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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 5,313,485 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,052,528	95.09 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	171,565	3.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	89,392	1.68 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 102,182 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 442,790 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	97,163	421,043
Contract	5,018	21,746

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

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is January, and the quietest month is October.

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

98,757

Up 93.6% vs last year

Average salary

£52,445.00

Down 2.8% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

2,270

Up 37.6% vs last year

Average day rate

£515.00

Up 4.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: April 2026

Jobs listed

848

Up 27.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£515.00

Up 1.6% 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
April 2026	98,757
March 2026	103,044
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

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	20	£113,595.00	£121,550.00	£129,500.00
Angular	57	£105,000.00	£115,180.00	£125,355.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	158	£94,520.00	£102,240.00	£109,965.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Enterprise Architect	67	£88,935.00	£93,575.00	£98,205.00
Head of Software	4	£83,250.00	£90,500.00	£97,750.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Python	473	£81,585.00	£89,875.00	£98,160.00
Data Architect	150	£83,525.00	£89,730.00	£95,945.00
Java Developer	149	£81,470.00	£89,400.00	£97,325.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Azure Architect	16	£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
Business Architect	18	£79,165.00	£84,190.00	£89,210.00
Head of Technology	2	£70,150.00	£83,200.00	£96,250.00
Cloud Consultant	6	£79,375.00	£83,125.00	£86,875.00
Solutions Architect	386	£77,665.00	£82,715.00	£87,765.00
Software Architect	238	£82,525.00	£82,525.00	£82,525.00
Programme Lead	3	£70,000.00	£82,500.00	£95,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	228	£75,095.00	£81,915.00	£88,730.00
Security Architect	58	£76,415.00	£81,860.00	£87,305.00
Software Engineer	1,366	£72,715.00	£80,350.00	£87,980.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Head of Service	26	£73,920.00	£78,920.00	£83,920.00
Technical Lead	508	£75,180.00	£78,865.00	£82,550.00
Technical Architect	48	£74,340.00	£78,755.00	£83,165.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£72,750.00	£78,750.00	£84,750.00
Transformation Manager	33	£71,825.00	£78,035.00	£84,250.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Functional Consultant	31	£71,115.00	£77,250.00	£83,380.00
Backend Developer	51	£69,945.00	£76,910.00	£83,875.00
SAP Consultant	34	£69,970.00	£76,430.00	£82,890.00
Network Manager	12	£71,875.00	£76,250.00	£80,625.00
Transformation Lead	13	£74,125.00	£75,815.00	£77,500.00
Data Engineer	802	£70,240.00	£75,650.00	£81,065.00
Infrastructure Manager	75	£70,840.00	£75,300.00	£79,755.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Network Security Engineer	1	£75,000.00	£75,000.00	£75,000.00
Information Security Manager	31	£69,530.00	£74,815.00	£80,100.00
Head of Product	7	£67,475.00	£74,675.00	£81,890.00
Software Developer	1,017	£69,075.00	£74,315.00	£79,555.00
IT Director	4,855	£68,410.00	£74,290.00	£80,155.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	60	£70,775.00	£73,865.00	£76,955.00
Application Developer	41	£69,000.00	£73,800.00	£78,595.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Information Security	192	£68,610.00	£72,510.00	£76,410.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Active Directory	18	£70,035.00	£72,285.00	£74,535.00
Cloud Engineer	210	£65,950.00	£72,060.00	£78,165.00
Lead Developer	294	£66,790.00	£71,625.00	£76,470.00
Application Architect	25	£69,790.00	£71,565.00	£73,335.00
Hardware Engineer	333	£70,345.00	£71,525.00	£72,705.00
Senior Software Developer	15	£68,500.00	£71,460.00	£74,415.00
DevOps Engineer	218	£65,890.00	£71,455.00	£77,015.00
Data Scientist	60	£65,970.00	£71,440.00	£76,910.00
Full Stack Developer	232	£64,425.00	£71,355.00	£78,280.00
Data Modeller	232	£65,665.00	£71,240.00	£76,815.00
