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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 5,543,935 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,271,018	95.08 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	180,034	3.25 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	92,883	1.68 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 106,614 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 461,995 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	101,365	439,251
Contract	5,248	22,743

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

58,516

Down 5.9% vs last year

Average salary

£52,460.00

Down 2.1% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

1,785

Down 9.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Up 5.4% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: July 2026

Jobs listed

880

Up 15.4% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Down 0.8% 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
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
October 2025	31,836
September 2025	50,492
August 2025	44,736

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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
Python Developer	82	£99,590.00	£106,640.00	£113,690.00
Angular	17	£97,500.00	£104,065.00	£110,625.00
Head of Software	2	£95,000.00	£102,500.00	£110,000.00
Enterprise Architect	100	£92,740.00	£99,850.00	£106,955.00
Software Development Manager	14	£93,165.00	£97,750.00	£102,335.00
Cloud Architect	11	£88,125.00	£97,190.00	£106,250.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Azure Architect	25	£90,220.00	£95,375.00	£100,530.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Data Architect	171	£83,425.00	£89,500.00	£95,575.00
Head of Product	8	£84,985.00	£89,285.00	£93,590.00
Python	407	£80,245.00	£88,570.00	£96,895.00
Security Architect	68	£81,225.00	£86,030.00	£90,835.00
Software Architect	172	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
Solutions Architect	443	£79,965.00	£85,215.00	£90,460.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
Senior Software Engineer	220	£76,825.00	£83,900.00	£90,975.00
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
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	34	£75,420.00	£81,980.00	£88,545.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Lead	424	£75,505.00	£79,980.00	£84,455.00
Transformation Lead	13	£78,500.00	£79,750.00	£81,000.00
Java Developer	115	£72,685.00	£79,725.00	£86,765.00
Technical Architect	50	£74,970.00	£79,555.00	£84,140.00
Software Engineer	1,331	£71,550.00	£78,545.00	£85,540.00
Information Security	194	£73,600.00	£78,055.00	£82,515.00
Head of Service	36	£72,285.00	£77,765.00	£83,250.00
IT Director	5,380	£70,755.00	£77,310.00	£83,860.00
Information Security Manager	18	£71,945.00	£76,860.00	£81,765.00
Infrastructure Manager	97	£71,510.00	£76,325.00	£81,145.00
SAP Consultant	20	£69,700.00	£76,225.00	£82,750.00
Functional Consultant	40	£69,665.00	£76,080.00	£82,490.00
Transformation Manager	31	£70,280.00	£75,605.00	£80,940.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	86	£70,575.00	£74,585.00	£78,585.00
Data Engineer	825	£68,475.00	£74,125.00	£79,770.00
Software Developer	902	£68,815.00	£74,035.00	£79,245.00
Integration Architect	28	£68,920.00	£73,420.00	£77,920.00
Data Scientist	63	£67,440.00	£73,155.00	£78,870.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Head of Operations	81	£68,605.00	£72,575.00	£76,545.00
Application Developer	47	£67,550.00	£72,205.00	£76,860.00
Senior Software Developer	11	£71,300.00	£72,050.00	£72,800.00
Data Modeller	277	£66,975.00	£71,975.00	£76,970.00
Test Manager	43	£67,125.00	£71,915.00	£76,705.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Cloud Engineer	248	£65,170.00	£71,165.00	£77,150.00
DevOps Engineer	190	£65,445.00	£71,155.00	£76,860.00
Solution Designer	480	£66,375.00	£71,075.00	£75,765.00
Technical Project Manager	14	£65,625.00	£71,040.00	£76,460.00
Scrum Master	14	£65,135.00	£70,915.00	£76,700.00
Salesforce Developer	10	£69,065.00	£70,780.00	£72,500.00
Application Manager	77	£66,590.00	£70,745.00	£74,895.00
Senior Product Manager	27	£66,215.00	£70,685.00	£75,155.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Programme Manager	417	£65,665.00	£70,505.00	£75,335.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
Active Directory	19	£67,880.00	£70,025.00	£72,170.00
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 Quality	2	£69,500.00	£69,500.00	£69,500.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£66,500.00	£68,550.00	£70,600.00
Cyber Security	574	£64,225.00	£68,500.00	£72,790.00
Data Science	41	£62,220.00	£68,365.00	£74,515.00
Senior Developer	267	£62,440.00	£68,125.00	£73,795.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£60,265.00	£68,000.00	£75,735.00
Technical Consultant	36	£60,110.00	£67,660.00	£75,210.00
Network Security	112	£63,515.00	£67,570.00	£71,630.00
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
Systems Architect	7	£62,400.00	£66,900.00	£71,415.00
Product Owner	231	£63,050.00	£66,820.00	£70,590.00
Full Stack Developer	207	£61,185.00	£66,810.00	£72,425.00
Data Management	449	£62,345.00	£66,795.00	£71,250.00
Lead Developer	350	£62,870.00	£66,590.00	£70,310.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£61,035.00	£65,535.00	£70,035.00
Front End Developer	22	£60,680.00	£65,510.00	£70,335.00
Hardware Engineer	318	£63,760.00	£65,345.00	£66,930.00
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
Delivery Manager	348	£61,135.00	£64,920.00	£68,700.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Oracle Developer	3	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Head of IT	7,603	£58,415.00	£61,960.00	£65,505.00
Software Team Leader	39	£61,835.00	£61,835.00	£61,835.00
Senior Analyst	217	£59,555.00	£61,725.00	£63,895.00
Service Delivery Manager	22	£58,065.00	£61,635.00	£65,200.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Mobile Developer	4	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Cyber Security Analyst	28	£56,815.00	£61,140.00	£65,465.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Embedded Software Engineer	41	£53,135.00	£60,710.00	£68,285.00
Technical Services Manager	137	£57,050.00	£60,640.00	£64,225.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Cyber Security Consultant	18	£53,790.00	£60,565.00	£67,330.00
Network Engineer	280	£55,900.00	£60,365.00	£64,835.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Technical Account Manager	95	£55,925.00	£59,975.00	£64,020.00
Data Migration	39	£55,455.00	£59,715.00	£63,970.00
Data Controller	2	£59,500.00	£59,500.00	£59,500.00
Programme Lead	5	£50,690.00	£59,325.00	£67,950.00
Hardware Designer	163	£57,505.00	£58,925.00	£60,350.00
Business Analyst	710	£55,550.00	£58,805.00	£62,060.00
Network Manager	19	£55,065.00	£58,625.00	£62,190.00
Technology Consultant	21	£48,735.00	£58,615.00	£68,500.00
BI Developer	24	£53,680.00	£58,390.00	£63,095.00
Information Management	127	£54,330.00	£57,445.00	£60,560.00
Technical Author	581	£56,705.00	£56,895.00	£57,085.00
Product Management	1,539	£53,045.00	£56,840.00	£60,635.00
IT Business Partner	2,552	£53,120.00	£56,000.00	£58,875.00
Test Lead	39	£52,925.00	£55,780.00	£58,635.00
Product Analyst	5	£51,250.00	£55,625.00	£60,000.00
IT Project Manager	7,808	£51,495.00	£55,615.00	£59,745.00
Digital Analyst	11	£53,020.00	£55,155.00	£57,300.00
Data Analyst	249	£51,065.00	£55,125.00	£59,185.00
Wordpress	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
SQL Developer	13	£50,625.00	£54,270.00	£57,915.00
Application Support	208	£50,590.00	£54,150.00	£57,710.00
Technical Analyst	20	£51,180.00	£53,895.00	£56,605.00
Systems Analyst	61	£49,720.00	£53,745.00	£57,775.00
Systems Developer	439	£50,025.00	£53,675.00	£57,320.00
Head of Development	9	£51,080.00	£53,205.00	£55,330.00
Docker	9	£48,750.00	£53,125.00	£57,500.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Product Marketing Manager	27	£47,155.00	£52,970.00	£58,785.00
Information 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
Data Analysis	58	£48,310.00	£51,410.00	£54,515.00
Systems Administrator	89	£48,185.00	£51,305.00	£54,425.00
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 Manager	2,533	£47,875.00	£50,175.00	£52,485.00
Implementation Consultant	12	£46,085.00	£49,835.00	£53,585.00
Bi Analyst	16	£47,800.00	£49,590.00	£51,375.00
Reporting Analyst	22	£47,635.00	£49,510.00	£51,385.00
Business Systems Analyst	12	£44,500.00	£49,165.00	£53,835.00
Digital	5,241	£45,990.00	£48,940.00	£51,890.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
CRM Manager	34	£45,890.00	£48,815.00	£51,750.00
Systems Specialist	30	£46,375.00	£48,190.00	£50,000.00
Application Support Analyst	36	£44,580.00	£48,120.00	£51,660.00
PHP Developer	20	£44,165.00	£47,960.00	£51,750.00
Mobile Engineer	300	£44,560.00	£47,840.00	£51,125.00
Service Manager	3,836	£45,530.00	£47,830.00	£50,140.00
Programming	1,056	£45,150.00	£47,555.00	£49,950.00
AI Specialist	3	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Development	82,415	£44,175.00	£46,800.00	£49,430.00
Developer	82,758	£44,065.00	£46,740.00	£49,430.00
Product Developer	795	£43,195.00	£46,675.00	£50,150.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Test Analyst	10	£44,600.00	£46,000.00	£47,400.00
IT Service Desk Manager	4	£43,250.00	£45,375.00	£47,500.00
IT Consultant	22,283	£39,105.00	£44,815.00	£50,525.00
PMO Analyst	4	£43,750.00	£44,750.00	£45,750.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
Support Consultant	17	£40,165.00	£44,475.00	£48,790.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	23	£44,265.00	£44,265.00	£44,265.00
IT Manager	150,310	£41,375.00	£43,955.00	£46,530.00
Database Administrator	18	£41,550.00	£43,725.00	£45,900.00
IT Support Analyst	303	£40,995.00	£43,625.00	£46,250.00
Junior Developer	70	£39,220.00	£43,540.00	£47,860.00
Web Developer	59	£39,655.00	£43,495.00	£47,335.00
IT Specialist	14,067	£41,660.00	£43,485.00	£45,325.00
IT Support Engineer	1,374	£40,915.00	£43,375.00	£45,850.00
IT Technician	65,897	£40,490.00	£43,265.00	£46,035.00
Technical Trainer	24	£41,240.00	£43,230.00	£45,220.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
Application Specialist	26	£41,810.00	£42,500.00	£43,190.00
MySQL	12	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Senior IT Technician	336	£38,760.00	£42,260.00	£45,755.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Service Desk Manager	2	£39,000.00	£42,000.00	£45,000.00
Product	29,553	£39,460.00	£41,615.00	£43,780.00
Website	1,063	£38,345.00	£41,255.00	£44,165.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£40,440.00	£41,030.00	£41,625.00
Technical Support	832	£38,475.00	£41,015.00	£43,540.00
IT Support	216,034	£38,690.00	£40,930.00	£43,170.00
Operations Analyst	6	£39,165.00	£40,835.00	£42,500.00
Autodesk	9	£37,250.00	£40,625.00	£44,000.00
Assistant Product Manager	21	£36,840.00	£39,850.00	£42,855.00
Laravel Developer	13	£35,500.00	£39,650.00	£43,800.00
Desktop Support Analyst	6	£34,665.00	£38,165.00	£41,665.00
Systems Officer	12	£35,410.00	£37,650.00	£39,890.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,463	£34,750.00	£37,125.00	£39,515.00
Service Desk	260	£35,395.00	£37,120.00	£38,850.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Technical Officer	4	£35,000.00	£36,875.00	£38,750.00
IT Trainer	1,554	£34,905.00	£36,715.00	£38,535.00
IT Business Development Executive	107	£31,350.00	£36,615.00	£41,875.00
IT Officer	25,227	£33,785.00	£36,540.00	£39,290.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Technician	57	£33,955.00	£36,320.00	£38,685.00
2nd Line Support	44	£34,160.00	£36,290.00	£38,425.00
Service Analyst	27	£33,895.00	£36,250.00	£38,600.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
Product Planner	126	£32,275.00	£34,290.00	£36,300.00
IT Support Executive	573	£32,300.00	£33,530.00	£34,760.00
Service Desk Analyst	39	£30,875.00	£33,030.00	£35,180.00
Release Manager	2	£31,500.00	£33,000.00	£34,500.00
Junior Java Developer	6	£31,500.00	£32,585.00	£33,665.00
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
Systems Coordinator	9	£29,500.00	£31,585.00	£33,665.00
IT Security Officer	77	£31,030.00	£31,155.00	£31,280.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
Project Office Support	2	£31,000.00	£31,000.00	£31,000.00
EPOS	16	£30,150.00	£30,815.00	£31,485.00
Technical Administrator	40	£28,890.00	£30,020.00	£31,145.00
Project Analyst	8	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
1st Line IT Support	13	£28,390.00	£29,985.00	£31,575.00
1st Line Support	13	£28,390.00	£29,985.00	£31,575.00
IT Helpdesk	171	£28,930.00	£29,975.00	£31,015.00
It Graduate	697	£27,995.00	£29,940.00	£31,885.00
IT Trainee	5,374	£27,390.00	£29,895.00	£32,400.00
IT Support Officer	421	£28,900.00	£29,815.00	£30,735.00
IT Administrator	18,442	£28,250.00	£29,510.00	£30,775.00
Junior IT Technician	40	£27,110.00	£28,885.00	£30,655.00
IT Support Advisor	66	£27,130.00	£27,695.00	£28,260.00
Trainee IT Technician	67	£27,215.00	£27,565.00	£27,910.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	38	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	33	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,121	£24,390.00	£24,825.00	£25,260.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00