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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 4,953,367 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,705,224	94.99 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	162,296	3.28 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	85,847	1.73 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 95,257 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 412,781 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	90,485	392,102
Contract	4,771	20,678

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 also March, 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
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
January 2025	30,982

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	17	£116,995.00	£124,060.00	£131,120.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Application Integrator	3	£100,650.00	£109,550.00	£118,425.00
Angular	113	£98,500.00	£109,205.00	£119,910.00
Cloud Consultant	2	£90,000.00	£107,500.00	£125,000.00
Head of Software	9	£95,500.00	£102,835.00	£110,165.00
Python Developer	231	£92,600.00	£100,810.00	£109,020.00
Head of Software Development	2	£90,000.00	£100,000.00	£110,000.00
Head of Technology	2	£91,625.00	£99,625.00	£107,625.00
Java Developer	196	£87,625.00	£96,975.00	£106,330.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Oracle Consultant	2	£87,500.00	£96,250.00	£105,000.00
Enterprise Architect	56	£88,945.00	£93,360.00	£97,770.00
Python	611	£84,735.00	£93,180.00	£101,625.00
Head of Delivery	6	£86,125.00	£92,190.00	£98,250.00
Data Architect	63	£82,970.00	£89,475.00	£95,980.00
Business Architect	8	£82,500.00	£87,500.00	£92,500.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	316	£78,800.00	£86,450.00	£94,095.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£74,835.00	£83,750.00	£92,665.00
Software Engineer	1,682	£74,360.00	£82,825.00	£91,285.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Solutions Architect	435	£76,845.00	£81,305.00	£85,775.00
Technical Architect	50	£77,185.00	£80,430.00	£83,670.00
Head of Operations	20	£74,585.00	£80,210.00	£85,835.00
Transformation Manager	9	£73,165.00	£80,125.00	£87,090.00
Data Engineer	725	£73,925.00	£80,005.00	£86,085.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Lead	426	£76,535.00	£79,470.00	£82,410.00
Machine Learning Engineer	12	£65,565.00	£79,460.00	£93,350.00
SAP Consultant	31	£71,945.00	£78,805.00	£85,665.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Lead	4	£73,750.00	£77,125.00	£80,500.00
Functional Consultant	28	£71,065.00	£77,095.00	£83,125.00
Cloud Engineer	219	£70,265.00	£76,850.00	£83,425.00
Software Developer	1,190	£70,465.00	£75,975.00	£81,485.00
Azure Architect	8	£69,375.00	£75,625.00	£81,875.00
Data Science	40	£70,455.00	£75,495.00	£80,540.00
DevOps Engineer	264	£69,265.00	£75,260.00	£81,240.00
Security Architect	38	£70,095.00	£75,245.00	£80,395.00
Agile Coach	3	£60,000.00	£75,000.00	£90,000.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Technology Consultant	9	£61,250.00	£75,000.00	£88,750.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
Application Manager	34	£70,210.00	£74,565.00	£78,915.00
Lead Developer	206	£69,805.00	£74,355.00	£78,915.00
IT Director	3,315	£69,170.00	£74,285.00	£79,400.00
Data Scientist	54	£69,105.00	£73,895.00	£78,690.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Backend Developer	39	£65,385.00	£73,655.00	£81,920.00
Application Developer	44	£70,365.00	£72,700.00	£75,025.00
Data Modeller	159	£66,580.00	£72,550.00	£78,520.00
Infrastructure Manager	74	£67,565.00	£72,195.00	£76,825.00
Full Stack Developer	249	£65,835.00	£71,930.00	£78,025.00
Cloud Architect	22	£65,945.00	£71,375.00	£76,805.00
Information Security Manager	32	£66,040.00	£71,335.00	£76,630.00
JavaScript Developer	6	£65,000.00	£71,250.00	£77,500.00
Information Security	215	£66,150.00	£70,950.00	£75,750.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	59	£67,500.00	£70,755.00	£74,025.00
Network Manager	23	£64,585.00	£70,550.00	£76,515.00
Microsoft Developer	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Head of Service	6	£67,800.00	£69,975.00	£72,150.00
Technical Project Manager	13	£64,750.00	£69,500.00	£74,250.00
Senior Software Developer	24	£65,295.00	£69,255.00	£73,215.00
Release Manager	4	£59,540.00	£68,850.00	£78,150.00
Front End Developer	45	£63,890.00	£68,715.00	£73,535.00
Programme Manager	277	£64,385.00	£68,575.00	£72,760.00
Hardware Engineer	229	£68,105.00	£68,500.00	£68,900.00
Technical Consultant	63	£59,585.00	£68,155.00	£76,720.00
Senior Developer	327	£63,200.00	£67,840.00	£72,485.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Solution Designer	286	£62,695.00	£67,310.00	£71,930.00
Test Manager	15	£64,085.00	£66,985.00	£69,890.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	6	£64,485.00	£66,890.00	£69,300.00
Data Migration	18	£62,835.00	£66,875.00	£70,915.00
Technical Product Owner	4	£60,700.00	£66,300.00	£71,900.00
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
Hardware Designer	110	£64,160.00	£65,905.00	£67,645.00
Delivery Manager	243	£62,035.00	£65,835.00	£69,625.00
Cyber Security	343	£61,130.00	£65,515.00	£69,905.00
Cyber Security Engineer	14	£60,970.00	£65,265.00	£69,555.00
Senior Product Manager	6	£62,500.00	£65,250.00	£68,000.00
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
Technical Author	321	£64,830.00	£64,940.00	£65,050.00
Programme Lead	14	£57,575.00	£64,825.00	£72,075.00
Data Management	356	£61,045.00	£64,750.00	£68,460.00
Product Development Manager	2	£59,000.00	£64,500.00	£70,000.00
Product Owner	130	£60,390.00	£64,475.00	£68,560.00
Cyber Security Consultant	41	£58,725.00	£64,450.00	£70,175.00
Web Developer	14	£59,690.00	£64,220.00	£68,750.00
Active Directory	14	£62,690.00	£64,065.00	£65,440.00
Information Management	59	£60,045.00	£63,380.00	£66,715.00
Network Security	96	£59,870.00	£63,300.00	£66,740.00
Service Delivery Manager	30	£58,540.00	£61,760.00	£64,985.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Cyber Security Manager	14	£58,500.00	£61,585.00	£64,665.00
Database Administrator	12	£56,565.00	£61,375.00	£66,190.00
Senior Analyst	158	£58,250.00	£61,285.00	£64,315.00
Systems Architect	12	£59,900.00	£61,275.00	£62,665.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Mobile Developer	6	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Business Analyst	698	£57,080.00	£60,925.00	£64,765.00
Cyber Security Analyst	9	£54,875.00	£60,875.00	£66,875.00
Head of IT	5,190	£57,340.00	£60,415.00	£63,490.00
Database Manager	4	£57,500.00	£60,375.00	£63,250.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
Software Programmer	2	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Scrum Master	8	£57,500.00	£59,625.00	£61,750.00
Technical Services Manager	36	£56,020.00	£58,880.00	£61,735.00
Technical Analyst	12	£56,665.00	£58,855.00	£61,040.00
Digital Product Manager	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Software Team Leader	31	£58,500.00	£58,500.00	£58,500.00
Network Engineer	295	£55,065.00	£58,275.00	£61,485.00
Product Management	898	£54,670.00	£58,000.00	£61,335.00
Web Manager	6	£56,000.00	£58,000.00	£60,000.00
Test Lead	36	£55,510.00	£57,970.00	£60,435.00
Project Analyst	10	£55,945.00	£57,655.00	£59,375.00
Network Security Engineer	2	£50,000.00	£57,500.00	£65,000.00
Head of Development	7	£54,500.00	£57,000.00	£59,500.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
Embedded Software Engineer	33	£48,795.00	£56,750.00	£64,705.00
Power BI Developer	10	£53,125.00	£56,750.00	£60,375.00
IT Business Partner	1,431	£54,100.00	£56,415.00	£58,735.00
Information Analyst	8	£51,250.00	£56,250.00	£61,250.00
Systems Administrator	113	£53,290.00	£56,075.00	£58,855.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
Information Security Analyst	21	£51,830.00	£55,830.00	£59,830.00
IT Project Manager	5,279	£51,940.00	£55,810.00	£59,670.00
Operations Analyst	10	£51,100.00	£55,750.00	£60,400.00
Digital Analyst	8	£55,000.00	£55,000.00	£55,000.00
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
BI Developer	26	£50,405.00	£54,420.00	£58,440.00
Application Support	228	£51,060.00	£54,265.00	£57,475.00
Data Analyst	230	£50,045.00	£53,980.00	£57,915.00
Application Support Analyst	68	£50,205.00	£53,870.00	£57,540.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Systems Analyst	84	£49,025.00	£53,540.00	£58,065.00
Systems Developer	402	£49,845.00	£53,400.00	£56,945.00
Systems Manager	1,631	£50,785.00	£53,230.00	£55,680.00
SQL Developer	9	£50,625.00	£52,815.00	£55,000.00
Application Specialist	25	£50,815.00	£52,065.00	£53,315.00
Quality Assurance Manager	10	£49,585.00	£51,875.00	£54,165.00
