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 5,178,342 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,921,399	95.04 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	168,642	3.26 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	88,301	1.71 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 99,584 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 431,529 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	94,642	410,117
Contract	4,941	21,411

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

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

82,182

Up 92.1% vs last year

Average salary

£53,240.00

Down 2.3% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

2,732

Up 79.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£515.00

Up 5.5% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: February 2026

Jobs listed

927

Up 41.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£500.00

Down 1.1% 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
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	15	£114,375.00	£122,200.00	£130,020.00
Angular	83	£105,415.00	£115,990.00	£126,565.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	212	£97,015.00	£105,295.00	£113,580.00
Enterprise Architect	56	£91,520.00	£96,375.00	£101,225.00
Python	526	£87,025.00	£96,330.00	£105,630.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Java Developer	176	£86,905.00	£95,415.00	£103,925.00
Data Architect	120	£84,530.00	£90,965.00	£97,395.00
Head of Software	4	£83,250.00	£90,500.00	£97,750.00
Senior Software Engineer	232	£80,795.00	£88,435.00	£96,065.00
Business Architect	14	£82,500.00	£87,000.00	£91,500.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Azure Architect	14	£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
Cloud Consultant	4	£78,750.00	£83,750.00	£88,750.00
Software Engineer	1,360	£74,785.00	£83,390.00	£91,985.00
Solutions Architect	394	£76,870.00	£82,020.00	£87,170.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Security Architect	53	£75,115.00	£80,830.00	£86,545.00
Technical Architect	49	£77,175.00	£80,115.00	£83,060.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Manager	14	£73,600.00	£79,890.00	£86,170.00
Technical Lead	508	£75,770.00	£79,395.00	£83,025.00
Head of Service	16	£74,485.00	£78,235.00	£81,990.00
Head of Operations	38	£73,605.00	£78,090.00	£82,570.00
Network Manager	12	£71,250.00	£77,815.00	£84,375.00
Data Engineer	773	£71,670.00	£77,635.00	£83,600.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Backend Developer	45	£70,520.00	£77,435.00	£84,345.00
SAP Consultant	28	£70,780.00	£76,955.00	£83,125.00
Technical Project Manager	15	£71,460.00	£76,875.00	£82,290.00
Software Developer	1,085	£70,525.00	£76,020.00	£81,515.00
Infrastructure Manager	64	£70,865.00	£75,240.00	£79,615.00
Information Security Manager	27	£69,965.00	£75,205.00	£80,440.00
Application Manager	44	£69,810.00	£75,000.00	£80,190.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Functional Consultant	31	£68,165.00	£74,940.00	£81,710.00
Cloud Engineer	187	£67,715.00	£74,130.00	£80,540.00
Hardware Engineer	338	£72,450.00	£73,940.00	£75,425.00
DevOps Engineer	229	£67,485.00	£73,890.00	£80,290.00
Data Scientist	53	£68,215.00	£73,835.00	£79,455.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	49	£70,790.00	£73,660.00	£76,530.00
Head of Product	10	£67,060.00	£73,450.00	£79,840.00
Lead Developer	259	£68,485.00	£73,435.00	£78,390.00
Application Developer	36	£68,990.00	£73,145.00	£77,295.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
IT Director	4,216	£67,035.00	£72,420.00	£77,805.00
Active Directory	18	£70,035.00	£72,285.00	£74,535.00
Information Security	201	£67,920.00	£72,150.00	£76,380.00
Application Architect	17	£71,000.00	£71,840.00	£72,665.00
Data Modeller	212	£65,750.00	£71,715.00	£77,675.00
Full Stack Developer	249	£64,805.00	£71,560.00	£78,315.00
Programme Manager	366	£67,140.00	£71,335.00	£75,535.00
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
Transformation Lead	9	£68,250.00	£70,375.00	£72,500.00
Data Science	40	£65,700.00	£70,255.00	£74,805.00
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
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£64,095.00	£69,640.00	£75,180.00
Cyber Security	442	£64,415.00	£69,030.00	£73,650.00
Senior Product Manager	19	£65,190.00	£68,970.00	£72,750.00
Test Manager	35	£65,135.00	£68,870.00	£72,615.00
Senior Software Developer	15	£65,335.00	£68,625.00	£71,915.00
Cloud Architect	12	£61,900.00	£67,900.00	£73,900.00
Sharepoint Consultant	2	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
Scrum Master	16	£61,945.00	£67,390.00	£72,835.00
Technical Consultant	49	£58,315.00	£67,075.00	£75,830.00
Senior Developer	303	£62,170.00	£67,015.00	£71,860.00
Network Security	63	£62,755.00	£66,660.00	£70,565.00
Solution Designer	280	£61,690.00	£66,585.00	£71,485.00
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
Delivery Manager	299	£62,490.00	£65,895.00	£69,300.00
Technical Author	498	£65,455.00	£65,455.00	£65,455.00
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
Hardware Designer	127	£62,860.00	£64,695.00	£66,530.00
Front End Developer	32	£60,040.00	£64,495.00	£68,945.00
Project Analyst	8	£62,090.00	£64,375.00	£66,665.00
Cyber Security Consultant	48	£57,960.00	£64,085.00	£70,205.00
Data Management	427	£60,250.00	£63,820.00	£67,400.00
Product Owner	140	£59,640.00	£63,770.00	£67,905.00
Service Delivery Manager	32	£59,895.00	£62,660.00	£65,420.00
Data Migration	20	£58,225.00	£61,775.00	£65,325.00
Senior Analyst	194	£59,240.00	£61,760.00	£64,275.00
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
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Business Analyst	696	£57,150.00	£60,460.00	£63,770.00
Network Engineer	270	£57,085.00	£60,460.00	£63,830.00
Head of IT	6,165	£56,460.00	£59,930.00	£63,390.00
Cyber Security Analyst	17	£54,650.00	£59,915.00	£65,185.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Information Management	85	£56,545.00	£59,660.00	£62,775.00
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
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Embedded Software Engineer	32	£50,410.00	£58,540.00	£66,675.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Service Transition Manager	3	£55,500.00	£58,000.00	£60,500.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,500.00	£58,000.00	£60,500.00
Technical Services Manager	85	£55,120.00	£57,970.00	£60,815.00
Systems Administrator	92	£55,150.00	£57,900.00	£60,655.00
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
Product Management	1,109	£53,775.00	£57,510.00	£61,250.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Test Lead	49	£54,445.00	£57,210.00	£59,970.00
BI Developer	28	£51,970.00	£57,205.00	£62,440.00
Digital Analyst	14	£55,520.00	£57,030.00	£58,550.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
SQL Developer	9	£53,750.00	£56,565.00	£59,375.00
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
Systems Analyst	65	£50,915.00	£55,565.00	£60,220.00
IT Business Partner	1,850	£52,790.00	£55,445.00	£58,095.00
Application Support	228	£51,970.00	£55,435.00	£58,900.00
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
Application Support Analyst	40	£50,570.00	£54,280.00	£57,990.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
IT Project Manager	6,682	£50,255.00	£54,100.00	£57,950.00
Data Analyst	233	£50,300.00	£54,015.00	£57,730.00
Power BI Developer	8	£48,750.00	£53,940.00	£59,125.00
Database Administrator	10	£50,500.00	£53,875.00	£57,250.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Technical Account Manager	61	£49,570.00	£52,955.00	£56,335.00
Systems Developer	408	£48,475.00	£52,765.00	£57,050.00
Programming	826	£50,265.00	£52,640.00	£55,015.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Business Systems Analyst	29	£46,470.00	£51,760.00	£57,055.00
Systems Manager	2,107	£48,710.00	£51,015.00	£53,330.00
Data Analysis	67	£47,330.00	£50,825.00	£54,330.00
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 Centre Engineer	2	£46,000.00	£50,500.00	£55,000.00
CRM Manager	14	£48,850.00	£50,325.00	£51,800.00
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Digital	4,053	£46,700.00	£50,005.00	£53,310.00
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
SQL Database Administrator	2	£47,000.00	£48,750.00	£50,500.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Product Developer	470	£44,505.00	£48,385.00	£52,265.00
Mobile Engineer	231	£45,520.00	£48,310.00	£51,105.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
Product Marketing Manager	17	£43,565.00	£47,750.00	£51,940.00
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	12	£45,515.00	£47,185.00	£48,850.00
Service Manager	2,955	£44,685.00	£47,000.00	£49,325.00
Developer	68,656	£44,300.00	£46,990.00	£49,690.00
Development	68,952	£44,390.00	£46,975.00	£49,565.00
PHP Developer	25	£43,750.00	£46,820.00	£49,895.00
Application Specialist	40	£45,385.00	£46,450.00	£47,515.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
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 Support Analyst	306	£42,275.00	£45,215.00	£48,150.00
AI Specialist	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Android Developer	2	£35,000.00	£45,000.00	£55,000.00
IT Consultant	17,216	£39,390.00	£44,965.00	£50,540.00
Junior Developer	57	£41,585.00	£44,645.00	£47,710.00
Service Desk Manager	8	£42,985.00	£43,985.00	£44,985.00
IT Manager	111,701	£40,855.00	£43,390.00	£45,920.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
IT Specialist	9,897	£41,170.00	£43,090.00	£45,020.00
Desktop Support Analyst	6	£40,835.00	£42,665.00	£44,500.00
Technical Trainer	18	£41,325.00	£42,405.00	£43,490.00
IT Service Desk Manager	17	£41,490.00	£42,340.00	£43,190.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Technical Support	454	£38,905.00	£41,560.00	£44,205.00
Website	743	£38,650.00	£41,440.00	£44,235.00
Senior IT Technician	272	£38,160.00	£41,435.00	£44,705.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£41,250.00	£41,250.00	£41,250.00
IT Support Engineer	958	£38,475.00	£41,205.00	£43,940.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£37,335.00	£40,500.00	£43,665.00
Laravel Developer	11	£35,625.00	£40,190.00	£44,750.00
IT Technician	43,026	£38,065.00	£39,895.00	£41,725.00
IT Support	159,387	£36,895.00	£38,575.00	£40,245.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
Product	29,379	£36,250.00	£37,990.00	£39,735.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,597	£35,285.00	£37,770.00	£40,260.00
Service Analyst	32	£35,025.00	£37,370.00	£39,720.00
Service Desk	228	£35,685.00	£37,350.00	£39,005.00
IT Business Development Executive	97	£30,725.00	£37,125.00	£43,525.00
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
IT Trainer	621	£34,230.00	£36,205.00	£38,185.00
2nd Line Support	48	£33,375.00	£35,755.00	£38,140.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Officer	16,423	£33,035.00	£35,130.00	£37,235.00
Product Planner	92	£33,120.00	£34,800.00	£36,475.00
Support Consultant	8	£31,835.00	£34,750.00	£37,665.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
Service Desk Analyst	47	£31,745.00	£33,770.00	£35,790.00
IT Support Executive	167	£32,555.00	£33,570.00	£34,585.00
IT Support Technician	52	£30,910.00	£32,685.00	£34,465.00
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
IT Support Officer	263	£30,830.00	£31,825.00	£32,820.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	124	£30,350.00	£31,460.00	£32,570.00
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	6	£28,835.00	£29,750.00	£30,665.00
It Graduate	539	£27,385.00	£29,325.00	£31,265.00
IT Trainee	4,203	£26,580.00	£29,260.00	£31,935.00
Technical Administrator	24	£27,210.00	£28,930.00	£30,645.00
IT Administrator	13,203	£27,570.00	£28,770.00	£29,965.00
IT Security Officer	47	£28,230.00	£28,395.00	£28,570.00
Junior IT Technician	16	£26,065.00	£27,935.00	£29,800.00
Trainee IT Technician	44	£27,050.00	£27,260.00	£27,460.00
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
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	20	£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	1,233	£23,190.00	£23,700.00	£24,220.00