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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 5,138,352 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,883,011	95.03 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	167,477	3.26 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	87,864	1.71 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 98,814 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 428,196 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	93,903	406,917
Contract	4,910	21,278

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 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
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
March 2025	54,605

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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	95	£105,370.00	£116,160.00	£126,945.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	225	£96,085.00	£104,480.00	£112,875.00
Head of Software	9	£97,165.00	£103,665.00	£110,165.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Java Developer	182	£86,135.00	£94,455.00	£102,775.00
Python	542	£85,185.00	£94,040.00	£102,900.00
Enterprise Architect	59	£89,220.00	£93,875.00	£98,525.00
Data Architect	95	£83,315.00	£89,995.00	£96,675.00
Business Architect	12	£82,500.00	£87,190.00	£91,875.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Azure Architect	12	£78,440.00	£85,940.00	£93,440.00
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	251	£77,170.00	£84,470.00	£91,770.00
Cloud Consultant	4	£78,750.00	£83,750.00	£88,750.00
Software Engineer	1,401	£74,485.00	£82,750.00	£91,010.00
Solutions Architect	394	£76,995.00	£81,475.00	£85,960.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Security Architect	51	£75,230.00	£81,060.00	£86,885.00
Technical Architect	47	£77,560.00	£80,105.00	£82,655.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Manager	19	£73,305.00	£79,110.00	£84,915.00
Head of Service	16	£74,485.00	£78,235.00	£81,990.00
Technical Lead	507	£74,865.00	£77,750.00	£80,635.00
SAP Consultant	30	£70,695.00	£77,570.00	£84,445.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Data Engineer	734	£71,615.00	£77,325.00	£83,040.00
Software Developer	1,120	£71,065.00	£76,585.00	£82,100.00
Backend Developer	43	£68,910.00	£76,175.00	£83,435.00
Transformation Lead	11	£73,835.00	£76,085.00	£78,335.00
Application Manager	34	£70,890.00	£75,970.00	£81,050.00
Cloud Engineer	195	£68,750.00	£75,170.00	£81,575.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Network Manager	14	£69,000.00	£75,000.00	£81,000.00
Head of Operations	38	£70,035.00	£74,340.00	£78,645.00
Hardware Engineer	319	£72,450.00	£73,940.00	£75,425.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Data Scientist	52	£68,935.00	£73,740.00	£78,545.00
Infrastructure Manager	68	£69,600.00	£73,715.00	£77,830.00
IT Director	4,004	£68,225.00	£73,710.00	£79,200.00
Functional Consultant	37	£65,730.00	£73,345.00	£80,965.00
Application Developer	34	£69,525.00	£73,325.00	£77,120.00
Lead Developer	246	£68,570.00	£73,215.00	£77,865.00
DevOps Engineer	240	£67,070.00	£72,865.00	£78,660.00
Information Security Manager	27	£67,465.00	£72,705.00	£77,940.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	53	£69,535.00	£72,280.00	£75,025.00
Full Stack Developer	256	£65,625.00	£72,120.00	£78,620.00
Application Architect	17	£71,000.00	£71,840.00	£72,665.00
Data Modeller	198	£66,165.00	£71,715.00	£77,265.00
Information Security	205	£67,600.00	£71,650.00	£75,700.00
Cyber Security Engineer	17	£65,555.00	£71,615.00	£77,680.00
JavaScript Developer	9	£63,335.00	£70,835.00	£78,335.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Active Directory	14	£68,500.00	£70,450.00	£72,400.00
Data Science	38	£65,445.00	£70,100.00	£74,755.00
Business Relationship Manager	2	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Microsoft Developer	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Network Security	64	£66,365.00	£69,770.00	£73,180.00
Senior Product Manager	15	£66,250.00	£69,500.00	£72,750.00
Technical Project Manager	13	£63,750.00	£69,250.00	£74,750.00
Programme Manager	339	£64,715.00	£68,925.00	£73,135.00
Cloud Architect	16	£62,915.00	£68,710.00	£74,500.00
Test Manager	32	£65,305.00	£68,650.00	£72,000.00
