Highest Paying IT Jobs in the UK

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 4,043,263 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	3,846,059	95.12 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	127,130	3.14 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	70,074	1.73 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 77,755 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 336,939 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	73,962	320,505
Contract	3,792	16,433

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

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

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
April 2024	118,127
March 2024	141,400
February 2024	136,235
January 2024	141,382
December 2023	58,929
November 2023	37,954
October 2023	65,066
September 2023	93,508
August 2023	79,380
July 2023	121,089
June 2023	152,101
May 2023	131,703

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Chief Information Officer	2	£120,000.00	£131,250.00	£142,500.00
Head of Data	26	£100,285.00	£106,245.00	£112,210.00
Python Developer	536	£91,030.00	£101,880.00	£112,730.00
SQL Developer	91	£95,125.00	£99,440.00	£103,750.00
Big Data	83	£88,555.00	£95,725.00	£102,890.00
Head of Systems	11	£94,590.00	£94,790.00	£95,000.00
Cloud Architect	129	£83,790.00	£93,960.00	£104,125.00
Python	1,983	£80,895.00	£91,165.00	£101,435.00
Software Development Manager	47	£83,630.00	£90,965.00	£98,310.00
Azure Architect	66	£85,610.00	£90,905.00	£96,200.00
Transformation Lead	23	£86,720.00	£90,395.00	£94,065.00
Enterprise Architect	283	£83,750.00	£90,000.00	£96,250.00
Indexer	2	£75,000.00	£90,000.00	£105,000.00
Head of Technology	8	£84,785.00	£89,260.00	£93,750.00
Product Analyst	83	£76,100.00	£87,770.00	£99,440.00
Technical Architect	275	£80,100.00	£87,460.00	£94,810.00
Data Architect	259	£80,410.00	£86,790.00	£93,180.00
Solutions Architect	1,359	£79,220.00	£85,710.00	£92,190.00
Head of Networks	2	£80,000.00	£85,000.00	£90,000.00
Java Developer	1,238	£74,800.00	£84,785.00	£94,765.00
Application Architect	10	£74,165.00	£84,665.00	£95,165.00
Security Architect	145	£79,465.00	£84,340.00	£89,215.00
Docker	171	£74,575.00	£83,910.00	£93,240.00
Oracle Consultant	11	£77,500.00	£83,440.00	£89,375.00
Data Solution Architect	26	£71,070.00	£82,635.00	£94,195.00
Software Architect	44	£74,620.00	£82,065.00	£89,505.00
Business Architect	79	£72,180.00	£81,400.00	£90,625.00
Head of Delivery	10	£79,440.00	£81,390.00	£83,335.00
Technical Lead	590	£73,815.00	£80,800.00	£87,795.00
Senior Java Developer	144	£69,415.00	£80,690.00	£91,975.00
Cyber Security Consultant	140	£68,835.00	£78,475.00	£88,115.00
Technical Product Owner	8	£75,625.00	£78,375.00	£81,125.00
Transformation Manager	104	£68,815.00	£78,155.00	£87,490.00
Machine Learning Engineer	25	£72,165.00	£77,875.00	£83,585.00
Information Security Consultant	8	£71,875.00	£77,815.00	£83,750.00
Data Engineer	1,862	£70,650.00	£77,505.00	£84,350.00
Cloud Consultant	50	£69,730.00	£76,315.00	£82,895.00
Big Data Engineer	2	£75,000.00	£76,250.00	£77,500.00
Backend Developer	48	£72,280.00	£75,845.00	£79,405.00
Senior Software Engineer	761	£67,115.00	£74,615.00	£82,125.00
Lead Developer	904	£69,350.00	£74,580.00	£79,800.00
Senior Product Manager	68	£68,175.00	£74,410.00	£80,655.00
Senior Software Developer	265	£66,390.00	£74,080.00	£81,770.00
DevOps Engineer	1,326	£67,525.00	£74,035.00	£80,550.00
ERP Consultant	5	£66,250.00	£73,750.00	£81,250.00
Angular	252	£67,265.00	£73,700.00	£80,135.00
Software Engineer	3,703	£63,385.00	£73,250.00	£83,110.00
Cloud Computing	11	£70,085.00	£72,915.00	£75,750.00
Senior Infrastructure Consultant	4	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Data Science	219	£66,515.00	£72,290.00	£78,060.00
Integration Architect	6	£61,000.00	£72,250.00	£83,500.00
Systems Architect	10	£65,250.00	£71,500.00	£77,750.00
Head of Product	63	£66,855.00	£71,335.00	£75,815.00
SAP Consultant	69	£65,860.00	£71,245.00	£76,630.00
Cloud Engineer	661	£65,245.00	£71,090.00	£76,930.00
Cyber Security Manager	79	£66,390.00	£70,705.00	£75,025.00
Drupal Developer	8	£64,125.00	£70,690.00	£77,250.00
Information Security Manager	155	£66,190.00	£70,490.00	£74,790.00
Programme Director	26	£62,640.00	£70,045.00	£77,460.00
Data Scientist	219	£63,710.00	£70,010.00	£76,310.00
Agile Project Manager	6	£67,785.00	£69,600.00	£71,410.00
Full Stack Developer	1,026	£62,150.00	£69,095.00	£76,040.00
Data Migration	51	£63,700.00	£69,020.00	£74,345.00
Data Modeller	248	£63,795.00	£68,815.00	£73,840.00
Information Security Officer	17	£64,320.00	£68,770.00	£73,220.00
Cyber Security Engineer	121	£64,175.00	£68,665.00	£73,155.00
Functional Consultant	126	£61,045.00	£67,880.00	£74,710.00
Senior Developer	1,521	£61,885.00	£67,575.00	£73,265.00
Microsoft Developer	4	£62,500.00	£67,500.00	£72,500.00
Head of Service	148	£63,515.00	£67,415.00	£71,320.00
Software Developer	3,078	£60,075.00	£67,335.00	£74,590.00
Product Owner	705	£61,775.00	£66,735.00	£71,700.00
Service Delivery Lead	11	£61,335.00	£66,415.00	£71,500.00
Senior Web Developer	2	£60,000.00	£66,250.00	£72,500.00
iOS Developer	7	£61,335.00	£66,165.00	£71,000.00
Scrum Master	61	£62,415.00	£65,765.00	£69,115.00
Network Security	401	£60,930.00	£65,415.00	£69,910.00
Release Manager	18	£60,710.00	£65,255.00	£69,805.00
Video Games	8	£57,750.00	£65,125.00	£72,500.00
Systems Programmer	7	£61,650.00	£65,075.00	£68,500.00
Data Controller	4	£60,850.00	£65,050.00	£69,250.00
Application Manager	154	£59,605.00	£65,010.00	£70,415.00
Sharepoint Consultant	2	£57,500.00	£65,000.00	£72,500.00
Software Team Leader	4	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Head of Development	48	£61,555.00	£64,865.00	£68,170.00
Information Security	1,006	£60,600.00	£64,565.00	£68,540.00
Angular Developer	50	£57,890.00	£64,520.00	£71,145.00
Cyber Security	1,772	£59,915.00	£64,460.00	£69,000.00
Android Developer	19	£62,375.00	£64,315.00	£66,250.00
Infrastructure Manager	276	£60,275.00	£63,990.00	£67,705.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	274	£60,240.00	£63,920.00	£67,600.00
JavaScript Developer	49	£58,380.00	£63,905.00	£69,420.00
Data Management	895	£59,625.00	£63,775.00	£67,925.00
IT Director	9,649	£58,645.00	£63,065.00	£67,485.00
Head of Quality	10	£57,000.00	£62,500.00	£68,000.00
Laravel Developer	27	£56,875.00	£62,445.00	£68,020.00
Front End Developer	299	£55,745.00	£62,110.00	£68,475.00
Solution Designer	434	£57,320.00	£62,050.00	£66,790.00
Cisco Engineer	53	£55,130.00	£61,995.00	£68,870.00
Business Intelligence Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,875.00	£67,500.00
Software Project Manager	41	£57,455.00	£61,830.00	£66,205.00
Systems Developer	163	£56,890.00	£61,290.00	£65,685.00
Salesforce Developer	42	£56,705.00	£61,080.00	£65,455.00
Application Developer	211	£56,110.00	£60,415.00	£64,720.00
Head of Operations	117	£56,265.00	£60,355.00	£64,435.00
Technology Consultant	128	£50,525.00	£60,210.00	£69,895.00
Senior Analyst	511	£55,810.00	£60,090.00	£64,365.00
Sap Project Manager	4	£58,750.00	£60,000.00	£61,250.00
Test Lead	42	£56,525.00	£59,965.00	£63,405.00
Business Analyst	1,996	£55,270.00	£59,615.00	£63,955.00
Technical Services Manager	120	£55,735.00	£59,595.00	£63,455.00
Oracle Database	43	£54,725.00	£59,325.00	£63,920.00
CRM Developer	17	£54,165.00	£59,270.00	£64,375.00
Network Manager	166	£55,525.00	£59,225.00	£62,935.00
Algorithm Developer	26	£45,250.00	£59,205.00	£73,170.00
Technical Project Manager	90	£55,480.00	£59,040.00	£62,595.00
Design Programme Manager	2	£56,500.00	£59,000.00	£61,500.00
Test Manager	120	£53,100.00	£58,885.00	£64,670.00
Business Relationship Manager	10	£53,075.00	£58,695.00	£64,315.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	42	£54,140.00	£58,515.00	£62,885.00
Business Systems Analyst	43	£54,090.00	£58,390.00	£62,685.00
Technical Consultant	167	£52,815.00	£58,290.00	£63,770.00
Mobile Developer	10	£53,125.00	£58,280.00	£63,440.00
ETL Developer	2	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Embedded Software Engineer	155	£50,545.00	£57,300.00	£64,050.00
Implementation Manager	95	£53,575.00	£57,240.00	£60,910.00
Database Administrator	185	£52,805.00	£56,620.00	£60,430.00
Information Security Analyst	107	£53,500.00	£56,565.00	£59,625.00
Sharepoint Developer	6	£55,625.00	£56,375.00	£57,125.00
MI Developer	2	£50,000.00	£56,250.00	£62,500.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£53,500.00	£56,000.00	£58,500.00
Delivery Manager	999	£52,145.00	£55,785.00	£59,420.00
Cyber Security Analyst	110	£51,890.00	£55,620.00	£59,345.00
Technical Account Manager	44	£50,830.00	£55,340.00	£59,845.00
Service Delivery Manager	162	£51,580.00	£55,175.00	£58,775.00
Data Insight Analyst	2	£52,500.00	£55,000.00	£57,500.00
SQL Database Administrator	35	£50,240.00	£54,895.00	£59,545.00
BI Developer	162	£51,550.00	£54,860.00	£58,165.00
Digital Product Manager	13	£52,645.00	£54,745.00	£56,845.00
Application Support	886	£51,405.00	£54,695.00	£57,975.00
Power BI Developer	43	£51,065.00	£54,615.00	£58,165.00
Programme Manager	1,697	£51,375.00	£54,615.00	£57,860.00
Information Management	611	£52,060.00	£54,610.00	£57,160.00
Service Transition Manager	19	£53,290.00	£54,595.00	£55,900.00
Systems Analyst	298	£50,210.00	£54,320.00	£58,435.00
Product Management	2,686	£50,305.00	£54,185.00	£58,060.00
Digital Project Manager	62	£50,780.00	£53,990.00	£57,200.00
Database Manager	21	£50,190.00	£53,895.00	£57,605.00
Senior Programmer	62	£51,165.00	£53,855.00	£56,545.00
Business Intelligence Lead	2	£50,000.00	£53,750.00	£57,500.00
Oracle Database Administrator	2	£50,000.00	£53,750.00	£57,500.00
Network Security Engineer	49	£50,375.00	£53,670.00	£56,965.00
Programme Lead	125	£48,285.00	£52,895.00	£57,500.00
Business Process Analyst	8	£49,250.00	£52,750.00	£56,250.00
Transition Manager	34	£51,330.00	£52,260.00	£53,190.00
Head of IT	16,561	£48,915.00	£52,045.00	£55,165.00
Network Engineer	1,106	£48,370.00	£51,865.00	£55,355.00
Data Analyst	855	£48,225.00	£51,490.00	£54,750.00
Information Analyst	77	£48,275.00	£51,465.00	£54,650.00
Application Support Analyst	337	£47,950.00	£51,375.00	£54,800.00
MI Analyst	11	£47,540.00	£51,225.00	£54,910.00
MySQL	20	£45,715.00	£50,875.00	£56,035.00
Technical Analyst	174	£47,335.00	£50,790.00	£54,245.00
Hardware Designer	12	£45,000.00	£50,750.00	£56,500.00
Business Intelligence Developer	6	£47,665.00	£50,585.00	£53,500.00
Bi Analyst	33	£47,305.00	£50,535.00	£53,765.00
IT Project Manager	13,453	£46,360.00	£50,420.00	£54,485.00
IT Business Partner	5,290	£47,395.00	£50,025.00	£52,660.00
PHP Developer	321	£44,535.00	£49,910.00	£55,300.00
Operations Analyst	79	£46,840.00	£49,650.00	£52,450.00
Data Analysis	321	£45,795.00	£49,560.00	£53,325.00
IT Support Team Lead	8	£47,325.00	£49,385.00	£51,440.00
Web Developer	266	£44,480.00	£49,370.00	£54,265.00
Oracle DBA	7	£46,665.00	£49,165.00	£51,665.00
IT Service Desk Manager	55	£46,650.00	£48,930.00	£51,205.00
Service Desk Manager	55	£46,650.00	£48,930.00	£51,205.00
SQL Server Developer	18	£43,315.00	£48,450.00	£53,585.00
Implementation Consultant	21	£44,405.00	£48,375.00	£52,345.00
Database Developer	32	£43,990.00	£48,260.00	£52,530.00
Quality Assurance Manager	21	£44,915.00	£48,190.00	£51,460.00
Digital Analyst	50	£43,415.00	£48,000.00	£52,590.00
Systems Specialist	44	£45,125.00	£47,865.00	£50,600.00
DotNET Developer	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Magento Developer	2	£40,000.00	£47,500.00	£55,000.00
Oracle Developer	6	£44,165.00	£47,500.00	£50,835.00
Application Packager	7	£44,550.00	£47,415.00	£50,290.00
CRM Manager	105	£44,060.00	£47,410.00	£50,765.00
Systems Support Analyst	22	£44,715.00	£47,385.00	£50,055.00
QA Tester	8	£42,700.00	£47,300.00	£51,900.00
Manual Tester	4	£44,000.00	£46,875.00	£49,750.00
Product Marketing Manager	26	£42,950.00	£46,810.00	£50,665.00
Product Developer	1,162	£43,100.00	£46,795.00	£50,495.00
Front End Web Developer	6	£37,500.00	£46,625.00	£55,750.00
Programming	2,442	£43,000.00	£46,530.00	£50,050.00
SQL Analyst	16	£42,000.00	£46,115.00	£50,235.00
Active Directory	362	£43,640.00	£45,685.00	£47,725.00
PMO Analyst	68	£43,345.00	£45,385.00	£47,425.00
Reporting Analyst	35	£40,645.00	£45,205.00	£49,775.00
Network Administrator	14	£40,340.00	£44,795.00	£49,250.00
Application Specialist	48	£41,190.00	£44,405.00	£47,615.00
Technical Support Manager	2	£41,500.00	£44,250.00	£47,000.00
Network Analyst	50	£40,580.00	£44,040.00	£47,500.00
Systems Administrator	381	£40,440.00	£43,905.00	£47,370.00
Data Centre Engineer	11	£42,960.00	£43,735.00	£44,500.00
Web Design	6	£38,665.00	£43,665.00	£48,665.00
Web Designer	6	£38,665.00	£43,665.00	£48,665.00
Web Manager	90	£41,095.00	£43,560.00	£46,025.00
Technical Author	268	£39,495.00	£43,510.00	£47,525.00
Test Analyst	118	£40,420.00	£43,265.00	£46,115.00
Service Manager	7,693	£40,930.00	£43,150.00	£45,370.00
CRM Analyst	14	£40,665.00	£42,845.00	£45,045.00
Business Intelligence Analyst	20	£39,735.00	£42,740.00	£45,750.00
Digital	8,411	£39,140.00	£42,500.00	£45,855.00
IT Solutions Analyst	9	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Wordpress Developer	24	£37,980.00	£42,460.00	£46,940.00
ICT Specialist	4	£39,950.00	£42,400.00	£44,850.00
Systems Manager	2,568	£39,395.00	£42,155.00	£44,920.00
Hardware Engineer	67	£37,030.00	£42,150.00	£47,265.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	26	£39,910.00	£42,115.00	£44,315.00
Technical Trainer	53	£38,280.00	£42,055.00	£45,835.00
Data Insights Lead	2	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
Software Tester	27	£38,825.00	£41,890.00	£44,955.00
CRM Administrator	6	£39,165.00	£41,665.00	£44,165.00
Assistant Product Manager	6	£38,500.00	£41,000.00	£43,500.00
Developer	169,001	£37,805.00	£40,615.00	£43,420.00
Development	169,261	£37,800.00	£40,610.00	£43,415.00
Service Desk Team Lead	12	£37,150.00	£40,000.00	£42,850.00
Systems Tester	2	£35,000.00	£40,000.00	£45,000.00
Soft Services Manager	12	£38,475.00	£39,685.00	£40,890.00
Senior IT Technician	531	£36,515.00	£39,600.00	£42,680.00
IT Consultant	40,089	£34,845.00	£39,590.00	£44,340.00
Wordpress	59	£34,935.00	£39,265.00	£43,590.00
Mobile Engineer	1,287	£36,605.00	£39,235.00	£41,860.00
ICT Manager	90	£34,830.00	£39,185.00	£43,540.00
Technical Support	1,498	£36,160.00	£38,840.00	£41,525.00
IT Manager	268,058	£35,975.00	£38,405.00	£40,835.00
IT Support Analyst	1,395	£35,460.00	£38,045.00	£40,640.00
Support Consultant	109	£34,300.00	£37,950.00	£41,600.00
Product	42,053	£35,065.00	£37,640.00	£40,220.00
Website	2,684	£33,885.00	£37,175.00	£40,465.00
Technical Team Leader	54	£35,030.00	£37,015.00	£39,010.00
IT Support Engineer	2,539	£34,205.00	£36,740.00	£39,280.00
IT Specialist	28,474	£34,450.00	£36,500.00	£38,540.00
Exhibition Designer	26	£32,765.00	£36,145.00	£39,530.00
GIS Specialist	10	£35,750.00	£35,750.00	£35,750.00
Desktop Support Analyst	14	£33,650.00	£35,650.00	£37,650.00
Instructional Designer	18	£32,385.00	£35,490.00	£38,600.00
Digital Account Manager	47	£31,480.00	£35,080.00	£38,670.00
