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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 4,875,416 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,630,773	94.98 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	159,716	3.28 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	84,927	1.74 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 93,758 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 406,285 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	89,053	385,898
Contract	4,704	20,386

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

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is also March, and the quietest month is also 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
November 2025	32,427
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
December 2024	21,396

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	36	£116,580.00	£126,005.00	£135,425.00
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
Cloud Consultant	2	£90,000.00	£107,500.00	£125,000.00
Angular	127	£95,850.00	£106,550.00	£117,245.00
Head of Software	9	£95,500.00	£102,835.00	£110,165.00
Python Developer	242	£94,215.00	£102,635.00	£111,055.00
Java Developer	204	£91,865.00	£101,675.00	£111,495.00
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
Head of Quality	2	£85,000.00	£97,500.00	£110,000.00
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	54	£89,195.00	£94,175.00	£99,145.00
Python	687	£83,425.00	£91,835.00	£100,245.00
Head of Delivery	8	£86,090.00	£91,090.00	£96,090.00
Data Architect	67	£83,405.00	£89,940.00	£96,475.00
Business Architect	2	£82,500.00	£87,500.00	£92,500.00
Senior Software Engineer	423	£79,690.00	£86,940.00	£94,185.00
Integration Architect	7	£78,335.00	£85,835.00	£93,335.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Senior Java Developer	12	£77,150.00	£85,000.00	£92,850.00
Azure Architect	15	£77,190.00	£84,565.00	£91,940.00
Software Engineer	2,051	£75,025.00	£83,615.00	£92,200.00
Transformation Manager	11	£75,440.00	£83,000.00	£90,560.00
Solutions Architect	448	£77,425.00	£81,910.00	£86,400.00
Data Engineer	758	£74,980.00	£80,975.00	£86,970.00
Software Architect	246	£80,940.00	£80,940.00	£80,940.00
Technical Lead	393	£77,960.00	£80,680.00	£83,400.00
SAP Consultant	29	£73,610.00	£80,610.00	£87,610.00
Technical Architect	63	£76,260.00	£80,240.00	£84,210.00
Cisco Engineer	3	£75,000.00	£80,000.00	£85,000.00
DevOps Engineer	299	£71,625.00	£78,015.00	£84,400.00
Head of Operations	18	£73,000.00	£78,000.00	£83,000.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
Security Architect	40	£71,620.00	£77,250.00	£82,875.00
Transformation Lead	4	£73,750.00	£77,125.00	£80,500.00
Machine Learning Engineer	18	£66,040.00	£76,980.00	£87,920.00
Senior Product Manager	10	£71,250.00	£76,500.00	£81,750.00
Cloud Engineer	231	£69,440.00	£75,725.00	£82,000.00
Backend Developer	36	£67,525.00	£75,695.00	£83,865.00
Data Science	57	£69,550.00	£75,005.00	£80,460.00
Agile Coach	3	£60,000.00	£75,000.00	£90,000.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
Application Developer	48	£71,220.00	£74,275.00	£77,315.00
Software Developer	1,320	£68,560.00	£74,175.00	£79,785.00
Application Manager	35	£70,395.00	£74,165.00	£77,940.00
IT Director	3,083	£68,615.00	£73,680.00	£78,745.00
Data Scientist	52	£68,705.00	£73,410.00	£78,115.00
Technology Consultant	6	£65,000.00	£73,335.00	£81,665.00
Full Stack Developer	236	£66,895.00	£72,960.00	£79,030.00
Technical Product Owner	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Data Modeller	143	£66,740.00	£72,315.00	£77,890.00
Head of Service	11	£69,400.00	£72,215.00	£75,035.00
Functional Consultant	32	£64,605.00	£71,780.00	£78,960.00
Lead Developer	200	£66,770.00	£71,490.00	£76,225.00
Programme Manager	303	£66,995.00	£71,310.00	£75,620.00
JavaScript Developer	6	£65,000.00	£71,250.00	£77,500.00
Infrastructure Manager	72	£65,575.00	£70,560.00	£75,550.00
iOS Developer	2	£60,000.00	£70,000.00	£80,000.00
Microsoft Developer	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Senior Software Developer	30	£65,465.00	£69,840.00	£74,215.00
Information Security	224	£65,800.00	£69,740.00	£73,675.00
Cloud Architect	28	£64,020.00	£69,560.00	£75,105.00
Technical Project Manager	11	£65,315.00	£69,375.00	£73,440.00
Data Migration	23	£64,690.00	£69,250.00	£73,815.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	64	£65,135.00	£68,485.00	£71,835.00
Front End Developer	52	£63,290.00	£68,390.00	£73,485.00
