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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 5,064,061 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,811,661	95.02 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	165,372	3.27 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	87,028	1.72 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 97,386 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 422,005 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	92,532	400,971
Contract	4,853	21,033

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
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
February 2025	31,781

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	15	£119,395.00	£127,370.00	£135,345.00
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	237	£96,880.00	£105,025.00	£113,170.00
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
Java Developer	186	£88,670.00	£98,000.00	£107,335.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Python	593	£85,395.00	£94,005.00	£102,615.00
Enterprise Architect	58	£89,335.00	£93,980.00	£98,625.00
Data Architect	75	£84,925.00	£91,455.00	£97,990.00
Head of Delivery	2	£90,000.00	£90,000.00	£90,000.00
Business Architect	10	£82,500.00	£87,500.00	£92,500.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	293	£78,335.00	£85,880.00	£93,425.00
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	1,522	£75,170.00	£83,575.00	£91,965.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Senior Java Developer	4	£69,750.00	£81,250.00	£92,750.00
Security Architect	42	£74,805.00	£80,580.00	£86,355.00
Solutions Architect	391	£75,850.00	£80,275.00	£84,700.00
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
Technical Lead	441	£76,275.00	£79,020.00	£81,765.00
Data Engineer	737	£72,215.00	£78,020.00	£83,825.00
Software Developer	1,160	£72,480.00	£77,935.00	£83,385.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
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
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	36	£71,435.00	£75,790.00	£80,145.00
Cloud Engineer	196	£69,140.00	£75,690.00	£82,230.00
Lead Developer	232	£70,650.00	£75,210.00	£79,775.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
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
Functional Consultant	36	£66,765.00	£73,980.00	£81,190.00
IT Director	3,853	£68,400.00	£73,825.00	£79,245.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Infrastructure Manager	78	£68,510.00	£73,250.00	£77,990.00
DevOps Engineer	237	£67,690.00	£73,160.00	£78,625.00
Full Stack Developer	260	£66,880.00	£73,125.00	£79,365.00
Data Science	38	£67,765.00	£72,650.00	£77,530.00
Application Developer	36	£69,270.00	£72,440.00	£75,605.00
Network Manager	20	£66,250.00	£72,365.00	£78,470.00
Information Security Manager	33	£66,930.00	£72,050.00	£77,165.00
Data Modeller	186	£66,190.00	£71,880.00	£77,565.00
Oracle Consultant	6	£66,250.00	£71,875.00	£77,500.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	63	£68,445.00	£71,815.00	£75,185.00
Information Security	220	£67,360.00	£71,760.00	£76,160.00
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
Front End Developer	38	£65,075.00	£69,745.00	£74,410.00
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 Developer	319	£63,340.00	£68,050.00	£72,755.00
Data Migration	16	£63,000.00	£67,790.00	£72,585.00
Programme Manager	312	£63,645.00	£67,790.00	£71,930.00
Senior Software Developer	14	£64,000.00	£67,625.00	£71,250.00
Hardware Engineer	290	£66,555.00	£67,525.00	£68,500.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Cyber Security	406	£62,910.00	£67,310.00	£71,710.00
Active Directory	12	£65,625.00	£67,000.00	£68,375.00
Test Manager	24	£63,790.00	£66,930.00	£70,070.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,975.00	£66,590.00	£70,200.00
Scrum Master	14	£62,085.00	£66,415.00	£70,750.00
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
Sap Project Manager	2	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Solution Designer	291	£61,640.00	£66,180.00	£70,720.00
Technical Consultant	53	£56,760.00	£66,005.00	£75,240.00
Hardware Designer	120	£64,160.00	£65,905.00	£67,645.00
Delivery Manager	258	£62,520.00	£65,875.00	£69,230.00
Product Owner	135	£61,275.00	£65,500.00	£69,725.00
Technical Author	467	£65,295.00	£65,295.00	£65,295.00
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
Programme Lead	14	£57,575.00	£64,825.00	£72,075.00
Cyber Security Consultant	41	£58,725.00	£64,450.00	£70,175.00
Database Administrator	10	£59,065.00	£63,875.00	£68,690.00
Data Management	379	£59,935.00	£63,350.00	£66,775.00
Service Delivery Manager	30	£60,345.00	£63,305.00	£66,260.00
Web Developer	12	£59,450.00	£62,075.00	£64,700.00
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
Information Management	82	£57,935.00	£61,205.00	£64,475.00
Network Security	75	£57,475.00	£60,825.00	£64,180.00
Business Analyst	690	£56,935.00	£60,735.00	£64,530.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Senior Analyst	184	£57,750.00	£60,575.00	£63,400.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
Head of IT	6,029	£56,790.00	£59,845.00	£62,890.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Cyber Security Analyst	17	£53,650.00	£59,415.00	£65,185.00
Network Engineer	273	£56,180.00	£59,375.00	£62,570.00
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
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
