IT Engineer Job Trends in Leeds

IT Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Engineer salary in Leeds is £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 76 94
Rank change year-on-year -15 +18 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 13 11 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.98% 1.08% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.13% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 15
10th Percentile £32,150 £27,250 -
25th Percentile £40,750 £31,438 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £34,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.06% +3.03% +26.92%
75th Percentile £52,500 £42,563 £39,793
90th Percentile £70,500 £44,700 £51,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £41,500 £33,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year +25.76% - +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,234 974 1,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 95.96% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 801 551 1,004
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £51,223 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.26% -6.87% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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 Leeds.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Leeds

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 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 Leeds region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (53.85%) Windows
3 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
4 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
4 5 (38.46%) Citrix
4 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
4 5 (38.46%) IT Asset Management
4 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
5 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
6 3 (23.08%) Azure
6 3 (23.08%) Database Migration
6 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
7 2 (15.38%) VoIP
7 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
8 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (7.69%) Agile
8 1 (7.69%) AWS
8 1 (7.69%) Business Transformation
8 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
8 1 (7.69%) Cisco
8 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (7.69%) Customer Engagement

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 6 (46.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (38.46%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
3 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) VoIP
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Driving Licence
2 3 (23.08%) Life Science
3 1 (7.69%) FMCG
3 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Asset Management
2 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
2 5 (38.46%) IT Asset Management
3 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Database Migration
4 3 (23.08%) Software Testing
5 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
5 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 1 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Network Architecture
5 1 (7.69%) Observability
5 1 (7.69%) Platform Engineering
5 1 (7.69%) Service Catalogue
5 1 (7.69%) Service-Level Objective
5 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Citrix
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Google
3 1 (7.69%) Meraki
3 1 (7.69%) Veeam
3 1 (7.69%) VMware