Technical Consultant	52	£59,485.00	£68,620.00	£77,750.00
Senior Software Developer	17	£65,000.00	£68,440.00	£71,875.00
Cyber Security	433	£63,790.00	£68,280.00	£72,775.00
Senior Developer	313	£62,725.00	£67,610.00	£72,490.00
Scrum Master	16	£61,945.00	£67,390.00	£72,835.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Solution Designer	292	£62,220.00	£67,040.00	£71,855.00
Front End Developer	35	£62,260.00	£66,775.00	£71,285.00
Cisco Engineer	2	£65,000.00	£66,250.00	£67,500.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Hardware Designer	120	£64,160.00	£65,905.00	£67,645.00
Delivery Manager	282	£62,655.00	£65,870.00	£69,080.00
Cyber Security Consultant	46	£58,980.00	£65,010.00	£71,040.00
Agile Project Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Programme Lead	14	£57,575.00	£64,825.00	£72,075.00
Product Owner	140	£60,590.00	£64,610.00	£68,630.00
Technical Author	553	£64,505.00	£64,505.00	£64,505.00
Project Analyst	8	£62,090.00	£64,375.00	£66,665.00
Data Management	413	£60,715.00	£64,350.00	£67,995.00
Data Migration	20	£60,040.00	£63,640.00	£67,240.00
Service Delivery Manager	32	£59,895.00	£62,660.00	£65,420.00
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
Senior Analyst	197	£58,155.00	£60,665.00	£63,175.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Business Analyst	684	£56,505.00	£59,945.00	£63,385.00
Head of IT	6,021	£56,365.00	£59,800.00	£63,220.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Cyber Security Analyst	17	£53,650.00	£59,415.00	£65,185.00
Oracle Developer	8	£54,500.00	£59,190.00	£63,875.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£56,700.00	£59,150.00	£61,600.00
Information Management	79	£55,705.00	£58,845.00	£61,980.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Network Engineer	276	£55,275.00	£58,510.00	£61,740.00
Web Manager	6	£56,000.00	£58,000.00	£60,000.00
Software Team Leader	29	£57,750.00	£57,750.00	£57,750.00
Systems Administrator	98	£54,645.00	£57,550.00	£60,455.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Technical Services Manager	83	£54,695.00	£57,540.00	£60,375.00
Product Management	1,073	£53,335.00	£57,155.00	£60,985.00
Digital Analyst	14	£55,520.00	£57,030.00	£58,550.00
BI Developer	26	£51,970.00	£56,890.00	£61,815.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
Embedded Software Engineer	30	£49,160.00	£56,735.00	£64,315.00
SQL Developer	9	£53,750.00	£56,565.00	£59,375.00
Database Administrator	10	£52,690.00	£56,375.00	£60,065.00
Docker	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Technical Analyst	14	£53,460.00	£56,085.00	£58,710.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
IT Business Partner	1,708	£53,360.00	£55,850.00	£58,340.00
Test Lead	47	£52,730.00	£55,540.00	£58,345.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£55,250.00	£57,125.00
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
Systems Analyst	69	£50,500.00	£54,940.00	£59,390.00
IT Project Manager	6,649	£50,640.00	£54,575.00	£58,510.00
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Application Support	233	£50,885.00	£53,980.00	£57,065.00
Technical Account Manager	52	£50,265.00	£53,665.00	£57,055.00
Application Support Analyst	42	£50,015.00	£53,655.00	£57,295.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Systems Developer	431	£49,130.00	£53,260.00	£57,390.00
Data Analyst	231	£49,555.00	£53,230.00	£56,910.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Business Systems Analyst	33	£46,860.00	£52,035.00	£57,210.00
Programming	810	£49,700.00	£51,965.00	£54,230.00
Systems Manager	1,989	£49,310.00	£51,500.00	£53,700.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Operations Analyst	10	£47,000.00	£50,750.00	£54,500.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Data Analysis	70	£47,310.00	£50,685.00	£54,060.00
Digital	3,922	£47,095.00	£50,390.00	£53,690.00
CRM Manager	14	£48,850.00	£50,325.00	£51,800.00
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Web Developer	58	£46,150.00	£49,675.00	£53,200.00
Information Security Analyst	21	£46,665.00	£49,165.00	£51,665.00
Power BI Developer	6	£45,000.00	£49,125.00	£53,250.00
SQL Database Administrator	2	£47,000.00	£48,750.00	£50,500.00
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