Release Manager	8	£59,365.00	£68,130.00	£76,890.00
Technical Consultant	67	£59,420.00	£68,030.00	£76,635.00
Senior Developer	365	£63,270.00	£67,965.00	£72,665.00
Information Security Manager	33	£62,720.00	£67,770.00	£72,825.00
Data Management	414	£62,850.00	£67,400.00	£71,950.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Network Manager	38	£61,605.00	£66,455.00	£71,295.00
Test Manager	23	£64,620.00	£66,395.00	£68,170.00
Sap Project Manager	2	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security	334	£61,595.00	£66,040.00	£70,495.00
Cyber Security Engineer	20	£61,765.00	£65,920.00	£70,075.00
Delivery Manager	303	£62,555.00	£65,640.00	£68,730.00
Network Security	92	£61,510.00	£65,290.00	£69,080.00
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
Solution Designer	302	£61,140.00	£64,970.00	£68,805.00
Programme Lead	14	£57,575.00	£64,825.00	£72,075.00
Product Development Manager	2	£59,000.00	£64,500.00	£70,000.00
Technical Author	375	£64,360.00	£64,450.00	£64,540.00
Web Developer	14	£59,690.00	£64,220.00	£68,750.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£61,725.00	£64,090.00	£66,450.00
Hardware Engineer	192	£63,250.00	£63,935.00	£64,615.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£60,200.00	£63,900.00	£67,600.00
Product Owner	118	£60,005.00	£63,685.00	£67,355.00
Information Management	44	£60,475.00	£63,395.00	£66,315.00
Systems Architect	40	£62,450.00	£63,140.00	£63,830.00
Cyber Security Consultant	36	£57,050.00	£62,850.00	£68,650.00
Active Directory	13	£60,940.00	£62,375.00	£63,815.00
IT Support Team Lead	4	£58,750.00	£61,875.00	£65,000.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Business Analyst	710	£57,435.00	£61,275.00	£65,115.00
Mobile Developer	4	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Database Administrator	14	£54,750.00	£61,100.00	£67,450.00
Service Delivery Manager	27	£58,020.00	£61,020.00	£64,020.00
Database Manager	4	£57,500.00	£60,375.00	£63,250.00
Senior Analyst	143	£57,310.00	£60,350.00	£63,390.00
Hardware Designer	72	£57,825.00	£60,265.00	£62,700.00
Oracle Developer	10	£55,125.00	£60,125.00	£65,125.00
Information Analyst	2	£52,500.00	£60,000.00	£67,500.00
Software Programmer	4	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
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
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Technical Analyst	14	£56,430.00	£58,660.00	£60,895.00
Head of IT	5,061	£55,725.00	£58,635.00	£61,540.00
Software Team Leader	33	£58,500.00	£58,500.00	£58,500.00
Test Lead	39	£55,610.00	£58,295.00	£60,985.00
Bi Analyst	16	£53,890.00	£58,060.00	£62,225.00
Web Manager	6	£56,000.00	£58,000.00	£60,000.00
Cyber Security Analyst	21	£52,265.00	£57,885.00	£63,500.00
Project Analyst	10	£55,945.00	£57,655.00	£59,375.00
Network Engineer	323	£54,305.00	£57,510.00	£60,715.00
Network Security Engineer	2	£50,000.00	£57,500.00	£65,000.00
Product Management	985	£53,885.00	£57,140.00	£60,405.00
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
Salesforce Developer	6	£55,335.00	£56,165.00	£57,000.00
Systems Administrator	120	£53,140.00	£56,115.00	£59,090.00
Product Analyst	6	£51,665.00	£56,085.00	£60,500.00
IT Business Partner	1,361	£53,615.00	£56,075.00	£58,540.00
Business Relationship Manager	8	£56,000.00	£56,000.00	£56,000.00
Transition Manager	3	£55,250.00	£55,875.00	£56,500.00
Power BI Developer	13	£53,415.00	£55,835.00	£58,250.00
Systems Manager	1,527	£53,405.00	£55,660.00	£57,925.00
Embedded Software Engineer	34	£48,040.00	£55,540.00	£63,040.00
Application Support Analyst	72	£51,795.00	£55,165.00	£58,535.00
Digital Analyst	8	£55,000.00	£55,000.00	£55,000.00
IT Project Manager	5,517	£51,150.00	£54,735.00	£58,310.00
BI Developer	32	£50,010.00	£54,305.00	£58,605.00
Systems Specialist	22	£50,000.00	£54,000.00	£58,000.00
Systems Developer	347	£50,915.00	£53,955.00	£56,995.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Operations Analyst	15	£49,250.00	£53,540.00	£57,835.00
Information Security Analyst	23	£49,995.00	£53,495.00	£56,995.00
Systems Analyst	91	£49,290.00	£53,345.00	£57,400.00
Digital	3,122	£49,160.00	£52,975.00	£56,790.00
SQL Developer	9	£50,625.00	£52,815.00	£55,000.00
Programming	539	£50,205.00	£52,600.00	£54,995.00
Application Support	239	£49,245.00	£52,410.00	£55,575.00
Application Specialist	25	£50,815.00	£52,065.00	£53,315.00
Product Developer	342	£48,065.00	£52,065.00	£56,065.00
Digital Project Manager	4	£48,500.00	£52,000.00	£55,500.00
Data Analyst	263	£48,220.00	£51,715.00	£55,215.00
CRM Manager	12	£49,815.00	£51,655.00	£53,500.00
Business Systems Analyst	36	£46,470.00	£51,510.00	£56,555.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Data Analysis	73	£46,670.00	£50,455.00	£54,230.00
Quality Assurance Manager	14	£48,440.00	£50,155.00	£51,875.00
Data Insight Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Systems Officer	2	£48,000.00	£49,500.00	£51,000.00
Microsoft Dynamics AX	2	£45,000.00	£49,000.00	£53,000.00
Service Desk Manager	16	£47,300.00	£48,625.00	£49,950.00
Developer	53,432	£45,785.00	£48,410.00	£51,045.00
Development	54,033	£45,500.00	£48,160.00	£50,830.00
Firewall Engineer	4	£46,825.00	£48,075.00	£49,325.00
Service Manager	2,131	£45,195.00	£47,755.00	£50,325.00
Test Analyst	18	£45,645.00	£47,660.00	£49,680.00
Reporting Analyst	5	£43,750.00	£46,875.00	£50,000.00
IT Consultant	12,000	£41,275.00	£46,720.00	£52,165.00
Junior Developer	10	£44,000.00	£46,575.00	£49,150.00
IT Specialist	6,599	£43,500.00	£45,515.00	£47,530.00
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
IT Service Desk Manager	25	£43,785.00	£44,990.00	£46,200.00
Website	409	£41,900.00	£44,865.00	£47,830.00
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
Technical Support	269	£41,585.00	£44,575.00	£47,560.00
IT Support Analyst	373	£41,260.00	£44,380.00	£47,495.00
PHP Developer	46	£40,905.00	£44,280.00	£47,655.00
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 Manager	82,023	£41,500.00	£43,770.00	£46,045.00
Mobile Engineer	180	£39,785.00	£43,660.00	£47,535.00
Technical Account Manager	14	£40,560.00	£43,310.00	£46,060.00
Autodesk	10	£38,750.00	£42,815.00	£46,875.00
Software Tester	2	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Senior IT Technician	155	£39,140.00	£42,020.00	£44,895.00
IT Support Engineer	958	£38,125.00	£40,545.00	£42,965.00
Desktop Support Engineer	12	£39,750.00	£40,315.00	£40,875.00
Product Marketing Manager	26	£36,190.00	£39,030.00	£41,875.00
Service Desk	263	£36,435.00	£38,645.00	£40,850.00
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
Laravel Developer	3	£35,000.00	£37,500.00	£40,000.00
Project Office Support	4	£36,050.00	£37,500.00	£38,975.00
IT Field Service Engineer	875	£35,240.00	£37,450.00	£39,655.00
IT Support	112,354	£35,850.00	£37,415.00	£38,975.00
Product	27,382	£35,860.00	£37,300.00	£38,740.00
IT Business Development Executive	142	£30,360.00	£37,135.00	£43,900.00
IT Technician	18,288	£35,150.00	£36,940.00	£38,730.00
IT Officer	11,064	£34,515.00	£36,615.00	£38,720.00
Digital Account Manager	2	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Trainer	336	£33,945.00	£35,675.00	£37,410.00
Product Planner	56	£33,770.00	£35,590.00	£37,405.00
CRM Administrator	4	£34,900.00	£35,400.00	£35,900.00
2nd Line Support	51	£32,605.00	£35,010.00	£37,410.00
QA Tester	2	£32,000.00	£35,000.00	£38,000.00
Service Analyst	42	£32,680.00	£34,870.00	£37,055.00
1st Line Support	18	£31,200.00	£33,640.00	£36,085.00
IT Support Executive	31	£32,545.00	£33,630.00	£34,715.00
1st Line IT Support	16	£31,410.00	£33,620.00	£35,835.00
Support Consultant	5	£30,165.00	£32,750.00	£35,335.00
Service Desk Analyst	61	£30,995.00	£32,620.00	£34,240.00
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
IT Support Officer	159	£31,290.00	£32,385.00	£33,470.00
IT Support Technician	32	£30,350.00	£32,360.00	£34,375.00
Junior Product Manager	18	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
2nd Line Support Technician	4	£29,000.00	£31,500.00	£34,000.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	55	£30,025.00	£31,310.00	£32,585.00
Web Design	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
Systems Support Analyst	4	£29,565.00	£30,525.00	£31,500.00
Systems Coordinator	4	£29,500.00	£30,250.00	£31,000.00
Junior PHP Developer	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
Technical Administrator	11	£27,500.00	£29,665.00	£31,835.00
It Graduate	478	£27,250.00	£29,280.00	£31,320.00
IT Administrator	8,362	£27,890.00	£29,050.00	£30,220.00
IT Security Officer	18	£28,105.00	£28,305.00	£28,505.00
IT Trainee	2,380	£26,045.00	£28,100.00	£30,150.00
Junior IT Technician	6	£25,250.00	£27,375.00	£29,500.00
Trainee IT Technician	11	£26,900.00	£27,210.00	£27,510.00
Graduate Developer	55	£25,395.00	£25,395.00	£25,395.00
Graduate Software Developer	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Advisor	14	£24,675.00	£24,875.00	£25,070.00
IT Support Assistant	817	£22,855.00	£23,225.00	£23,600.00