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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 5,664,134 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,387,543	95.12 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	182,774	3.23 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	93,817	1.66 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 108,926 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 472,011 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	103,606	448,961
Contract	5,319	23,049

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: September 2026

Jobs listed

79,707

Up 23.1% vs last year

Average salary

£52,840.00

Down 1.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

1,507

Down 28.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£540.00

Up 5.7% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: September 2026

Jobs listed

518

Down 35.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£510.00

Up 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
September 2026	79,707
August 2026	51,007
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

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	16	£116,460.00	£125,110.00	£133,750.00
Software Programmer	1	£110,000.00	£125,000.00	£140,000.00
Python Developer	77	£100,955.00	£108,305.00	£115,660.00
Cloud Architect	10	£98,750.00	£106,875.00	£115,000.00
Head of Software	2	£95,000.00	£102,500.00	£110,000.00
Enterprise Architect	100	£94,105.00	£101,495.00	£108,880.00
Azure Architect	22	£93,105.00	£97,930.00	£102,750.00
Data Solution Architect	2	£80,000.00	£96,250.00	£112,500.00
Data Architect	169	£84,070.00	£90,315.00	£96,555.00
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
Security Architect	78	£83,375.00	£87,845.00	£92,320.00
Angular	4	£87,500.00	£87,500.00	£87,500.00
Python	371	£78,465.00	£87,215.00	£95,965.00
Solutions Architect	419	£79,910.00	£86,025.00	£92,135.00
Software Architect	96	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
Software Development Manager	4	£83,500.00	£84,125.00	£84,750.00
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	27	£77,395.00	£82,475.00	£87,555.00
Technical Architect	47	£76,825.00	£81,750.00	£86,675.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Infrastructure Manager	93	£74,805.00	£79,735.00	£84,665.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	87	£74,825.00	£79,460.00	£84,085.00
Senior Software Engineer	206	£73,380.00	£79,400.00	£85,420.00
IT Director	5,386	£72,335.00	£78,860.00	£85,385.00
Technical Lead	400	£73,390.00	£78,260.00	£83,125.00
Information Security	211	£73,365.00	£77,985.00	£82,605.00
Transformation Lead	15	£74,800.00	£77,800.00	£80,800.00
Head of Quality	8	£74,835.00	£77,750.00	£80,665.00
Functional Consultant	45	£71,365.00	£77,415.00	£83,465.00
Information Security Manager	18	£71,945.00	£76,860.00	£81,765.00
Software Engineer	1,239	£69,830.00	£76,495.00	£83,150.00
Systems Architect	2	£70,000.00	£76,250.00	£82,500.00
SAP Consultant	20	£69,700.00	£76,225.00	£82,750.00
Senior Product Manager	27	£70,500.00	£75,255.00	£80,015.00
Head of Service	40	£70,185.00	£75,195.00	£80,210.00
Scrum Master	12	£67,670.00	£74,645.00	£81,625.00
Solution Designer	445	£68,935.00	£74,140.00	£79,340.00
Data Modeller	303	£69,085.00	£73,730.00	£78,365.00
Data Scientist	63	£67,440.00	£73,295.00	£79,150.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Transformation Manager	35	£68,225.00	£73,110.00	£78,000.00
Test Manager	41	£67,070.00	£72,545.00	£78,020.00
DevOps Engineer	168	£66,615.00	£72,470.00	£78,325.00
Integration Architect	26	£67,400.00	£72,400.00	£77,400.00
Data Engineer	802	£66,920.00	£72,090.00	£77,260.00
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
Java Developer	98	£66,480.00	£71,965.00	£77,445.00
Head of Operations	91	£67,605.00	£71,390.00	£75,170.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Application Developer	51	£65,300.00	£70,795.00	£76,285.00
Cloud Engineer	231	£64,645.00	£70,795.00	£76,935.00
Technical Project Manager	16	£65,355.00	£70,645.00	£75,930.00
CRM Developer	3	£67,500.00	£70,625.00	£73,750.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
Programme Manager	433	£65,400.00	£70,300.00	£75,190.00
Network Security	108	£65,555.00	£70,110.00	£74,660.00
JavaScript Developer	3	£60,000.00	£70,000.00	£80,000.00
