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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 5,518,245 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,246,964	95.08 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	178,863	3.24 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	92,418	1.67 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 106,120 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 459,854 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	100,903	437,247
Contract	5,216	22,606

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: July 2026

Jobs listed

58,516

Down 5.9% vs last year

Average salary

£52,460.00

Down 2.1% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

1,785

Down 9.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Up 5.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

880

Up 15.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Down 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
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
September 2025	50,492
August 2025	44,736

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	20	£113,595.00	£121,550.00	£129,500.00
Angular	17	£97,500.00	£104,065.00	£110,625.00
Python Developer	82	£96,220.00	£103,305.00	£110,395.00
Head of Software	2	£95,000.00	£102,500.00	£110,000.00
Enterprise Architect	99	£92,865.00	£99,450.00	£106,035.00
Software Development Manager	14	£93,165.00	£97,750.00	£102,335.00
Cloud Architect	9	£88,750.00	£96,875.00	£105,000.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Azure Architect	25	£90,220.00	£95,375.00	£100,530.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Data Architect	171	£83,425.00	£89,500.00	£95,575.00
Head of Product	8	£84,985.00	£89,285.00	£93,590.00
Python	399	£80,215.00	£88,530.00	£96,840.00
Solutions Architect	432	£81,310.00	£86,225.00	£91,135.00
Software Architect	172	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
Security Architect	63	£79,210.00	£84,155.00	£89,100.00
Senior Software Engineer	225	£76,540.00	£83,385.00	£90,225.00
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
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	32	£74,910.00	£81,920.00	£88,935.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Architect	48	£76,075.00	£79,780.00	£83,485.00
Transformation Lead	13	£78,500.00	£79,750.00	£81,000.00
Java Developer	112	£71,825.00	£79,350.00	£86,870.00
Technical Lead	410	£74,930.00	£79,315.00	£83,705.00
Information Security	180	£74,135.00	£78,760.00	£83,385.00
IT Director	5,268	£72,095.00	£78,690.00	£85,280.00
Software Engineer	1,286	£71,160.00	£78,215.00	£85,275.00
Head of Service	34	£72,440.00	£78,080.00	£83,720.00
Information Security Manager	18	£71,945.00	£76,860.00	£81,765.00
Infrastructure Manager	99	£72,010.00	£76,840.00	£81,675.00
SAP Consultant	20	£69,700.00	£76,225.00	£82,750.00
Functional Consultant	40	£69,665.00	£76,080.00	£82,490.00
Software Developer	899	£70,780.00	£75,895.00	£81,010.00
Transformation Manager	31	£70,280.00	£75,605.00	£80,940.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	88	£71,200.00	£75,300.00	£79,395.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Data Modeller	284	£69,925.00	£74,950.00	£79,965.00
Data Engineer	824	£68,750.00	£74,405.00	£80,060.00
Integration Architect	28	£68,920.00	£73,420.00	£77,920.00
Data Scientist	63	£67,440.00	£73,155.00	£78,870.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£67,750.00	£73,000.00	£78,250.00
Head of Operations	75	£68,570.00	£72,515.00	£76,460.00
Senior Software Developer	11	£71,300.00	£72,050.00	£72,800.00
Test Manager	43	£67,125.00	£71,915.00	£76,705.00
Active Directory	17	£69,615.00	£71,905.00	£74,195.00
Application Developer	50	£67,175.00	£71,875.00	£76,570.00
Senior Product Manager	31	£67,000.00	£71,380.00	£75,765.00
Cloud Engineer	239	£65,215.00	£71,335.00	£77,440.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
DevOps Engineer	189	£65,495.00	£71,000.00	£76,505.00
Scrum Master	14	£65,135.00	£70,915.00	£76,700.00
Salesforce Developer	10	£69,065.00	£70,780.00	£72,500.00
Application Manager	77	£66,590.00	£70,745.00	£74,895.00
Programme Manager	421	£65,930.00	£70,745.00	£75,545.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Technical Consultant	34	£62,500.00	£70,430.00	£78,360.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
Solution Designer	461	£65,795.00	£70,230.00	£74,665.00
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
Head of Quality	2	£69,500.00	£69,500.00	£69,500.00
Senior Developer	265	£63,140.00	£68,915.00	£74,675.00
Lead Developer	348	£64,925.00	£68,760.00	£72,590.00
Cyber Security	552	£64,150.00	£68,685.00	£73,230.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£66,500.00	£68,550.00	£70,600.00
Data Science	41	£62,220.00	£68,365.00	£74,515.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£60,265.00	£68,000.00	£75,735.00
Network Security	116	£63,755.00	£67,890.00	£72,020.00
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
Hardware Engineer	315	£65,790.00	£67,425.00	£69,055.00
Systems Architect	7	£62,400.00	£66,900.00	£71,415.00
Full Stack Developer	211	£61,095.00	£66,860.00	£72,625.00
Product Owner	231	£63,050.00	£66,820.00	£70,590.00
Data Management	445	£62,415.00	£66,775.00	£71,135.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£61,035.00	£65,535.00	£70,035.00
Front End Developer	22	£60,680.00	£65,510.00	£70,335.00
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
Delivery Manager	348	£60,700.00	£64,450.00	£68,200.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Head of IT	7,450	£58,150.00	£61,855.00	£65,560.00
Senior Analyst	217	£59,555.00	£61,725.00	£63,895.00
Cyber Security Analyst	26	£56,675.00	£61,315.00	£65,960.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Mobile Developer	4	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Network Engineer	278	£57,195.00	£61,220.00	£65,250.00
Technical Services Manager	125	£57,485.00	£61,180.00	£64,875.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Embedded Software Engineer	41	£53,135.00	£60,710.00	£68,285.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Cyber Security Consultant	18	£53,790.00	£60,565.00	£67,330.00
Software Team Leader	29	£60,250.00	£60,250.00	£60,250.00
Technical Account Manager	85	£55,925.00	£60,005.00	£64,085.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Data Migration	39	£55,455.00	£59,715.00	£63,970.00
Service Delivery Manager	22	£57,065.00	£59,385.00	£61,700.00
Programme Lead	5	£50,690.00	£59,325.00	£67,950.00
Hardware Designer	163	£57,505.00	£58,925.00	£60,350.00
Business Analyst	715	£55,510.00	£58,650.00	£61,785.00
Network Manager	19	£55,065.00	£58,625.00	£62,190.00
BI Developer	24	£53,680.00	£58,390.00	£63,095.00
Information Management	125	£54,980.00	£58,310.00	£61,635.00
Technical Author	568	£57,835.00	£57,950.00	£58,065.00
Product Management	1,497	£53,495.00	£57,325.00	£61,160.00
Technology Consultant	21	£47,135.00	£57,315.00	£67,500.00
IT Business Partner	2,503	£53,525.00	£56,315.00	£59,110.00
Oracle Developer	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
IT Project Manager	7,722	£51,890.00	£55,940.00	£59,995.00
Test Lead	39	£52,925.00	£55,780.00	£58,635.00
Product Analyst	5	£51,250.00	£55,625.00	£60,000.00
Data Analyst	240	£51,585.00	£55,475.00	£59,360.00
Digital Analyst	11	£53,020.00	£55,155.00	£57,300.00
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	20	£51,180.00	£53,895.00	£56,605.00
Systems Analyst	61	£49,720.00	£53,745.00	£57,775.00
Systems Developer	439	£50,025.00	£53,675.00	£57,320.00
Head of Development	9	£51,080.00	£53,205.00	£55,330.00
Docker	9	£48,750.00	£53,125.00	£57,500.00
Application Support	206	£49,640.00	£53,040.00	£56,440.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Product Marketing Manager	27	£47,155.00	£52,970.00	£58,785.00
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
Data Analysis	56	£48,330.00	£51,475.00	£54,630.00
Product Development Manager	9	£47,035.00	£51,210.00	£55,400.00
Systems Administrator	92	£48,185.00	£51,190.00	£54,200.00
Systems Manager	2,517	£48,405.00	£50,690.00	£52,985.00
SQL Developer	11	£47,250.00	£50,625.00	£54,000.00
Application Support Analyst	38	£46,290.00	£49,875.00	£53,455.00
Bi Analyst	16	£47,800.00	£49,590.00	£51,375.00
Reporting Analyst	22	£47,635.00	£49,510.00	£51,385.00
Digital	5,125	£46,390.00	£49,340.00	£52,290.00
Business Systems Analyst	12	£44,500.00	£49,165.00	£53,835.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
CRM Manager	34	£45,890.00	£48,815.00	£51,750.00
Systems Specialist	30	£46,375.00	£48,190.00	£50,000.00
