IT Engineer Job Trends in Merseyside

IT Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median IT Engineer salary in Merseyside is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 April 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 46 70
Rank change year-on-year +13 +24 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 34 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 3.74% 1.26% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 1.84% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32 5 13
10th Percentile £27,250 - £25,100
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £33,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -28.00%
75th Percentile £37,050 £35,000 £30,000
90th Percentile £39,425 £41,000 £46,200
North West median annual salary £31,000 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -11.43% +16.67% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 850 272 1,045
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 68.51% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 533 184 847
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £25,300
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £44,500 £42,132
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +5.62% -6.37%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £77,350 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,647 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.50% +9.29% -9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Merseyside

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Merseyside over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Merseyside

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 17 April 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
Liverpool -3 21 £30,000 -9.09% 7
Wirral - 7 £30,000 -
Birkenhead - 2 £39,000 - 2
IT Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 17 April 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 Merseyside region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (67.65%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (55.88%) Microsoft
3 17 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (44.12%) Windows
5 11 (32.35%) Windows Server
6 10 (29.41%) Firewall
7 9 (26.47%) Azure
7 9 (26.47%) Customer Service
7 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
8 8 (23.53%) Entra ID
9 7 (20.59%) Hyper-V
10 6 (17.65%) Agile
10 6 (17.65%) DHCP
10 6 (17.65%) DNS
10 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 6 (17.65%) Proactive Maintenance
10 6 (17.65%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
10 6 (17.65%) VPN
10 6 (17.65%) Wireless
11 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
11 5 (14.71%) Windows 10
12 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (11.76%) E-Commerce
13 3 (8.82%) Antivirus Management
13 3 (8.82%) Data Loss Prevention
13 3 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
13 3 (8.82%) Mac OS
13 3 (8.82%) Systems Engineering

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 5 (14.71%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (67.65%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (26.47%) Azure
3 8 (23.53%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (29.41%) Firewall
2 6 (17.65%) DHCP
2 6 (17.65%) DNS
2 6 (17.65%) TCP/IP
2 6 (17.65%) VPN
2 6 (17.65%) Wireless
3 1 (2.94%) VoIP
3 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Retail
3 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
3 2 (5.88%) Multimedia
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Automotive
4 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Driving Licence
2 9 (26.47%) Onboarding
3 6 (17.65%) CCTV
4 3 (8.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (8.82%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.94%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.94%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 15 (44.12%) Windows
2 11 (32.35%) Windows Server
3 5 (14.71%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.82%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (26.47%) Customer Service
3 6 (17.65%) Agile
3 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (17.65%) Proactive Maintenance
3 6 (17.65%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 4 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (11.76%) E-Commerce
5 3 (8.82%) Antivirus Management
5 3 (8.82%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (8.82%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (5.88%) Mentoring
7 1 (2.94%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (2.94%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (2.94%) Process Improvement
7 1 (2.94%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (2.94%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 7 (20.59%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (55.88%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Fortinet
2 2 (5.88%) Fujitsu
2 2 (5.88%) Virgin Media
3 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.94%) Meraki