IT Engineer Jobs in Cheshire

IT Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median IT Engineer salary in Cheshire is £34,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 41 112
Rank change year-on-year -7 +71 -53
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 27 22 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.63% 4.51% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.76% 4.65% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 24 22 9
10th Percentile £26,300 £28,100 £24,450
25th Percentile £28,000 £31,438 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £42,500 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.41% +57.41% -16.92%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £28,500
90th Percentile £47,500 £93,500 £55,000
North West median annual salary £35,000 £33,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year +4.48% +8.06% +5.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 977 473 1,242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 96.93% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 593 351 635
10th Percentile £28,000 £22,790 £23,375
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,500 £57,139
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £68,353
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Cheshire

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Cheshire.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Cheshire

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 4 October 2024.

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 4 October 2024. 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
Middlewich - 10 £31,500 - 2
Warrington -21 5 £40,000 +23.08%
Chester - 4 £36,250 - 6
Lymm - 3 £33,500 -
Winsford - 2 £24,250 -
Northwich - 1 £40,000 -
Macclesfield - 1 - - 2
IT Engineer
North West

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 4 October 2024, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cheshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (33.33%) Windows
3 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
4 7 (25.93%) Azure
4 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (22.22%) Project Management
6 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (18.52%) DNS
6 5 (18.52%) DHCP
6 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
7 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
7 4 (14.81%) VLAN
7 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (14.81%) OneDrive
7 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
7 4 (14.81%) Migration
8 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (11.11%) VMware
8 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (11.11%) ITIL
8 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
8 3 (11.11%) VoIP
8 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
8 3 (11.11%) Network Security
8 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
9 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (14.81%) OneDrive
3 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) DHCP
1 5 (18.52%) DNS
2 4 (14.81%) VLAN
3 3 (11.11%) Network Security
3 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 3 (11.11%) VoIP
4 2 (7.41%) SAN
5 1 (3.70%) LAN
5 1 (3.70%) WAN
5 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) MySQL
General
1 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Legal
3 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.70%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.70%) Android
4 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Project Management
2 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (14.81%) Migration
4 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (11.11%) ITIL
4 3 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.41%) Business Strategy
5 2 (7.41%) Service Management
5 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 1 (3.70%) Asset Management
6 1 (3.70%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.70%) Creative Thinking
6 1 (3.70%) Customer Experience
6 1 (3.70%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (3.70%) Customer Service
6 1 (3.70%) Information Security
6 1 (3.70%) Inventory Management
6 1 (3.70%) Patch Management
6 1 (3.70%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
1 1 (3.70%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
1 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) CCNA
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.41%) SCCM
3 1 (3.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) Apple
3 1 (3.70%) Aruba
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) Veeam