IT Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

IT Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median IT Engineer salary in Manchester is £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 137 139
Rank change year-on-year -26 +2 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 38 13 37
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.50% 0.55% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.61% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 36 13 27
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £28,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -12.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £52,500 - £43,000
North West median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +4.48%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 7,148 2,123 3,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 90.49% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5,375 1,273 1,925
10th Percentile £32,750 £28,250 £33,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,957 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £83,900
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Manchester

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Salford - 5 £55,000 -
Bury - 3 £29,000 -
Rochdale - 3 £35,000 -
Bolton -6 1 £31,500 -11.27%
Altrincham - 1 £50,000 -
Cheadle - 1 £26,000 -
IT Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 12 October 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 Manchester region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (60.53%) Microsoft
1 23 (60.53%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (52.63%) Windows
3 18 (47.37%) Firewall
4 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
5 15 (39.47%) Entra ID
6 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (28.95%) Azure
7 11 (28.95%) Change Control
7 11 (28.95%) Customer Service
7 11 (28.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (28.95%) Problem Management
7 11 (28.95%) VMware
8 9 (23.68%) ITIL
8 9 (23.68%) Veeam
9 8 (21.05%) Change Management
9 8 (21.05%) Information Security
9 8 (21.05%) Infrastructure Transformation
9 8 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (21.05%) Juniper
9 8 (21.05%) Palo Alto
9 8 (21.05%) VLAN
9 8 (21.05%) VPN
10 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (18.42%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 7 (18.42%) Windows Server
11 6 (15.79%) DNS
12 5 (13.16%) Apple
12 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (13.16%) DHCP

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 12 (31.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.53%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (60.53%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (39.47%) Entra ID
3 11 (28.95%) Azure
4 3 (7.89%) IaaS
5 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (47.37%) Firewall
2 8 (21.05%) VLAN
2 8 (21.05%) VPN
3 6 (15.79%) DNS
4 5 (13.16%) DHCP
4 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
5 4 (10.53%) VoIP
5 4 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (7.89%) SSL
7 2 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (5.26%) SAN
8 1 (2.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Finance
2 4 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.89%) Advertising
3 3 (7.89%) Aerospace
3 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Automotive
3 3 (7.89%) Banking
4 2 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Local Government
5 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.95%) Driving Licence
2 4 (10.53%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (52.63%) Windows
2 7 (18.42%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Change Control
1 11 (28.95%) Customer Service
1 11 (28.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 11 (28.95%) Problem Management
2 9 (23.68%) ITIL
3 8 (21.05%) Change Management
3 8 (21.05%) Information Security
3 8 (21.05%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 7 (18.42%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (7.89%) AI
6 3 (7.89%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (7.89%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.89%) High Availability
6 3 (7.89%) ISMS
6 3 (7.89%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (7.89%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (7.89%) Software Licensing
6 3 (7.89%) Technical Debt
6 3 (7.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.63%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.63%) CCA
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.89%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.63%) Firmware
2 1 (2.63%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.89%) Autotask
Vendors
1 23 (60.53%) Microsoft
2 11 (28.95%) VMware
3 9 (23.68%) Veeam
4 8 (21.05%) Juniper
4 8 (21.05%) Palo Alto
5 5 (13.16%) Apple
6 3 (7.89%) Datto
6 3 (7.89%) WatchGuard
7 1 (2.63%) BroadSoft
7 1 (2.63%) Freshdesk