Desktop Support Engineer	170	£33,695.00	£35,020.00	£36,350.00
Junior PHP Developer	4	£31,750.00	£35,000.00	£38,250.00
Autodesk	10	£30,085.00	£34,915.00	£39,750.00
IT Field Service Engineer	4,301	£32,895.00	£34,910.00	£36,920.00
Junior Developer	83	£31,265.00	£34,880.00	£38,495.00
CSS Developer	2	£27,000.00	£34,750.00	£42,500.00
HTML Developer	4	£27,000.00	£34,750.00	£42,500.00
Technical Officer	40	£32,520.00	£34,450.00	£36,380.00
EPOS	18	£31,990.00	£34,240.00	£36,490.00
IT Security Officer	324	£32,060.00	£33,690.00	£35,315.00
Project Office Support	54	£31,150.00	£33,030.00	£34,915.00
IT Trainer	2,455	£30,200.00	£32,915.00	£35,625.00
2nd Line Support	559	£31,050.00	£32,895.00	£34,740.00
IT Officer	64,152	£30,390.00	£32,400.00	£34,410.00
Systems Officer	71	£29,875.00	£32,320.00	£34,765.00
IT Support	224,319	£30,235.00	£31,735.00	£33,230.00
Service Desk	1,439	£29,845.00	£31,535.00	£33,225.00
Application Tester	4	£31,500.00	£31,500.00	£31,500.00
Telecoms Engineer	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
Cabling Engineer	2	£27,500.00	£31,250.00	£35,000.00
IT Technician	26,015	£29,140.00	£31,250.00	£33,345.00
Product Planner	257	£29,070.00	£31,245.00	£33,425.00
Graduate Developer	24	£29,515.00	£31,220.00	£32,935.00
Systems Coordinator	10	£29,335.00	£30,940.00	£32,560.00
IT Helpdesk	697	£29,540.00	£30,775.00	£32,005.00
Technical Services Officer	2	£28,925.00	£30,675.00	£32,400.00
IT Business Development Executive	1,112	£28,055.00	£30,570.00	£33,085.00
Graduate Software Developer	5	£27,665.00	£30,000.00	£32,335.00
It Graduate	2,732	£25,810.00	£29,600.00	£33,400.00
Service Analyst	348	£28,035.00	£29,535.00	£31,025.00
Programme Support Officer	14	£28,625.00	£29,235.00	£29,835.00
IT Support Technician	375	£27,210.00	£29,075.00	£30,935.00
CRM Consultant	2	£20,000.00	£29,000.00	£38,000.00
Service Desk Analyst	384	£27,185.00	£28,730.00	£30,270.00
IT Support Officer	2,022	£27,370.00	£28,350.00	£29,340.00
Provisioning Coordinator	2	£25,000.00	£27,500.00	£30,000.00
Technical Administrator	120	£25,785.00	£27,490.00	£29,195.00
IT Support Executive	519	£26,250.00	£27,455.00	£28,665.00
Graduate Analyst	44	£26,355.00	£27,435.00	£28,515.00
1st Line Support	316	£25,475.00	£27,315.00	£29,165.00
1st Line IT Support	313	£25,435.00	£27,270.00	£29,110.00
Service Desk Technician	7	£25,125.00	£26,875.00	£28,625.00
IT Trainee	10,379	£24,065.00	£26,375.00	£28,685.00
IT Administrator	42,519	£25,285.00	£26,290.00	£27,290.00
IT Support Agent	118	£25,410.00	£26,185.00	£26,950.00
1st Line IT Support Technician	4	£25,000.00	£25,625.00	£26,250.00
1st Line Technician	4	£25,000.00	£25,625.00	£26,250.00
Junior IT Technician	39	£23,915.00	£25,465.00	£27,005.00
Project Analyst	9	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Advisor	748	£23,785.00	£24,610.00	£25,440.00
Trainee IT Technician	76	£22,995.00	£24,610.00	£26,220.00
Bid Assistant	2	£22,000.00	£22,750.00	£23,500.00
Performance Officer	2	£22,250.00	£22,250.00	£22,250.00
IT Support Assistant	2,193	£21,200.00	£21,945.00	£22,685.00