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Highest Paying IT Jobs in the UK

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 5,056,340 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,804,342	95.02 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	165,096	3.27 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	86,902	1.72 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 97,237 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 421,362 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	92,390	400,362
Contract	4,846	20,999

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
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
February 2025	31,781

The Highest Paying Programming Languages in the UK

Whether you're a seasoned developer or a newcomer to the coding scene, decoding the languages that lead to the highest remuneration is vital for making informed career decisions.

See the highest paid programming languages here.

The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	15	£119,395.00	£127,370.00	£135,345.00
Angular	103	£103,840.00	£114,370.00	£124,895.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Cloud Consultant	2	£90,000.00	£107,500.00	£125,000.00
Python Developer	235	£96,625.00	£104,510.00	£112,400.00
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
Java Developer	186	£87,470.00	£96,600.00	£105,725.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Enterprise Architect	60	£89,860.00	£94,425.00	£98,990.00
Python	584	£85,135.00	£93,660.00	£102,185.00
Data Architect	72	£84,675.00	£91,185.00	£97,690.00
Head of Delivery	2	£90,000.00	£90,000.00	£90,000.00
Business Architect	10	£82,500.00	£87,500.00	£92,500.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	293	£78,695.00	£86,290.00	£93,875.00
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
Software Engineer	1,506	£75,015.00	£83,415.00	£91,810.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Senior Java Developer	4	£69,750.00	£81,250.00	£92,750.00
Security Architect	42	£74,805.00	£80,580.00	£86,355.00
Technical Architect	45	£77,285.00	£80,080.00	£82,870.00
Solutions Architect	386	£75,590.00	£80,020.00	£84,455.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Manager	13	£74,705.00	£79,750.00	£84,795.00
Technical Lead	441	£76,320.00	£78,965.00	£81,610.00
Data Engineer	727	£72,340.00	£78,130.00	£83,915.00
Software Developer	1,155	£72,165.00	£77,535.00	£82,905.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
SAP Consultant	34	£70,970.00	£77,290.00	£83,610.00
Azure Architect	10	£71,250.00	£77,085.00	£82,915.00
Head of Service	12	£73,670.00	£77,055.00	£80,445.00
Backend Developer	43	£68,910.00	£76,175.00	£83,435.00
Transformation Lead	11	£73,835.00	£76,085.00	£78,335.00
Cloud Engineer	198	£69,170.00	£75,760.00	£82,340.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
Lead Developer	231	£70,055.00	£74,485.00	£78,920.00
Head of Operations	38	£70,035.00	£74,340.00	£78,645.00
Application Manager	34	£69,770.00	£74,195.00	£78,620.00
IT Director	3,816	£68,710.00	£74,085.00	£79,455.00
Functional Consultant	36	£66,765.00	£73,980.00	£81,190.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Infrastructure Manager	78	£68,510.00	£73,250.00	£77,990.00
DevOps Engineer	234	£67,620.00	£73,165.00	£78,710.00
Full Stack Developer	254	£66,680.00	£72,870.00	£79,060.00
Data Science	38	£67,765.00	£72,650.00	£77,530.00
Data Scientist	59	£67,625.00	£72,585.00	£77,540.00
Application Developer	36	£69,270.00	£72,440.00	£75,605.00
Network Manager	20	£66,250.00	£72,365.00	£78,470.00
Data Modeller	184	£66,350.00	£72,050.00	£77,750.00
Information Security Manager	33	£66,930.00	£72,050.00	£77,165.00
Oracle Consultant	6	£66,250.00	£71,875.00	£77,500.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	63	£68,445.00	£71,815.00	£75,185.00
Information Security	218	£67,135.00	£71,520.00	£75,900.00
JavaScript Developer	6	£65,000.00	£71,250.00	£77,500.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Cloud Architect	20	£64,440.00	£70,355.00	£76,270.00
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
Front End Developer	38	£65,075.00	£69,745.00	£74,410.00
Senior Product Manager	13	£66,250.00	£69,500.00	£72,750.00
Technical Project Manager	13	£63,750.00	£69,250.00	£74,750.00
Machine Learning Engineer	2	£60,000.00	£68,750.00	£77,500.00
Test Manager	24	£64,470.00	£68,130.00	£71,790.00
Programme Manager	310	£63,775.00	£67,925.00	£72,070.00
Data Migration	16	£63,000.00	£67,790.00	£72,585.00
Senior Developer	316	£63,075.00	£67,770.00	£72,465.00
Senior Software Developer	14	£64,000.00	£67,625.00	£71,250.00
Hardware Engineer	288	£66,460.00	£67,335.00	£68,215.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Cyber Security	396	£62,740.00	£67,195.00	£71,650.00
Active Directory	12	£65,625.00	£67,000.00	£68,375.00
Scrum Master	12	£62,500.00	£66,625.00	£70,750.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,975.00	£66,590.00	£70,200.00
Cyber Security Engineer	17	£61,390.00	£66,410.00	£71,430.00
Cisco Engineer	2	£65,000.00	£66,250.00	£67,500.00
Sap Project Manager	2	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Technical Consultant	53	£56,760.00	£66,005.00	£75,240.00
Hardware Designer	120	£64,160.00	£65,905.00	£67,645.00
Delivery Manager	251	£62,505.00	£65,875.00	£69,250.00
Solution Designer	287	£61,280.00	£65,815.00	£70,355.00
Technical Author	423	£65,490.00	£65,490.00	£65,490.00
Product Owner	129	£60,835.00	£65,030.00	£69,225.00
Agile Project Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Programme Lead	14	£57,575.00	£64,825.00	£72,075.00
Cyber Security Consultant	41	£58,725.00	£64,450.00	£70,175.00
Database Administrator	10	£59,065.00	£63,875.00	£68,690.00
Data Management	379	£59,935.00	£63,350.00	£66,775.00
Network Security	77	£59,280.00	£62,910.00	£66,540.00
Web Developer	12	£59,450.00	£62,075.00	£64,700.00
Service Delivery Manager	26	£59,140.00	£62,060.00	£64,980.00
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
Information Management	79	£57,790.00	£61,035.00	£64,275.00
Business Analyst	688	£57,010.00	£60,810.00	£64,615.00
Senior Analyst	173	£57,895.00	£60,685.00	£63,475.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
Head of IT	5,967	£56,870.00	£59,905.00	£62,930.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Network Engineer	271	£56,200.00	£59,420.00	£62,640.00
Cyber Security Analyst	17	£53,650.00	£59,415.00	£65,185.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£56,700.00	£59,150.00	£61,600.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
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
Project Analyst	10	£55,945.00	£57,655.00	£59,375.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Network Security Engineer	2	£50,000.00	£57,500.00	£65,000.00
BI Developer	32	£52,955.00	£57,465.00	£61,980.00
Technical Services Manager	69	£54,420.00	£57,340.00	£60,260.00
Test Lead	40	£54,685.00	£57,230.00	£59,775.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
Power BI Developer	10	£53,125.00	£56,750.00	£60,375.00
Embedded Software Engineer	30	£49,160.00	£56,735.00	£64,315.00
Product Management	1,035	£53,085.00	£56,610.00	£60,135.00
IT Business Partner	1,643	£53,695.00	£56,300.00	£58,900.00
Digital Analyst	10	£55,000.00	£56,250.00	£57,500.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
Systems Administrator	105	£52,940.00	£55,840.00	£58,740.00
SQL Developer	7	£54,165.00	£55,835.00	£57,500.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£55,250.00	£57,125.00
IT Project Manager	6,279	£51,265.00	£55,065.00	£58,860.00
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
Technical Account Manager	30	£51,515.00	£54,780.00	£58,050.00
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
Technology Consultant	16	£43,550.00	£53,775.00	£64,000.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Technical Analyst	14	£51,000.00	£53,230.00	£55,465.00
Data Analyst	224	£49,385.00	£53,125.00	£56,870.00
Application Support	231	£49,890.00	£53,115.00	£56,340.00
Systems Analyst	76	£48,290.00	£52,485.00	£56,685.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Information Security Analyst	25	£49,830.00	£52,330.00	£54,830.00
Application Support Analyst	56	£48,655.00	£52,225.00	£55,790.00
Systems Developer	420	£48,615.00	£52,220.00	£55,825.00
Business Systems Analyst	35	£46,655.00	£51,820.00	£56,990.00
CRM Manager	12	£49,815.00	£51,655.00	£53,500.00
