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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 5,123,730 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,869,111	95.03 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	166,962	3.26 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	87,657	1.71 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 98,533 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 426,978 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	93,636	405,759
Contract	4,896	21,218

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	9	£115,000.00	£121,960.00	£128,915.00
Angular	99	£104,165.00	£114,815.00	£125,465.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	237	£95,760.00	£104,090.00	£112,425.00
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	181	£86,815.00	£95,845.00	£104,880.00
Python	562	£85,755.00	£94,695.00	£103,630.00
Enterprise Architect	61	£88,545.00	£93,140.00	£97,730.00
Cloud Consultant	4	£77,500.00	£91,250.00	£105,000.00
Data Architect	80	£82,935.00	£89,370.00	£95,800.00
Business Architect	12	£82,500.00	£87,190.00	£91,875.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
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	265	£77,240.00	£84,560.00	£91,875.00
Security Architect	44	£77,505.00	£82,870.00	£88,240.00
Software Engineer	1,431	£74,630.00	£82,780.00	£90,920.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Solutions Architect	389	£77,010.00	£81,435.00	£85,860.00
Transformation Manager	17	£74,305.00	£80,360.00	£86,415.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Architect	49	£76,560.00	£79,200.00	£81,835.00
Active Directory	12	£76,250.00	£78,565.00	£80,875.00
Technical Lead	481	£74,925.00	£77,710.00	£80,505.00
Software Developer	1,117	£71,880.00	£77,580.00	£83,275.00
SAP Consultant	30	£70,695.00	£77,570.00	£84,445.00
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
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
Data Engineer	723	£70,835.00	£76,400.00	£81,965.00
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
Cloud Engineer	191	£69,230.00	£75,815.00	£82,390.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Network Manager	14	£69,000.00	£75,000.00	£81,000.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
Head of Operations	38	£70,035.00	£74,340.00	£78,645.00
Application Developer	36	£70,835.00	£74,315.00	£77,790.00
Lead Developer	244	£69,290.00	£74,050.00	£78,810.00
Infrastructure Manager	73	£69,575.00	£74,035.00	£78,495.00
Functional Consultant	36	£66,765.00	£73,980.00	£81,190.00
Hardware Engineer	309	£72,450.00	£73,940.00	£75,425.00
Data Scientist	54	£68,685.00	£73,930.00	£79,170.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
IT Director	3,988	£68,220.00	£73,725.00	£79,220.00
DevOps Engineer	234	£67,000.00	£72,785.00	£78,565.00
Information Security Manager	27	£67,465.00	£72,705.00	£77,940.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	58	£69,505.00	£72,600.00	£75,695.00
Data Modeller	199	£66,380.00	£72,025.00	£77,665.00
Full Stack Developer	260	£65,490.00	£72,005.00	£78,515.00
Application Architect	17	£71,000.00	£71,840.00	£72,665.00
Cyber Security Engineer	17	£65,555.00	£71,615.00	£77,680.00
Information Security	195	£66,975.00	£70,950.00	£74,920.00
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
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
Data Science	36	£64,690.00	£69,640.00	£74,590.00
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
Programme Manager	325	£64,515.00	£68,785.00	£73,050.00
Cloud Architect	16	£62,915.00	£68,710.00	£74,500.00
Network Security	66	£64,975.00	£68,660.00	£72,345.00
Test Manager	32	£65,305.00	£68,650.00	£72,000.00
Senior Software Developer	17	£65,000.00	£68,440.00	£71,875.00
Cyber Security	428	£63,480.00	£67,955.00	£72,435.00
Senior Developer	317	£63,030.00	£67,850.00	£72,665.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Solution Designer	287	£62,005.00	£66,805.00	£71,600.00
Front End Developer	35	£62,260.00	£66,775.00	£71,285.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,975.00	£66,590.00	£70,200.00
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
Hardware Designer	120	£64,160.00	£65,905.00	£67,645.00
Delivery Manager	278	£62,465.00	£65,685.00	£68,890.00
Technical Consultant	52	£55,860.00	£65,150.00	£74,435.00
Agile Project Manager	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
Technical Author	564	£64,665.00	£64,665.00	£64,665.00
Cyber Security Consultant	41	£58,725.00	£64,450.00	£70,175.00
Product Owner	137	£60,290.00	£64,415.00	£68,540.00
Project Analyst	8	£62,090.00	£64,375.00	£66,665.00
Data Management	405	£60,345.00	£63,925.00	£67,510.00
Data Migration	20	£59,915.00	£63,645.00	£67,375.00
Service Delivery Manager	32	£59,895.00	£62,660.00	£65,420.00
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
Senior Analyst	197	£58,155.00	£60,665.00	£63,175.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Business Analyst	688	£56,470.00	£60,025.00	£63,585.00
Head of IT	5,988	£56,455.00	£59,900.00	£63,335.00
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
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
Database Administrator	8	£54,585.00	£58,915.00	£63,250.00
Network Engineer	282	£55,685.00	£58,850.00	£62,015.00
Information Management	79	£55,705.00	£58,845.00	£61,980.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Technical Services Manager	78	£55,145.00	£58,130.00	£61,105.00
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
Product Management	1,066	£53,455.00	£57,310.00	£61,165.00
BI Developer	28	£52,125.00	£56,970.00	£61,815.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
Embedded Software Engineer	30	£49,160.00	£56,735.00	£64,315.00
SQL Developer	9	£53,750.00	£56,565.00	£59,375.00
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
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
Technical Account Manager	44	£52,350.00	£55,790.00	£59,220.00
IT Business Partner	1,706	£53,160.00	£55,665.00	£58,165.00
Systems Administrator	101	£52,720.00	£55,620.00	£58,515.00
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
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	69	£50,500.00	£54,940.00	£59,390.00
IT Project Manager	6,658	£50,635.00	£54,570.00	£58,510.00
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Power BI Developer	8	£50,000.00	£53,940.00	£57,875.00
Application Support Analyst	42	£50,015.00	£53,655.00	£57,295.00
Application Support	229	£50,525.00	£53,635.00	£56,735.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Systems Developer	442	£49,135.00	£53,270.00	£57,400.00
Data Analyst	233	£48,990.00	£52,615.00	£56,250.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Programming	792	£49,750.00	£52,060.00	£54,370.00
Business Systems Analyst	33	£46,860.00	£52,035.00	£57,210.00
Systems Manager	1,993	£49,400.00	£51,590.00	£53,775.00
Data Analysis	73	£47,905.00	£51,495.00	£55,095.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Digital	3,827	£47,565.00	£50,920.00	£54,270.00
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
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
Mobile Engineer	211	£45,760.00	£48,880.00	£52,005.00
SQL Database Administrator	2	£47,000.00	£48,750.00	£50,500.00
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
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
Product Developer	441	£44,350.00	£48,130.00	£51,910.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
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	10	£45,515.00	£47,185.00	£48,850.00
Test Analyst	16	£45,645.00	£46,965.00	£48,285.00
Developer	65,899	£44,225.00	£46,905.00	£49,590.00
Development	65,819	£44,325.00	£46,890.00	£49,465.00
Service Manager	2,841	£44,430.00	£46,715.00	£49,005.00
Application Specialist	40	£45,385.00	£46,450.00	£47,515.00
PHP Developer	23	£43,395.00	£46,375.00	£49,355.00
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	17,016	£39,625.00	£45,155.00	£50,690.00
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
IT Specialist	9,498	£42,100.00	£44,045.00	£46,000.00
IT Service Desk Manager	21	£42,575.00	£43,765.00	£44,950.00
IT Support Analyst	307	£40,855.00	£43,750.00	£46,635.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
IT Manager	106,395	£40,740.00	£43,205.00	£45,670.00
Desktop Support Analyst	6	£40,835.00	£42,665.00	£44,500.00
Technical Trainer	12	£41,250.00	£42,250.00	£43,250.00
Technical Support	393	£39,105.00	£41,865.00	£44,625.00
Autodesk	12	£37,800.00	£41,750.00	£45,700.00
Website	690	£38,940.00	£41,690.00	£44,440.00
Senior IT Technician	252	£38,075.00	£41,430.00	£44,785.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
IT Support Engineer	898	£38,170.00	£40,810.00	£43,460.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£37,335.00	£40,500.00	£43,665.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
IT Technician	39,702	£37,600.00	£39,470.00	£41,340.00
IT Support	151,876	£36,695.00	£38,380.00	£40,060.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,460	£35,435.00	£37,885.00	£40,335.00
Product	29,567	£36,130.00	£37,760.00	£39,385.00
Service Desk	240	£35,625.00	£37,385.00	£39,140.00
IT Business Development Executive	96	£30,780.00	£37,250.00	£43,710.00
Service Analyst	36	£35,115.00	£37,245.00	£39,380.00
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
2nd Line Support	54	£32,915.00	£35,435.00	£37,960.00
IT Trainer	562	£33,140.00	£35,050.00	£36,965.00
IT Officer	15,526	£32,865.00	£34,900.00	£36,945.00
Product Planner	90	£33,205.00	£34,895.00	£36,585.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
Service Desk Analyst	51	£32,190.00	£34,060.00	£35,925.00
IT Support Executive	150	£32,645.00	£33,675.00	£34,700.00
IT Support Technician	50	£31,150.00	£33,015.00	£34,875.00
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	253	£30,625.00	£31,725.00	£32,830.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	109	£29,940.00	£31,155.00	£32,375.00
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	524	£27,440.00	£29,370.00	£31,300.00
IT Trainee	4,088	£26,550.00	£29,245.00	£31,940.00
Technical Administrator	22	£27,125.00	£28,875.00	£30,625.00
IT Administrator	12,627	£27,465.00	£28,690.00	£29,910.00
IT Security Officer	45	£28,345.00	£28,515.00	£28,685.00
Junior IT Technician	12	£26,600.00	£28,500.00	£30,400.00
Trainee IT Technician	38	£27,240.00	£27,390.00	£27,540.00
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	41	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	11	£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	1,214	£23,480.00	£23,940.00	£24,400.00