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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 5,154,203 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,898,130	95.03 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	168,021	3.26 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	88,052	1.71 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 99,119 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 429,517 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	94,194	408,177
Contract	4,924	21,339

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	13	£114,375.00	£122,095.00	£129,815.00
Angular	90	£104,815.00	£115,465.00	£126,110.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	217	£97,300.00	£105,345.00	£113,390.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Python	534	£85,530.00	£94,425.00	£103,315.00
Enterprise Architect	54	£89,465.00	£94,305.00	£99,135.00
Java Developer	178	£85,560.00	£93,685.00	£101,810.00
Head of Software	4	£83,250.00	£90,500.00	£97,750.00
Data Architect	115	£81,345.00	£87,820.00	£94,290.00
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
Senior Software Engineer	236	£77,620.00	£84,925.00	£92,220.00
Cloud Consultant	4	£78,750.00	£83,750.00	£88,750.00
Software Engineer	1,368	£74,510.00	£82,815.00	£91,115.00
Solutions Architect	392	£77,505.00	£82,160.00	£86,815.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Security Architect	51	£75,230.00	£81,060.00	£86,885.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Architect	46	£76,385.00	£79,285.00	£82,185.00
Transformation Manager	17	£71,880.00	£78,410.00	£84,935.00
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
Technical Lead	505	£75,000.00	£78,085.00	£81,170.00
Network Manager	12	£71,250.00	£77,815.00	£84,375.00
SAP Consultant	30	£70,695.00	£77,570.00	£84,445.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Data Engineer	759	£71,770.00	£77,460.00	£83,150.00
Technical Project Manager	15	£71,460.00	£76,875.00	£82,290.00
Software Developer	1,105	£70,860.00	£76,430.00	£81,990.00
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
Infrastructure Manager	64	£70,865.00	£75,240.00	£79,615.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Cloud Engineer	190	£68,350.00	£74,760.00	£81,155.00
Functional Consultant	33	£66,980.00	£74,390.00	£81,795.00
Hardware Engineer	319	£72,450.00	£73,940.00	£75,425.00
Data Scientist	53	£68,215.00	£73,835.00	£79,455.00
Lead Developer	252	£69,000.00	£73,765.00	£78,535.00
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
IT Director	4,050	£67,965.00	£73,580.00	£79,190.00
Application Developer	34	£69,525.00	£73,325.00	£77,120.00
Information Security Manager	25	£67,455.00	£73,245.00	£79,030.00
Active Directory	16	£70,250.00	£72,650.00	£75,050.00
DevOps Engineer	230	£66,710.00	£72,610.00	£78,510.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Information Security	197	£68,275.00	£72,490.00	£76,705.00
Full Stack Developer	253	£65,670.00	£72,450.00	£79,225.00
Application Architect	17	£71,000.00	£71,840.00	£72,665.00
Data Modeller	208	£66,225.00	£71,740.00	£77,245.00
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
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
Programme Manager	352	£65,175.00	£69,315.00	£73,455.00
Test Manager	35	£65,135.00	£68,870.00	£72,615.00
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
Cloud Architect	12	£61,900.00	£67,900.00	£73,900.00
Senior Product Manager	17	£63,880.00	£67,840.00	£71,800.00
Cyber Security	432	£62,995.00	£67,500.00	£72,010.00
Senior Developer	311	£62,525.00	£67,395.00	£72,265.00
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
Network Security	61	£63,410.00	£67,240.00	£71,075.00
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
Solution Designer	284	£61,535.00	£66,220.00	£70,905.00
Delivery Manager	295	£62,740.00	£65,940.00	£69,140.00
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
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
Product Owner	138	£60,435.00	£64,415.00	£68,390.00
Project Analyst	8	£62,090.00	£64,375.00	£66,665.00
Technical Author	531	£64,345.00	£64,345.00	£64,345.00
Data Management	422	£60,565.00	£64,125.00	£67,685.00
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
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Senior Analyst	192	£59,180.00	£61,665.00	£64,150.00
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	670	£56,805.00	£60,175.00	£63,550.00
Network Engineer	271	£56,510.00	£60,035.00	£63,560.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Information Management	81	£56,355.00	£59,525.00	£62,685.00
Head of IT	6,060	£56,030.00	£59,425.00	£62,815.00
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
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Embedded Software Engineer	32	£50,245.00	£58,065.00	£65,885.00
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
Technical Services Manager	83	£54,695.00	£57,540.00	£60,375.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Systems Administrator	94	£54,590.00	£57,455.00	£60,320.00
BI Developer	28	£52,030.00	£57,375.00	£62,720.00
Digital Analyst	14	£55,520.00	£57,030.00	£58,550.00
Product Management	1,085	£53,225.00	£57,000.00	£60,790.00
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
IT Business Partner	1,754	£53,710.00	£56,200.00	£58,690.00
Technical Analyst	14	£53,460.00	£56,085.00	£58,710.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
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
Application Support	222	£51,685.00	£55,035.00	£58,380.00
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	67	£50,290.00	£54,815.00	£59,345.00
IT Project Manager	6,583	£50,675.00	£54,610.00	£58,550.00
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
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
Power BI Developer	8	£48,750.00	£53,940.00	£59,125.00
Database Administrator	8	£50,250.00	£53,915.00	£57,585.00
Systems Developer	409	£49,625.00	£53,580.00	£57,535.00
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
Programming	812	£50,665.00	£52,925.00	£55,185.00
Data Analyst	223	£49,120.00	£52,740.00	£56,365.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Business Systems Analyst	31	£46,470.00	£51,705.00	£56,950.00
Systems Manager	2,059	£49,145.00	£51,300.00	£53,460.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
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
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	3,975	£46,870.00	£50,120.00	£53,370.00
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
Product Developer	445	£44,645.00	£48,545.00	£52,445.00
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
Mobile Engineer	216	£45,615.00	£48,340.00	£51,070.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
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
Developer	67,323	£44,390.00	£47,035.00	£49,685.00
Development	67,619	£44,480.00	£47,015.00	£49,565.00
Service Manager	2,891	£44,680.00	£46,950.00	£49,220.00
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	301	£42,310.00	£45,265.00	£48,215.00
IT Consultant	16,906	£39,495.00	£45,050.00	£50,610.00
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	27	£41,405.00	£44,095.00	£46,780.00
Service Desk Manager	8	£42,985.00	£43,985.00	£44,985.00
IT Specialist	9,670	£41,820.00	£43,775.00	£45,735.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
IT Manager	108,169	£40,855.00	£43,315.00	£45,775.00
Technical Trainer	14	£41,705.00	£42,720.00	£43,730.00
Desktop Support Analyst	6	£40,835.00	£42,665.00	£44,500.00
IT Service Desk Manager	17	£41,490.00	£42,340.00	£43,190.00
IT Solutions Analyst	8	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Website	713	£38,945.00	£41,730.00	£44,515.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Senior IT Technician	258	£38,125.00	£41,455.00	£44,775.00
Technical Support	409	£38,365.00	£41,175.00	£43,980.00
IT Support Engineer	898	£38,015.00	£40,640.00	£43,275.00
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	41,421	£37,785.00	£39,675.00	£41,565.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
IT Support	155,123	£37,070.00	£38,735.00	£40,385.00
Service Desk	225	£36,680.00	£38,515.00	£40,345.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
Product	28,943	£36,305.00	£37,965.00	£39,625.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,500	£35,410.00	£37,860.00	£40,310.00
Service Analyst	32	£35,025.00	£37,370.00	£39,720.00
IT Business Development Executive	89	£30,615.00	£37,025.00	£43,435.00
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	583	£33,300.00	£35,215.00	£37,140.00
2nd Line Support	48	£32,710.00	£35,205.00	£37,700.00
IT Officer	15,840	£33,050.00	£35,105.00	£37,165.00
Product Planner	92	£33,120.00	£34,800.00	£36,475.00
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	160	£32,600.00	£33,615.00	£34,625.00
IT Support Technician	50	£30,850.00	£32,605.00	£34,365.00
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	255	£30,765.00	£31,785.00	£32,800.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	119	£30,310.00	£31,425.00	£32,545.00
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	545	£27,415.00	£29,320.00	£31,230.00
IT Trainee	4,145	£26,545.00	£29,210.00	£31,875.00
Technical Administrator	24	£27,210.00	£28,930.00	£30,645.00
IT Administrator	12,833	£27,555.00	£28,765.00	£29,980.00
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	42	£27,070.00	£27,225.00	£27,375.00
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	46	£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	1,226	£23,110.00	£23,615.00	£24,125.00