Programming	695	£49,355.00	£51,655.00	£53,950.00
Systems Manager	1,900	£49,135.00	£51,360.00	£53,585.00
Digital	3,557	£47,865.00	£51,330.00	£54,790.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Operations Analyst	10	£47,000.00	£50,750.00	£54,500.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Data Analysis	83	£46,065.00	£49,445.00	£52,835.00
Product Developer	400	£45,295.00	£48,775.00	£52,260.00
Product Analyst	4	£45,000.00	£48,500.00	£52,000.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
Mobile Engineer	191	£44,715.00	£47,905.00	£51,100.00
Service Manager	2,772	£45,335.00	£47,785.00	£50,250.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Bi Analyst	19	£44,995.00	£47,455.00	£49,920.00
Junior Developer	10	£44,500.00	£47,375.00	£50,250.00
Application Specialist	30	£46,050.00	£47,350.00	£48,650.00
Test Analyst	16	£45,645.00	£46,965.00	£48,285.00
Developer	63,906	£44,275.00	£46,805.00	£49,340.00
Development	64,174	£44,275.00	£46,675.00	£49,085.00
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
PHP Developer	28	£42,240.00	£45,085.00	£47,930.00
IT Consultant	15,887	£39,625.00	£45,035.00	£50,445.00
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
SQL Analyst	6	£41,665.00	£44,165.00	£46,665.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£42,500.00	£44,000.00	£45,500.00
Technical Trainer	6	£43,335.00	£43,960.00	£44,585.00
IT Support Analyst	330	£40,940.00	£43,895.00	£46,850.00
IT Service Desk Manager	21	£42,575.00	£43,765.00	£44,950.00
IT Specialist	8,769	£41,805.00	£43,715.00	£45,625.00
Technical Support Manager	5	£42,275.00	£43,525.00	£44,775.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
IT Manager	101,772	£40,650.00	£43,105.00	£45,560.00
Product Marketing Manager	28	£38,950.00	£42,225.00	£45,500.00
Technical Support	344	£39,420.00	£42,190.00	£44,960.00
Website	576	£39,000.00	£41,990.00	£44,975.00
Autodesk	12	£37,800.00	£41,750.00	£45,700.00
Senior IT Technician	229	£38,305.00	£41,425.00	£44,540.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
IT Support Engineer	849	£37,835.00	£40,430.00	£43,030.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
IT Technician	36,346	£36,970.00	£38,800.00	£40,635.00
Assistant Product Manager	19	£36,125.00	£38,690.00	£41,250.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,175	£35,435.00	£37,990.00	£40,545.00
IT Support	147,243	£36,360.00	£37,955.00	£39,550.00
Service Desk	247	£35,420.00	£37,220.00	£39,020.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Product	29,370	£35,365.00	£36,940.00	£38,525.00
IT Business Development Executive	137	£30,150.00	£36,700.00	£43,245.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Service Analyst	44	£34,065.00	£36,180.00	£38,295.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
2nd Line Support	60	£32,890.00	£35,305.00	£37,720.00
IT Officer	14,471	£33,160.00	£35,200.00	£37,240.00
IT Trainer	460	£33,100.00	£34,865.00	£36,640.00
Product Planner	83	£33,120.00	£34,730.00	£36,330.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Technician	37	£31,920.00	£34,040.00	£36,160.00
IT Support Executive	121	£32,760.00	£33,895.00	£35,030.00
Service Desk Analyst	59	£31,075.00	£32,755.00	£34,420.00
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	238	£30,725.00	£31,800.00	£32,865.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	83	£29,955.00	£31,085.00	£32,210.00
1st Line Support	18	£29,540.00	£31,060.00	£32,575.00
1st Line IT Support	16	£29,790.00	£31,035.00	£32,275.00
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	4	£29,500.00	£30,250.00	£31,000.00
It Graduate	497	£27,465.00	£29,355.00	£31,250.00
IT Trainee	3,606	£26,360.00	£29,035.00	£31,710.00
Technical Administrator	16	£27,190.00	£28,875.00	£30,565.00
IT Administrator	11,856	£27,615.00	£28,770.00	£29,925.00
Junior IT Technician	10	£26,000.00	£27,940.00	£29,875.00
IT Security Officer	33	£27,490.00	£27,690.00	£27,890.00
Trainee IT Technician	33	£26,920.00	£27,105.00	£27,285.00
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	49	£25,395.00	£25,395.00	£25,395.00
Graduate Software Developer	8	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,216	£23,645.00	£23,995.00	£24,345.00