Technical Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Technical Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Technical Engineer salary in Manchester is £48,875 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 205 230
Rank change year-on-year +61 +25 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Engineer 5 13 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.23% 0.25% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.27% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 10
10th Percentile £34,488 £25,700 £28,982
25th Percentile £39,156 - £29,285
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,875 £28,000 £30,690
Median % change year-on-year +74.55% -8.77% -20.29%
75th Percentile £59,156 £30,000 £33,156
90th Percentile £64,163 - £35,400
North West median annual salary £37,500 £30,000 £30,690
% change year-on-year +25.00% -2.25% +7.68%

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 1,941 4,840 4,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.62% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,282 3,745 2,661
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,107 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,925 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +0.11% -8.90% +4.54%

Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Engineer in Manchester

Technical Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Technical Engineer in Manchester

Technical Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Engineer in Manchester

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Technical 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 Manchester region featuring Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Software Packaging
2 2 (40.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Storage Management
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Ergonomics
3 1 (20.00%) Google
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification

Technical Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (20.00%) Autodesk Inventor
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (40.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (40.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Storage Management
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) CAD
3 1 (20.00%) Ergonomics
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Go
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) HND
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) SAP