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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 5,719,320 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,441,503	95.14 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	183,680	3.21 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	94,137	1.65 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 109,987 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 476,610 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	104,644	453,458
Contract	5,342	23,151

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

76,277

Up 13.6% vs last year

Average salary

£52,730.00

Down 0.9% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

1,324

Down 36.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£535.00

Up 3.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: October 2026

Jobs listed

461

Down 42.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£525.00

Up 3.1% 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
October 2026	76,277
September 2026	79,707
August 2026	51,007
July 2026	58,516
June 2026	67,860
May 2026	67,544
April 2026	98,757
March 2026	103,044
February 2026	82,182
January 2026	95,521
December 2025	37,456
November 2025	32,533

The Highest Paying Programming Languages in the UK

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	16	£116,460.00	£125,110.00	£133,750.00
Software Programmer	2	£110,000.00	£125,000.00	£140,000.00
Cloud Architect	10	£98,750.00	£106,875.00	£115,000.00
Python Developer	78	£97,035.00	£105,145.00	£113,260.00
Enterprise Architect	98	£95,615.00	£102,995.00	£110,370.00
Head of Software	2	£95,000.00	£102,500.00	£110,000.00
Azure Architect	24	£92,405.00	£96,780.00	£101,155.00
Data Solution Architect	2	£80,000.00	£96,250.00	£112,500.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Data Architect	167	£83,300.00	£89,660.00	£96,015.00
Head of Product	8	£84,985.00	£89,285.00	£93,590.00
Security Architect	78	£82,875.00	£87,595.00	£92,320.00
Angular	4	£87,500.00	£87,500.00	£87,500.00
Python	377	£78,410.00	£87,160.00	£95,910.00
Software Architect	77	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
Solutions Architect	418	£79,425.00	£85,630.00	£91,835.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
Software Development Manager	4	£83,500.00	£84,125.00	£84,750.00
Technical Architect	47	£78,575.00	£83,500.00	£88,425.00
Cloud Consultant	6	£79,375.00	£83,125.00	£86,875.00
Business Architect	26	£78,570.00	£82,875.00	£87,180.00
Android Developer	2	£72,500.00	£82,500.00	£92,500.00
Backend Developer	27	£77,395.00	£82,475.00	£87,555.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Infrastructure Manager	89	£74,660.00	£79,440.00	£84,215.00
Senior Software Engineer	191	£72,240.00	£79,275.00	£86,310.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	85	£74,595.00	£79,040.00	£83,480.00
IT Director	5,453	£72,140.00	£78,740.00	£85,340.00
Information Security	197	£73,550.00	£78,275.00	£82,990.00
Head of Quality	8	£74,835.00	£77,750.00	£80,665.00
Programme Director	1	£65,000.00	£77,500.00	£90,000.00
Information Security Manager	16	£73,335.00	£77,230.00	£81,120.00
Software Engineer	1,220	£69,870.00	£76,690.00	£83,500.00
Functional Consultant	47	£70,480.00	£76,550.00	£82,620.00
Technical Lead	414	£71,865.00	£76,520.00	£81,170.00
Systems Architect	2	£70,000.00	£76,250.00	£82,500.00
SAP Consultant	20	£69,700.00	£76,225.00	£82,750.00
Senior Product Manager	29	£71,690.00	£76,165.00	£80,640.00
Java Developer	103	£68,960.00	£75,460.00	£81,955.00
Head of Service	40	£70,185.00	£75,195.00	£80,210.00
Scrum Master	12	£67,670.00	£74,645.00	£81,625.00
