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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 4,265,891 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,051,050	94.96 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	139,211	3.26 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	75,630	1.77 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 82,036 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 355,491 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	77,904	337,587
Contract	4,131	17,903

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

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is January, and the quietest month is December.

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
September 2024	35,062
August 2024	32,689
July 2024	34,958
June 2024	41,221
May 2024	46,995
April 2024	118,127
March 2024	141,400
February 2024	136,235
January 2024	141,382
December 2023	58,929
November 2023	37,954
October 2023	65,066

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	16	£104,165.00	£110,245.00	£116,330.00
Python Developer	638	£96,115.00	£107,550.00	£118,985.00
Big Data	113	£94,260.00	£102,050.00	£109,835.00
Enterprise Architect	155	£90,480.00	£96,185.00	£101,890.00
Head of Systems	11	£94,590.00	£94,790.00	£95,000.00
Docker	139	£80,040.00	£91,695.00	£103,350.00
Python	2,224	£80,560.00	£91,540.00	£102,515.00
Java Developer	1,142	£81,085.00	£91,400.00	£101,695.00
Transformation Lead	16	£89,065.00	£89,850.00	£90,625.00
Head of Technology	8	£84,785.00	£89,260.00	£93,750.00
Data Architect	253	£81,690.00	£88,120.00	£94,560.00
Solutions Architect	1,049	£81,390.00	£87,885.00	£94,385.00
Azure Architect	49	£82,375.00	£87,695.00	£93,005.00
Information Security Consultant	4	£82,500.00	£87,500.00	£92,500.00
Product Analyst	111	£75,220.00	£87,185.00	£99,155.00
Cloud Architect	85	£81,005.00	£87,055.00	£93,100.00
Data Solution Architect	21	£71,070.00	£85,180.00	£99,285.00
Security Architect	102	£79,590.00	£84,740.00	£89,890.00
Senior Java Developer	118	£70,390.00	£82,405.00	£94,420.00
Transformation Manager	82	£72,735.00	£82,185.00	£91,630.00
Technical Architect	230	£74,805.00	£81,980.00	£89,155.00
Technical Lead	471	£74,610.00	£81,485.00	£88,365.00
Head of Delivery	10	£79,440.00	£81,390.00	£83,335.00
Software Architect	26	£70,095.00	£81,285.00	£92,480.00
Software Development Manager	28	£74,010.00	£80,795.00	£87,580.00
Data Engineer	1,840	£73,680.00	£80,790.00	£87,895.00
Angular	168	£73,495.00	£80,670.00	£87,840.00
Senior Software Engineer	883	£72,030.00	£79,740.00	£87,450.00
Integration Architect	6	£72,500.00	£79,585.00	£86,665.00
Android Developer	6	£74,165.00	£77,915.00	£81,665.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£75,000.00	£77,835.00	£80,665.00
Senior Software Developer	222	£69,315.00	£77,770.00	£86,220.00
Cyber Security Consultant	127	£70,100.00	£77,715.00	£85,325.00
Head of Quality	11	£68,000.00	£77,500.00	£87,000.00
SAP Consultant	42	£73,160.00	£77,425.00	£81,690.00
Software Engineer	3,541	£67,160.00	£76,320.00	£85,475.00
Big Data Engineer	2	£75,000.00	£76,250.00	£77,500.00
Lead Developer	618	£70,925.00	£75,935.00	£80,955.00
Business Architect	72	£69,675.00	£75,800.00	£81,925.00
Machine Learning Engineer	31	£69,165.00	£75,555.00	£81,945.00
Systems Architect	11	£69,750.00	£75,500.00	£81,250.00
DevOps Engineer	862	£68,515.00	£75,175.00	£81,835.00
Application Architect	6	£68,335.00	£75,000.00	£81,665.00
