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 5,200,298 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,942,790	95.05 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	169,038	3.25 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	88,470	1.70 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 100,006 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 433,358 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	95,053	411,899
Contract	4,952	21,458

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

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

Last 12 Month Permanent UK IT Jobs

Permanent IT Jobs

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

102,502

Up 118.2% vs last year

Average salary

£52,905.00

Down 2.3% vs last year

Last 12 Month UK Contract IT Jobs

Inside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

2,707

Up 68.5% vs last year

Average day rate

£520.00

Up 6.0% vs last year

Outside IR35

Latest month: March 2026

Jobs listed

1,112

Up 68.2% vs last year

Average day rate

£505.00

Down 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
March 2026	102,502
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

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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	83	£105,415.00	£115,990.00	£126,565.00
Software Development Manager	12	£106,250.00	£112,500.00	£118,750.00
Python Developer	206	£96,765.00	£104,905.00	£113,045.00
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	525	£85,840.00	£94,135.00	£102,430.00
Java Developer	171	£85,495.00	£93,835.00	£102,175.00
Data Architect	140	£84,510.00	£90,995.00	£97,485.00
Head of Software	4	£83,250.00	£90,500.00	£97,750.00
Business Architect	16	£82,500.00	£87,125.00	£91,750.00
Integration Architect	9	£78,750.00	£86,875.00	£95,000.00
Senior Software Engineer	226	£79,035.00	£86,000.00	£92,955.00
Azure Architect	16	£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
Cloud Consultant	4	£78,750.00	£83,750.00	£88,750.00
Software Engineer	1,339	£74,245.00	£82,475.00	£90,700.00
Solutions Architect	399	£77,170.00	£82,090.00	£87,010.00
Software Architect	266	£81,465.00	£81,465.00	£81,465.00
Security Architect	55	£75,355.00	£81,125.00	£86,890.00
Technical Architect	49	£77,175.00	£80,115.00	£83,060.00
Cisco Specialist	2	£80,000.00	£80,000.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Manager	16	£73,030.00	£79,355.00	£85,690.00
Technical Project Manager	12	£72,750.00	£78,750.00	£84,750.00
Head of Service	16	£74,485.00	£78,235.00	£81,990.00
Network Manager	12	£71,250.00	£77,815.00	£84,375.00
Senior Java Developer	6	£66,500.00	£77,500.00	£88,500.00
Backend Developer	45	£70,520.00	£77,435.00	£84,345.00
SAP Consultant	35	£71,075.00	£77,015.00	£82,950.00
Data Engineer	790	£71,150.00	£76,935.00	£82,715.00
Transformation Lead	11	£75,500.00	£76,915.00	£78,335.00
Technical Lead	511	£73,485.00	£76,335.00	£79,195.00
Head of Operations	40	£72,000.00	£75,945.00	£79,895.00
Infrastructure Manager	64	£70,865.00	£75,240.00	£79,615.00
Application Manager	44	£69,810.00	£75,000.00	£80,190.00
CRM Developer	1	£70,000.00	£75,000.00	£80,000.00
Functional Consultant	31	£68,165.00	£74,940.00	£81,710.00
Information Security Manager	31	£69,530.00	£74,815.00	£80,100.00
Cloud Engineer	184	£68,065.00	£74,490.00	£80,915.00
Hardware Engineer	348	£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	264	£68,960.00	£73,655.00	£78,360.00
Application Architect	19	£72,190.00	£73,600.00	£75,000.00
IT Director	4,281	£67,875.00	£73,335.00	£78,790.00
Software Developer	1,092	£68,040.00	£73,040.00	£78,040.00
Application Developer	38	£68,810.00	£72,970.00	£77,120.00
Full Stack Developer	245	£66,040.00	£72,730.00	£79,425.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	2	£70,000.00	£72,500.00	£75,000.00
Head of Product	12	£67,065.00	£72,490.00	£77,925.00
Information Security	210	£68,155.00	£72,365.00	£76,575.00
Active Directory	18	£70,035.00	£72,285.00	£74,535.00
DevOps Engineer	225	£66,120.00	£71,775.00	£77,430.00
Data Modeller	214	£65,770.00	£71,725.00	£77,675.00
Test Manager	33	£66,940.00	£70,955.00	£74,975.00
