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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 4,656,556 listed IT Jobs in the UK in the last 12 months.

Job Type	Total Jobs	Percentage of Jobs 🔽
Permanent	4,421,979	94.96 %
Contract (Inside IR35)	152,565	3.28 %
Contract (Outside IR35)	82,012	1.76 %
Contract (IR35 Not Specified)	0	0.00 %

On average, there are 89,549 new IT Jobs posted each week, or 388,046 each month.

Job Type	Weekly Jobs	Monthly Jobs 🔽
Permanent	85,037	368,497
Contract	4,511	19,548

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 July, 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
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
July 2024	34,958
June 2024	41,221

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	39	£114,570.00	£125,020.00	£135,470.00
Application Integrator	5	£100,650.00	£109,550.00	£118,425.00
Big Data	18	£99,895.00	£106,665.00	£113,430.00
Python Developer	366	£91,800.00	£102,555.00	£113,305.00
Head of Software	11	£96,625.00	£102,440.00	£108,250.00
Java Developer	400	£90,900.00	£101,010.00	£111,125.00
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
Docker	88	£85,585.00	£98,345.00	£111,105.00
Enterprise Architect	67	£92,665.00	£97,745.00	£102,815.00
Angular	154	£87,850.00	£96,885.00	£105,910.00
Data Architect	116	£86,950.00	£94,030.00	£101,115.00
Python	1,401	£83,065.00	£92,895.00	£102,725.00
Data Solution Architect	3	£81,250.00	£91,875.00	£102,500.00
Head of Delivery	8	£86,090.00	£91,090.00	£96,090.00
Azure Architect	13	£83,110.00	£90,275.00	£97,440.00
Senior Java Developer	41	£79,155.00	£85,470.00	£91,785.00
Solutions Architect	689	£79,015.00	£83,880.00	£88,755.00
Data Engineer	1,210	£76,545.00	£83,570.00	£90,590.00
Integration Architect	5	£73,750.00	£83,125.00	£92,500.00
SAP Consultant	24	£75,415.00	£81,835.00	£88,250.00
Technical Architect	123	£76,975.00	£81,565.00	£86,145.00
Machine Learning Engineer	85	£70,950.00	£80,595.00	£90,240.00
Senior Software Engineer	728	£72,745.00	£80,065.00	£87,390.00
DevOps Engineer	510	£72,350.00	£79,855.00	£87,355.00
Technical Lead	236	£75,465.00	£79,750.00	£84,045.00
Software Engineer	3,058	£71,605.00	£79,355.00	£87,105.00
Cyber Security Consultant	24	£74,900.00	£78,615.00	£82,325.00
Transformation Manager	25	£72,640.00	£78,540.00	£84,445.00
Technology Consultant	11	£67,940.00	£78,500.00	£89,065.00
Security Architect	64	£73,180.00	£78,345.00	£83,515.00
Head of Quality	7	£69,665.00	£77,750.00	£85,835.00
Data Integration Developer	2	£75,000.00	£77,500.00	£80,000.00
Cloud Consultant	12	£70,000.00	£77,250.00	£84,500.00
Transformation Lead	4	£73,750.00	£77,125.00	£80,500.00
Senior Programmer	9	£72,400.00	£76,775.00	£81,150.00
Lead Developer	270	£71,215.00	£76,555.00	£81,900.00
Cloud Engineer	364	£69,885.00	£76,365.00	£82,835.00
Application Architect	2	£75,000.00	£76,000.00	£77,000.00
Senior Product Manager	32	£69,330.00	£75,605.00	£81,875.00
Cyber Security Manager	38	£70,520.00	£75,520.00	£80,520.00
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
Cloud Architect	47	£69,755.00	£74,780.00	£79,805.00
Software Architect	61	£69,240.00	£74,420.00	£79,595.00
Head of Product	40	£70,095.00	£74,140.00	£78,190.00
Angular Developer	6	£69,375.00	£74,065.00	£78,750.00
Head of Development	10	£69,585.00	£74,040.00	£78,500.00
Backend Developer	11	£68,610.00	£73,835.00	£79,060.00
Front End Developer	96	£67,225.00	£73,665.00	£80,100.00
IT Director	3,046	£67,605.00	£72,575.00	£77,545.00
Data Science	101	£67,390.00	£72,405.00	£77,420.00
Product Analyst	82	£63,145.00	£72,405.00	£81,660.00
Senior Software Developer	88	£65,805.00	£71,960.00	£78,110.00
Data Modeller	104	£66,965.00	£71,410.00	£75,850.00
Reporting Specialist	2	£67,500.00	£71,250.00	£75,000.00
Senior Developer	693	£66,005.00	£71,095.00	£76,185.00
Information Security	376	£67,035.00	£71,030.00	£75,015.00
Oracle Consultant	14	£64,375.00	£70,940.00	£77,500.00
Software Developer	1,800	£64,870.00	£70,760.00	£76,640.00
Product Owner	240	£65,125.00	£70,640.00	£76,155.00
Sap Project Manager	5	£63,750.00	£70,625.00	£77,500.00
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
Information Security Manager	38	£65,835.00	£69,615.00	£73,395.00
iOS Developer	5	£61,665.00	£69,165.00	£76,665.00
Head of Service	17	£66,655.00	£68,895.00	£71,140.00
Data Scientist	78	£61,665.00	£68,875.00	£76,085.00
Application Developer	76	£64,805.00	£68,800.00	£72,790.00
Cisco Engineer	5	£63,750.00	£68,750.00	£73,750.00
Release Manager	18	£60,450.00	£68,235.00	£76,005.00
Network Security	121	£63,820.00	£67,635.00	£71,450.00
Business Architect	54	£65,000.00	£67,500.00	£70,000.00
Data Migration	50	£62,480.00	£67,475.00	£72,465.00
Application Manager	55	£64,645.00	£67,190.00	£69,735.00
IT Infrastructure Manager	126	£63,025.00	£66,440.00	£69,850.00
Test Lead	27	£64,085.00	£66,325.00	£68,565.00
Programme Manager	360	£62,190.00	£66,040.00	£69,895.00
Full Stack Developer	251	£59,910.00	£66,000.00	£72,095.00
Infrastructure Manager	131	£61,955.00	£65,845.00	£69,740.00
Network Manager	61	£61,745.00	£65,535.00	£69,320.00
Technical Consultant	96	£59,055.00	£65,520.00	£71,980.00
Cyber Security	651	£61,825.00	£65,475.00	£69,130.00
CRM Developer	10	£55,000.00	£65,415.00	£75,835.00
Data Management	696	£60,805.00	£65,400.00	£69,985.00
Systems Architect	35	£65,000.00	£65,000.00	£65,000.00
Technical Project Manager	27	£60,180.00	£64,955.00	£69,730.00
Delivery Manager	698	£61,820.00	£64,760.00	£67,715.00
Functional Consultant	45	£56,785.00	£64,560.00	£72,335.00
Product Development Manager	2	£59,000.00	£64,500.00	£70,000.00
Software Project Manager	6	£58,125.00	£64,000.00	£69,875.00
Infrastructure Project Manager	10	£60,190.00	£63,885.00	£67,580.00
Software Development Manager	9	£60,835.00	£63,835.00	£66,835.00
Solution Designer	311	£59,735.00	£63,415.00	£67,090.00
Senior Analyst	234	£58,265.00	£62,995.00	£67,715.00
Test Manager	101	£61,345.00	£62,910.00	£64,480.00
Business Analyst	1,201	£57,665.00	£62,660.00	£67,665.00
Embedded Software Engineer	65	£54,745.00	£62,625.00	£70,505.00
Algorithm Developer	12	£47,500.00	£61,250.00	£75,000.00
Ruby on Rails Developer	2	£52,500.00	£61,250.00	£70,000.00
Database Administrator	17	£55,210.00	£60,815.00	£66,415.00
Technical Services Manager	91	£56,615.00	£60,740.00	£64,855.00
Oracle Developer	17	£55,835.00	£60,665.00	£65,500.00
Salesforce Developer	16	£57,000.00	£60,625.00	£64,250.00
Product Management	1,663	£56,695.00	£60,480.00	£64,260.00
Scrum Master	12	£58,250.00	£60,335.00	£62,415.00
SQL Developer	19	£57,640.00	£60,085.00	£62,530.00
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
Bi Analyst	16	£56,045.00	£59,795.00	£63,545.00
Cyber Security Analyst	59	£55,685.00	£59,780.00	£63,880.00
Network Security Engineer	17	£55,915.00	£59,715.00	£63,525.00
Hardware Designer	40	£56,725.00	£59,605.00	£62,490.00
IT Support Team Lead	6	£57,500.00	£59,585.00	£61,665.00
Digital Analyst	6	£51,250.00	£59,375.00	£67,500.00
Business Intelligence Manager	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
MySQL	2	£55,000.00	£58,750.00	£62,500.00
Technical Author	318	£57,355.00	£58,715.00	£60,080.00
Web Manager	3	£57,000.00	£58,500.00	£60,000.00
Mobile Developer	6	£54,165.00	£58,335.00	£62,500.00
Information Analyst	19	£54,480.00	£58,250.00	£62,020.00
Information Management	189	£55,430.00	£57,985.00	£60,545.00
Digital Project Manager	8	£54,250.00	£57,940.00	£61,625.00
Programme Lead	32	£53,505.00	£57,940.00	£62,370.00
Cyber Security Engineer	48	£55,065.00	£57,865.00	£60,655.00
Network Engineer	595	£53,285.00	£56,880.00	£60,480.00
Service Delivery Manager	72	£54,030.00	£56,750.00	£59,475.00
Information Security Analyst	39	£53,190.00	£56,715.00	£60,245.00
Transition Manager	5	£55,125.00	£56,690.00	£58,250.00
BI Developer	33	£51,885.00	£56,510.00	£61,135.00
Programming	912	£53,150.00	£56,425.00	£59,700.00
Android Developer	4	£50,000.00	£56,250.00	£62,500.00
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
Business Systems Analyst	49	£52,340.00	£55,745.00	£59,150.00
Head of IT	6,547	£53,035.00	£55,665.00	£58,280.00
IT Business Partner	1,356	£52,675.00	£55,290.00	£57,915.00
Systems Developer	370	£53,305.00	£55,145.00	£56,975.00
IT Project Manager	7,131	£51,170.00	£54,660.00	£58,150.00
Power BI Developer	20	£51,035.00	£54,480.00	£57,930.00
Web Developer	52	£49,875.00	£54,355.00	£58,830.00
Service Transition Manager	5	£53,000.00	£54,250.00	£55,500.00
Systems Manager	1,465	£51,695.00	£54,145.00	£56,600.00
Business Process Analyst	13	£53,065.00	£53,690.00	£54,315.00
Performance Analyst	7	£50,165.00	£53,560.00	£56,940.00
Technical Analyst	80	£50,505.00	£53,290.00	£56,070.00
Product Developer	689	£50,090.00	£53,160.00	£56,230.00
Systems Administrator	230	£49,865.00	£53,080.00	£56,290.00
IT Quality Assurance Engineer	4	£48,750.00	£52,500.00	£56,250.00
Operations Analyst	41	£48,240.00	£52,040.00	£55,835.00
Systems Analyst	147	£48,365.00	£51,975.00	£55,585.00
Database Manager	19	£48,540.00	£51,615.00	£54,680.00
Data Analysis	149	£47,805.00	£51,545.00	£55,285.00
Project Analyst	10	£49,700.00	£51,400.00	£53,100.00
Data Analyst	455	£47,370.00	£51,355.00	£55,340.00
Digital	3,364	£47,585.00	£50,850.00	£54,120.00
Active Directory	53	£48,415.00	£50,160.00	£51,910.00
Technical Account Manager	41	£46,505.00	£50,105.00	£53,705.00
Application Specialist	59	£47,875.00	£50,000.00	£52,125.00
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
MI Analyst	4	£46,250.00	£50,000.00	£53,750.00
SQL Analyst	9	£46,875.00	£50,000.00	£53,125.00
Application Support Analyst	134	£47,040.00	£49,885.00	£52,725.00
Hardware Engineer	88	£48,170.00	£49,850.00	£51,530.00
IT Consultant	11,505	£44,610.00	£49,410.00	£54,210.00
Application Support	425	£45,940.00	£49,070.00	£52,210.00
Microsoft Dynamics AX	2	£45,000.00	£49,000.00	£53,000.00
Test Analyst	33	£46,640.00	£48,580.00	£50,515.00
Service Manager	2,647	£45,805.00	£48,405.00	£51,010.00
Network Administrator	10	£46,375.00	£48,250.00	£50,125.00
Business Intelligence Developer	9	£45,050.00	£48,015.00	£50,985.00
PHP Developer	80	£42,875.00	£47,665.00	£52,445.00
Systems Specialist	14	£46,700.00	£47,625.00	£48,550.00
Service Desk Manager	91	£45,625.00	£47,515.00	£49,410.00
Quality Assurance Manager	16	£44,835.00	£46,665.00	£48,500.00
Developer	67,296	£44,310.00	£46,660.00	£49,025.00
Development	69,253	£44,250.00	£46,560.00	£48,875.00
Product Marketing Manager	31	£42,600.00	£46,150.00	£49,700.00
Website	649	£42,830.00	£45,815.00	£48,800.00
CRM Manager	35	£42,655.00	£45,790.00	£48,915.00
Technical Trainer	10	£44,665.00	£45,435.00	£46,190.00
IT Service Desk Manager	98	£43,495.00	£45,325.00	£47,155.00
Senior Web Developer	3	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Wordpress Developer	2	£40,000.00	£45,000.00	£50,000.00
Data Centre Engineer	4	£42,000.00	£44,750.00	£47,500.00
Web Designer	24	£42,145.00	£44,730.00	£47,320.00
IT Manager	104,899	£41,390.00	£43,475.00	£45,565.00
IT Specialist	8,005	£41,625.00	£43,260.00	£44,880.00
Systems Officer	3	£41,940.00	£42,690.00	£43,440.00
Mobile Engineer	316	£39,535.00	£42,645.00	£45,765.00
Senior IT Technician	180	£39,655.00	£42,415.00	£45,170.00
IT Support Analyst	626	£39,540.00	£42,310.00	£45,085.00
Software Tester	7	£38,335.00	£42,085.00	£45,835.00
Web Design	26	£39,715.00	£41,985.00	£44,255.00
PMO Analyst	17	£40,100.00	£41,765.00	£43,415.00
Reporting Analyst	26	£39,890.00	£41,000.00	£42,110.00
Technical Team Leader	4	£37,600.00	£40,700.00	£43,775.00
Technical Support	556	£38,370.00	£40,685.00	£43,000.00
Systems Support Analyst	14	£37,825.00	£40,210.00	£42,600.00
Technical Officer	7	£38,000.00	£40,065.00	£42,125.00
DotNET Developer	2	£35,000.00	£40,000.00	£45,000.00
Desktop Support Engineer	22	£38,040.00	£39,875.00	£41,710.00
IT Support Engineer	1,469	£37,810.00	£39,660.00	£41,515.00
Autodesk	13	£34,665.00	£39,500.00	£44,335.00
Desktop Support Analyst	8	£37,000.00	£39,125.00	£41,250.00
Support Consultant	13	£34,645.00	£37,855.00	£41,070.00
IT Officer	15,094	£35,290.00	£37,780.00	£40,265.00
IT Field Service Engineer	1,060	£36,025.00	£37,775.00	£39,520.00
Assistant Product Manager	9	£36,215.00	£37,685.00	£39,160.00
Service Desk	727	£35,350.00	£37,335.00	£39,315.00
Wordpress	4	£33,750.00	£37,250.00	£40,750.00
Web Analyst	17	£32,775.00	£36,665.00	£40,560.00
IT Security Officer	38	£34,090.00	£36,545.00	£39,000.00
IT Trainer	439	£34,310.00	£35,995.00	£37,680.00
Product	35,254	£34,600.00	£35,985.00	£37,375.00
IT Support	116,776	£34,215.00	£35,540.00	£36,875.00
2nd Line Support	145	£33,475.00	£35,475.00	£37,475.00
CRM Administrator	4	£34,900.00	£35,400.00	£35,900.00
Product Planner	141	£32,760.00	£35,315.00	£37,860.00
Graduate Software Developer	2	£31,500.00	£35,250.00	£39,000.00
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	15,772	£32,405.00	£34,085.00	£35,770.00
IT Business Development Executive	414	£29,640.00	£33,880.00	£38,115.00
Junior Developer	15	£30,855.00	£32,980.00	£35,105.00
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
EPOS	9	£31,585.00	£32,250.00	£32,915.00
Service Analyst	120	£30,695.00	£32,120.00	£33,545.00
IT Helpdesk	104	£30,630.00	£31,995.00	£33,355.00
Service Desk Analyst	161	£30,460.00	£31,680.00	£32,895.00
It Graduate	668	£29,690.00	£31,620.00	£33,555.00
1st Line Support	46	£29,485.00	£31,505.00	£33,520.00
Project Office Support	6	£31,250.00	£31,500.00	£31,750.00
1st Line IT Support	44	£29,610.00	£31,490.00	£33,370.00
IT Support Officer	230	£30,035.00	£31,435.00	£32,830.00
IT Support Technician	92	£29,465.00	£31,280.00	£33,100.00
2nd Line Support Technician	4	£28,000.00	£30,500.00	£33,000.00
Junior PHP Developer	2	£30,000.00	£30,000.00	£30,000.00
IT Administrator	11,477	£27,915.00	£29,105.00	£30,300.00
Graduate Developer	38	£27,455.00	£29,060.00	£30,670.00
IT Support Executive	87	£28,165.00	£28,920.00	£29,690.00
Technical Administrator	37	£27,240.00	£28,635.00	£30,025.00
1st Line IT Support Technician	4	£26,500.00	£27,250.00	£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
IT Trainee	1,832	£25,415.00	£26,640.00	£27,855.00
Trainee IT Technician	35	£25,590.00	£26,135.00	£26,675.00
Graduate Analyst	2	£24,500.00	£24,500.00	£24,500.00
IT Support Advisor	95	£23,870.00	£24,070.00	£24,260.00
IT Support Assistant	1,351	£21,920.00	£22,325.00	£22,735.00