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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 5,085,953 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,832,488	95.02 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	166,154	3.27 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	87,311	1.72 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 97,807 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 423,829 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	92,932	402,706
Contract	4,874	21,122

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	75,879
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

The Highest Paying Programming Languages in the UK

Whether you're a seasoned developer or a newcomer to the coding scene, decoding the languages that lead to the highest remuneration is vital for making informed career decisions.

See the highest paid programming languages here.

The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	13	£118,080.00	£125,300.00	£132,520.00
Angular	103	£103,840.00	£114,370.00	£124,895.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Cloud Consultant	2	£90,000.00	£107,500.00	£125,000.00
Python Developer	238	£96,410.00	£104,365.00	£112,325.00
Head of Software	9	£97,165.00	£103,665.00	£110,165.00
Head of Technology	2	£91,625.00	£99,625.00	£107,625.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Java Developer	179	£87,050.00	£96,095.00	£105,140.00
Python	567	£85,895.00	£94,435.00	£102,975.00
Enterprise Architect	61	£88,545.00	£93,140.00	£97,730.00
Data Architect	76	£82,480.00	£89,120.00	£95,760.00
Business Architect	12	£82,500.00	£87,190.00	£91,875.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	273	£78,105.00	£85,670.00	£93,230.00
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
Software Engineer	1,455	£75,165.00	£83,580.00	£91,990.00
Solutions Architect	391	£77,005.00	£81,555.00	£86,105.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Security Architect	42	£75,070.00	£80,795.00	£86,520.00
Technical Architect	45	£77,285.00	£80,080.00	£82,870.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Manager	13	£74,705.00	£79,750.00	£84,795.00
Active Directory	12	£76,250.00	£78,565.00	£80,875.00
Software Developer	1,132	£72,570.00	£78,085.00	£83,595.00
Technical Lead	446	£75,290.00	£77,990.00	£80,690.00
Application Manager	36	£73,075.00	£77,690.00	£82,300.00
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	709	£71,745.00	£77,395.00	£83,045.00
SAP Consultant	34	£70,970.00	£77,290.00	£83,610.00
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
Cloud Engineer	193	£69,630.00	£76,250.00	£82,855.00
Backend Developer	43	£68,910.00	£76,175.00	£83,435.00
Transformation Lead	11	£73,835.00	£76,085.00	£78,335.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
Lead Developer	234	£69,990.00	£74,685.00	£79,385.00
Network Manager	18	£68,500.00	£74,585.00	£80,665.00
Data Scientist	57	£69,030.00	£74,340.00	£79,655.00
Head of Operations	38	£70,035.00	£74,340.00	£78,645.00
Application Architect	8	£74,000.00	£74,000.00	£74,000.00
Functional Consultant	36	£66,765.00	£73,980.00	£81,190.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
IT Director	3,839	£68,090.00	£73,590.00	£79,090.00
Full Stack Developer	259	£66,760.00	£73,290.00	£79,820.00
Infrastructure Manager	72	£68,865.00	£73,200.00	£77,540.00
DevOps Engineer	238	£67,210.00	£72,940.00	£78,665.00
Information Security Manager	27	£67,465.00	£72,705.00	£77,940.00
Data Science	34	£67,520.00	£72,355.00	£77,190.00
Data Modeller	190	£66,435.00	£72,170.00	£77,900.00
Oracle Consultant	6	£66,250.00	£71,875.00	£77,500.00
Application Developer	34	£68,455.00	£71,720.00	£74,975.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	57	£68,790.00	£71,620.00	£74,455.00
Information Security	200	£66,745.00	£71,070.00	£75,395.00
Hardware Engineer	298	£69,955.00	£70,990.00	£72,025.00
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
Cloud Architect	20	£64,440.00	£70,355.00	£76,270.00
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
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
Machine Learning Engineer	2	£60,000.00	£68,750.00	£77,500.00
Senior Software Developer	17	£65,000.00	£68,440.00	£71,875.00
Programme Manager	314	£64,130.00	£68,310.00	£72,485.00
Network Security	75	£63,865.00	£67,770.00	£71,680.00
Cyber Security	418	£63,165.00	£67,645.00	£72,130.00
Senior Developer	320	£62,715.00	£67,465.00	£72,215.00
Solution Designer	293	£62,780.00	£67,440.00	£72,100.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Test Manager	24	£63,855.00	£66,970.00	£70,080.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,975.00	£66,590.00	£70,200.00
Delivery Manager	264	£63,155.00	£66,515.00	£69,870.00
Cyber Security Engineer	17	£61,390.00	£66,410.00	£71,430.00
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
Sap Project Manager	2	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Technical Consultant	53	£56,760.00	£66,005.00	£75,240.00
Hardware Designer	120	£64,160.00	£65,905.00	£67,645.00
Technical Author	532	£65,385.00	£65,385.00	£65,385.00
Agile Project Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Scrum Master	14	£60,335.00	£64,865.00	£69,400.00
Programme Lead	14	£57,575.00	£64,825.00	£72,075.00
Front End Developer	38	£60,315.00	£64,690.00	£69,065.00
Product Owner	133	£60,360.00	£64,600.00	£68,840.00
Cyber Security Consultant	41	£58,725.00	£64,450.00	£70,175.00
Project Analyst	8	£62,090.00	£64,375.00	£66,665.00
Data Management	388	£60,760.00	£64,210.00	£67,670.00
Data Migration	14	£60,100.00	£63,350.00	£66,600.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Service Delivery Manager	34	£58,795.00	£61,670.00	£64,540.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Senior Analyst	189	£58,055.00	£60,750.00	£63,445.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Information Management	74	£57,230.00	£60,395.00	£63,560.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
Business Analyst	687	£56,260.00	£59,745.00	£63,230.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Network Engineer	272	£56,335.00	£59,520.00	£62,705.00
Head of IT	6,015	£56,355.00	£59,505.00	£62,655.00
Cyber Security Analyst	17	£53,650.00	£59,415.00	£65,185.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£56,700.00	£59,150.00	£61,600.00
Database Administrator	8	£54,585.00	£58,915.00	£63,250.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
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 Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Test Lead	45	£54,545.00	£57,470.00	£60,395.00
BI Developer	30	£52,695.00	£57,465.00	£62,230.00
Product Management	1,059	£53,710.00	£57,450.00	£61,205.00
Technical Services Manager	69	£54,420.00	£57,340.00	£60,260.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
Power BI Developer	10	£53,125.00	£56,750.00	£60,375.00
Embedded Software Engineer	30	£49,160.00	£56,735.00	£64,315.00
Digital Analyst	10	£55,000.00	£56,250.00	£57,500.00
Docker	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Technical Analyst	14	£53,460.00	£56,085.00	£58,710.00
Systems Administrator	109	£53,225.00	£55,925.00	£58,615.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
SQL Developer	7	£54,165.00	£55,835.00	£57,500.00
IT Business Partner	1,651	£53,280.00	£55,800.00	£58,325.00
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
Technical Account Manager	30	£51,515.00	£54,780.00	£58,050.00
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
IT Project Manager	6,315	£50,660.00	£54,475.00	£58,295.00
Technology Consultant	16	£43,550.00	£53,775.00	£64,000.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Application Support	229	£50,310.00	£53,525.00	£56,740.00
Data Analyst	234	£49,535.00	£53,295.00	£57,060.00
Systems Analyst	74	£48,470.00	£52,935.00	£57,405.00
Product Analyst	6	£49,165.00	£52,750.00	£56,335.00
Web Developer	10	£49,315.00	£52,595.00	£55,875.00
Programming	724	£50,315.00	£52,545.00	£54,770.00
Systems Developer	428	£48,655.00	£52,505.00	£56,345.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Application Support Analyst	48	£48,740.00	£52,260.00	£55,780.00
Business Systems Analyst	35	£46,655.00	£51,820.00	£56,990.00
Data Analysis	83	£48,090.00	£51,570.00	£55,055.00
Systems Manager	1,936	£49,265.00	£51,475.00	£53,690.00
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
Digital	3,688	£47,250.00	£50,680.00	£54,100.00
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
Information Security Analyst	21	£46,665.00	£49,165.00	£51,665.00
Product Developer	417	£44,870.00	£48,650.00	£52,435.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Mobile Engineer	197	£45,460.00	£48,370.00	£51,275.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
SQL Analyst	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Junior Developer	10	£44,500.00	£47,375.00	£50,250.00
Application Specialist	35	£46,050.00	£47,350.00	£48,650.00
Service Manager	2,752	£44,905.00	£47,180.00	£49,465.00
Test Analyst	16	£45,645.00	£46,965.00	£48,285.00
Developer	65,594	£44,140.00	£46,690.00	£49,250.00
Development	65,546	£44,235.00	£46,670.00	£49,115.00
PHP Developer	26	£42,920.00	£45,810.00	£48,705.00
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	16,076	£39,475.00	£45,025.00	£50,570.00
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
IT Support Analyst	304	£41,055.00	£43,965.00	£46,870.00
Technical Trainer	6	£43,335.00	£43,960.00	£44,585.00
Product Marketing Manager	20	£40,190.00	£43,780.00	£47,375.00
IT Service Desk Manager	21	£42,575.00	£43,765.00	£44,950.00
IT Specialist	9,027	£41,880.00	£43,750.00	£45,625.00
Technical Support Manager	5	£42,275.00	£43,525.00	£44,775.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
IT Manager	102,101	£40,635.00	£43,055.00	£45,475.00
Desktop Support Analyst	6	£40,835.00	£42,665.00	£44,500.00
Technical Support	352	£39,415.00	£42,125.00	£44,835.00
Website	582	£39,280.00	£42,090.00	£44,900.00
Autodesk	12	£37,800.00	£41,750.00	£45,700.00
Senior IT Technician	243	£38,355.00	£41,620.00	£44,880.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
IT Support Engineer	877	£38,150.00	£40,800.00	£43,460.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
IT Technician	37,787	£37,450.00	£39,350.00	£41,260.00
Assistant Product Manager	19	£36,125.00	£38,690.00	£41,250.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Support	150,680	£36,510.00	£38,120.00	£39,730.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,312	£35,415.00	£37,750.00	£40,090.00
Service Desk	239	£35,700.00	£37,435.00	£39,170.00
IT Business Development Executive	112	£30,290.00	£37,310.00	£44,330.00
Product	29,529	£35,635.00	£37,210.00	£38,790.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Service Analyst	38	£34,670.00	£36,905.00	£39,135.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Trainer	494	£34,040.00	£35,945.00	£37,850.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
2nd Line Support	56	£32,875.00	£35,390.00	£37,900.00
IT Officer	14,592	£33,055.00	£35,100.00	£37,150.00
Product Planner	85	£32,890.00	£34,495.00	£36,095.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Executive	132	£33,020.00	£34,060.00	£35,100.00
IT Support Technician	44	£31,245.00	£33,230.00	£35,215.00
Service Desk Analyst	53	£31,450.00	£33,065.00	£34,665.00
Junior Product Manager	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
IT Support Officer	230	£30,895.00	£31,960.00	£33,020.00
Support Consultant	6	£29,750.00	£31,875.00	£34,000.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	90	£30,220.00	£31,325.00	£32,435.00
1st Line Support	18	£29,540.00	£31,060.00	£32,575.00
1st Line IT Support	16	£29,790.00	£31,035.00	£32,275.00
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
Systems Coordinator	4	£29,500.00	£30,250.00	£31,000.00
It Graduate	507	£27,390.00	£29,365.00	£31,350.00
IT Trainee	3,748	£26,535.00	£29,235.00	£31,930.00
Technical Administrator	16	£27,190.00	£28,875.00	£30,565.00
IT Administrator	12,218	£27,430.00	£28,625.00	£29,825.00
IT Security Officer	40	£27,790.00	£27,955.00	£28,120.00
Junior IT Technician	10	£26,000.00	£27,940.00	£29,875.00
Trainee IT Technician	35	£27,085.00	£27,270.00	£27,450.00
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	44	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	11	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,270	£23,575.00	£23,940.00	£24,300.00