Data Science	170	£67,475.00	£72,885.00	£78,300.00
Agile Project Manager	2	£67,500.00	£72,500.00	£77,500.00
Senior Infrastructure Consultant	4	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Cloud Engineer	471	£66,280.00	£72,160.00	£78,035.00
Head of Product	62	£68,840.00	£71,940.00	£75,035.00
iOS Developer	6	£65,500.00	£71,415.00	£77,335.00
Cyber Security Manager	60	£66,730.00	£71,290.00	£75,855.00
Reporting Specialist	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Oracle Consultant	22	£64,585.00	£71,145.00	£77,710.00
Head of Operations	72	£67,155.00	£71,130.00	£75,105.00
Data Migration	61	£64,405.00	£70,815.00	£77,225.00
Angular Developer	22	£66,250.00	£70,790.00	£75,335.00
Drupal Developer	8	£64,125.00	£70,690.00	£77,250.00
Head of Service	102	£66,315.00	£70,515.00	£74,720.00
Senior Developer	1,201	£64,260.00	£70,475.00	£76,690.00
Front End Developer	184	£62,365.00	£70,460.00	£78,555.00
Senior Product Manager	52	£65,810.00	£70,345.00	£74,880.00
Xamarin Developer	2	£65,000.00	£70,000.00	£75,000.00
Information Security Manager	145	£65,775.00	£69,900.00	£74,025.00
Data Scientist	149	£62,830.00	£69,840.00	£76,850.00
Cloud Consultant	23	£62,620.00	£69,345.00	£76,070.00
Embedded Software Lead	2	£62,500.00	£69,250.00	£76,000.00
Product Owner	531	£63,510.00	£69,075.00	£74,640.00
Full Stack Developer	632	£62,235.00	£68,960.00	£75,690.00
Microsoft Developer	4	£63,750.00	£68,750.00	£73,750.00
Backend Developer	32	£65,435.00	£68,600.00	£71,765.00
Data Modeller	187	£63,680.00	£68,390.00	£73,100.00
Software Developer	2,633	£61,060.00	£68,115.00	£75,170.00
Test Lead	27	£64,595.00	£67,750.00	£70,905.00
Programme Director	24	£61,060.00	£67,315.00	£73,580.00
IT Director	7,131	£62,190.00	£67,025.00	£71,860.00
Network Security	271	£62,380.00	£66,825.00	£71,280.00
Service Transition Manager	3	£60,000.00	£66,250.00	£72,500.00
Release Manager	10	£60,275.00	£66,225.00	£72,165.00
Functional Consultant	84	£58,845.00	£66,205.00	£73,560.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£62,250.00	£66,125.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security Engineer	90	£61,385.00	£65,550.00	£69,725.00
Sap Project Manager	7	£60,835.00	£65,000.00	£69,165.00
Service Delivery Lead	7	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Data Management	719	£60,765.00	£64,925.00	£69,090.00
Information Security	780	£61,460.00	£64,920.00	£68,380.00
Salesforce Developer	32	£60,825.00	£64,870.00	£68,920.00
Cyber Security	1,465	£60,605.00	£64,660.00	£68,705.00
Scrum Master	32	£61,890.00	£64,515.00	£67,135.00
Embedded Software Engineer	162	£55,920.00	£63,585.00	£71,245.00
Information Security Officer	7	£58,335.00	£63,250.00	£68,165.00
Solution Designer	317	£58,965.00	£63,235.00	£67,495.00
CRM Developer	18	£55,625.00	£63,125.00	£70,625.00
Cloud Computing	9	£61,375.00	£62,875.00	£64,375.00
Software Project Manager	25	£57,390.00	£62,615.00	£67,850.00
Technology Consultant	76	£54,020.00	£62,605.00	£71,190.00
Infrastructure Manager	240	£59,750.00	£62,600.00	£65,450.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	238	£59,710.00	£62,525.00	£65,340.00
Technical Project Manager	67	£58,385.00	£62,360.00	£66,335.00
Oracle Developer	14	£57,500.00	£62,050.00	£66,600.00
JavaScript Developer	24	£56,670.00	£61,905.00	£67,140.00
Technical Services Manager	129	£58,440.00	£61,830.00	£65,230.00
Senior Programmer	38	£58,845.00	£61,805.00	£64,755.00
Application Manager	120	£57,355.00	£61,380.00	£65,405.00
Senior Analyst	385	£56,645.00	£61,325.00	£66,005.00
Application Developer	145	£56,565.00	£61,305.00	£66,040.00
Ruby on Rails Developer	2	£52,500.00	£61,250.00	£70,000.00
Algorithm Developer	55	£45,770.00	£61,200.00	£76,630.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	27	£56,905.00	£60,920.00	£64,940.00
Laravel Developer	10	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Sharepoint Developer	6	£60,125.00	£60,500.00	£60,875.00
Network Manager	86	£57,250.00	£60,355.00	£63,465.00
Business Analyst	1,576	£55,695.00	£60,165.00	£64,630.00
Cisco Engineer	8	£56,165.00	£60,125.00	£64,085.00
Head of Development	28	£56,580.00	£60,125.00	£63,665.00
Design Programme Manager	2	£56,500.00	£59,000.00	£61,500.00
Data Controller	2	£56,700.00	£58,850.00	£61,000.00
Product Management	1,935	£54,235.00	£58,655.00	£63,075.00
Information Management	433	£56,295.00	£58,580.00	£60,865.00
Programme Manager	1,199	£55,505.00	£58,445.00	£61,385.00
Business Intelligence Manager	6	£54,165.00	£58,335.00	£62,500.00
Systems Developer	98	£53,975.00	£57,890.00	£61,805.00
Delivery Manager	770	£54,150.00	£57,345.00	£60,550.00
Digital Project Manager	33	£53,440.00	£57,065.00	£60,690.00
Network Security Engineer	36	£54,005.00	£56,905.00	£59,810.00
Cyber Security Analyst	93	£53,535.00	£56,800.00	£60,065.00
Test Manager	126	£52,415.00	£56,750.00	£61,085.00
Oracle Database	11	£51,875.00	£56,095.00	£60,315.00
Information Security Analyst	83	£52,450.00	£55,370.00	£58,295.00
Technical Consultant	156	£49,655.00	£55,365.00	£61,075.00
Transition Manager	15	£52,915.00	£55,215.00	£57,515.00
SQL Developer	59	£51,270.00	£55,065.00	£58,850.00
Data Centre Engineer	1	£53,000.00	£55,000.00	£57,000.00
IT Support Team Lead	6	£52,165.00	£55,000.00	£57,835.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Business Relationship Manager	4	£50,000.00	£54,625.00	£59,250.00
Mobile Developer	6	£48,335.00	£54,585.00	£60,835.00
Power BI Developer	46	£50,550.00	£54,515.00	£58,485.00
Head of IT	10,764	£51,405.00	£54,430.00	£57,460.00
Database Administrator	76	£51,495.00	£54,390.00	£57,285.00
Data Analysis	187	£51,040.00	£54,365.00	£57,690.00
BI Developer	106	£50,725.00	£54,325.00	£57,925.00
Service Delivery Manager	105	£51,120.00	£54,295.00	£57,480.00
Business Process Analyst	15	£52,750.00	£54,200.00	£55,650.00
Network Engineer	903	£50,335.00	£54,135.00	£57,935.00
Implementation Manager	31	£49,280.00	£54,095.00	£58,915.00
Business Intelligence Lead	2	£50,000.00	£53,750.00	£57,500.00
Programme Lead	68	£48,970.00	£53,505.00	£58,035.00
Business Systems Analyst	47	£49,390.00	£53,435.00	£57,475.00
Systems Analyst	261	£49,000.00	£53,110.00	£57,220.00
Data Analyst	635	£49,305.00	£52,585.00	£55,865.00
IT Business Partner	2,895	£49,730.00	£52,310.00	£54,890.00
MI Analyst	6	£50,135.00	£52,150.00	£54,165.00
IT Project Manager	10,516	£48,130.00	£52,075.00	£56,025.00
SQL Analyst	9	£47,500.00	£51,875.00	£56,250.00
Database Manager	29	£47,535.00	£51,670.00	£55,810.00
Technical Account Manager	42	£47,485.00	£51,620.00	£55,750.00
Information Analyst	51	£47,855.00	£51,395.00	£54,930.00
MySQL	7	£47,500.00	£51,375.00	£55,250.00
Oracle DBA	5	£50,000.00	£51,250.00	£52,500.00
Business Intelligence Developer	13	£48,030.00	£50,960.00	£53,890.00
Bi Analyst	12	£47,715.00	£50,655.00	£53,595.00
Technical Analyst	139	£47,455.00	£50,600.00	£53,735.00
Systems Specialist	25	£47,610.00	£50,410.00	£53,205.00
Operations Analyst	89	£46,735.00	£50,165.00	£53,590.00
Application Support	740	£46,870.00	£50,155.00	£53,440.00
QA Tester	2	£47,500.00	£50,000.00	£52,500.00
PHP Developer	214	£44,745.00	£49,860.00	£54,980.00
Product Marketing Manager	15	£46,050.00	£49,675.00	£53,300.00
Hardware Designer	9	£42,000.00	£49,595.00	£57,190.00
Application Packager	9	£48,400.00	£49,590.00	£50,790.00
Programming	1,813	£45,870.00	£49,470.00	£53,065.00
Application Support Analyst	248	£46,035.00	£49,415.00	£52,800.00
Quality Assurance Manager	15	£45,800.00	£49,350.00	£52,900.00
Web Developer	177	£44,235.00	£49,145.00	£54,050.00
CRM Manager	45	£45,640.00	£49,135.00	£52,625.00
IT Service Desk Manager	95	£46,925.00	£49,135.00	£51,350.00
Service Desk Manager	95	£46,925.00	£49,135.00	£51,350.00
Product Developer	870	£46,060.00	£48,715.00	£51,365.00
Digital Analyst	23	£42,180.00	£48,355.00	£54,535.00
Database Developer	19	£44,320.00	£48,340.00	£52,355.00
Systems Support Analyst	20	£44,590.00	£48,160.00	£51,730.00
Business Intelligence Analyst	6	£43,835.00	£47,835.00	£51,835.00
Network Analyst	36	£43,470.00	£47,655.00	£51,835.00
Active Directory	195	£45,460.00	£47,175.00	£48,890.00
Technical Author	169	£43,910.00	£47,135.00	£50,360.00
Application Specialist	34	£44,245.00	£46,870.00	£49,495.00
Systems Administrator	304	£42,680.00	£46,480.00	£50,285.00
Systems Manager	1,765	£43,455.00	£46,250.00	£49,045.00
Hardware Engineer	55	£41,000.00	£45,885.00	£50,770.00
PMO Analyst	51	£43,240.00	£45,465.00	£47,690.00
Service Manager	5,436	£43,240.00	£45,400.00	£47,565.00
IT Consultant	26,800	£40,620.00	£44,925.00	£49,235.00
Test Analyst	79	£41,970.00	£44,805.00	£47,650.00
Digital	5,483	£40,760.00	£43,980.00	£47,200.00
Reporting Analyst	22	£39,775.00	£43,515.00	£47,260.00
Technical Trainer	17	£40,500.00	£43,345.00	£46,190.00
Front End Web Developer	4	£34,000.00	£43,250.00	£52,500.00
Development	126,608	£40,325.00	£43,120.00	£45,915.00
Developer	126,390	£40,325.00	£43,110.00	£45,900.00
Soft Services Manager	10	£41,465.00	£43,025.00	£44,590.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	26	£40,410.00	£42,445.00	£44,485.00
ICT Manager	80	£37,990.00	£42,285.00	£46,575.00
Assistant Product Manager	4	£39,500.00	£42,125.00	£44,750.00
Implementation Consultant	11	£38,500.00	£42,065.00	£45,625.00
Website	1,519	£38,540.00	£42,015.00	£45,485.00
Data Insights Lead	2	£42,000.00	£42,000.00	£42,000.00
IT Security Officer	136	£38,935.00	£41,925.00	£44,920.00
Service Desk Team Lead	6	£37,500.00	£41,250.00	£45,000.00
Web Design	11	£37,200.00	£41,200.00	£45,200.00
Web Designer	11	£37,200.00	£41,200.00	£45,200.00
IT Manager	185,344	£38,410.00	£40,735.00	£43,070.00
Senior IT Technician	385	£37,560.00	£40,730.00	£43,905.00
Support Consultant	66	£36,830.00	£40,715.00	£44,595.00
Mobile Engineer	821	£38,175.00	£40,310.00	£42,440.00
IT Support Analyst	1,052	£37,580.00	£40,100.00	£42,620.00
Technical Support	1,125	£37,500.00	£39,960.00	£42,420.00
CRM Analyst	2	£37,550.00	£39,625.00	£41,725.00
DotNET Developer	5	£31,500.00	£39,500.00	£47,500.00
IT Specialist	20,423	£37,305.00	£38,995.00	£40,685.00
Software Tester	11	£34,375.00	£38,750.00	£43,125.00
Indexer	2	£38,250.00	£38,250.00	£38,250.00
IT Support Engineer	2,071	£35,215.00	£37,770.00	£40,325.00
Network Administrator	7	£35,350.00	£37,740.00	£40,125.00
Wordpress	33	£32,495.00	£37,515.00	£42,530.00
Wordpress Developer	18	£32,975.00	£37,350.00	£41,725.00
Technical Officer	32	£34,440.00	£37,045.00	£39,650.00
Technical Team Leader	50	£34,660.00	£36,930.00	£39,210.00
Autodesk	14	£32,250.00	£36,780.00	£41,315.00
Web Analyst	17	£32,775.00	£36,665.00	£40,560.00
Product	37,040	£34,550.00	£36,505.00	£38,460.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,636	£34,415.00	£36,305.00	£38,190.00
Exhibition Designer	9	£32,915.00	£36,250.00	£39,585.00
Desktop Support Engineer	122	£34,250.00	£35,915.00	£37,580.00
GIS Specialist	10	£35,750.00	£35,750.00	£35,750.00
Digital Account Manager	35	£32,095.00	£35,515.00	£38,925.00
Instructional Designer	18	£32,385.00	£35,490.00	£38,600.00
IT Officer	40,916	£32,755.00	£35,060.00	£37,360.00
Application Tester	2	£35,000.00	£35,000.00	£35,000.00
Junior PHP Developer	4	£31,750.00	£35,000.00	£38,250.00
Systems Officer	20	£32,385.00	£34,810.00	£37,240.00
CSS Developer	2	£27,000.00	£34,750.00	£42,500.00
HTML Developer	4	£27,000.00	£34,750.00	£42,500.00
Service Desk	1,252	£32,865.00	£34,580.00	£36,295.00
IT Trainer	1,425	£31,810.00	£34,060.00	£36,305.00
Project Office Support	23	£32,455.00	£33,955.00	£35,455.00
2nd Line Support	425	£31,675.00	£33,610.00	£35,550.00
Product Planner	212	£30,245.00	£32,920.00	£35,590.00
Junior Developer	72	£30,185.00	£32,835.00	£35,485.00
CRM Administrator	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Solutions Analyst	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
Magento Developer	2	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Support	177,393	£31,155.00	£32,455.00	£33,755.00
IT Technician	20,257	£30,295.00	£32,190.00	£34,090.00
EPOS	7	£31,000.00	£32,165.00	£33,335.00
IT Helpdesk	526	£31,055.00	£32,025.00	£32,995.00
Graduate Software Developer	6	£29,835.00	£31,750.00	£33,665.00
Telecoms Engineer	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
It Graduate	1,863	£28,795.00	£31,285.00	£33,785.00
Cabling Engineer	2	£27,500.00	£31,250.00	£35,000.00
Project Analyst	7	£29,500.00	£31,085.00	£32,665.00
Systems Coordinator	10	£29,335.00	£30,940.00	£32,560.00
IT Business Development Executive	613	£27,955.00	£30,890.00	£33,825.00
Programme Support Officer	10	£30,240.00	£30,800.00	£31,340.00
Graduate Developer	24	£28,725.00	£30,725.00	£32,730.00
Service Analyst	233	£29,105.00	£30,460.00	£31,820.00
Service Desk Analyst	310	£28,475.00	£29,860.00	£31,245.00
IT Support Technician	234	£27,490.00	£29,410.00	£31,325.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£28,000.00	£29,000.00	£30,000.00
CRM Consultant	2	£20,000.00	£29,000.00	£38,000.00
Desktop Support Analyst	2	£27,500.00	£29,000.00	£30,500.00
IT Support Executive	368	£28,240.00	£28,925.00	£29,605.00
IT Support Officer	1,087	£27,380.00	£28,545.00	£29,715.00
1st Line IT Support	205	£26,640.00	£28,500.00	£30,365.00
1st Line Support	205	£26,640.00	£28,500.00	£30,365.00
IT Administrator	27,125	£26,705.00	£27,860.00	£29,015.00
Technical Administrator	95	£26,475.00	£27,555.00	£28,640.00
1st Line IT Support Technician	4	£26,500.00	£27,250.00	£28,000.00
1st Line Technician	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
IT Trainee	6,350	£24,635.00	£26,305.00	£27,965.00
Junior IT Technician	22	£24,700.00	£26,250.00	£27,800.00
Graduate Analyst	3	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Agent	53	£24,310.00	£24,860.00	£25,400.00
IT Support Advisor	586	£24,010.00	£24,575.00	£25,145.00
Trainee IT Technician	31	£21,675.00	£23,420.00	£25,160.00
Bid Assistant	2	£22,000.00	£22,750.00	£23,500.00
Performance Officer	2	£22,250.00	£22,250.00	£22,250.00
IT Support Assistant	1,940	£20,700.00	£21,250.00	£21,800.00