Transformation Lead	17	£71,260.00	£74,445.00	£77,635.00
Cloud Engineer	224	£66,910.00	£73,340.00	£79,765.00
Transformation Manager	39	£68,275.00	£73,325.00	£78,375.00
Data Modeller	298	£68,825.00	£73,305.00	£77,775.00
Data Scientist	63	£67,440.00	£73,295.00	£79,150.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Solution Designer	466	£67,685.00	£72,990.00	£78,290.00
Data Engineer	817	£67,695.00	£72,935.00	£78,170.00
Test Manager	43	£67,125.00	£72,695.00	£78,270.00
Senior Software Developer	11	£71,300.00	£72,050.00	£72,800.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£69,065.00	£72,030.00	£75,000.00
Head of Operations	95	£67,855.00	£71,970.00	£76,090.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Network Security	115	£66,040.00	£70,800.00	£75,555.00
Application Developer	51	£65,300.00	£70,795.00	£76,285.00
CRM Developer	3	£67,500.00	£70,625.00	£73,750.00
Cyber Security	640	£66,360.00	£70,490.00	£74,635.00
DevOps Engineer	161	£64,695.00	£70,450.00	£76,200.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
Software Developer	751	£65,210.00	£70,130.00	£75,045.00
Programme Manager	453	£65,075.00	£70,100.00	£75,120.00
JavaScript Developer	3	£60,000.00	£70,000.00	£80,000.00
Sap Project Manager	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security Manager	23	£66,940.00	£69,515.00	£72,090.00
Product Owner	216	£63,420.00	£69,400.00	£75,380.00
Application Manager	89	£64,275.00	£68,675.00	£73,070.00
Technical Project Manager	16	£63,570.00	£68,500.00	£73,430.00
Business Relationship Manager	4	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Head of Delivery	1	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Sharepoint Consultant	2	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
Lead Developer	405	£63,195.00	£67,170.00	£71,140.00
Cyber Security Engineer	18	£63,180.00	£67,145.00	£71,105.00
Senior Developer	253	£61,340.00	£67,120.00	£72,900.00
Data Management	450	£62,490.00	£67,030.00	£71,575.00
Senior Java Developer	4	£57,650.00	£66,750.00	£75,850.00
Head of Technology	5	£60,140.00	£66,665.00	£73,190.00
Integration Architect	24	£63,200.00	£66,535.00	£69,865.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Data Science	47	£58,150.00	£65,355.00	£72,565.00
Delivery Manager	379	£61,540.00	£65,295.00	£69,045.00
Service Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Software Team Leader	59	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Full Stack Developer	174	£58,595.00	£64,725.00	£70,850.00
Wordpress	3	£62,000.00	£64,500.00	£67,000.00
Head of IT	7,925	£60,640.00	£64,365.00	£68,090.00
Programme Lead	13	£56,925.00	£64,310.00	£71,685.00
Senior Programmer	3	£60,000.00	£64,000.00	£68,000.00
Senior Analyst	216	£61,510.00	£63,915.00	£66,310.00
Technical Services Manager	191	£59,255.00	£63,750.00	£68,250.00
Service Delivery Manager	26	£60,045.00	£63,490.00	£66,930.00
Embedded Software Engineer	37	£55,535.00	£63,270.00	£71,010.00
Cyber Security Consultant	18	£55,040.00	£62,845.00	£70,645.00
Hardware Engineer	320	£60,940.00	£62,625.00	£64,320.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Oracle Developer	3	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Technical Account Manager	127	£58,480.00	£62,410.00	£66,340.00
Network Engineer	244	£57,670.00	£62,270.00	£66,865.00
Systems Analyst	55	£49,555.00	£62,040.00	£74,530.00
BI Developer	24	£56,315.00	£61,740.00	£67,165.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Database Developer	2	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Mobile Developer	4	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Technical Consultant	71	£55,675.00	£61,190.00	£66,695.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Network Manager	23	£57,235.00	£60,690.00	£64,140.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Docker	11	£52,500.00	£60,415.00	£68,335.00