Product Developer	446	£44,525.00	£48,330.00	£52,140.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
Mobile Engineer	214	£45,445.00	£48,225.00	£51,005.00
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	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Technical Support Manager	10	£45,515.00	£47,185.00	£48,850.00
Service Manager	2,891	£44,765.00	£47,040.00	£49,325.00
Test Analyst	16	£45,645.00	£46,965.00	£48,285.00
Developer	66,871	£44,275.00	£46,910.00	£49,550.00
Development	67,410	£44,385.00	£46,900.00	£49,420.00
Application Specialist	40	£45,385.00	£46,450.00	£47,515.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Service Desk Manager	12	£44,240.00	£45,705.00	£47,175.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
IT Consultant	17,074	£39,615.00	£45,125.00	£50,635.00
AI Specialist	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Android Developer	2	£35,000.00	£45,000.00	£55,000.00
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
Junior Developer	57	£41,585.00	£44,645.00	£47,710.00
PHP Developer	23	£41,720.00	£44,405.00	£47,095.00
IT Support Analyst	305	£41,245.00	£44,215.00	£47,180.00
IT Specialist	9,587	£41,925.00	£43,865.00	£45,810.00
IT Service Desk Manager	21	£42,575.00	£43,765.00	£44,950.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
IT Manager	107,202	£40,785.00	£43,255.00	£45,725.00
Desktop Support Analyst	6	£40,835.00	£42,665.00	£44,500.00
Technical Trainer	12	£41,250.00	£42,250.00	£43,250.00
IT Solutions Analyst	8	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Technical Support	400	£39,000.00	£41,710.00	£44,415.00
Senior IT Technician	258	£38,440.00	£41,655.00	£44,865.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Website	707	£38,785.00	£41,535.00	£44,290.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
IT Support Engineer	900	£37,975.00	£40,615.00	£43,265.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£37,335.00	£40,500.00	£43,665.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
IT Technician	40,436	£37,720.00	£39,615.00	£41,510.00
IT Support	154,326	£36,900.00	£38,560.00	£40,210.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
Service Desk	240	£36,215.00	£38,000.00	£39,785.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,484	£35,430.00	£37,890.00	£40,350.00
Product	29,554	£36,165.00	£37,815.00	£39,465.00
Service Analyst	34	£35,460.00	£37,515.00	£39,565.00
IT Business Development Executive	93	£30,770.00	£37,250.00	£43,720.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
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 Trainer	575	£33,390.00	£35,285.00	£37,175.00
2nd Line Support	50	£32,605.00	£35,095.00	£37,590.00
IT Officer	15,723	£32,945.00	£34,975.00	£37,010.00
Product Planner	92	£33,120.00	£34,800.00	£36,475.00
Service Desk Analyst	49	£32,495.00	£34,295.00	£36,090.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Executive	157	£32,660.00	£33,675.00	£34,685.00
IT Support Technician	50	£31,150.00	£33,015.00	£34,875.00
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
Support Consultant	6	£29,750.00	£31,875.00	£34,000.00
IT Support Officer	253	£30,625.00	£31,650.00	£32,680.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	115	£30,245.00	£31,380.00	£32,515.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
Web Design	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
1st Line Support	20	£29,450.00	£30,965.00	£32,480.00
1st Line IT Support	18	£29,660.00	£30,945.00	£32,230.00
Systems Coordinator	4	£29,500.00	£30,250.00	£31,000.00
It Graduate	540	£27,475.00	£29,420.00	£31,370.00
IT Trainee	4,124	£26,525.00	£29,205.00	£31,885.00
Technical Administrator	24	£27,210.00	£28,930.00	£30,645.00
IT Administrator	12,858	£27,570.00	£28,785.00	£30,005.00
IT Security Officer	47	£28,230.00	£28,395.00	£28,570.00
Junior IT Technician	14	£26,200.00	£28,075.00	£29,950.00
Trainee IT Technician	40	£27,115.00	£27,265.00	£27,415.00
Systems Support Analyst	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
IT Support Advisor	24	£25,240.00	£25,480.00	£25,710.00
Graduate Developer	42	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	16	£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	1,226	£23,480.00	£23,935.00	£24,385.00