IT Engineer Job Trends in Cheshire

IT Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median IT Engineer salary in Cheshire is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 50 71
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 19 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 1.31% 1.18% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 1.41% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 15 5 11
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £31,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,500 £39,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.28% +50.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £42,250 £45,000
North West median annual salary £30,000 £38,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +26.67% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,181 427 957
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.28% 84.22% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 595 239 765
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,250 £24,096
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,400 £77,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Cheshire

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 17 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Crewe - 10 £36,250 -
Warrington -1 4 - - 2
Chester - 4 £35,000 - 3
Runcorn - 1 £40,000 -
IT Engineer
North West

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 17 February 2026, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
3 6 (31.58%) VPN
3 6 (31.58%) Windows
3 6 (31.58%) Windows 10
4 5 (26.32%) Entra ID
4 5 (26.32%) Principle of Least Privilege
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
5 4 (21.05%) DHCP
5 4 (21.05%) DNS
5 4 (21.05%) Firewall
5 4 (21.05%) FortiGate
5 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
5 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (21.05%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (21.05%) VLAN
5 4 (21.05%) VMware
5 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (21.05%) Windows Server
6 2 (10.53%) AutoCAD
6 2 (10.53%) Azure
6 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
6 2 (10.53%) ITSM
6 2 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
6 2 (10.53%) SLA

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) AutoCAD
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (26.32%) Entra ID
3 2 (10.53%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) VPN
2 4 (21.05%) DHCP
2 4 (21.05%) DNS
2 4 (21.05%) Firewall
2 4 (21.05%) VLAN
3 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
3 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (26.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
1 6 (31.58%) Windows 10
2 4 (21.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Principle of Least Privilege
1 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (21.05%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (10.53%) ITSM
3 2 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (10.53%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
2 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) VMware
3 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow