IT Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

IT Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median IT Engineer salary in Manchester is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 153 141
Rank change year-on-year +23 -12 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 48 14 83
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.79% 0.62% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.67% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 45 14 78
10th Percentile £29,850 £28,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £31,250 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +0.81% -22.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £44,375
90th Percentile £54,000 £40,875 £62,500
North West median annual salary £33,970 £32,250 £30,000
% change year-on-year +5.33% +7.50% -20.00%

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 5,689 2,075 5,537
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 91.45% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4,479 1,199 4,223
10th Percentile £31,640 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,869
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £53,159
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +8.17% -7.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,968
90th Percentile £95,200 £93,750 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 14 June 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 14 June 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 - 7 £50,000 -
Rochdale - 4 £35,000 -
Bury - 2 £28,500 - 3
Bolton +12 1 £31,500 -7.35%
Altrincham - 1 £50,000 -
Wigan - 1 - -
IT Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 26 (54.17%) Microsoft
1 26 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (50.00%) Azure
3 22 (45.83%) Windows
4 20 (41.67%) Firewall
5 17 (35.42%) Active Directory
6 16 (33.33%) Entra ID
7 15 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (29.17%) VPN
9 13 (27.08%) Customer Service
9 13 (27.08%) VLAN
9 13 (27.08%) Windows Server
10 12 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (22.92%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (22.92%) DNS
11 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (20.83%) DHCP
12 10 (20.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 8 (16.67%) SharePoint
14 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 6 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (12.50%) ITIL
15 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 6 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (12.50%) Process Improvement
15 6 (12.50%) SaaS
15 6 (12.50%) Service Delivery
16 5 (10.42%) Azure Certification
16 5 (10.42%) Change Management
16 5 (10.42%) High Availability

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 8 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (50.00%) Azure
3 16 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (12.50%) SaaS
5 5 (10.42%) Intacct
6 1 (2.08%) AWS
6 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (41.67%) Firewall
2 14 (29.17%) VPN
3 13 (27.08%) VLAN
4 11 (22.92%) DNS
5 10 (20.83%) DHCP
6 5 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (8.33%) SAN
8 2 (4.17%) VoIP
9 1 (2.08%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (2.08%) DMVPN
9 1 (2.08%) LAN
9 1 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
9 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.08%) WAN
9 1 (2.08%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 22 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.67%) Finance
3 5 (10.42%) Local Government
3 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
4 4 (8.33%) Aerospace
4 4 (8.33%) Automotive
5 3 (6.25%) Banking
5 3 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Multimedia
6 2 (4.17%) Retail
7 1 (2.08%) Advertising
7 1 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 19 (39.58%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.08%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Licensing
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (45.83%) Windows
2 13 (27.08%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.33%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.25%) Mac OS
4 3 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) Customer Service
2 12 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (20.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 7 (14.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (12.50%) ITIL
6 6 (12.50%) Process Improvement
6 6 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 5 (10.42%) Change Management
7 5 (10.42%) High Availability
7 5 (10.42%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (10.42%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 4 (8.33%) BCP
8 4 (8.33%) Business Continuity
8 4 (8.33%) Business Continuity Planning
8 4 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (8.33%) Information Management
8 4 (8.33%) Storage Management
9 3 (6.25%) Incident Response
9 3 (6.25%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
2 5 (10.42%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.08%) A+ Certification
3 1 (2.08%) CCA
3 1 (2.08%) CCNA
3 1 (2.08%) CCNP
3 1 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.92%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 17 (35.42%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) Sage
2 5 (10.42%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (8.33%) VMware
4 2 (4.17%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.17%) Fujitsu
4 2 (4.17%) Virgin Media
5 1 (2.08%) BroadSoft
5 1 (2.08%) Cisco
5 1 (2.08%) Freshdesk
5 1 (2.08%) Google