IT Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

IT Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median IT Engineer salary in Manchester is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 131 124
Rank change year-on-year +17 -7 +78
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 13 30 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.48% 1.06% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 1.13% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13 22 22
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,500 £28,550
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,375 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £39,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.02% +30.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £35,000 £40,188 £31,500
90th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,250
North West median annual salary £30,000 £38,250 £33,130
% change year-on-year -21.57% +15.45% +1.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,409 2,648 2,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.29% 93.97% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,509 1,286 1,615
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £85,250 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,818 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.61% -7.60% +4.76%

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 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
Bolton +14 2 £35,500 +20.34%
IT Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, 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 11 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 10 (76.92%) Windows
3 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
4 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
4 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
5 5 (38.46%) Mentoring
6 4 (30.77%) Azure
6 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
6 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
7 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
7 3 (23.08%) Firewall
7 3 (23.08%) Google
7 3 (23.08%) Google Workspace
7 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (15.38%) A+ Certification
8 2 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (15.38%) DHCP
8 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (15.38%) DNS
8 2 (15.38%) ITIL
8 2 (15.38%) ITSM
8 2 (15.38%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement

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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) Entra ID
3 3 (23.08%) Google Workspace
4 2 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
1 3 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (15.38%) DHCP
2 2 (15.38%) DNS
2 2 (15.38%) VLAN
2 2 (15.38%) VPN
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Electronics
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Fire and Rescue
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Police
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Driving Licence
2 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 10
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Mentoring
2 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (15.38%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) ITSM
4 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Management
4 2 (15.38%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 1 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (7.69%) Server Management
5 1 (7.69%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) A+ Certification
1 2 (15.38%) Network+ Certification
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Google
3 2 (15.38%) SAP
4 1 (7.69%) Apple
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) Meraki
4 1 (7.69%) VMware