Test Manager	41	£66,905.00	£71,150.00	£75,395.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Programme Manager	356	£65,610.00	£70,355.00	£75,095.00
Application Manager	68	£65,915.00	£70,340.00	£74,770.00
JavaScript Developer	7	£62,500.00	£70,000.00	£77,500.00
Sap Project Manager	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Head of Operations	49	£67,180.00	£69,965.00	£72,750.00
Senior Product Manager	27	£66,250.00	£69,590.00	£72,935.00
Salesforce Developer	10	£66,815.00	£69,155.00	£71,500.00
Cyber Security	509	£64,360.00	£69,015.00	£73,685.00
Scrum Master	14	£62,335.00	£68,865.00	£75,400.00
Solution Designer	382	£63,360.00	£68,720.00	£74,085.00
Cloud Architect	10	£62,375.00	£68,625.00	£74,875.00
Technical Consultant	53	£60,360.00	£68,620.00	£76,875.00
Senior Developer	310	£63,265.00	£68,015.00	£72,755.00
Business Relationship Manager	4	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Sharepoint Consultant	2	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
Delivery Manager	338	£62,950.00	£66,300.00	£69,640.00
Network Security	81	£60,515.00	£65,265.00	£70,015.00
Service Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Transition Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Data Management	437	£60,925.00	£64,485.00	£68,050.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£59,095.00	£64,430.00	£69,765.00
Product Owner	169	£60,105.00	£63,975.00	£67,845.00
Front End Developer	26	£58,975.00	£63,650.00	£68,320.00
Cyber Security Manager	18	£61,215.00	£63,500.00	£65,785.00
Service Delivery Manager	30	£60,595.00	£63,220.00	£65,835.00
Technical Author	519	£62,340.00	£62,570.00	£62,800.00
Network Engineer	290	£58,260.00	£62,125.00	£65,980.00
Cisco Engineer	4	£55,000.00	£61,875.00	£68,750.00
Hardware Designer	146	£60,120.00	£61,790.00	£63,460.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Data Science	44	£56,970.00	£61,645.00	£66,320.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Technical Analyst	12	£58,150.00	£61,025.00	£63,900.00
Head of IT	6,768	£57,415.00	£60,950.00	£64,475.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Senior Analyst	205	£57,945.00	£60,525.00	£63,105.00
Cyber Security Consultant	50	£53,965.00	£60,405.00	£66,840.00
Embedded Software Engineer	35	£51,890.00	£60,320.00	£68,750.00
Software Team Leader	19	£60,250.00	£60,250.00	£60,250.00
Technical Services Manager	108	£56,935.00	£60,150.00	£63,365.00
Data Migration	28	£55,910.00	£60,010.00	£64,105.00
Network Administrator	2	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Business Analyst	648	£55,585.00	£58,840.00	£62,090.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Information Management	107	£55,290.00	£58,225.00	£61,165.00
Test Lead	42	£54,550.00	£57,565.00	£60,570.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£57,125.00	£60,875.00
Systems Administrator	85	£54,245.00	£57,045.00	£59,845.00
Digital Analyst	14	£55,520.00	£57,030.00	£58,550.00
BI Developer	30	£52,070.00	£56,995.00	£61,915.00
IT Business Partner	2,262	£53,780.00	£56,465.00	£59,150.00
Product Management	1,289	£52,870.00	£56,460.00	£60,055.00
Systems Specialist	44	£55,375.00	£56,375.00	£57,375.00
Cyber Security Analyst	18	£51,065.00	£56,270.00	£61,480.00
Docker	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
Oracle Developer	4	£50,250.00	£55,250.00	£60,250.00
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
IT Project Manager	7,170	£50,630.00	£54,580.00	£58,535.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Systems Developer	349	£50,215.00	£53,845.00	£57,470.00
Application Support	225	£50,385.00	£53,690.00	£56,995.00
Systems Analyst	44	£48,560.00	£53,180.00	£57,805.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Technical Account Manager	76	£49,515.00	£52,960.00	£56,405.00
Data Analyst	241	£49,240.00	£52,930.00	£56,625.00
Product Marketing Manager	21	£48,015.00	£52,160.00	£56,300.00
SQL Developer	6	£48,335.00	£52,085.00	£55,835.00
Systems Manager	2,472	£49,205.00	£51,365.00	£53,530.00
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
Programming	910	£48,150.00	£50,470.00	£52,785.00
Application Support Analyst	30	£47,150.00	£50,345.00	£53,535.00
Product Development Manager	4	£45,550.00	£50,250.00	£54,975.00
CRM Manager	15	£49,145.00	£50,175.00	£51,205.00
Business Systems Analyst	14	£44,215.00	£50,000.00	£55,785.00
Service Desk Manager	4	£48,215.00	£49,715.00	£51,215.00
IT Service Desk Manager	6	£47,975.00	£49,390.00	£50,810.00
Digital	4,483	£46,165.00	£49,250.00	£52,335.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
Data Analysis	51	£45,550.00	£48,710.00	£51,875.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Mobile Engineer	269	£45,235.00	£47,930.00	£50,625.00
Web Developer	62	£44,030.00	£47,765.00	£51,500.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
SQL Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Technical Support Manager	14	£45,800.00	£47,365.00	£48,925.00
Implementation Consultant	6	£44,125.00	£47,250.00	£50,375.00
Database Administrator	16	£44,750.00	£47,155.00	£49,565.00
Performance Analyst	23	£45,000.00	£47,085.00	£49,165.00
Development	73,471	£44,395.00	£47,070.00	£49,750.00
Developer	73,429	£44,285.00	£47,060.00	£49,835.00
Product Developer	589	£43,220.00	£46,840.00	£50,465.00
PHP Developer	25	£43,750.00	£46,820.00	£49,895.00
Service Manager	3,246	£44,470.00	£46,700.00	£48,935.00
Reporting Analyst	23	£45,030.00	£46,675.00	£48,320.00
Project Analyst	14	£44,590.00	£46,460.00	£48,335.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Implementation Manager	26	£45,000.00	£46,250.00	£47,500.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Junior Developer	55	£42,400.00	£45,775.00	£49,150.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
AI Specialist	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Android Developer	2	£35,000.00	£45,000.00	£55,000.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
Application Specialist	38	£43,855.00	£44,375.00	£44,895.00
Technical Trainer	19	£42,230.00	£44,095.00	£45,955.00
IT Consultant	19,344	£38,085.00	£43,735.00	£49,380.00
IT Manager	128,404	£41,045.00	£43,605.00	£46,165.00
IT Specialist	11,243	£41,615.00	£43,585.00	£45,570.00
IT Support Engineer	1,159	£39,965.00	£42,625.00	£45,300.00
IT Support Analyst	277	£39,600.00	£42,420.00	£45,230.00
Website	829	£39,085.00	£42,360.00	£45,635.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£42,250.00	£45,000.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Senior IT Technician	307	£38,740.00	£42,010.00	£45,280.00
Technical Support	708	£39,025.00	£41,590.00	£44,155.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£41,250.00	£41,250.00	£41,250.00
IT Technician	52,088	£38,710.00	£40,845.00	£42,980.00
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 Support	183,219	£38,060.00	£39,965.00	£41,865.00
Product	29,899	£37,375.00	£39,250.00	£41,125.00
Support Consultant	12	£34,750.00	£38,375.00	£42,000.00
IT Business Development Executive	93	£31,350.00	£38,355.00	£45,355.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
Service Desk	219	£35,715.00	£37,600.00	£39,480.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,081	£35,075.00	£37,595.00	£40,125.00
Systems Officer	4	£35,900.00	£37,200.00	£38,500.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
IT Trainer	1,405	£34,870.00	£36,985.00	£39,100.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Technician	62	£34,695.00	£36,315.00	£37,930.00
Technical Officer	2	£33,500.00	£36,000.00	£38,500.00
Service Analyst	28	£33,680.00	£35,855.00	£38,030.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Officer	18,823	£33,150.00	£35,225.00	£37,300.00
Product Planner	91	£32,930.00	£34,760.00	£36,585.00
2nd Line Support	49	£32,335.00	£34,650.00	£36,975.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Executive	495	£32,320.00	£33,265.00	£34,210.00
Service Desk Analyst	45	£30,935.00	£32,990.00	£35,040.00
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
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
IT Support Officer	318	£29,350.00	£30,240.00	£31,130.00
1st Line Support	17	£28,450.00	£30,135.00	£31,815.00
1st Line IT Support	15	£28,660.00	£30,115.00	£31,565.00
Systems Coordinator	6	£28,835.00	£29,750.00	£30,665.00
IT Security Officer	48	£29,545.00	£29,715.00	£29,885.00
It Graduate	596	£27,720.00	£29,630.00	£31,540.00
IT Trainee	5,167	£26,910.00	£29,590.00	£32,280.00
IT Helpdesk	141	£28,405.00	£29,135.00	£29,865.00
Junior IT Technician	24	£26,900.00	£28,960.00	£31,015.00
IT Administrator	15,138	£27,605.00	£28,865.00	£30,125.00
Technical Administrator	39	£27,035.00	£28,545.00	£30,055.00
Trainee IT Technician	65	£27,230.00	£27,455.00	£27,680.00
IT Support Advisor	28	£26,405.00	£27,005.00	£27,600.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	52	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	30	£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	1,170	£24,080.00	£24,425.00	£24,770.00