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
Senior Software Developer	13	£66,200.00	£69,500.00	£72,800.00
Solution Designer	295	£64,810.00	£69,280.00	£73,750.00
Cloud Architect	10	£62,375.00	£68,625.00	£74,875.00
Senior Product Manager	22	£64,770.00	£68,155.00	£71,540.00
Programme Manager	368	£63,200.00	£68,100.00	£73,005.00
Cyber Security	448	£63,315.00	£67,875.00	£72,450.00
Senior Developer	301	£63,005.00	£67,825.00	£72,640.00
Cyber Security Engineer	17	£61,915.00	£67,815.00	£73,715.00
Sharepoint Consultant	2	£60,000.00	£67,500.00	£75,000.00
Scrum Master	16	£61,945.00	£67,390.00	£72,835.00
Technical Consultant	49	£58,315.00	£67,075.00	£75,830.00
Network Security	68	£62,940.00	£67,065.00	£71,195.00
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	305	£62,555.00	£65,930.00	£69,300.00
Programme Lead	13	£58,440.00	£65,690.00	£72,940.00
Technical Author	505	£65,470.00	£65,470.00	£65,470.00
Agile Project Manager	2	£60,000.00	£65,000.00	£70,000.00
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 Designer	129	£63,015.00	£64,855.00	£66,690.00
Data Management	430	£61,045.00	£64,765.00	£68,480.00
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
Cyber Security Consultant	48	£57,960.00	£64,085.00	£70,205.00
Product Owner	140	£59,530.00	£63,690.00	£67,850.00
Cyber Security Manager	16	£60,585.00	£62,835.00	£65,085.00
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
Business Intelligence Developer	2	£55,000.00	£61,250.00	£67,500.00
Senior Analyst	202	£57,950.00	£60,660.00	£63,365.00
Digital Product Manager	4	£55,000.00	£60,625.00	£66,250.00
Network Engineer	272	£57,110.00	£60,570.00	£64,030.00
Head of IT	6,268	£56,865.00	£60,290.00	£63,710.00
Business Analyst	680	£56,270.00	£59,790.00	£63,310.00
Oracle Developer	6	£54,335.00	£59,750.00	£65,165.00
Information Management	90	£56,400.00	£59,465.00	£62,530.00
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	35	£50,360.00	£58,405.00	£66,445.00
Systems Administrator	92	£55,150.00	£57,900.00	£60,655.00
Software Team Leader	29	£57,750.00	£57,750.00	£57,750.00
Technical Services Manager	93	£55,030.00	£57,660.00	£60,285.00
Systems Architect	5	£54,800.00	£57,550.00	£60,325.00
Web Manager	3	£55,000.00	£57,500.00	£60,000.00
Product Management	1,166	£53,605.00	£57,455.00	£61,315.00
Cyber Security Analyst	20	£52,150.00	£57,415.00	£62,685.00
Test Lead	49	£54,445.00	£57,210.00	£59,970.00
Digital Analyst	14	£55,520.00	£57,030.00	£58,550.00
BI Developer	30	£52,070.00	£56,995.00	£61,915.00
Network Administrator	4	£56,250.00	£56,875.00	£57,500.00
SQL Developer	9	£53,750.00	£56,565.00	£59,375.00
Systems Specialist	44	£55,375.00	£56,375.00	£57,375.00
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	1,888	£53,140.00	£55,645.00	£58,150.00
Head of Development	10	£53,375.00	£55,250.00	£57,125.00
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
Application Support	225	£50,885.00	£54,225.00	£57,560.00
IT Project Manager	6,798	£50,215.00	£54,165.00	£58,115.00
Product Analyst	4	£51,250.00	£54,125.00	£57,000.00
Data Analyst	239	£50,195.00	£53,930.00	£57,665.00
Systems Developer	428	£49,605.00	£53,355.00	£57,100.00
Systems Analyst	59	£48,605.00	£53,205.00	£57,810.00
Programming	864	£50,780.00	£53,115.00	£55,445.00
CRM Manager	12	£51,690.00	£53,095.00	£54,500.00
Power BI Developer	10	£49,375.00	£53,000.00	£56,625.00
Release Manager	2	£50,875.00	£52,450.00	£54,000.00
Application Support Analyst	37	£48,770.00	£52,315.00	£55,865.00
Product Marketing Manager	21	£48,015.00	£52,160.00	£56,300.00
Database Administrator	8	£49,500.00	£51,815.00	£54,125.00
Data Analysis	63	£48,095.00	£51,480.00	£54,870.00
Technical Account Manager	74	£47,905.00	£51,370.00	£54,830.00
Systems Manager	2,169	£49,165.00	£51,330.00	£53,500.00
Operations Analyst	10	£47,000.00	£50,750.00	£54,500.00
PMO Analyst	2	£50,000.00	£50,750.00	£51,500.00
Data Centre Engineer	2	£46,000.00	£50,500.00	£55,000.00
Digital	4,136	£47,110.00	£50,375.00	£53,640.00
Product Development Manager	2	£45,550.00	£50,250.00	£54,975.00
Reporting Analyst	21	£48,435.00	£50,210.00	£51,985.00
Business Systems Analyst	23	£44,455.00	£50,020.00	£55,585.00
Implementation Manager	2	£50,000.00	£50,000.00	£50,000.00
Web Developer	60	£46,230.00	£49,620.00	£53,005.00
Mobile Engineer	248	£46,370.00	£49,305.00	£52,245.00
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
Bi Analyst	21	£46,240.00	£48,420.00	£50,600.00
Application Specialist	42	£47,335.00	£48,250.00	£49,165.00
Database Manager	2	£45,000.00	£48,250.00	£51,500.00
ERP Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Oracle Consultant	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Performance Analyst	17	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
SQL Analyst	4	£45,000.00	£47,500.00	£50,000.00
Service Manager	3,026	£44,920.00	£47,215.00	£49,515.00
Technical Support Manager	12	£45,515.00	£47,185.00	£48,850.00
Product Developer	490	£43,350.00	£46,980.00	£50,610.00
PHP Developer	25	£43,750.00	£46,820.00	£49,895.00
Developer	69,200	£44,095.00	£46,775.00	£49,470.00
Development	69,503	£44,190.00	£46,760.00	£49,335.00
Test Analyst	14	£44,750.00	£46,290.00	£47,835.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£46,150.00	£46,150.00	£46,150.00
Junior Developer	55	£42,400.00	£45,775.00	£49,150.00
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 Consultant	17,417	£39,010.00	£44,590.00	£50,160.00
Service Desk Manager	8	£42,985.00	£43,985.00	£44,985.00
IT Specialist	10,014	£41,675.00	£43,600.00	£45,530.00
Systems Officer	6	£41,950.00	£43,350.00	£44,750.00
IT Manager	114,709	£40,805.00	£43,295.00	£45,785.00
IT Support Analyst	311	£40,375.00	£43,130.00	£45,870.00
Technical Trainer	19	£41,730.00	£42,815.00	£43,895.00
Desktop Support Analyst	6	£40,835.00	£42,665.00	£44,500.00
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	767	£39,085.00	£41,715.00	£44,345.00
Technical Support	514	£39,040.00	£41,690.00	£44,330.00
Autodesk	10	£37,875.00	£41,565.00	£45,250.00
Senior IT Technician	278	£37,880.00	£41,290.00	£44,700.00
Desktop Support Engineer	8	£41,250.00	£41,250.00	£41,250.00
IT Support Engineer	1,034	£38,365.00	£41,070.00	£43,790.00
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
IT Technician	44,085	£38,130.00	£40,185.00	£42,240.00
IT Support	162,597	£37,175.00	£38,845.00	£40,515.00
Product	29,962	£37,050.00	£38,600.00	£40,160.00
Junior Java Developer	2	£37,500.00	£38,250.00	£39,000.00
IT Business Development Executive	97	£30,865.00	£37,730.00	£44,590.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,646	£35,185.00	£37,700.00	£40,220.00
Service Desk	231	£35,730.00	£37,500.00	£39,265.00
Service Analyst	32	£35,025.00	£37,370.00	£39,720.00
IT Trainer	1,042	£34,840.00	£37,140.00	£39,440.00
Software Tester	2	£35,000.00	£37,000.00	£39,000.00
Digital Account Manager	9	£35,000.00	£36,500.00	£38,000.00
2nd Line Support	48	£33,375.00	£35,755.00	£38,140.00
Exhibition Designer	1	£33,000.00	£35,500.00	£38,000.00
IT Support Technician	56	£33,530.00	£35,310.00	£37,085.00
IT Officer	16,898	£33,005.00	£35,085.00	£37,170.00
Product Planner	92	£33,120.00	£34,800.00	£36,475.00
Support Consultant	8	£31,835.00	£34,750.00	£37,665.00
Project Office Support	6	£33,525.00	£34,250.00	£34,990.00
IT Support Executive	181	£32,955.00	£33,960.00	£34,965.00
Service Desk Analyst	47	£31,745.00	£33,770.00	£35,790.00
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
IT Support Officer	271	£30,860.00	£31,860.00	£32,855.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
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
IT Trainee	4,728	£27,745.00	£30,690.00	£33,635.00
Systems Coordinator	6	£28,835.00	£29,750.00	£30,665.00
It Graduate	545	£27,565.00	£29,475.00	£31,385.00
IT Helpdesk	128	£28,515.00	£29,250.00	£29,985.00
IT Administrator	13,437	£27,585.00	£28,815.00	£30,050.00
Technical Administrator	30	£27,040.00	£28,690.00	£30,345.00
IT Security Officer	50	£28,355.00	£28,520.00	£28,695.00
Junior IT Technician	20	£25,980.00	£27,850.00	£29,720.00
Trainee IT Technician	46	£27,265.00	£27,465.00	£27,655.00
Systems Support Analyst	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
IT Support Advisor	26	£25,565.00	£25,875.00	£26,180.00
Computer Science Graduate	4	£25,000.00	£25,000.00	£25,000.00
Graduate Developer	42	£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	1,213	£23,845.00	£24,205.00	£24,565.00