110.00	£54,315.00	£57,525.00
Systems Developer	440	£50,675.00	£54,120.00	£57,555.00
Systems Administrator	94	£51,045.00	£53,615.00	£56,185.00
Systems Specialist	46	£52,300.00	£53,600.00	£54,900.00
Data Analyst	245	£49,905.00	£53,525.00	£57,145.00
Docker	9	£48,750.00	£53,125.00	£57,500.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Product Analyst	7	£49,165.00	£52,750.00	£56,335.00
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
CRM Manager	32	£50,055.00	£52,150.00	£54,250.00
SQL Developer	6	£48,335.00	£52,085.00	£55,835.00
Data Analysis	52	£48,545.00	£52,030.00	£55,520.00
Systems Manager	2,570	£48,620.00	£50,925.00	£53,235.00
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
Application Support Analyst	35	£46,970.00	£49,775.00	£52,580.00
Service Desk Manager	4	£48,215.00	£49,715.00	£51,215.00
Digital	4,929	£46,595.00	£49,705.00	£52,820.00
IT Service Desk Manager	6	£47,975.00	£49,390.00	£50,810.00
Programming	959	£46,430.00	£49,020.00	£51,610.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
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	23	£46,030.00	£47,715.00	£49,405.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
SQL Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
PHP Developer	20	£44,585.00	£47,335.00	£50,085.00
Product Developer	656	£43,440.00	£47,290.00	£51,135.00
Implementation Consultant	10	£44,125.00	£47,250.00	£50,375.00
Mobile Engineer	278	£44,470.00	£47,220.00	£49,975.00
Developer	79,035	£44,490.00	£47,195.00	£49,905.00
Development	78,060	£44,570.00	£47,190.00	£49,820.00
Service Manager	3,463	£44,695.00	£47,055.00	£49,420.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Implementation Manager	26	£45,000.00	£46,250.00	£47,500.00
Database Administrator	19	£43,800.00	£46,225.00	£48,650.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
IT Consultant	21,978	£39,230.00	£45,110.00	£50,990.00
AI Specialist	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
PMO Analyst	4	£43,750.00	£44,750.00	£45,750.00
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	138,934	£41,455.00	£44,125.00	£46,800.00
IT Specialist	12,737	£41,745.00	£43,635.00	£45,535.00
IT Support Analyst	293	£40,385.00	£43,055.00	£45,720.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
Junior Developer	57	£39,835.00	£42,750.00	£45,665.00
Application Specialist	26	£41,810.00	£42,500.00	£43,190.00
MySQL	6	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
IT Support Engineer	1,300	£39,885.00	£42,450.00	£45,025.00
Website	878	£39,290.00	£42,335.00	£45,375.00
Senior IT Technician	301	£38,665.00	£42,295.00	£45,925.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£42,250.00	£45,000.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
IT Technician	58,192	£39,200.00	£41,590.00	£43,990.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Desktop Support Engineer	10	£40,440.00	£41,030.00	£41,625.00
Operations Analyst	6	£39,165.00	£40,835.00	£42,500.00
Technical Support	764	£38,300.00	£40,775.00	£43,250.00
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	31,143	£38,595.00	£40,450.00	£42,305.00
IT Support	202,172	£38,365.00	£40,335.00	£42,310.00
Laravel Developer	13	£35,500.00	£39,650.00	£43,800.00
Systems Officer	10	£36,365.00	£38,600.00	£40,840.00
Service Desk	231	£35,565.00	£37,490.00	£39,415.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,309	£34,650.00	£37,235.00	£39,825.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
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 Trainer	1,524	£34,875.00	£36,725.00	£38,570.00
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
IT Officer	20,509	£33,610.00	£35,620.00	£37,630.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Technician	64	£33,085.00	£35,190.00	£37,290.00
2nd Line Support	47	£32,605.00	£34,955.00	£37,305.00
Product Planner	107	£32,565.00	£34,540.00	£36,515.00
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
Service Desk Analyst	39	£31,015.00	£33,240.00	£35,455.00
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
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
Systems Coordinator	11	£29,125.00	£31,065.00	£33,000.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
IT Support Officer	372	£29,425.00	£30,310.00	£31,190.00
IT Security Officer	59	£30,155.00	£30,285.00	£30,420.00
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	5,435	£27,210.00	£29,975.00	£32,740.00
IT Helpdesk	150	£28,560.00	£29,335.00	£30,110.00
It Graduate	663	£27,420.00	£29,280.00	£31,135.00
IT Administrator	16,297	£27,850.00	£29,095.00	£30,340.00
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	10	£26,340.00	£27,340.00	£28,340.00
IT Support Advisor	46	£26,280.00	£26,840.00	£27,395.00
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 Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00
IT Support Assistant	1,175	£24,170.00	£24,530.00	£24,885.00