Programming	1,040	£45,635.00	£48,015.00	£50,390.00
Mobile Engineer	296	£44,510.00	£47,725.00	£50,940.00
Service Manager	3,673	£45,335.00	£47,575.00	£49,825.00
AI Specialist	3	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Implementation Consultant	10	£44,125.00	£47,250.00	£50,375.00
Development	80,470	£44,365.00	£47,065.00	£49,770.00
Developer	80,812	£44,140.00	£46,870.00	£49,610.00
PHP Developer	18	£43,000.00	£46,300.00	£49,600.00
Implementation Manager	26	£45,000.00	£46,250.00	£47,500.00
Product Developer	767	£42,825.00	£46,235.00	£49,640.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Test Analyst	10	£44,600.00	£46,000.00	£47,400.00
IT Service Desk Manager	4	£43,250.00	£45,375.00	£47,500.00
IT Consultant	22,049	£39,185.00	£44,950.00	£50,715.00
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
IT Manager	147,305	£41,340.00	£43,925.00	£46,505.00
Database Administrator	18	£41,550.00	£43,725.00	£45,900.00
IT Support Engineer	1,338	£41,010.00	£43,515.00	£46,030.00
Web Developer	59	£39,655.00	£43,495.00	£47,335.00
IT Technician	64,438	£40,675.00	£43,460.00	£46,240.00
Technical Trainer	24	£41,240.00	£43,230.00	£45,220.00
IT Specialist	13,891	£41,395.00	£43,135.00	£44,880.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
Junior Developer	67	£39,820.00	£42,620.00	£45,410.00
Application Specialist	26	£41,810.00	£42,500.00	£43,190.00
MySQL	12	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
IT Support Analyst	299	£39,575.00	£42,390.00	£45,205.00
Product	28,900	£40,035.00	£42,340.00	£44,650.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£42,250.00	£45,000.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	7	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Senior IT Technician	329	£38,500.00	£42,135.00	£45,765.00
Service Desk Manager	2	£39,000.00	£42,000.00	£45,000.00
Website	1,029	£38,720.00	£41,770.00	£44,820.00
Technical Support	812	£38,695.00	£41,240.00	£43,775.00
IT Support	213,189	£38,925.00	£41,175.00	£43,420.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£40,440.00	£41,030.00	£41,625.00
Operations Analyst	6	£39,165.00	£40,835.00	£42,500.00
Support Consultant	15	£36,665.00	£40,750.00	£44,835.00
Autodesk	9	£37,250.00	£40,625.00	£44,000.00
Assistant Product Manager	21	£36,840.00	£39,850.00	£42,855.00
Laravel Developer	13	£35,500.00	£39,650.00	£43,800.00
Systems Officer	12	£35,410.00	£37,650.00	£39,890.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,444	£34,970.00	£37,470.00	£39,975.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
IT Officer	23,372	£34,050.00	£36,940.00	£39,840.00
Service Desk	248	£35,165.00	£36,920.00	£38,670.00
Technical Officer	4	£35,000.00	£36,875.00	£38,750.00
IT Trainer	1,550	£34,935.00	£36,830.00	£38,740.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Business Development Executive	101	£31,000.00	£36,355.00	£41,710.00
IT Support Technician	57	£33,955.00	£36,320.00	£38,685.00
2nd Line Support	44	£34,160.00	£36,290.00	£38,425.00
Service Analyst	27	£33,895.00	£36,250.00	£38,600.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
Product Planner	118	£32,140.00	£34,100.00	£36,065.00
IT Support Executive	550	£32,670.00	£33,885.00	£35,100.00
Service Desk Analyst	39	£30,875.00	£33,030.00	£35,180.00
Release Manager	2	£31,500.00	£33,000.00	£34,500.00
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
Systems Coordinator	9	£29,500.00	£31,585.00	£33,665.00
IT Support Officer	403	£30,385.00	£31,190.00	£32,000.00
IT Security Officer	73	£31,000.00	£31,125.00	£31,250.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
Project Office Support	2	£31,000.00	£31,000.00	£31,000.00
EPOS	16	£30,150.00	£30,815.00	£31,485.00
It Graduate	675	£28,290.00	£30,260.00	£32,220.00
Technical Administrator	40	£28,890.00	£30,020.00	£31,145.00
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 Helpdesk	168	£28,855.00	£29,870.00	£30,880.00
IT Trainee	5,357	£27,300.00	£29,825.00	£32,350.00
IT Administrator	17,867	£28,125.00	£29,345.00	£30,560.00
Junior IT Technician	40	£27,110.00	£28,885.00	£30,655.00
IT Support Advisor	58	£27,310.00	£27,855.00	£28,395.00
Trainee IT Technician	67	£27,215.00	£27,565.00	£27,910.00
IT Support Assistant	1,129	£24,665.00	£25,125.00	£25,590.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	42	£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