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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 5,558,196 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,284,224	95.07 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	180,826	3.25 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	93,146	1.68 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 106,888 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 463,183 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	101,619	440,351
Contract	5,268	22,831

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: August 2026

Jobs listed

49,567

Down 22.8% vs last year

Average salary

£53,460.00

Up 0.1% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

2,347

Up 16.1% vs last year

Average day rate

£535.00

Up 5.6% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: August 2026

Jobs listed

892

Up 13.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£510.00

Up 0.1% 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
August 2026	49,567
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

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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	67	£98,050.00	£104,305.00	£110,560.00
Head of Software	2	£95,000.00	£102,500.00	£110,000.00
Enterprise Architect	105	£92,635.00	£99,775.00	£106,915.00
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
Software Development Manager	9	£89,000.00	£93,585.00	£98,165.00
Angular	7	£90,000.00	£93,335.00	£96,665.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Head of Product	8	£84,985.00	£89,285.00	£93,590.00
Data Architect	174	£83,025.00	£89,165.00	£95,305.00
Python	383	£78,800.00	£87,035.00	£95,270.00
Security Architect	74	£82,100.00	£86,320.00	£90,545.00
Software Architect	153	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
Solutions Architect	436	£79,815.00	£85,260.00	£90,695.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
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
Technical Architect	47	£76,630.00	£81,725.00	£86,820.00
Senior Software Engineer	214	£74,815.00	£81,520.00	£88,220.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Lead	13	£78,500.00	£79,750.00	£81,000.00
Infrastructure Manager	100	£73,885.00	£79,135.00	£84,380.00
Information Security	199	£73,795.00	£78,185.00	£82,575.00
Technical Lead	426	£73,650.00	£78,090.00	£82,535.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	89	£73,250.00	£77,800.00	£82,350.00
Head of Service	36	£72,285.00	£77,765.00	£83,250.00
IT Director	5,261	£70,905.00	£77,335.00	£83,755.00
Information Security Manager	18	£71,945.00	£76,860.00	£81,765.00
Java Developer	108	£71,255.00	£76,855.00	£82,445.00
Software Engineer	1,290	£69,810.00	£76,470.00	£83,125.00
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
Data Engineer	818	£68,560.00	£74,330.00	£80,095.00
Data Modeller	290	£68,565.00	£73,500.00	£78,430.00
Integration Architect	28	£68,920.00	£73,420.00	£77,920.00
Application Developer	49	£68,175.00	£73,170.00	£78,160.00
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
Senior Software Developer	11	£71,300.00	£72,050.00	£72,800.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£69,065.00	£72,030.00	£75,000.00
Test Manager	43	£67,125.00	£71,915.00	£76,705.00
DevOps Engineer	188	£65,650.00	£71,325.00	£76,990.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Software Developer	854	£66,380.00	£71,075.00	£75,775.00
Solution Designer	473	£66,130.00	£70,960.00	£75,790.00
Scrum Master	14	£65,135.00	£70,915.00	£76,700.00
Programme Manager	405	£65,375.00	£70,900.00	£76,425.00
Cloud Engineer	239	£64,560.00	£70,710.00	£76,850.00
Senior Product Manager	27	£66,215.00	£70,685.00	£75,155.00
Technical Project Manager	16	£65,210.00	£70,665.00	£76,125.00
CRM Developer	3	£67,500.00	£70,625.00	£73,750.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
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	591	£64,800.00	£69,070.00	£73,350.00
Application Manager	79	£64,850.00	£68,855.00	£72,860.00
Network Security	109	£64,590.00	£68,845.00	£73,105.00
Senior Developer	258	£62,960.00	£68,740.00	£74,515.00
Lead Developer	343	£64,575.00	£68,560.00	£72,540.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£66,500.00	£68,550.00	£70,600.00
Technical Consultant	30	£60,750.00	£68,305.00	£75,860.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£60,265.00	£68,000.00	£75,735.00
Data Science	43	£61,305.00	£67,545.00	£73,795.00
Active Directory	17	£65,030.00	£67,530.00	£70,030.00
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
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£62,465.00	£67,145.00	£71,820.00
Hardware Engineer	319	£65,365.00	£66,915.00	£68,465.00
Systems Architect	7	£62,400.00	£66,900.00	£71,415.00
Full Stack Developer	208	£60,775.00	£66,420.00	£72,060.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Data Management	444	£61,525.00	£66,205.00	£70,880.00
Product Owner	228	£62,265.00	£66,010.00	£69,750.00
Delivery Manager	346	£62,025.00	£65,795.00	£69,560.00
Front End Developer	22	£60,680.00	£65,510.00	£70,335.00
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
Head of IT	7,508	£59,445.00	£63,105.00	£66,765.00
Software Team Leader	49	£62,625.00	£62,625.00	£62,625.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Oracle Developer	3	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Senior Analyst	211	£59,555.00	£61,670.00	£63,780.00
Service Delivery Manager	22	£58,065.00	£61,635.00	£65,200.00
Technical Services Manager	139	£57,800.00	£61,615.00	£65,430.00
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
Network Engineer	271	£56,535.00	£61,120.00	£65,705.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Embedded Software Engineer	39	£53,035.00	£60,570.00	£68,110.00
Cyber Security Consultant	18	£53,790.00	£60,565.00	£67,330.00
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
Hardware Designer	165	£57,755.00	£59,700.00	£61,645.00
Data Controller	2	£59,500.00	£59,500.00	£59,500.00
Programme Lead	5	£50,690.00	£59,325.00	£67,950.00
BI Developer	22	£53,415.00	£58,815.00	£64,215.00
Network Manager	19	£55,065.00	£58,625.00	£62,190.00
Technology Consultant	21	£48,735.00	£58,615.00	£68,500.00
Business Analyst	704	£55,185.00	£58,115.00	£61,045.00
Information Management	132	£53,915.00	£57,070.00	£60,225.00
Product Management	1,503	£53,035.00	£56,810.00	£60,585.00
IT Business Partner	2,551	£53,875.00	£56,760.00	£59,645.00
SQL Developer	11	£51,750.00	£56,125.00	£60,500.00
Technical Author	556	£55,780.00	£55,990.00	£56,205.00
Test Lead	39	£52,925.00	£55,780.00	£58,635.00
IT Project Manager	7,499	£51,470.00	£55,715.00	£59,965.00
Systems Developer	437	£51,880.00	£55,660.00	£59,430.00
Product Analyst	5	£51,250.00	£55,625.00	£60,000.00
Quality Assurance Manager	8	£54,585.00	£55,210.00	£55,835.00
Digital Analyst	11	£53,020.00	£55,155.00	£57,300.00
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	57	£50,490.00	£54,645.00	£58,805.00
Data Analyst	251	£50,415.00	£54,475.00	£58,535.00
Application Support	203	£50,470.00	£54,005.00	£57,535.00
Technical Analyst	20	£51,180.00	£53,895.00	£56,605.00
Product Marketing Manager	25	£47,515.00	£53,465.00	£59,415.00
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
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
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
Business Systems Analyst	10	£45,800.00	£51,000.00	£56,200.00
Data Analysis	56	£48,310.00	£50,995.00	£53,685.00
Systems Administrator	85	£47,780.00	£50,760.00	£53,745.00
Systems Manager	2,431	£47,980.00	£50,290.00	£52,600.00
PHP Developer	17	£46,000.00	£50,050.00	£54,100.00
Implementation Consultant	14	£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
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
Application Support Analyst	37	£45,060.00	£48,525.00	£51,985.00
Digital	5,144	£45,465.00	£48,385.00	£51,305.00
Systems Specialist	30	£46,375.00	£48,190.00	£50,000.00
Mobile Engineer	298	£44,825.00	£47,950.00	£51,075.00
Service Manager	3,755	£45,535.00	£47,805.00	£50,080.00
Programming	1,047	£45,185.00	£47,610.00	£50,030.00
AI Specialist	3	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Development	81,615	£44,075.00	£46,765.00	£49,450.00
Developer	80,591	£44,030.00	£46,760.00	£49,500.00
Product Developer	777	£43,210.00	£46,625.00	£50,035.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
IT Consultant	21,578	£39,250.00	£45,035.00	£50,820.00
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 Manager	145,184	£41,670.00	£44,330.00	£46,985.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	23	£44,265.00	£44,265.00	£44,265.00
IT Support Engineer	1,382	£41,330.00	£43,790.00	£46,250.00
Database Administrator	18	£41,550.00	£43,725.00	£45,900.00
Web Developer	59	£39,655.00	£43,495.00	£47,335.00
Junior Developer	70	£39,820.00	£43,420.00	£47,020.00
IT Technician	65,756	£40,635.00	£43,355.00	£46,070.00
IT Specialist	13,928	£41,490.00	£43,285.00	£45,090.00
Technical Trainer	22	£40,885.00	£43,275.00	£45,665.00
IT Support Analyst	283	£40,600.00	£43,125.00	£45,640.00
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
Test Analyst	8	£41,375.00	£42,500.00	£43,625.00
Senior IT Technician	327	£38,845.00	£42,345.00	£45,845.00
Product	28,985	£40,100.00	£42,320.00	£44,545.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
IT Service Desk Manager	2	£39,000.00	£42,000.00	£45,000.00
Service Desk Manager	2	£39,000.00	£42,000.00	£45,000.00
IT Support	213,182	£39,050.00	£41,270.00	£43,485.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£40,440.00	£41,030.00	£41,625.00
Technical Support	844	£38,305.00	£40,915.00	£43,520.00
Operations Analyst	6	£39,165.00	£40,835.00	£42,500.00
Autodesk	9	£37,250.00	£40,625.00	£44,000.00
Laravel Developer	10	£35,625.00	£40,190.00	£44,750.00
Website	1,041	£37,120.00	£40,075.00	£43,030.00
Assistant Product Manager	21	£36,840.00	£39,850.00	£42,855.00
Service Desk	257	£36,060.00	£37,875.00	£39,690.00
Systems Officer	12	£35,410.00	£37,650.00	£39,890.00
Service Analyst	23	£35,380.00	£37,500.00	£39,615.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,468	£34,665.00	£37,115.00	£39,575.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Technical Officer	4	£35,000.00	£36,875.00	£38,750.00
2nd Line Support	41	£34,735.00	£36,660.00	£38,585.00
IT Trainer	1,532	£34,720.00	£36,625.00	£38,535.00
IT Business Development Executive	104	£31,255.00	£36,535.00	£41,815.00
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
IT Officer	24,913	£33,615.00	£36,165.00	£38,725.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£31,250.00	£35,000.00	£38,750.00
Product Planner	121	£32,005.00	£34,245.00	£36,480.00
Service Desk Analyst	35	£31,605.00	£33,765.00	£35,915.00
IT Support Executive	571	£32,445.00	£33,675.00	£34,910.00
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
It Graduate	680	£28,230.00	£30,245.00	£32,255.00
IT Helpdesk	169	£29,105.00	£30,225.00	£31,335.00
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 Trainee	5,122	£27,295.00	£29,820.00	£32,350.00
IT Support Officer	413	£28,760.00	£29,680.00	£30,605.00
IT Administrator	18,241	£27,990.00	£29,240.00	£30,490.00
Junior IT Technician	40	£27,110.00	£28,885.00	£30,655.00
IT Support Advisor	68	£27,130.00	£27,690.00	£28,250.00
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	1,077	£24,525.00	£24,935.00	£25,345.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00