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 5,252,555 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,993,722	95.07 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	170,008	3.24 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	88,825	1.69 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 101,011 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 437,713 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	96,033	416,143
Contract	4,977	21,569

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: March 2026

Jobs listed

103,044

Up 119.3% vs last year

Average salary

£52,850.00

Down 2.4% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

2,714

Up 68.9% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 6.0% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

1,117

Up 69.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Down 0.2% 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
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
April 2025	44,790

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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	72	£105,500.00	£116,095.00	£126,690.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	182	£96,555.00	£104,565.00	£112,580.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Enterprise Architect	57	£88,960.00	£93,900.00	£98,845.00
Java Developer	162	£85,545.00	£93,835.00	£102,125.00
Python	499	£85,105.00	£93,475.00	£101,840.00
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
Data Architect	142	£83,170.00	£89,360.00	£95,555.00
Business Architect	16	£82,500.00	£87,125.00	£91,750.00
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
Senior Software Engineer	208	£77,750.00	£85,020.00	£92,290.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Cloud Consultant	4	£78,750.00	£83,750.00	£88,750.00
Software Engineer	1,319	£74,555.00	£82,425.00	£90,285.00
Software Architect	259	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Solutions Architect	374	£76,385.00	£80,935.00	£85,485.00
Security Architect	53	£74,525.00	£80,135.00	£85,740.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Manager	20	£72,725.00	£78,785.00	£84,850.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£72,750.00	£78,750.00	£84,750.00
Technical Architect	47	£75,570.00	£78,570.00	£81,565.00
Network Manager	10	£73,335.00	£78,335.00	£83,335.00
Head of Service	16	£74,485.00	£78,235.00	£81,990.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Transformation Lead	11	£75,500.00	£76,915.00	£78,335.00
Technical Lead	505	£73,870.00	£76,695.00	£79,525.00
Backend Developer	49	£69,790.00	£76,645.00	£83,495.00
Data Engineer	793	£70,475.00	£76,205.00	£81,935.00
Software Developer	1,043	£70,740.00	£76,190.00	£81,635.00
Functional Consultant	34	£70,035.00	£76,055.00	£82,075.00
SAP Consultant	33	£70,450.00	£75,890.00	£81,325.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Data Scientist	58	£69,395.00	£74,955.00	£80,510.00
Head of Operations	46	£70,970.00	£74,815.00	£78,655.00
Information Security Manager	31	£69,530.00	£74,815.00	£80,100.00
Infrastructure Manager	70	£70,555.00	£74,815.00	£79,070.00
IT Director	4,587	£68,800.00	£74,360.00	£79,915.00
Cloud Engineer	185	£67,850.00	£74,055.00	£80,250.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Application Developer	37	£68,620.00	£73,430.00	£78,235.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	55	£70,490.00	£73,375.00	£76,270.00
Application Manager	65	£66,845.00	£72,790.00	£78,740.00
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
Data Modeller	222	£66,795.00	£72,265.00	£77,730.00
Hardware Engineer	343	£70,720.00	£72,185.00	£73,655.00
Full Stack Developer	236	£65,470.00	£72,045.00	£78,625.00
Lead Developer	274	£66,930.00	£71,670.00	£76,415.00
Information Security	211	£67,615.00	£71,645.00	£75,675.00
Application Architect	21	£69,790.00	£71,565.00	£73,335.00
Test Manager	41	£66,905.00	£71,150.00	£75,395.00
Technical Consultant	51	£62,985.00	£70,870.00	£78,750.00