Product Marketing Manager	28	£53,990.00	£60,335.00	£66,665.00
Hardware Designer	169	£58,415.00	£60,175.00	£61,940.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Data Controller	2	£59,500.00	£59,500.00	£59,500.00
Business Analyst	687	£55,340.00	£58,895.00	£62,445.00
Front End Developer	14	£53,520.00	£58,730.00	£63,940.00
Technology Consultant	21	£48,735.00	£58,615.00	£68,500.00
Active Directory	19	£55,655.00	£58,490.00	£61,320.00
Data Migration	65	£54,770.00	£58,445.00	£62,115.00
Cyber Security Analyst	33	£54,170.00	£57,885.00	£61,600.00
IT Business Partner	2,481	£54,125.00	£57,270.00	£60,415.00
SQL Developer	9	£52,815.00	£57,030.00	£61,250.00
IT Project Manager	8,881	£52,450.00	£56,785.00	£61,125.00
Systems Developer	437	£52,435.00	£56,770.00	£61,095.00
Test Lead	28	£53,720.00	£56,415.00	£59,105.00
Application Support	206	£52,685.00	£56,245.00	£59,795.00
Product Management	1,772	£52,155.00	£55,755.00	£59,350.00
Product Analyst	5	£51,250.00	£55,625.00	£60,000.00
Head of Development	18	£53,375.00	£55,270.00	£57,170.00
Digital Analyst	10	£51,770.00	£55,155.00	£58,550.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Technical Author	593	£54,200.00	£54,975.00	£55,755.00
Technical Analyst	22	£51,970.00	£54,655.00	£57,345.00
Data Analyst	246	£50,460.00	£54,485.00	£58,510.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Information Analyst	12	£50,000.00	£52,500.00	£55,000.00
Information Security Analyst	12	£50,000.00	£52,500.00	£55,000.00
Technical Support Manager	19	£50,665.00	£52,225.00	£53,790.00
Implementation Manager	28	£50,000.00	£52,085.00	£54,165.00
CRM Manager	39	£48,790.00	£51,925.00	£55,065.00
Information Management	200	£48,890.00	£51,630.00	£54,375.00
ERP Consultant	6	£47,500.00	£51,250.00	£55,000.00
Product Development Manager	9	£47,035.00	£51,210.00	£55,400.00
Systems Administrator	93	£47,645.00	£50,955.00	£54,265.00
Business Systems Analyst	10	£44,815.00	£50,375.00	£55,940.00
IT Service Desk Manager	6	£45,465.00	£50,090.00	£54,715.00
Service Desk Manager	6	£45,465.00	£50,090.00	£54,715.00
Data Analysis	65	£46,740.00	£50,065.00	£53,390.00
PHP Developer	17	£46,000.00	£50,050.00	£54,100.00
AI Specialist	1	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Bi Analyst	16	£47,800.00	£49,590.00	£51,375.00
Reporting Analyst	22	£47,635.00	£49,510.00	£51,385.00
Implementation Consultant	20	£44,815.00	£49,480.00	£54,145.00
Quality Assurance Manager	13	£47,360.00	£48,960.00	£50,560.00
Systems Manager	2,576	£46,380.00	£48,720.00	£51,065.00
Mobile Engineer	363	£45,155.00	£48,455.00	£51,755.00
Application Support Analyst	38	£45,060.00	£48,190.00	£51,320.00
Digital	5,205	£45,260.00	£48,175.00	£51,090.00
Service Manager	3,830	£45,690.00	£47,900.00	£50,125.00
Programming	1,106	£44,920.00	£47,505.00	£50,085.00
Telecoms Engineer	12	£40,000.00	£47,500.00	£55,000.00
Systems Specialist	34	£45,500.00	£47,170.00	£48,845.00
Development	92,149	£44,375.00	£47,090.00	£49,805.00
Developer	97,250	£44,350.00	£47,085.00	£49,815.00
Product Developer	966	£43,315.00	£46,420.00	£49,515.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Support Consultant	21	£41,860.00	£45,900.00	£49,940.00
Database Administrator	20	£43,540.00	£45,790.00	£48,040.00
IT Consultant	20,896	£39,680.00	£45,190.00	£50,700.00
PMO Analyst	4	£43,750.00	£44,750.00	£45,750.00
IT Support Engineer	1,525	£42,355.00	£44,670.00	£46,985.00
IT Manager	158,531	£41,900.00	£44,645.00	£47,380.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
IT Technician	79,634	£41,720.00	£44,545.00	£47,365.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	27	£43,675.00	£44,510.00	£45,340.00
Technical Trainer	20	£40,730.00	£43,405.00	£46,080.00
IT Specialist	15,928	£41,065.00	£43,000.00	£44,940.00
Product	29,565	£40,590.00	£42,935.00	£45,285.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
Senior IT Technician	307	£39,315.00	£42,705.00	£46,100.00
IT Support Analyst	286	£39,725.00	£42,590.00	£45,450.00
MySQL	12	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Test Analyst	8	£41,375.00	£42,500.00	£43,625.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Web Developer	57	£38,085.00	£42,195.00	£46,300.00
IT Support	228,499	£39,615.00	£41,895.00	£44,175.00
Technical Support	1,121	£38,865.00	£41,615.00	£44,365.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£40,585.00	£41,375.00	£42,165.00
Operations Analyst	4	£38,750.00	£41,250.00	£43,750.00
Laravel Developer	10	£35,625.00	£40,190.00	£44,750.00
Technical Officer	6	£38,275.00	£39,790.00	£41,310.00
Website	1,149	£36,330.00	£39,120.00	£41,910.00
Application Specialist	33	£37,670.00	£39,115.00	£40,550.00
Junior Developer	73	£34,820.00	£38,780.00	£42,730.00
Autodesk	10	£35,250.00	£38,375.00	£41,500.00
2nd Line Support	35	£35,960.00	£38,290.00	£40,620.00
Assistant Product Manager	8	£34,285.00	£37,800.00	£41,310.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,642	£35,005.00	£37,370.00	£39,745.00
IT Trainer	1,589	£35,120.00	£37,000.00	£38,880.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
IT Support Technician	59	£33,905.00	£36,660.00	£39,415.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Systems Officer	18	£33,725.00	£36,070.00	£38,420.00
IT Officer	26,897	£33,400.00	£35,920.00	£38,440.00
Service Desk	295	£33,870.00	£35,520.00	£37,165.00
IT Business Development Executive	180	£31,790.00	£35,510.00	£39,225.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£31,250.00	£35,000.00	£38,750.00
Product Planner	184	£32,420.00	£34,525.00	£36,630.00
Service Analyst	20	£32,255.00	£34,200.00	£36,140.00
Service Desk Analyst	35	£31,605.00	£33,765.00	£35,915.00
Release Manager	2	£31,500.00	£33,000.00	£34,500.00
IT Support Executive	605	£31,715.00	£32,835.00	£33,950.00
IT Security Officer	77	£32,160.00	£32,405.00	£32,650.00
CRM Administrator	2	£29,000.00	£32,000.00	£35,000.00
EPOS	20	£30,550.00	£31,740.00	£32,925.00
Project Office Support	2	£31,000.00	£31,000.00	£31,000.00
Systems Coordinator	11	£28,375.00	£30,875.00	£33,375.00
1st Line IT Support	11	£28,625.00	£30,425.00	£32,220.00
1st Line Support	11	£28,625.00	£30,425.00	£32,220.00
IT Helpdesk	172	£29,350.00	£30,420.00	£31,495.00
Technical Administrator	95	£29,015.00	£30,415.00	£31,815.00
It Graduate	705	£28,365.00	£30,260.00	£32,165.00
Project Analyst	8	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
IT Trainee	5,060	£27,595.00	£29,945.00	£32,300.00
Junior Java Developer	4	£28,500.00	£29,750.00	£31,000.00
IT Support Officer	504	£28,725.00	£29,665.00	£30,615.00
IT Administrator	20,746	£28,170.00	£29,365.00	£30,550.00
Junior IT Technician	46	£27,680.00	£29,300.00	£30,915.00
IT Support Advisor	91	£27,330.00	£28,005.00	£28,680.00
Bid Assistant	4	£26,500.00	£28,000.00	£29,500.00
Trainee IT Technician	60	£27,540.00	£27,940.00	£28,340.00
Graduate Developer	42	£25,500.00	£25,665.00	£25,835.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	29	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,109	£24,310.00	£24,790.00	£25,265.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00