QinetiQ
IT Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £30,000 - 58,000 per year
Requirements:- Previous experience working in an IT engineering role
- Ability to work with a broad and comprehensive range of concepts and principles within IT
- Broad experience of Windows Client/Server Infrastructure, Networking, Virtualisation (Hyper-V) and Linux
- A first degree in Science or Engineering, or equivalent on-the-job experience
- Willingness to learn and demonstrate the required level of experience
- Support the delivery of projects and provide IT solutions to our customers
- Engage with customers and stakeholders to support project delivery
- Lead the delivery of complex technical tasks as directed by the Technical Lead
- Deliver hardware and software builds, systems installation, and integration
- Technically lead small projects or parts of larger projects to deliver solutions
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers
- Produce technical presentations, documentation, test plans and reports, user guides, work instructions, and design or process documents
- Provide mentoring support to junior colleagues
- Undertake tasks of increasing complexity by deriving solutions using existing practices
- Hardware
- Hyper-V
- Support
- Linux
- Windows
- Security
More:
We are QinetiQ, and we create cutting-edge defence technology and ground-breaking innovations that empower and protect lives. This is a fully on-site IT Engineer role based at our Farnborough site, working 37 hours per week. You will join a strong and collaborative team in a state-of-the-art environment alongside engineers, IT and cyber specialists, project managers, and group functions teams. We offer a competitive salary of 51,975.00 - 57,750.00 depending on experience, plus benefits including a matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance, generous holiday allowance with the option to purchase additional days, health cash plan, private medical insurance, dental insurance, an employee discount portal, volunteering opportunities, and a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and support for the Armed Forces community.
last updated 34 week of 2026
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QinetiQ
Orpington
IT
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£44,000
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£60,000
UK median
This salary is 27% below the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks