IT Support Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

IT Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median IT Support Engineer salary in Manchester is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 170 148
Rank change year-on-year +22 -22 +88
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 5 7 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.22% 0.18% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.20% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 14
10th Percentile £30,200 £27,750 £28,575
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £30,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% +1.67% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £33,000 £31,500
90th Percentile - £34,250 £36,875
North West median annual salary £31,000 £29,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year +5.08% -7.81% +6.67%

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 2,079 3,582 2,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 94.59% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 1,846 2,012
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,500 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,250 £69,800 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,750 £84,056
North West median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

IT Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

IT Support 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 Support Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Stockport - 1 £32,500 - 2
IT Support Engineer
North West

IT Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, IT Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Apple
5 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (20.00%) Azure
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL

IT Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Apple