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	£70,000	🌐 1,146 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
2	.NET Developer	£67,500	🌐 663 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
3	Senior Java Developer	£70,000	🌐 510 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
4	Data Analyst	£47,289 ▼ -6.8% vs last year	🌐 527 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
5	Data Specialist	£52,215	🌐 429 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
6	Junior Data Analyst	£36,250	🌐 388 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
7	Data Engineer	£77,419	🌐 2,556 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
8	Java Developer	£60,212	🌐 535 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
9	Junior AI Engineer	£35,000	🌐 284 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
10	Senior Python Engineer	£100,728	🌐 468 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
11	Senior .NET Developer	£60,000	🌐 592 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
12	AI Engineer	£70,823	🌐 387 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
13	Senior Data Analyst	£56,092	🌐 444 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
14	Lead Data Engineer	£81,250	🌐 382 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
15	Cloud Engineer	£59,875	🌐 4,635 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
16	Senior Java Engineer	£70,000	🌐 404 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
17	Data Manager	£55,116	🌐 1,791 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
18	Senior AI Engineer	£76,250	🌐 376 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
19	Platform Developer	£80,750	🌐 403 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
20	Data Architect	£77,867	🌐 2,291 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
21	DevOps Engineer	£73,907	🌐 1,738 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
22	C# Developer	£70,487	🌐 437 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
23	Senior Data Engineer	£69,900	🌐 366 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
24	Senior Site Reliability Engineer	£67,500	🌐 443 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
25	Lead Data Manager	£75,080	🌐 378 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
26	Lead Data Analyst	£58,449	🌐 351 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
27	Senior Cloud Engineer	£70,000	🌐 397 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
28	Cloud Architect	£108,750	🌐 2,566 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
29	Senior Python Developer	£80,000	🌐 439 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
30	Senior Data Architect	£68,750	🌐 292 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
31	Site Reliability Engineer	£65,000	🌐 315 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
32	Senior C# Engineer	£94,950	🌐 352 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
33	Senior Platform Engineer	£81,681	🌐 388 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
34	C# Engineer	£62,500	🌐 376 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
35	Platform Manager	£89,750	🌐 367 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
36	.NET Consultant	£60,000	🌐 226 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
37	Lead Data Architect	£91,250	🌐 294 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
38	Python Engineer	£76,703	🌐 316 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
39	Senior C# Developer	£75,622	🌐 369 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
40	Java Engineer	£69,696	🌐 343 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
41	AI Specialist	£65,897	🌐 339 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
42	Platform Architect	£97,267	🌐 706 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
43	Lead AI Engineer	£96,395	🌐 358 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
44	AI Manager	£75,390	🌐 283 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
45	Platform Engineer	£70,919	🌐 1,493 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
46	Senior Data Manager	£68,588	🌐 419 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
47	React Developer	£58,383	🌐 236 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
48	Senior Azure Engineer	£65,689	🌐 219 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
49	Data Developer	£60,850	🌐 9,856 globally Browse jobs → Warm	View →	Courses →
50	AI Analyst	£54,940	🌐 304 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	486 roles	1,020 ads	Learn This
2	AWS	267 roles	896 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++	142 roles	240 ads	Learn This
7	Kubernetes	133 roles	283 ads	Learn This
8	TypeScript	132 roles	613 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	85 roles	530 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	REST APIs	31 roles	57 ads	Learn This
31	Data Analysis	31 roles	40 ads	Learn This
32	Vue.js	29 roles	40 ads	Learn This
33	Microservices	28 roles	48 ads	Learn This
34	Mysql	27 roles	27 ads	Learn This
35	Angular	27 roles	39 ads	Learn This
36	Cloud Native Platforms	26 roles	26 ads	Learn This
37	Ci/Cd	26 roles	34 ads	Learn This
38	NoSQL	25 roles	28 ads	Learn This
39	Css	25 roles	39 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	Next.Js	22 roles	28 ads	Learn This
47	LLMs	22 roles	22 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.