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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 5,164,218 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,907,912	95.04 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	168,210	3.26 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	88,096	1.71 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 99,312 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 430,352 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	94,383	408,993
Contract	4,928	21,358

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

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is also January, 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
February 2026	82,182
January 2026	95,521
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

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	13	£114,375.00	£122,095.00	£129,815.00
Angular	90	£104,815.00	£115,465.00	£126,110.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	217	£97,300.00	£105,345.00	£113,390.00
Enterprise Architect	56	£91,520.00	£96,375.00	£101,225.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Python	539	£85,480.00	£94,310.00	£103,135.00
Java Developer	178	£85,560.00	£93,685.00	£101,810.00
Head of Software	4	£83,250.00	£90,500.00	£97,750.00
Data Architect	122	£81,910.00	£88,300.00	£94,690.00
Business Architect	14	£82,500.00	£87,000.00	£91,500.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Azure Architect	14	£78,440.00	£85,940.00	£93,440.00
Technical Product Owner	6	£70,475.00	£85,025.00	£99,600.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	236	£77,620.00	£84,925.00	£92,220.00
Cloud Consultant	4	£78,750.00	£83,750.00	£88,750.00
Software Engineer	1,374	£74,700.00	£83,020.00	£91,335.00
Solutions Architect	392	£77,505.00	£82,160.00	£86,815.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Security Architect	51	£75,230.00	£81,060.00	£86,885.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Architect	46	£76,385.00	£79,285.00	£82,185.00
Transformation Manager	17	£71,880.00	£78,410.00	£84,935.00
Head of Service	16	£74,485.00	£78,235.00	£81,990.00
Head of Operations	38	£73,605.00	£78,090.00	£82,570.00
Technical Lead	505	£75,000.00	£78,085.00	£81,170.00
Network Manager	12	£71,250.00	£77,815.00	£84,375.00
SAP Consultant	30	£70,695.00	£77,570.00	£84,445.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Data Engineer	759	£71,770.00	£77,460.00	£83,150.00
Technical Project Manager	15	£71,460.00	£76,875.00	£82,290.00
Software Developer	1,105	£70,860.00	£76,430.00	£81,990.00
Backend Developer	43	£68,910.00	£76,175.00	£83,435.00
Transformation Lead	11	£73,835.00	£76,085.00	£78,335.00
Application Manager	34	£70,890.00	£75,970.00	£81,050.00
Infrastructure Manager	64	£70,865.00	£75,240.00	£79,615.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Cloud Engineer	190	£68,350.00	£74,760.00	£81,155.00
Functional Consultant	33	£66,980.00	£74,390.00	£81,795.00
Hardware Engineer	328	£72,450.00	£73,940.00	£75,425.00
Data Scientist	53	£68,215.00	£73,835.00	£79,455.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	49	£70,790.00	£73,660.00	£76,530.00
Lead Developer	257	£68,890.00	£73,625.00	£78,365.00
IT Director	4,126	£67,765.00	£73,385.00	£79,000.00
Application Developer	34	£69,525.00	£73,325.00	£77,120.00
Information Security Manager	25	£67,455.00	£73,245.00	£79,030.00
Active Directory	16	£70,250.00	£72,650.00	£75,050.00
DevOps Engineer	230	£66,710.00	£72,610.00	£78,510.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Full Stack Developer	253	£65,670.00	£72,450.00	£79,225.00
Information Security	199	£68,040.00	£72,275.00	£76,515.00
Application Architect	17	£71,000.00	£71,840.00	£72,665.00
Data Modeller	208	£66,225.00	£71,740.00	£77,245.00
Cyber Security Engineer	17	£65,555.00	£71,615.00	£77,680.00
JavaScript Developer	9	£63,335.00	£70,835.00	£78,335.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Data Science	40	£65,700.00	£70,255.00	£74,805.00
Business Relationship Manager	2	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Microsoft Developer	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Programme Manager	359	£65,115.00	£69,230.00	£73,345.00
Senior Product Manager	19	£65,190.00	£68,970.00	£72,750.00
Test Manager	35	£65,135.00	£68,870.00	£72,615.00
Technical Consultant	52	£59,485.00	£68,620.00	£77,750.00
Senior Software Developer	17	£65,000.00	£68,440.00	£71,875.00
Cloud Architect	12	£61,900.00	£67,900.00	£73,900.00
Cyber Security	432	£62,995.00	£67,500.00	£72,010.00
Scrum Master	16	£61,945.00	£67,390.00	£72,835.00
Senior Developer	313	£62,530.00	£67,365.00	£72,200.00
Head of Product	8	£63,125.00	£67,315.00	£71,500.00
Network Security	63	£62,755.00	£66,660.00	£70,565.00
Solution Designer	286	£61,835.00	£66,525.00	£71,215.00
Cisco Engineer	2	£65,000.00	£66,250.00	£67,500.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Delivery Manager	293	£62,605.00	£65,735.00	£68,860.00
Agile Project Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
Programme Lead	14	£57,575.00	£64,825.00	£72,075.00
Hardware Designer	127	£62,860.00	£64,695.00	£66,530.00
Front End Developer	32	£60,040.00	£64,495.00	£68,945.00
Project Analyst	8	£62,090.00	£64,375.00	£66,665.00
Technical Author	531	£64,345.00	£64,345.00	£64,345.00
Product Owner	140	£60,385.00	£64,340.00	£68,305.00
Cyber Security Consultant	48	£57,960.00	£64,085.00	£70,205.00
Data Management	428	£60,420.00	£63,965.00	£67,510.00
Service Delivery Manager	32	£59,895.00	£62,660.00	£65,420.00
Data Migration	20	£58,225.00	£61,775.00	£65,325.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Senior Analyst	192	£59,180.00	£61,665.00	£64,150.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Business Analyst	676	£56,800.00	£60,170.00	£63,540.00
Network Engineer	271	£56,510.00	£60,035.00	£63,560.00
Systems Specialist	42	£58,335.00	£59,665.00	£61,000.00
Information Management	81	£56,355.00	£59,525.00	£62,685.00
Head of IT	6,106	£56,090.00	£59,495.00	£62,885.00
Cyber Security Analyst	17	£53,650.00	£59,415.00	£65,185.00
Oracle Developer	8	£54,500.00	£59,190.00	£63,875.00
Cyber Security Manager	12	£56,700.00	£59,150.00	£61,600.00
Mobile Developer	4	£53,750.00	£58,750.00	£63,750.00
Salesforce Developer	11	£56,815.00	£58,530.00	£60,250.00
Embedded Software Engineer	32	£50,245.00	£58,065.00	£65,885.00
Technical Services Manager	85	£55,120.00	£57,970.00	£60,815.00
Systems Administrator	92	£54,870.00	£57,805.00	£60,740.00
Software Team Leader	29	£57,750.00	£57,750.00	£57,750.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
BI Developer	28	£52,030.00	£57,375.00	£62,720.00
Product Management	1,104	£53,370.00	£57,185.00	£61,015.00
Digital Analyst	14	£55,520.00	£57,030.00	£58,550.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
SQL Developer	9	£53,750.00	£56,565.00	£59,375.00
Docker	5	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Technical Analyst	14	£53,460.00	£56,085.00	£58,710.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
IT Business Partner	1,792	£53,375.00	£55,920.00	£58,460.00
Test Lead	47	£52,730.00	£55,540.00	£58,345.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£55,250.00	£57,125.00
Application Support	222	£51,685.00	£55,035.00	£58,380.00
Information Analyst	14	£50,835.00	£55,000.00	£59,165.00
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	67	£50,290.00	£54,815.00	£59,345.00
IT Project Manager	6,686	£50,725.00	£54,675.00	£58,635.00
Digital Project Manager	2	£52,000.00	£54,500.00	£57,000.00
Application Support Analyst	40	£50,570.00	£54,280.00	£57,990.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Power BI Developer	8	£48,750.00	£53,940.00	£59,125.00
Database Administrator	8	£50,250.00	£53,915.00	£57,585.00
Systems Developer	409	£49,625.00	£53,580.00	£57,535.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Data Analyst	230	£49,460.00	£53,040.00	£56,620.00
Technical Account Manager	61	£49,570.00	£52,955.00	£56,335.00
Programming	819	£50,575.00	£52,840.00	£55,100.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Business Systems Analyst	31	£46,470.00	£51,705.00	£56,950.00
Systems Manager	2,100	£49,095.00	£51,280.00	£53,465.00
Service Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Transition Manager	1	£51,000.00	£51,000.00	£51,000.00
Data Analysis	67	£47,330.00	£50,825.00	£54,330.00
Operations Analyst	10	£47,000.00	£50,750.00	£54,500.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
CRM Manager	14	£48,850.00	£50,325.00	£51,800.00
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Digital	3,984	£46,925.00	£50,180.00	£53,430.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Web Developer	58	£46,150.00	£49,675.00	£53,200.00
Information Security Analyst	21	£46,665.00	£49,165.00	£51,665.00
SQL Database Administrator	2	£47,000.00	£48,750.00	£50,500.00
Product Developer	452	£44,655.00	£48,545.00	£52,440.00
Product Marketing Manager	15	£44,190.00	£48,530.00	£52,875.00
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
Mobile Engineer	227	£45,450.00	£48,185.00	£50,925.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Oracle Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
SQL Analyst	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Technical Support Manager	12	£45,515.00	£47,185.00	£48,850.00
Developer	67,573	£44,465.00	£47,090.00	£49,725.00
Development	67,869	£44,555.00	£47,075.00	£49,600.00
Service Manager	2,938	£44,750.00	£47,015.00	£49,290.00
Application Specialist	40	£45,385.00	£46,450.00	£47,515.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
IT Support Analyst	303	£42,335.00	£45,285.00	£48,230.00
IT Consultant	17,179	£39,510.00	£45,070.00	£50,630.00
AI Specialist	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Android Developer	2	£35,000.00	£45,000.00	£55,000.00
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
Junior Developer	57	£41,585.00	£44,645.00	£47,710.00
PHP Developer	27	£41,405.00	£44,095.00	£46,780.00
Service Desk Manager	8	£42,985.00	£43,985.00	£44,985.00
IT Specialist	9,847	£41,810.00	£43,765.00	£45,730.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
IT Manager	110,612	£40,815.00	£43,285.00	£45,745.00
Desktop Support Analyst	6	£40,835.00	£42,665.00	£44,500.00
Technical Trainer	16	£41,530.00	£42,530.00	£43,530.00
IT Service Desk Manager	17	£41,490.00	£42,340.00	£43,190.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
Website	725	£39,100.00	£41,920.00	£44,740.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Senior IT Technician	270	£38,105.00	£41,400.00	£44,690.00
Technical Support	420	£38,400.00	£41,185.00	£43,965.00
IT Support Engineer	910	£38,065.00	£40,700.00	£43,340.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£37,335.00	£40,500.00	£43,665.00
Laravel Developer	11	£35,625.00	£40,190.00	£44,750.00
Desktop Support Engineer	7	£39,665.00	£39,665.00	£39,665.00
IT Technician	42,221	£37,760.00	£39,650.00	£41,540.00
IT Support	157,863	£37,095.00	£38,775.00	£40,455.00
Service Desk	225	£36,680.00	£38,515.00	£40,345.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
Product	29,314	£36,465.00	£38,140.00	£39,815.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,570	£35,410.00	£37,880.00	£40,350.00
Service Analyst	32	£35,025.00	£37,370.00	£39,720.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
IT Business Development Executive	91	£30,540.00	£36,960.00	£43,375.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Trainer	608	£33,290.00	£35,210.00	£37,135.00
2nd Line Support	48	£32,710.00	£35,205.00	£37,700.00
IT Officer	16,226	£33,025.00	£35,085.00	£37,145.00
Product Planner	92	£33,120.00	£34,800.00	£36,475.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
Service Desk Analyst	47	£31,745.00	£33,770.00	£35,790.00
IT Support Executive	164	£32,595.00	£33,610.00	£34,625.00
IT Support Technician	52	£30,910.00	£32,685.00	£34,465.00
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
Support Consultant	6	£29,750.00	£31,875.00	£34,000.00
IT Support Officer	261	£30,820.00	£31,820.00	£32,825.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
IT Helpdesk	124	£30,350.00	£31,460.00	£32,570.00
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
1st Line Support	20	£29,450.00	£30,965.00	£32,480.00
1st Line IT Support	18	£29,660.00	£30,945.00	£32,230.00
Systems Coordinator	4	£29,500.00	£30,250.00	£31,000.00
It Graduate	543	£27,400.00	£29,290.00	£31,190.00
IT Trainee	4,186	£26,570.00	£29,225.00	£31,875.00
Technical Administrator	24	£27,210.00	£28,930.00	£30,645.00
IT Administrator	13,134	£27,545.00	£28,750.00	£29,960.00
IT Security Officer	47	£28,230.00	£28,395.00	£28,570.00
Junior IT Technician	16	£26,065.00	£27,935.00	£29,800.00
Trainee IT Technician	42	£27,070.00	£27,225.00	£27,375.00
Systems Support Analyst	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
IT Support Advisor	24	£25,240.00	£25,480.00	£25,710.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	46	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Software Developer	20	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
IT Support Agent	2	£24,750.00	£24,750.00	£24,750.00
IT Support Assistant	1,231	£23,165.00	£23,680.00	£24,200.00