IT Engineer Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets in Chester

IT Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

The median IT Engineer salary in Chester is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

	6 months to 31 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	20	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester	1.61%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	1.89%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	£28,700	-	-
25^th Percentile	£29,750	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£31,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£33,250	-	-
90^th Percentile	£34,300	-	-
Cheshire median annual salary	£37,500	£36,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	+4.17%	-15.29%	+41.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title	106	67	104
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	85.48%	100.00%	95.41%
Number of salaries quoted	55	36	80
10^th Percentile	£35,400	£31,875	£27,875
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£37,500	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£50,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-	+11.11%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£65,000	£67,070
90^th Percentile	£77,500	£66,250	£75,755
Cheshire median annual salary	£45,000	£47,500	£46,074
% change year-on-year	-5.26%	+3.10%	+2.39%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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 Chester.