DevOps Engineer	221	£65,385.00	£70,705.00	£76,020.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Head of Product	10	£64,985.00	£70,615.00	£76,260.00
JavaScript Developer	7	£62,500.00	£70,000.00	£77,500.00
Senior Software Developer	13	£66,200.00	£69,500.00	£72,800.00
Scrum Master	14	£62,335.00	£68,865.00	£75,400.00
Solution Designer	328	£64,085.00	£68,745.00	£73,405.00
Cloud Architect	10	£62,375.00	£68,625.00	£74,875.00
Senior Developer	302	£63,540.00	£68,510.00	£73,480.00
Senior Product Manager	24	£65,195.00	£68,225.00	£71,255.00
Programme Manager	363	£63,735.00	£68,040.00	£72,340.00
Cyber Security	458	£63,185.00	£67,955.00	£72,730.00
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
Network Security Engineer	3	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Delivery Manager	324	£62,240.00	£65,910.00	£69,575.00
Data Science	38	£60,395.00	£65,570.00	£70,750.00
Technical Author	515	£65,325.00	£65,325.00	£65,325.00
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
Network Security	74	£60,355.00	£64,850.00	£69,340.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£59,095.00	£64,430.00	£69,765.00
Project Analyst	8	£62,090.00	£64,375.00	£66,665.00
Programme Lead	9	£57,500.00	£63,750.00	£70,000.00
Front End Developer	26	£58,975.00	£63,650.00	£68,320.00
Data Management	420	£59,970.00	£63,590.00	£67,215.00
Hardware Designer	138	£61,810.00	£63,510.00	£65,205.00
Product Owner	150	£59,550.00	£63,265.00	£66,985.00
Cyber Security Manager	16	£60,585.00	£62,835.00	£65,085.00
Service Delivery Manager	32	£59,895.00	£62,660.00	£65,420.00
Cisco Engineer	4	£55,000.00	£61,875.00	£68,750.00
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
Data Migration	23	£56,020.00	£61,065.00	£66,105.00
Network Engineer	268	£57,030.00	£60,785.00	£64,535.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Senior Analyst	195	£57,960.00	£60,550.00	£63,145.00
Head of IT	6,470	£56,990.00	£60,420.00	£63,850.00
Cyber Security Consultant	50	£53,965.00	£60,405.00	£66,840.00
Business Analyst	654	£56,780.00	£60,350.00	£63,910.00
Network Administrator	2	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Embedded Software Engineer	35	£51,750.00	£59,790.00	£67,835.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Test Lead	48	£55,895.00	£58,585.00	£61,270.00
Technical Services Manager	95	£55,655.00	£58,535.00	£61,410.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Information Management	101	£55,375.00	£58,260.00	£61,150.00
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
Digital Analyst	14	£55,520.00	£57,030.00	£58,550.00
BI Developer	30	£52,070.00	£56,995.00	£61,915.00
Product Management	1,189	£53,115.00	£56,920.00	£60,735.00
Systems Administrator	76	£53,735.00	£56,415.00	£59,100.00
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
Technical Analyst	14	£53,460.00	£56,085.00	£58,710.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
IT Business Partner	2,083	£53,330.00	£55,885.00	£58,430.00
Software Team Leader	9	£55,500.00	£55,500.00	£55,500.00
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	6,973	£50,570.00	£54,525.00	£58,485.00
Application Support	221	£50,905.00	£54,295.00	£57,680.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Systems Developer	388	£49,765.00	£53,515.00	£57,260.00
Systems Analyst	40	£48,605.00	£53,220.00	£57,840.00
Data Analyst	243	£49,405.00	£53,060.00	£56,720.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Product Marketing Manager	21	£48,015.00	£52,160.00	£56,300.00
CRM Manager	11	£50,915.00	£52,100.00	£53,290.00
SQL Developer	6	£48,335.00	£52,085.00	£55,835.00
Application Support Analyst	28	£48,170.00	£51,645.00	£55,110.00
Technical Account Manager	74	£47,905.00	£51,370.00	£54,830.00
Data Analysis	53	£47,815.00	£51,075.00	£54,345.00
Programming	866	£48,340.00	£50,800.00	£53,260.00
Systems Manager	2,307	£48,560.00	£50,760.00	£52,955.00
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
Product Development Manager	4	£45,550.00	£50,250.00	£54,975.00
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Digital	4,290	£47,005.00	£50,200.00	£53,395.00
Business Systems Analyst	16	£44,570.00	£49,910.00	£55,250.00
Service Desk Manager	4	£48,215.00	£49,715.00	£51,215.00
Web Developer	60	£46,230.00	£49,620.00	£53,005.00
Mobile Engineer	246	£46,415.00	£49,420.00	£52,425.00
Information Security Analyst	21	£46,665.00	£49,165.00	£51,665.00
Database Administrator	11	£46,335.00	£48,710.00	£51,085.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
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	2	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Technical Support Manager	12	£45,515.00	£47,185.00	£48,850.00
Performance Analyst	23	£45,000.00	£47,085.00	£49,165.00
Service Manager	3,117	£44,675.00	£46,950.00	£49,225.00
Developer	70,738	£44,140.00	£46,850.00	£49,570.00
PHP Developer	25	£43,750.00	£46,820.00	£49,895.00
Development	70,879	£44,190.00	£46,810.00	£49,435.00
Product Developer	523	£42,940.00	£46,765.00	£50,595.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Implementation Manager	12	£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
SQL Database Administrator	5	£43,500.00	£45,625.00	£47,750.00
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
IT Service Desk Manager	13	£43,730.00	£44,795.00	£45,855.00
Application Specialist	38	£43,855.00	£44,375.00	£44,895.00
IT Consultant	18,293	£38,675.00	£44,230.00	£49,785.00
IT Manager	120,175	£40,940.00	£43,480.00	£46,015.00
IT Specialist	10,335	£41,425.00	£43,400.00	£45,380.00
IT Support Analyst	288	£39,825.00	£42,605.00	£45,375.00
Technical Support	672	£39,675.00	£42,255.00	£44,830.00
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
Technical Trainer	17	£40,475.00	£41,710.00	£42,940.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
IT Support Engineer	1,111	£38,810.00	£41,445.00	£44,085.00
Website	783	£38,680.00	£41,395.00	£44,105.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£41,250.00	£41,250.00	£41,250.00
Senior IT Technician	285	£37,955.00	£41,165.00	£44,365.00
IT Technician	47,662	£38,420.00	£40,685.00	£42,955.00
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	172,239	£37,265.00	£39,100.00	£40,930.00
Service Analyst	28	£36,395.00	£38,905.00	£41,410.00
Product	28,946	£37,010.00	£38,700.00	£40,390.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,837	£35,340.00	£37,830.00	£40,325.00
IT Business Development Executive	97	£31,150.00	£37,655.00	£44,160.00
Service Desk	226	£35,730.00	£37,530.00	£39,325.00
Systems Officer	4	£35,900.00	£37,200.00	£38,500.00
IT Trainer	1,305	£34,810.00	£37,010.00	£39,210.00
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
Technical Officer	2	£33,500.00	£36,000.00	£38,500.00
2nd Line Support	48	£33,375.00	£35,755.00	£38,140.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Officer	17,756	£32,990.00	£35,055.00	£37,125.00
IT Support Technician	55	£33,235.00	£35,030.00	£36,820.00
Product Planner	89	£33,095.00	£34,870.00	£36,640.00
Support Consultant	8	£31,835.00	£34,750.00	£37,665.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Executive	234	£33,030.00	£34,045.00	£35,065.00
Service Desk Analyst	45	£31,870.00	£33,990.00	£36,105.00
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
1st Line Support	15	£30,140.00	£31,660.00	£33,175.00
1st Line IT Support	13	£30,390.00	£31,635.00	£32,875.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Support Officer	278	£30,305.00	£31,270.00	£32,230.00
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	6	£28,835.00	£29,750.00	£30,665.00
IT Trainee	5,046	£26,985.00	£29,725.00	£32,465.00
IT Security Officer	48	£29,545.00	£29,715.00	£29,885.00
It Graduate	569	£27,520.00	£29,355.00	£31,195.00
IT Helpdesk	138	£28,415.00	£29,150.00	£29,890.00
IT Administrator	14,537	£27,515.00	£28,735.00	£29,960.00
Technical Administrator	37	£27,070.00	£28,575.00	£30,080.00
Junior IT Technician	18	£26,350.00	£28,065.00	£29,775.00
Trainee IT Technician	53	£27,460.00	£27,625.00	£27,790.00
IT Support Advisor	28	£26,355.00	£26,970.00	£27,585.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	49	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	27	£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	1,168	£23,965.00	£24,340.00	£24,715.00