IT Engineer Jobs in Cumbria

IT Engineer
North West > Cumbria

The median IT Engineer salary in Cumbria is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 35 28
Rank change year-on-year -68 -7 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 4 8 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 0.18% 1.71% 4.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 1.81% 4.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 9
10th Percentile £29,650 £26,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £29,875 £28,625 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -8.57% -
75th Percentile £39,125 £40,000 £36,250
90th Percentile £47,450 £46,000 -
North West median annual salary £36,250 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% -4.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cumbria

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cumbria. 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 Cumbria with a recognized job title 2,157 441 186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.29% 94.23% 99.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,029 327 94
10th Percentile £7,000 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -5.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £70,000 £69,670
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Cumbria

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Cumbria

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Cumbria

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cumbria

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Cumbria over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Cumbria

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
Carlisle - 2 £30,000 - 6
Keswick +2 1 £32,000 - 2
IT Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, 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 Cumbria region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) VoIP
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) McAfee
4 1 (25.00%) Sophos
4 1 (25.00%) Tripwire
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (25.00%) Veeam
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) ConnectWise
3 1 (25.00%) Datto
3 1 (25.00%) ESET
3 1 (25.00%) McAfee
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (25.00%) Sophos
3 1 (25.00%) Tripwire
3 1 (25.00%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam