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 2 April 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 42 70
Rank change year-on-year -21 +28 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 23 5 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 1.36% 1.21% 2.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 1.49% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 18 5 22
10th Percentile £30,575 £28,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,188 £31,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £42,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +21.43% +6.06%
75th Percentile £39,688 £57,500 £39,563
90th Percentile £40,000 - £44,650
North West median annual salary £31,000 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -11.43% +16.67% -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 1,436 336 1,377
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.07% 81.16% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 798 233 1,037
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,050 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +1.06%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,897 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.92% +9.79% -9.09%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 - 11 £37,500 -
Warrington -9 7 £35,000 -36.36% 3
Chester - 4 £35,000 - 5
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 2 April 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 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
3 7 (30.43%) Windows
4 6 (26.09%) DNS
4 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (26.09%) VPN
4 6 (26.09%) Windows 10
5 5 (21.74%) DHCP
5 5 (21.74%) Entra ID
5 5 (21.74%) Firewall
5 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
5 5 (21.74%) Principle of Least Privilege
5 5 (21.74%) SharePoint
5 5 (21.74%) VMware
5 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
6 4 (17.39%) Azure
6 4 (17.39%) FortiGate
6 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (17.39%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (17.39%) VLAN
7 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
8 2 (8.70%) AutoCAD
8 2 (8.70%) Ethernet
8 2 (8.70%) ITSM
8 2 (8.70%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office

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 (21.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) AutoCAD
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (21.74%) Entra ID
3 4 (17.39%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) DNS
1 6 (26.09%) VPN
2 5 (21.74%) DHCP
2 5 (21.74%) Firewall
3 4 (17.39%) VLAN
4 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
5 2 (8.70%) Ethernet
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (21.74%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (21.74%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 6 (26.09%) Windows 10
3 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) Principle of Least Privilege
3 4 (17.39%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (8.70%) ITSM
4 2 (8.70%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (8.70%) Web Filtering
5 1 (4.35%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.35%) Decision-Making
5 1 (4.35%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (4.35%) ITIL
5 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
5 1 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.35%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (21.74%) Hyper-V
2 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) FortiGate
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco
4 1 (4.35%) Draytek