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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 5,444,040 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	5,175,996	95.08 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	176,674	3.25 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	91,370	1.68 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 104,693 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 453,670 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	99,538	431,332
Contract	5,154	22,336

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: June 2026

Jobs listed

67,860

Up 15.8% vs last year

Average salary

£54,200.00

Up 1.0% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

2,972

Up 62.8% vs last year

Average day rate

£530.00

Up 6.3% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: June 2026

Jobs listed

1,100

Up 53.0% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 2.1% 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
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
September 2025	50,492
August 2025	44,736
July 2025	34,627

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The Highest Paying IT Jobs

Role Title	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Head of Data	20	£113,595.00	£121,550.00	£129,500.00
Angular	42	£101,000.00	£109,250.00	£117,500.00
Head of Software	2	£95,000.00	£102,500.00	£110,000.00
Python Developer	132	£95,325.00	£102,155.00	£108,990.00
Software Development Manager	14	£93,165.00	£97,750.00	£102,335.00
Enterprise Architect	87	£91,115.00	£97,080.00	£103,045.00
Head of Product	5	£92,475.00	£96,425.00	£100,390.00
Big Data	2	£90,000.00	£96,250.00	£102,500.00
Sharepoint Developer	1	£85,000.00	£90,000.00	£95,000.00
Python	447	£81,310.00	£89,720.00	£98,130.00
Data Architect	161	£83,735.00	£89,520.00	£95,305.00
Azure Architect	21	£82,540.00	£89,415.00	£96,290.00
Software Architect	217	£85,700.00	£85,700.00	£85,700.00
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
Business Architect	18	£79,165.00	£84,190.00	£89,210.00
Security Architect	63	£79,210.00	£84,155.00	£89,100.00
Solutions Architect	433	£78,115.00	£83,370.00	£88,620.00
Head of Technology	2	£70,150.00	£83,200.00	£96,250.00
Cloud Consultant	6	£79,375.00	£83,125.00	£86,875.00
Senior Software Engineer	243	£75,250.00	£82,700.00	£90,145.00
Android Developer	2	£72,500.00	£82,500.00	£92,500.00
Programme Lead	3	£70,000.00	£82,500.00	£95,000.00
Head of Service	30	£76,170.00	£82,230.00	£88,290.00
Java Developer	122	£74,440.00	£81,600.00	£88,750.00
Cloud Architect	10	£72,500.00	£80,625.00	£88,750.00
Software Engineer	1,450	£72,255.00	£80,125.00	£87,990.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Technical Architect	46	£75,395.00	£79,410.00	£83,420.00
Transformation Lead	11	£78,000.00	£78,835.00	£79,665.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£72,750.00	£78,750.00	£84,750.00
Technical Lead	487	£74,800.00	£78,680.00	£82,560.00
Backend Developer	47	£71,685.00	£78,590.00	£85,495.00
Integration Architect	14	£72,450.00	£78,075.00	£83,700.00
Transformation Manager	33	£71,825.00	£78,035.00	£84,250.00
Infrastructure Manager	94	£72,530.00	£77,275.00	£82,015.00
SAP Consultant	29	£71,035.00	£76,625.00	£82,215.00
IT Director	5,231	£70,165.00	£76,275.00	£82,385.00
Functional Consultant	37	£70,445.00	£76,155.00	£81,865.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	91	£71,875.00	£75,705.00	£79,535.00
Information Security Manager	32	£70,310.00	£75,555.00	£80,800.00
Data Scientist	65	£70,445.00	£75,540.00	£80,635.00
Data Engineer	854	£69,730.00	£75,520.00	£81,300.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
IT Support Team Lead	2	£67,500.00	£73,750.00	£80,000.00
Data Modeller	280	£68,100.00	£73,630.00	£79,155.00
Information Security	198	£68,990.00	£73,325.00	£77,665.00
Software Developer	980	£68,200.00	£73,210.00	£78,210.00
Network Security Engineer	3	£70,000.00	£73,125.00	£76,250.00
Application Developer	48	£67,415.00	£71,915.00	£76,405.00
Senior Product Manager	29	£67,285.00	£71,755.00	£76,230.00
DevOps Engineer	216	£65,890.00	£71,355.00	£76,810.00
Programme Manager	423	£66,675.00	£71,300.00	£75,915.00
Microsoft Developer	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Technical Consultant	49	£63,730.00	£71,240.00	£78,745.00
Scrum Master	14	£65,135.00	£70,915.00	£76,700.00
Cloud Engineer	241	£64,890.00	£70,850.00	£76,800.00
Senior Software Developer	15	£68,335.00	£70,665.00	£73,000.00
Quality Assurance Manager	4	£68,750.00	£70,625.00	£72,500.00
Test Manager	45	£66,280.00	£70,535.00	£74,795.00
Head of Operations	62	£66,960.00	£70,485.00	£74,010.00
Application Architect	37	£69,095.00	£70,425.00	£71,750.00
Application Manager	79	£66,025.00	£70,280.00	£74,530.00
JavaScript Developer	7	£62,500.00	£70,000.00	£77,500.00
Sap Project Manager	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Hardware Engineer	341	£68,710.00	£69,985.00	£71,265.00
Lead Developer	331	£65,510.00	£69,815.00	£74,120.00
Solution Designer	478	£64,995.00	£69,705.00	£74,415.00
Head of Quality	2	£69,500.00	£69,500.00	£69,500.00
Full Stack Developer	225	£63,215.00	£69,380.00	£75,540.00
Senior Developer	289	£63,665.00	£68,965.00	£74,250.00
Cyber Security	560	£63,625.00	£68,360.00	£73,100.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£60,265.00	£68,000.00	£75,735.00
Network Security	104	£63,700.00	£67,955.00	£72,215.00
Active Directory	20	£65,030.00	£67,530.00	£70,030.00
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
Salesforce Developer	12	£65,450.00	£67,325.00	£69,200.00
Data Management	455	£62,715.00	£66,815.00	£70,915.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	4	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Delivery Manager	356	£62,155.00	£65,875.00	£69,590.00
Front End Developer	24	£59,155.00	£65,435.00	£71,715.00
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
Product Owner	218	£60,925.00	£64,895.00	£68,865.00
Cyber Security Engineer	19	£59,095.00	£64,430.00	£69,765.00
Data Science	37	£57,870.00	£63,270.00	£68,675.00
Service Delivery Manager	26	£60,220.00	£62,890.00	£65,555.00
Application Integrator	4	£60,000.00	£62,500.00	£65,000.00
Head of IT	7,500	£58,495.00	£62,260.00	£66,020.00
Cyber Security Manager	16	£59,750.00	£61,790.00	£63,835.00
Cyber Security Consultant	36	£54,885.00	£61,735.00	£68,580.00
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Mobile Developer	2	£57,500.00	£61,250.00	£65,000.00
Technical Author	586	£60,945.00	£61,060.00	£61,180.00
Cyber Security Analyst	28	£55,230.00	£60,930.00	£66,635.00
Cisco Engineer	6	£53,335.00	£60,835.00	£68,335.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Hardware Designer	147	£58,730.00	£60,465.00	£62,205.00
Network Engineer	298	£56,535.00	£60,440.00	£64,335.00
Senior Analyst	238	£58,135.00	£60,425.00	£62,715.00
Software Team Leader	29	£60,250.00	£60,250.00	£60,250.00
Embedded Software Engineer	41	£52,235.00	£60,095.00	£67,960.00
Oracle Consultant	5	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Technical Account Manager	82	£55,565.00	£59,495.00	£63,425.00
Information Management	120	£55,685.00	£58,985.00	£62,280.00
Network Manager	12	£55,825.00	£58,975.00	£62,125.00
Business Analyst	723	£55,695.00	£58,920.00	£62,145.00
Data Migration	36	£53,845.00	£58,195.00	£62,540.00
Technical Services Manager	115	£54,925.00	£58,035.00	£61,145.00
Oracle Developer	7	£53,500.00	£57,665.00	£61,835.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Test Lead	44	£54,545.00	£57,360.00	£60,175.00
BI Developer	28	£52,370.00	£57,350.00	£62,330.00
Technical Analyst	15	£54,290.00	£56,980.00	£59,665.00
IT Business Partner	2,465	£54,140.00	£56,910.00	£59,670.00
Product Management	1,400	£52,815.00	£56,590.00	£60,365.00
Technology Consultant	18	£45,635.00	£56,065.00	£66,500.00
Product Analyst	5	£51,250.00	£55,625.00	£60,000.00
Application Support	229	£51,825.00	£55,275.00	£58,720.00
Digital Analyst	16	£53,415.00	£55,125.00	£56,840.00
IT Project Manager	7,811	£50,965.00	£55,075.00	£59,190.00
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	62	£49,660.00	£54,100.00	£58,545.00
Data Analyst	251	£50,130.00	£53,975.00	£57,820.00
Systems Developer	454	£50,475.00	£53,905.00	£57,330.00
Systems Administrator	94	£51,045.00	£53,615.00	£56,185.00
Head of Development	9	£51,080.00	£53,205.00	£55,330.00
Docker	9	£48,750.00	£53,125.00	£57,500.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
SQL Developer	10	£49,065.00	£52,780.00	£56,500.00
Product Marketing Manager	25	£47,515.00	£52,635.00	£57,750.00
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
CRM Manager	32	£50,055.00	£52,150.00	£54,250.00
Data Analysis	54	£48,640.00	£52,030.00	£55,430.00
Systems Specialist	50	£49,710.00	£51,520.00	£53,335.00
Systems Manager	2,603	£49,170.00	£51,280.00	£53,395.00
Application Support Analyst	37	£47,470.00	£50,400.00	£53,330.00
Product Development Manager	4	£45,550.00	£50,250.00	£54,975.00
Business Systems Analyst	14	£44,215.00	£50,000.00	£55,785.00
Digital	4,987	£46,725.00	£49,785.00	£52,845.00
Service Desk Manager	4	£48,215.00	£49,715.00	£51,215.00
IT Service Desk Manager	6	£47,975.00	£49,390.00	£50,810.00
Reporting Analyst	25	£46,780.00	£48,965.00	£51,155.00
Information Security Analyst	19	£47,215.00	£48,885.00	£50,550.00
Bi Analyst	20	£45,240.00	£48,170.00	£51,100.00
Mobile Engineer	279	£44,925.00	£47,990.00	£51,055.00
AI Specialist	3	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Service Manager	3,552	£45,280.00	£47,490.00	£49,715.00
Web Developer	63	£43,455.00	£47,370.00	£51,285.00
PHP Developer	20	£44,585.00	£47,335.00	£50,085.00
Implementation Consultant	10	£44,125.00	£47,250.00	£50,375.00
Development	79,715	£44,520.00	£47,160.00	£49,800.00
Developer	80,866	£44,400.00	£47,100.00	£49,815.00
Product Developer	689	£43,560.00	£47,015.00	£50,460.00
Programming	998	£44,480.00	£46,815.00	£49,140.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Implementation Manager	26	£45,000.00	£46,250.00	£47,500.00
Database Administrator	19	£43,800.00	£46,225.00	£48,650.00
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 Consultant	21,847	£39,170.00	£44,980.00	£50,795.00
PMO Analyst	4	£43,750.00	£44,750.00	£45,750.00
SQL Database Administrator	10	£42,335.00	£44,585.00	£46,835.00
IT Manager	142,083	£41,555.00	£44,215.00	£46,875.00
IT Specialist	13,200	£42,020.00	£43,930.00	£45,855.00
Technical Trainer	24	£41,240.00	£43,230.00	£45,220.00
IT Support Engineer	1,338	£40,460.00	£43,130.00	£45,810.00
IT Support Analyst	308	£40,545.00	£43,110.00	£45,665.00
Performance Analyst	26	£40,000.00	£42,915.00	£45,835.00
Junior Developer	57	£39,835.00	£42,750.00	£45,665.00
Application Specialist	26	£41,810.00	£42,500.00	£43,190.00
MySQL	6	£40,000.00	£42,500.00	£45,000.00
Website	917	£39,235.00	£42,285.00	£45,335.00
Senior IT Technician	308	£38,705.00	£42,275.00	£45,845.00
Desktop Support Analyst	4	£39,500.00	£42,250.00	£45,000.00
IT Solutions Analyst	16	£42,225.00	£42,225.00	£42,225.00
IT Technician	60,619	£39,545.00	£42,025.00	£44,500.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Technical Support	778	£38,410.00	£41,040.00	£43,665.00
Desktop Support Engineer	10	£40,440.00	£41,030.00	£41,625.00
Operations Analyst	6	£39,165.00	£40,835.00	£42,500.00
Product	31,213	£38,870.00	£40,820.00	£42,770.00
Support Consultant	15	£36,665.00	£40,750.00	£44,835.00
Assistant Product Manager	17	£37,335.00	£40,500.00	£43,665.00
IT Support	208,885	£38,420.00	£40,485.00	£42,550.00
Laravel Developer	13	£35,500.00	£39,650.00	£43,800.00
Systems Officer	10	£36,365.00	£38,600.00	£40,840.00
Service Desk	241	£35,830.00	£37,755.00	£39,685.00
IT Field Service Engineer	2,386	£34,800.00	£37,300.00	£39,810.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Technical Officer	4	£35,000.00	£36,875.00	£38,750.00
IT Business Development Executive	95	£31,045.00	£36,685.00	£42,320.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Trainer	1,543	£34,625.00	£36,500.00	£38,375.00
Service Analyst	27	£33,895.00	£36,250.00	£38,600.00
Project Analyst	12	£34,390.00	£35,940.00	£37,500.00
IT Officer	20,860	£33,500.00	£35,530.00	£37,570.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Technician	59	£33,500.00	£35,415.00	£37,330.00
2nd Line Support	44	£32,840.00	£34,950.00	£37,060.00
IT Support Executive	522	£33,330.00	£34,475.00	£35,625.00
Product Planner	107	£32,385.00	£34,455.00	£36,520.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
Service Desk Analyst	41	£31,265.00	£33,420.00	£35,565.00
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
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
Systems Coordinator	11	£29,125.00	£31,065.00	£33,000.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£30,000.00	£31,000.00	£32,000.00
IT Support Officer	383	£29,470.00	£30,350.00	£31,225.00
IT Security Officer	61	£30,015.00	£30,160.00	£30,305.00
IT Trainee	5,479	£27,255.00	£30,035.00	£32,815.00
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 Helpdesk	153	£28,530.00	£29,485.00	£30,440.00
It Graduate	684	£27,600.00	£29,430.00	£31,255.00
IT Administrator	16,555	£27,870.00	£29,150.00	£30,425.00
EPOS	12	£28,165.00	£29,040.00	£29,915.00
Junior IT Technician	34	£27,180.00	£28,995.00	£30,800.00
Technical Administrator	41	£27,405.00	£28,945.00	£30,490.00
Trainee IT Technician	67	£27,215.00	£27,565.00	£27,910.00
IT Support Advisor	48	£26,315.00	£26,880.00	£27,445.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	52	£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
IT Support Assistant	1,174	£24,225.00	£24,590.00	£24,950.00