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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 4,727,348 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,489,043	94.96 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	155,087	3.28 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	83,218	1.76 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 90,911 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 393,946 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	86,328	374,087
Contract	4,582	19,858

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

The busiest month for new contract IT Jobs is September, 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
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
November 2024	71,845
October 2024	104,996
September 2024	35,062
August 2024	32,689

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	£113,665.00	£125,860.00	£138,050.00
Big Data	10	£114,740.00	£119,790.00	£124,825.00
Application Integrator	5	£100,650.00	£109,550.00	£118,425.00
Docker	61	£92,835.00	£105,110.00	£117,375.00
Head of Software	11	£96,625.00	£102,440.00	£108,250.00
Angular	148	£91,270.00	£101,875.00	£112,475.00
Head of Software Development	4	£95,000.00	£100,625.00	£106,250.00
Head of Technology	2	£91,625.00	£99,625.00	£107,625.00
Enterprise Architect	49	£93,590.00	£98,475.00	£103,355.00
Java Developer	250	£88,950.00	£98,325.00	£107,710.00
Python Developer	326	£88,515.00	£98,180.00	£107,840.00
Azure Architect	7	£85,000.00	£93,500.00	£102,000.00
Python	1,095	£83,215.00	£92,395.00	£101,580.00
Head of Delivery	8	£86,090.00	£91,090.00	£96,090.00
Data Architect	79	£83,845.00	£90,410.00	£96,970.00
Cloud Consultant	8	£79,165.00	£88,750.00	£98,335.00
Oracle Database	1	£85,000.00	£85,000.00	£85,000.00
Integration Architect	5	£73,750.00	£83,125.00	£92,500.00
Machine Learning Engineer	83	£72,775.00	£82,780.00	£92,780.00
Senior Software Engineer	619	£74,565.00	£82,110.00	£89,650.00
Solutions Architect	562	£77,335.00	£81,795.00	£86,265.00
Data Engineer	1,028	£74,945.00	£81,425.00	£87,900.00
Senior Java Developer	15	£73,585.00	£81,165.00	£88,750.00
Technical Architect	96	£76,655.00	£80,920.00	£85,180.00
Software Engineer	2,792	£72,595.00	£80,875.00	£89,145.00
Transformation Manager	21	£73,555.00	£80,665.00	£87,780.00
SAP Consultant	33	£74,500.00	£80,425.00	£86,350.00
Technical Lead	317	£75,550.00	£79,150.00	£82,755.00
DevOps Engineer	446	£71,240.00	£78,735.00	£86,230.00
Security Architect	57	£71,940.00	£77,530.00	£83,120.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
Transformation Lead	4	£73,750.00	£77,125.00	£80,500.00
Senior Programmer	9	£72,400.00	£76,775.00	£81,150.00
Cloud Engineer	301	£70,195.00	£76,360.00	£82,515.00
Senior Product Manager	36	£69,965.00	£75,735.00	£81,500.00
Lead Developer	244	£70,945.00	£75,605.00	£80,270.00
Agile Coach	3	£60,000.00	£75,000.00	£90,000.00
Technical Product Owner	4	£72,500.00	£75,000.00	£77,500.00
Systems Programmer	2	£70,925.00	£74,875.00	£78,800.00
Head of Operations	50	£70,440.00	£74,820.00	£79,200.00
Software Architect	96	£73,515.00	£74,345.00	£75,180.00
IT Director	3,278	£68,975.00	£74,150.00	£79,325.00
Head of Product	40	£70,095.00	£74,140.00	£78,190.00
Head of Development	10	£69,585.00	£74,040.00	£78,500.00
Technology Consultant	15	£63,625.00	£72,750.00	£81,875.00
Cloud Architect	31	£66,520.00	£71,705.00	£76,890.00
Head of Quality	4	£64,500.00	£71,625.00	£78,750.00
Software Developer	1,564	£65,635.00	£71,575.00	£77,510.00
Data Scientist	66	£66,200.00	£71,390.00	£76,575.00
Oracle Consultant	7	£64,165.00	£71,250.00	£78,335.00
Reporting Specialist	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Data Modeller	104	£66,705.00	£71,025.00	£75,340.00
Data Science	89	£65,530.00	£70,830.00	£76,125.00
Front End Developer	76	£63,600.00	£70,495.00	£77,385.00
Product Analyst	36	£63,335.00	£70,255.00	£77,170.00
JavaScript Developer	4	£65,000.00	£70,000.00	£75,000.00
Microsoft Developer	3	£70,000.00	£70,000.00	£70,000.00
Xamarin Developer	4	£65,000.00	£70,000.00	£75,000.00
Full Stack Developer	243	£63,330.00	£69,945.00	£76,560.00
Backend Developer	26	£64,040.00	£69,740.00	£75,435.00
Application Developer	73	£66,140.00	£69,725.00	£73,305.00
Programme Manager	354	£65,730.00	£69,550.00	£73,375.00
Application Manager	43	£66,505.00	£69,515.00	£72,530.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	109	£65,835.00	£69,420.00	£73,010.00
Information Security	333	£65,530.00	£69,400.00	£73,265.00
Information Security Manager	44	£65,195.00	£69,185.00	£73,175.00
iOS Developer	5	£61,665.00	£69,165.00	£76,665.00
Data Management	616	£64,050.00	£68,910.00	£73,770.00
Head of Service	15	£66,640.00	£68,830.00	£71,020.00
Cisco Engineer	5	£63,750.00	£68,750.00	£73,750.00
Senior Developer	566	£63,385.00	£68,460.00	£73,540.00
Release Manager	18	£60,450.00	£68,235.00	£76,005.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	8	£63,990.00	£67,980.00	£71,975.00
Infrastructure Manager	108	£63,730.00	£67,865.00	£71,995.00
Cyber Security Consultant	44	£63,100.00	£67,855.00	£72,615.00
Senior Software Developer	57	£61,850.00	£67,845.00	£73,840.00
Test Lead	28	£65,545.00	£67,405.00	£69,270.00
Product Owner	176	£62,215.00	£66,795.00	£71,375.00
Cyber Security Manager	34	£62,430.00	£66,745.00	£71,065.00
Network Security	108	£62,350.00	£66,370.00	£70,390.00
Sap Project Manager	2	£62,500.00	£66,250.00	£70,000.00
Cyber Security	550	£61,745.00	£66,050.00	£70,360.00
Functional Consultant	45	£58,535.00	£65,810.00	£73,085.00
Solution Designer	316	£61,235.00	£65,760.00	£70,290.00
CRM Developer	8	£53,750.00	£65,625.00	£77,500.00
Network Manager	57	£61,935.00	£65,550.00	£69,160.00
Data Migration	45	£60,765.00	£65,255.00	£69,745.00
Test Manager	94	£63,180.00	£65,140.00	£67,100.00
Systems Architect	35	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Product Development Manager	2	£59,000.00	£64,500.00	£70,000.00
Delivery Manager	625	£61,005.00	£63,990.00	£66,985.00
Technical Consultant	86	£57,325.00	£63,985.00	£70,645.00
Angular Developer	2	£57,500.00	£63,750.00	£70,000.00
Technical Project Manager	16	£59,165.00	£63,540.00	£67,915.00
IT Support Team Lead	8	£60,000.00	£63,125.00	£66,250.00
Business Analyst	1,005	£58,250.00	£62,735.00	£67,220.00
Scrum Master	10	£60,000.00	£62,250.00	£64,500.00
Salesforce Developer	14	£58,700.00	£62,000.00	£65,300.00
Software Project Manager	4	£56,250.00	£61,750.00	£67,250.00
Senior Analyst	203	£57,810.00	£61,695.00	£65,575.00
Cyber Security Engineer	32	£57,160.00	£61,155.00	£65,145.00
Network Security Engineer	13	£56,375.00	£60,515.00	£64,665.00
Embedded Software Engineer	52	£52,225.00	£60,045.00	£67,870.00
Agile Project Manager	4	£57,500.00	£60,000.00	£62,500.00
Software Programmer	4	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Software Team Leader	24	£60,000.00	£60,000.00	£60,000.00
Database Administrator	21	£54,645.00	£59,980.00	£65,320.00
Web Developer	38	£55,455.00	£59,945.00	£64,430.00
Oracle Developer	17	£55,085.00	£59,790.00	£64,500.00
Technical Author	339	£58,525.00	£59,730.00	£60,930.00
Cyber Security Analyst	40	£54,370.00	£59,695.00	£65,025.00
Information Analyst	8	£55,835.00	£59,665.00	£63,500.00
Hardware Designer	40	£56,725.00	£59,605.00	£62,490.00
Service Delivery Manager	58	£56,625.00	£59,170.00	£61,710.00
Mobile Developer	6	£54,165.00	£58,750.00	£63,335.00
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Programme Lead	15	£53,585.00	£58,685.00	£63,785.00
Technical Analyst	65	£55,805.00	£58,320.00	£60,830.00
Hardware Engineer	127	£57,095.00	£58,305.00	£59,520.00
Network Engineer	514	£54,370.00	£58,025.00	£61,685.00
Web Manager	6	£56,000.00	£58,000.00	£60,000.00
Business Systems Analyst	45	£53,410.00	£57,975.00	£62,545.00
Technical Services Manager	49	£53,790.00	£57,840.00	£61,885.00
SQL Developer	13	£55,000.00	£57,550.00	£60,100.00
Head of IT	6,624	£54,790.00	£57,495.00	£60,195.00
Digital Analyst	11	£53,125.00	£57,190.00	£61,250.00
Information Security Analyst	26	£53,475.00	£57,010.00	£60,545.00
Product Management	1,727	£53,795.00	£56,885.00	£59,970.00
Transition Manager	5	£55,125.00	£56,690.00	£58,250.00
Bi Analyst	20	£51,835.00	£56,335.00	£60,835.00
Implementation Consultant	4	£47,500.00	£56,250.00	£65,000.00
Laravel Developer	2	£52,500.00	£56,250.00	£60,000.00
Business Relationship Manager	16	£56,000.00	£56,000.00	£56,000.00
IT Business Partner	1,623	£53,075.00	£55,940.00	£58,815.00
Systems Administrator	207	£52,625.00	£55,720.00	£58,810.00
Application Support Analyst	107	£52,540.00	£55,330.00	£58,120.00
Business Process Analyst	10	£54,085.00	£54,915.00	£55,750.00
Programming	851	£51,755.00	£54,775.00	£57,795.00
Operations Analyst	30	£50,500.00	£54,575.00	£58,655.00
IT Project Manager	7,109	£50,980.00	£54,505.00	£58,025.00
Information Management	169	£52,165.00	£54,405.00	£56,645.00
Service Transition Manager	5	£53,000.00	£54,250.00	£55,500.00
Systems Developer	353	£52,610.00	£54,230.00	£55,850.00
BI Developer	31	£49,620.00	£54,065.00	£58,510.00
Systems Manager	1,673	£51,340.00	£53,910.00	£56,475.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Systems Analyst	124	£49,570.00	£53,360.00	£57,155.00
Power BI Developer	14	£50,550.00	£53,175.00	£55,800.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	4	£48,750.00	£52,500.00	£56,250.00
Digital Project Manager	4	£48,500.00	£52,000.00	£55,500.00
Project Analyst	12	£50,455.00	£51,975.00	£53,500.00
Product Developer	654	£48,140.00	£51,260.00	£54,380.00
Data Analyst	388	£47,410.00	£50,805.00	£54,200.00
Digital	3,430	£47,590.00	£50,785.00	£53,985.00
MI Analyst	2	£46,500.00	£50,750.00	£55,000.00
Database Manager	16	£48,250.00	£50,435.00	£52,615.00
Application Specialist	57	£48,450.00	£50,250.00	£52,050.00
Application Support	348	£47,275.00	£50,240.00	£53,210.00
PHP Developer	67	£45,850.00	£50,090.00	£54,320.00
Data Insight Analyst	2	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
ERP Consultant	3	£45,000.00	£50,000.00	£55,000.00
Firewall Engineer	2	£47,500.00	£50,000.00	£52,500.00
Systems Specialist	36	£47,800.00	£49,750.00	£51,700.00
Active Directory	39	£47,510.00	£49,440.00	£51,380.00
Data Analysis	142	£46,080.00	£49,075.00	£52,060.00
Microsoft Dynamics AX	2	£45,000.00	£49,000.00	£53,000.00
Network Administrator	10	£46,375.00	£48,250.00	£50,125.00
IT Consultant	12,717	£43,035.00	£48,185.00	£53,330.00
Web Designer	22	£45,360.00	£47,975.00	£50,590.00
Developer	66,484	£45,245.00	£47,770.00	£50,310.00
Development	68,494	£45,235.00	£47,710.00	£50,190.00
Service Manager	2,599	£45,100.00	£47,665.00	£50,245.00
Service Desk Manager	32	£45,205.00	£47,390.00	£49,580.00
Website	570	£43,945.00	£47,160.00	£50,365.00
Test Analyst	24	£45,150.00	£47,035.00	£48,920.00
Business Intelligence Developer	4	£43,750.00	£46,500.00	£49,250.00
Technical Account Manager	43	£43,735.00	£46,285.00	£48,835.00
Software Tester	5	£42,500.00	£46,250.00	£50,000.00
CRM Manager	35	£43,320.00	£45,495.00	£47,665.00
Technical Trainer	10	£44,665.00	£45,435.00	£46,190.00
ICT Specialist	2	£45,375.00	£45,375.00	£45,375.00
Android Developer	2	£35,000.00	£45,000.00	£55,000.00
Senior Web Developer	3	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Software Development Manager	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Wordpress Developer	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
IT Service Desk Manager	39	£42,840.00	£44,955.00	£47,070.00
IT Specialist	7,707	£43,175.00	£44,940.00	£46,695.00
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
Web Design	24	£41,520.00	£43,730.00	£45,945.00
IT Manager	104,989	£41,450.00	£43,615.00	£45,785.00
Mobile Engineer	309	£39,310.00	£43,010.00	£46,715.00
Systems Officer	3	£41,940.00	£42,690.00	£43,440.00
Quality Assurance Manager	14	£41,400.00	£42,600.00	£43,800.00
Desktop Support Analyst	6	£40,165.00	£42,500.00	£44,835.00
Reporting Analyst	29	£40,545.00	£42,315.00	£44,080.00
IT Support Analyst	519	£39,475.00	£42,260.00	£45,045.00
PMO Analyst	13	£39,435.00	£41,375.00	£43,310.00
SQL Analyst	9	£38,750.00	£41,250.00	£43,750.00
Autodesk	17	£36,625.00	£41,190.00	£45,750.00
Senior IT Technician	185	£38,850.00	£41,180.00	£43,510.00
Technical Support	506	£38,360.00	£40,945.00	£43,525.00
Product Marketing Manager	29	£37,625.00	£40,815.00	£44,000.00
Technical Team Leader	4	£37,600.00	£40,700.00	£43,775.00
Technical Officer	7	£38,000.00	£40,065.00	£42,125.00
IT Support Engineer	1,386	£37,865.00	£39,885.00	£41,910.00
Desktop Support Engineer	18	£38,800.00	£39,625.00	£40,450.00
Systems Support Analyst	6	£38,875.00	£39,515.00	£40,165.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,154	£35,915.00	£38,030.00	£40,145.00
Assistant Product Manager	9	£36,215.00	£37,685.00	£39,160.00
Wordpress	4	£33,750.00	£37,250.00	£40,750.00
IT Officer	15,086	£34,765.00	£36,745.00	£38,735.00
Support Consultant	9	£33,100.00	£36,650.00	£40,200.00
Service Desk	509	£34,305.00	£36,500.00	£38,695.00
EPOS	4	£35,750.00	£36,250.00	£36,750.00
IT Support	116,744	£34,680.00	£36,175.00	£37,665.00
IT Trainer	456	£34,195.00	£36,040.00	£37,885.00
Product	35,671	£34,240.00	£35,590.00	£36,940.00
2nd Line Support	103	£32,980.00	£35,470.00	£37,950.00
CRM Administrator	4	£34,900.00	£35,400.00	£35,900.00
Product Planner	165	£33,470.00	£35,190.00	£36,900.00
Digital Account Manager	4	£32,500.00	£35,000.00	£37,500.00
QA Tester	2	£32,000.00	£35,000.00	£38,000.00
IT Technician	16,743	£33,145.00	£34,955.00	£36,765.00
IT Business Development Executive	412	£29,915.00	£34,630.00	£39,340.00
Junior Developer	8	£32,750.00	£34,280.00	£35,815.00
Project Office Support	8	£32,525.00	£33,250.00	£33,990.00
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
Web Analyst	6	£30,000.00	£32,500.00	£35,000.00
2nd Line Support Technician	2	£28,000.00	£32,000.00	£36,000.00
IT Support Technician	74	£29,945.00	£31,935.00	£33,920.00
Service Desk Analyst	124	£30,340.00	£31,785.00	£33,225.00
IT Support Officer	220	£30,315.00	£31,775.00	£33,225.00
Service Analyst	95	£30,230.00	£31,640.00	£33,045.00
Network Analyst	2	£28,000.00	£31,500.00	£35,000.00
1st Line Support	37	£29,055.00	£31,205.00	£33,355.00
1st Line IT Support	35	£29,230.00	£31,190.00	£33,145.00
IT Helpdesk	90	£29,585.00	£30,815.00	£32,040.00
It Graduate	626	£29,030.00	£30,800.00	£32,570.00
Technical Administrator	44	£28,180.00	£30,600.00	£33,020.00
IT Support Executive	61	£29,860.00	£30,505.00	£31,160.00
Junior PHP Developer	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
IT Security Officer	36	£29,410.00	£29,705.00	£30,000.00
IT Administrator	10,916	£28,190.00	£29,500.00	£30,815.00
Systems Coordinator	2	£28,000.00	£29,500.00	£31,000.00
IT Trainee	2,203	£25,735.00	£27,105.00	£28,470.00
1st Line IT Support Technician	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
1st Line Technician	2	£26,000.00	£27,000.00	£28,000.00
Junior IT Technician	18	£25,265.00	£26,995.00	£28,725.00
Trainee IT Technician	35	£25,590.00	£26,135.00	£26,675.00
Graduate Developer	46	£25,530.00	£25,530.00	£25,530.00
IT Support Advisor	33	£24,915.00	£25,150.00	£25,375.00
Graduate Analyst	2	£24,500.00	£24,500.00	£24,500.00
IT Support Assistant	1,286	£22,335.00	£22,760.00	£23,190.00