Sap Project Manager	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security	617	£65,305.00	£69,550.00	£73,810.00
Senior Developer	248	£63,425.00	£69,390.00	£75,350.00
Software Developer	772	£64,175.00	£68,765.00	£73,350.00
Data Management	468	£63,550.00	£68,670.00	£73,785.00
Lead Developer	377	£64,535.00	£68,300.00	£72,055.00
Data Science	47	£61,550.00	£67,855.00	£74,165.00
Application Manager	77	£63,590.00	£67,770.00	£71,945.00
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
Cyber Security Manager	19	£64,375.00	£66,815.00	£69,250.00
Full Stack Developer	187	£60,695.00	£66,800.00	£72,900.00
Senior Java Developer	4	£57,650.00	£66,750.00	£75,850.00
Head of Technology	5	£60,140.00	£66,665.00	£73,190.00
Product Owner	221	£62,625.00	£66,390.00	£70,155.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security Consultant	20	£57,530.00	£65,700.00	£73,865.00
Delivery Manager	353	£61,800.00	£65,580.00	£69,350.00
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
Hardware Engineer	335	£63,000.00	£64,550.00	£66,100.00
Senior Programmer	3	£60,000.00	£64,000.00	£68,000.00
Head of IT	7,704	£60,295.00	£63,955.00	£67,615.00
Service Delivery Manager	24	£59,640.00	£63,445.00	£67,250.00
Embedded Software Engineer	37	£55,535.00	£63,270.00	£71,010.00
Technical Services Manager	164	£59,075.00	£63,260.00	£67,450.00
Software Team Leader	68	£62,625.00	£62,625.00	£62,625.00
Senior Analyst	213	£60,165.00	£62,555.00	£64,945.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Oracle Developer	3	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Active Directory	15	£59,535.00	£62,385.00	£65,235.00
Systems Analyst	57	£50,160.00	£62,230.00	£74,305.00
Front End Developer	18	£56,815.00	£61,735.00	£66,650.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Database Developer	2	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Mobile Developer	4	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Network Engineer	255	£56,505.00	£61,250.00	£65,990.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Technical Consultant	60	£55,105.00	£60,785.00	£66,460.00
Network Manager	23	£57,235.00	£60,690.00	£64,140.00
Programme Lead	7	£53,825.00	£60,675.00	£67,515.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
BI Developer	20	£54,895.00	£60,395.00	£65,895.00
Product Marketing Manager	28	£53,990.00	£60,335.00	£66,665.00
Hardware Designer	167	£59,010.00	£60,195.00	£61,385.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Data Controller	2	£59,500.00	£59,500.00	£59,500.00
Cyber Security Analyst	31	£55,125.00	£59,190.00	£63,255.00
Technical Account Manager	124	£55,250.00	£59,020.00	£62,785.00
Business Analyst	706	£55,805.00	£58,965.00	£62,125.00
Technology Consultant	21	£48,735.00	£58,615.00	£68,500.00
Data Migration	65	£54,770.00	£58,445.00	£62,115.00
Systems Developer	440	£53,695.00	£58,095.00	£62,485.00
SQL Developer	9	£52,815.00	£57,030.00	£61,250.00
IT Business Partner	2,535	£53,850.00	£56,885.00	£59,915.00
Test Lead	37	£53,385.00	£56,370.00	£59,345.00
Product Management	1,629	£52,600.00	£56,140.00	£59,680.00
IT Project Manager	8,370	£51,705.00	£56,090.00	£60,475.00
Head of Development	11	£53,500.00	£55,895.00	£58,290.00
Product Analyst	5	£51,250.00	£55,625.00	£60,000.00
Technical Author	571	£54,520.00	£55,230.00	£55,945.00
Digital Analyst	10	£51,770.00	£55,155.00	£58,550.00
Wordpress	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Wordpress Developer	1	£50,000.00	£55,000.00	£60,000.00
Application Support	203	£51,255.00	£54,790.00	£58,325.00
Technical Analyst	22	£51,970.00	£54,655.00	£57,345.00
Information Management	180	£52,000.00	£54,490.00	£56,985.00
Data Analyst	239	£50,050.00	£54,205.00	£58,365.00
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
CRM Manager	36	£47,190.00	£50,415.00	£53,645.00
Business Systems Analyst	10	£44,815.00	£50,375.00	£55,940.00
Systems Administrator	95	£46,975.00	£50,205.00	£53,445.00
IT Service Desk Manager	6	£45,465.00	£50,090.00	£54,715.00
Service Desk Manager	6	£45,465.00	£50,090.00	£54,715.00
PHP Developer	17	£46,000.00	£50,050.00	£54,100.00
AI Specialist	1	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Data Analysis	62	£46,955.00	£49,760.00	£52,565.00
Bi Analyst	16	£47,800.00	£49,590.00	£51,375.00
Reporting Analyst	22	£47,635.00	£49,510.00	£51,385.00
Implementation Consultant	20	£44,815.00	£49,480.00	£54,145.00
Quality Assurance Manager	9	£47,085.00	£49,165.00	£51,250.00
Systems Manager	2,451	£46,660.00	£48,890.00	£51,130.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
Digital	5,111	£45,660.00	£48,510.00	£51,360.00
Programming	1,024	£45,130.00	£47,875.00	£50,615.00
Service Manager	3,725	£45,465.00	£47,770.00	£50,085.00
Mobile Engineer	327	£44,505.00	£47,705.00	£50,910.00
Systems Specialist	34	£45,500.00	£47,170.00	£48,845.00
Support Consultant	19	£42,930.00	£47,080.00	£51,230.00
Application Support Analyst	40	£43,655.00	£46,875.00	£50,090.00
Development	88,027	£44,185.00	£46,860.00	£49,535.00
Developer	89,402	£44,075.00	£46,850.00	£49,625.00
Product Developer	906	£43,125.00	£46,235.00	£49,340.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
IT Consultant	20,251	£39,570.00	£45,130.00	£50,695.00
Telecoms Engineer	3	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
PMO Analyst	4	£43,750.00	£44,750.00	£45,750.00
IT Support Engineer	1,478	£42,240.00	£44,735.00	£47,235.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
IT Manager	156,064	£41,690.00	£44,435.00	£47,180.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	23	£44,265.00	£44,265.00	£44,265.00
IT Technician	75,363	£41,455.00	£44,250.00	£47,035.00
IT Support Analyst	294	£40,975.00	£43,820.00	£46,660.00
Database Administrator	18	£41,550.00	£43,725.00	£45,900.00
Junior Developer	70	£39,820.00	£43,420.00	£47,020.00
Technical Trainer	20	£40,730.00	£43,405.00	£46,080.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
IT Specialist	15,774	£40,755.00	£42,685.00	£44,615.00
MySQL	12	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Test Analyst	8	£41,375.00	£42,500.00	£43,625.00
Product	29,852	£40,165.00	£42,455.00	£44,745.00
Senior IT Technician	316	£39,185.00	£42,415.00	£45,645.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Web Developer	57	£38,085.00	£42,195.00	£46,300.00
Application Specialist	34	£40,980.00	£42,115.00	£43,240.00
IT Support	223,239	£39,185.00	£41,475.00	£43,765.00
Technical Support	1,012	£38,665.00	£41,370.00	£44,075.00
Operations Analyst	4	£38,750.00	£41,250.00	£43,750.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£40,440.00	£41,030.00	£41,625.00
Assistant Product Manager	10	£37,965.00	£40,725.00	£43,480.00
Laravel Developer	10	£35,625.00	£40,190.00	£44,750.00
Technical Officer	6	£38,275.00	£39,790.00	£41,310.00
Website	1,122	£36,925.00	£39,765.00	£42,615.00
Autodesk	7	£36,335.00	£39,165.00	£42,000.00
2nd Line Support	35	£35,960.00	£38,290.00	£40,620.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,599	£35,045.00	£37,505.00	£39,965.00
IT Trainer	1,602	£35,455.00	£37,335.00	£39,220.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
IT Support Technician	59	£33,905.00	£36,660.00	£39,415.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Systems Officer	18	£33,725.00	£36,070.00	£38,420.00
Service Desk	285	£34,440.00	£36,060.00	£37,675.00
IT Business Development Executive	144	£31,225.00	£35,865.00	£40,505.00
IT Officer	26,600	£33,255.00	£35,770.00	£38,285.00
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
Service Analyst	20	£32,255.00	£34,200.00	£36,140.00
Product Planner	152	£31,985.00	£34,125.00	£36,265.00
Service Desk Analyst	35	£31,605.00	£33,765.00	£35,915.00
IT Support Executive	596	£32,200.00	£33,425.00	£34,655.00
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
IT Security Officer	77	£31,350.00	£31,550.00	£31,745.00
Project Office Support	2	£31,000.00	£31,000.00	£31,000.00
Systems Coordinator	13	£29,030.00	£30,905.00	£32,780.00
EPOS	16	£30,150.00	£30,815.00	£31,485.00
IT Helpdesk	169	£29,120.00	£30,225.00	£31,340.00
Technical Administrator	77	£28,830.00	£30,110.00	£31,395.00
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 Graduate	675	£28,150.00	£29,985.00	£31,820.00
IT Trainee	5,085	£27,365.00	£29,700.00	£32,035.00
IT Support Officer	474	£28,720.00	£29,680.00	£30,640.00
IT Administrator	20,352	£28,135.00	£29,340.00	£30,545.00
Junior IT Technician	48	£27,310.00	£29,020.00	£30,725.00
Bid Assistant	4	£26,500.00	£28,000.00	£29,500.00
Trainee IT Technician	60	£27,540.00	£27,940.00	£28,340.00
IT Support Advisor	86	£27,220.00	£27,815.00	£28,410.00
Graduate Developer	46	£25,430.00	£25,570.00	£25,715.00
IT Support Assistant	1,088	£25,040.00	£25,505.00	£25,965.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	33	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00