IT Job Salary Rankings & Pay Rates in United Kingdom (2026)

💰 Top Paying Job Titles

Highest-paying roles with active vacancies in United Kingdom.

Rank	Job Title	Median Salary	Live Jobs	Trends	Courses
1	.NET Architect	£68,750	🌐 995 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
2	Junior Data Analyst	£41,250	🌐 464 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
3	Data Analyst	£50,630 ▼ -1.4% vs last year	🌐 567 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
4	Data Specialist	£48,146	🌐 485 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
5	Data Engineer	£56,250	🌐 6,860 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
6	Data Manager	£56,160	🌐 494 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
7	AI Engineer	£66,696	🌐 439 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
8	Senior Java Developer	£70,277	🌐 480 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
9	Junior AI Engineer	£45,000	🌐 290 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
10	Senior Python Engineer	£71,732	🌐 457 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
11	Java Developer	£57,721	🌐 474 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
12	Lead Data Analyst	£58,715	🌐 407 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
13	Cloud Engineer	£60,000	🌐 1,630 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
14	Senior Data Analyst	£59,013	🌐 460 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
15	Platform Developer	£60,579	🌐 444 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
16	Senior Cloud Engineer	£70,000	🌐 407 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
17	Data Architect	£77,500	🌐 1,464 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
18	Senior Data Engineer	£79,042	🌐 387 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
19	Senior AI Engineer	£86,907	🌐 415 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
20	Lead Data Manager	£71,203	🌐 414 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
21	Lead Data Engineer	£68,750	🌐 434 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
22	Cyber Security Engineer	£82,500	🌐 371 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
23	Senior Data Architect	£74,362	🌐 322 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
24	Cloud Architect	£78,750	🌐 778 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
25	C# Developer	£58,273	🌐 352 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
26	Senior Java Engineer	£70,000	🌐 353 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
27	Platform Manager	£64,739	🌐 399 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
28	Senior Platform Engineer	£75,000	🌐 402 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
29	DevOps Engineer	£65,157	🌐 461 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
30	Lead AI Engineer	£81,512	🌐 429 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
31	Senior C# Engineer	£73,750	🌐 318 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
32	Senior .NET Developer	£60,000	🌐 557 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
33	Senior Python Developer	£86,000	🌐 420 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
34	Lead Data Architect	£86,250	🌐 316 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
35	Site Reliability Engineer	£63,499	🌐 341 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
36	Lead Data Developer	£68,313	🌐 313 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
37	.NET Developer	£62,500	🌐 522 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
38	AI Specialist	£61,797	🌐 358 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
39	Senior Data Manager	£71,114	🌐 420 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
40	C# Engineer	£57,500	🌐 392 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
41	AI Analyst	£55,162	🌐 377 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
42	Business Intelligence Analyst	£50,098	🌐 392 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
43	.NET Consultant	£63,750	🌐 248 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
44	Senior C# Developer	£68,750	🌐 396 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
45	React Developer	£63,750	🌐 266 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
46	Senior AI Manager	£75,387	🌐 344 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
47	Senior DevOps Engineer	£79,856	🌐 434 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
48	Java Engineer	£70,000	🌐 358 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
49	Senior Site Reliability Engineer	£74,798	🌐 405 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
50	AI Architect	£78,501	🌐 828 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →

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🔥 Most In-Demand Skills

Technologies most frequently required across IT job titles in United Kingdom.

Rank	Skill Name	Job Titles	Live Job Mentions	Action
1	Python	482 roles	1,004 ads	Learn This
2	AWS	266 roles	892 ads	Learn This
3	Java	249 roles	350 ads	Learn This
4	SQL	225 roles	426 ads	Learn This
5	Microsoft Azure	159 roles	292 ads	Learn This
6	C++	140 roles	232 ads	Learn This
7	Kubernetes	133 roles	283 ads	Learn This
8	TypeScript	130 roles	605 ads	Learn This
9	Docker	129 roles	581 ads	Learn This
10	Artificial Intelligence	104 roles	157 ads	Learn This
11	Terraform	100 roles	197 ads	Learn This
12	JavaScript	99 roles	244 ads	Learn This
13	Git	83 roles	522 ads	Learn This
14	Google Cloud Platform	80 roles	108 ads	Learn This
15	PostgreSQL	63 roles	133 ads	Learn This
16	Node.js	57 roles	117 ads	Learn This
17	Machine Learning	51 roles	101 ads	Learn This
18	Linux	50 roles	83 ads	Learn This
19	Jira	44 roles	83 ads	Learn This
20	Power Bi	43 roles	43 ads	Learn This
21	React	39 roles	422 ads	Learn This
22	Cms	38 roles	39 ads	Learn This
23	Nebosh Certificate	37 roles	44 ads	Learn This
24	Analytics	36 roles	40 ads	Learn This
25	Datorama	34 roles	34 ads	Learn This
26	Apache Kafka	33 roles	42 ads	Learn This
27	Sprout	33 roles	33 ads	Learn This
28	Hearsay	33 roles	33 ads	Learn This
29	Quid	33 roles	33 ads	Learn This
30	Data Analysis	31 roles	40 ads	Learn This
31	REST APIs	31 roles	57 ads	Learn This
32	Vue.js	29 roles	40 ads	Learn This
33	Microservices	28 roles	48 ads	Learn This
34	Angular	27 roles	39 ads	Learn This
35	Mysql	27 roles	27 ads	Learn This
36	Cloud Native Platforms	26 roles	26 ads	Learn This
37	Ci/Cd	26 roles	33 ads	Learn This
38	Css	25 roles	39 ads	Learn This
39	NoSQL	25 roles	28 ads	Learn This
40	Shopify	24 roles	24 ads	Learn This
41	DevOps	24 roles	56 ads	Learn This
42	Klaviyo	24 roles	24 ads	Learn This
43	MongoDB	23 roles	29 ads	Learn This
44	.Net	23 roles	30 ads	Learn This
45	Ea	22 roles	23 ads	Learn This
46	LLMs	22 roles	22 ads	Learn This
47	Next.Js	22 roles	28 ads	Learn This
48	Sepa	22 roles	23 ads	Learn This
49	API	21 roles	31 ads	Learn This
50	Cro	20 roles	20 ads	Learn This

📈 Median Salary History — Highest Paid 5 Roles

Monthly median salary for the top-paying IT roles in United Kingdom.