Business Systems Analyst	35	£46,655.00	£51,820.00	£56,990.00
Digital	3,291	£48,415.00	£51,780.00	£55,135.00
CRM Manager	12	£49,815.00	£51,655.00	£53,500.00
Reporting Analyst	10	£49,125.00	£51,440.00	£53,750.00
Programming	570	£49,115.00	£51,245.00	£53,375.00
Data Analysis	75	£47,565.00	£51,125.00	£54,685.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Product Developer	303	£46,750.00	£50,990.00	£55,230.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Technical Account Manager	20	£46,670.00	£49,855.00	£53,045.00
Mobile Engineer	175	£44,850.00	£48,805.00	£52,765.00
Product Analyst	4	£45,000.00	£48,500.00	£52,000.00
Service Manager	2,425	£45,975.00	£48,450.00	£50,930.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
Developer	57,271	£45,070.00	£47,630.00	£50,195.00
Development	58,120	£45,130.00	£47,565.00	£50,015.00
Bi Analyst	19	£44,995.00	£47,455.00	£49,920.00
Service Desk Manager	14	£45,740.00	£47,080.00	£48,425.00
IT Consultant	13,255	£41,250.00	£46,725.00	£52,200.00
Junior Developer	10	£44,000.00	£46,575.00	£49,150.00
Test Analyst	16	£44,215.00	£46,070.00	£47,930.00
PHP Developer	40	£42,735.00	£45,660.00	£48,585.00
IT Specialist	7,704	£43,485.00	£45,385.00	£47,285.00
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
Website	451	£41,755.00	£44,870.00	£47,985.00
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
IT Service Desk Manager	23	£43,575.00	£44,680.00	£45,785.00
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	343	£40,960.00	£43,940.00	£46,915.00
IT Manager	85,826	£41,260.00	£43,630.00	£45,995.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
Autodesk	10	£38,750.00	£42,815.00	£46,875.00
Technical Support	278	£39,590.00	£42,275.00	£44,955.00
Senior IT Technician	188	£38,655.00	£41,700.00	£44,740.00
Laravel Developer	7	£35,835.00	£41,085.00	£46,335.00
IT Support Engineer	820	£37,985.00	£40,660.00	£43,345.00
Desktop Support Engineer	12	£39,750.00	£40,315.00	£40,875.00
Software Tester	4	£37,500.00	£39,750.00	£42,000.00
Product Marketing Manager	26	£36,190.00	£39,030.00	£41,875.00
IT Field Service Engineer	934	£36,580.00	£38,835.00	£41,090.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£36,500.00	£38,250.00	£40,000.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Support	126,610	£36,595.00	£38,230.00	£39,860.00
Product	26,587	£36,530.00	£38,105.00	£39,680.00
IT Technician	27,582	£36,010.00	£37,960.00	£39,915.00
IT Business Development Executive	139	£30,720.00	£37,920.00	£45,120.00
Service Desk	254	£35,135.00	£36,920.00	£38,705.00
IT Officer	11,818	£34,415.00	£36,510.00	£38,605.00
Digital Account Manager	7	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
2nd Line Support	62	£33,395.00	£35,795.00	£38,200.00
Product Planner	58	£33,435.00	£35,270.00	£37,110.00
IT Trainer	372	£33,350.00	£35,075.00	£36,800.00
Service Analyst	42	£32,380.00	£34,290.00	£36,205.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
1st Line Support	18	£31,200.00	£33,640.00	£36,085.00
1st Line IT Support	16	£31,410.00	£33,620.00	£35,835.00
IT Support Executive	51	£32,515.00	£33,495.00	£34,480.00
IT Support Officer	177	£32,340.00	£33,380.00	£34,410.00
IT Support Technician	30	£30,825.00	£32,755.00	£34,690.00
Support Consultant	7	£29,835.00	£32,585.00	£35,335.00
Technical Support Manager	2	£32,550.00	£32,550.00	£32,550.00
Service Desk Team Lead	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Service Desk Analyst	69	£30,945.00	£32,495.00	£34,035.00
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
IT Helpdesk	64	£29,660.00	£31,070.00	£32,475.00
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
Technical Administrator	11	£27,500.00	£29,665.00	£31,835.00
IT Administrator	9,240	£27,985.00	£29,250.00	£30,515.00
It Graduate	464	£26,960.00	£28,905.00	£30,860.00
IT Security Officer	31	£28,465.00	£28,630.00	£28,795.00
IT Trainee	2,600	£26,065.00	£28,355.00	£30,635.00
Trainee IT Technician	17	£27,195.00	£27,425.00	£27,650.00
Junior IT Technician	6	£25,250.00	£27,375.00	£29,500.00
Systems Support Analyst	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
IT Support Advisor	20	£25,225.00	£25,570.00	£25,910.00
Graduate Developer	51	£25,395.00	£25,395.00	£25,395.00
Graduate Software Developer	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Assistant	1,087	£23,175.00	£23,570.00	£23,970.00