Project Analyst	10	£55,945.00	£57,655.00	£59,375.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Network Security Engineer	2	£50,000.00	£57,500.00	£65,000.00
BI Developer	32	£52,955.00	£57,465.00	£61,980.00
Technical Services Manager	69	£54,420.00	£57,340.00	£60,260.00
Test Lead	40	£54,685.00	£57,230.00	£59,775.00
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
Product Management	1,054	£53,130.00	£56,690.00	£60,260.00
IT Business Partner	1,658	£53,640.00	£56,255.00	£58,860.00
Digital Analyst	10	£55,000.00	£56,250.00	£57,500.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
SQL Developer	7	£54,165.00	£55,835.00	£57,500.00
Systems Administrator	104	£52,645.00	£55,375.00	£58,105.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£55,250.00	£57,125.00
IT Project Manager	6,332	£51,215.00	£55,015.00	£58,810.00
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
Technology Consultant	16	£43,550.00	£53,775.00	£64,000.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Technical Analyst	14	£51,000.00	£53,230.00	£55,465.00
Data Analyst	224	£49,385.00	£53,125.00	£56,870.00
Application Support	235	£49,825.00	£53,035.00	£56,240.00
Systems Analyst	74	£48,470.00	£52,935.00	£57,405.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Systems Developer	430	£48,680.00	£52,375.00	£56,070.00
Information Security Analyst	25	£49,830.00	£52,330.00	£54,830.00
Application Support Analyst	56	£48,655.00	£52,225.00	£55,790.00
Business Systems Analyst	35	£46,655.00	£51,820.00	£56,990.00
CRM Manager	12	£49,815.00	£51,655.00	£53,500.00
Programming	715	£49,285.00	£51,550.00	£53,810.00
Digital	3,596	£47,960.00	£51,450.00	£54,940.00
Systems Manager	1,907	£49,025.00	£51,255.00	£53,485.00
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
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Data Analysis	85	£46,080.00	£49,450.00	£52,830.00
Product Developer	404	£45,270.00	£48,765.00	£52,265.00
Product Analyst	4	£45,000.00	£48,500.00	£52,000.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
Mobile Engineer	196	£44,430.00	£47,720.00	£51,015.00
Service Manager	2,802	£45,255.00	£47,710.00	£50,175.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Bi Analyst	19	£44,995.00	£47,455.00	£49,920.00
Junior Developer	10	£44,500.00	£47,375.00	£50,250.00
Application Specialist	30	£46,050.00	£47,350.00	£48,650.00
Test Analyst	16	£45,645.00	£46,965.00	£48,285.00
Developer	64,616	£44,225.00	£46,745.00	£49,275.00
Development	64,911	£44,310.00	£46,725.00	£49,155.00
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
PHP Developer	28	£42,240.00	£45,085.00	£47,930.00
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	16,096	£39,485.00	£44,945.00	£50,405.00
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
SQL Analyst	6	£41,665.00	£44,165.00	£46,665.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£42,500.00	£44,000.00	£45,500.00
Technical Trainer	6	£43,335.00	£43,960.00	£44,585.00
IT Support Analyst	330	£40,940.00	£43,895.00	£46,850.00
IT Service Desk Manager	21	£42,575.00	£43,765.00	£44,950.00
IT Specialist	8,906	£41,740.00	£43,640.00	£45,545.00
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	102,846	£40,675.00	£43,135.00	£45,590.00
Product Marketing Manager	28	£38,950.00	£42,225.00	£45,500.00
Technical Support	347	£39,445.00	£42,220.00	£44,985.00
Website	585	£38,875.00	£41,855.00	£44,835.00
Autodesk	12	£37,800.00	£41,750.00	£45,700.00
Senior IT Technician	236	£38,335.00	£41,475.00	£44,615.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
IT Support Engineer	858	£37,775.00	£40,380.00	£42,995.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
IT Technician	36,819	£37,055.00	£38,920.00	£40,790.00
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	148,888	£36,340.00	£37,960.00	£39,575.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,242	£35,400.00	£37,950.00	£40,500.00
Service Desk	249	£35,405.00	£37,190.00	£38,970.00
Service Analyst	43	£34,865.00	£37,055.00	£39,250.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Product	29,617	£35,295.00	£36,890.00	£38,495.00
IT Business Development Executive	137	£30,150.00	£36,700.00	£43,245.00
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
2nd Line Support	60	£32,890.00	£35,305.00	£37,720.00
IT Officer	14,675	£33,150.00	£35,190.00	£37,230.00
IT Trainer	466	£33,115.00	£34,890.00	£36,670.00
Product Planner	84	£33,310.00	£34,845.00	£36,385.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Technician	37	£31,920.00	£34,040.00	£36,160.00
IT Support Executive	128	£32,715.00	£33,850.00	£34,985.00
Service Desk Analyst	57	£31,040.00	£32,710.00	£34,370.00
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	240	£30,760.00	£31,850.00	£32,930.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	83	£29,955.00	£31,085.00	£32,210.00
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	505	£27,485.00	£29,365.00	£31,250.00
IT Trainee	3,639	£26,355.00	£29,010.00	£31,665.00
Technical Administrator	16	£27,190.00	£28,875.00	£30,565.00
IT Administrator	12,015	£27,515.00	£28,670.00	£29,830.00
Junior IT Technician	10	£26,000.00	£27,940.00	£29,875.00
IT Security Officer	33	£27,490.00	£27,690.00	£27,890.00
Trainee IT Technician	33	£26,920.00	£27,105.00	£27,285.00
Systems Support Analyst	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
Graduate Developer	46	£25,595.00	£25,595.00	£25,595.00
IT Support Advisor	24	£25,240.00	£25,480.00	£25,710.00
Graduate Software Developer	8	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,244	£23,595.00	£23,940.00	£24,290.00