IT Engineer Jobs in Leeds

IT Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Engineer salary in Leeds is £39,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 99 140
Rank change year-on-year +30 +41 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 8 31 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.01% 1.36% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.41% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6 15 32
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £23,875
25th Percentile £31,563 £28,125 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,250 £32,250 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.71% +13.16% -28.75%
75th Percentile £44,250 £36,250 £36,688
90th Percentile £45,750 £43,035 £56,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £31,875 £28,500
% change year-on-year +9.80% +11.84% -18.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 741 2,195 2,770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 96.06% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 505 1,592 1,666
10th Percentile £28,600 £31,250 £32,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £78,000 £69,914 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,500 £84,025 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.50% -9.09% +9.62%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Leeds

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Leeds

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 Leeds region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
5 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (25.00%) Security Patching
5 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle
5 2 (25.00%) Middleware
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) Firewall
5 2 (25.00%) Local Government
6 1 (12.50%) CCTV
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
6 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
6 1 (12.50%) Wireless

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (12.50%) Power BI
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CCTV
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (25.00%) Security Patching
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) E-Discovery
3 1 (12.50%) Microservices
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) F5
3 1 (12.50%) Intapp
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow