IT Engineer Job Trends in Merseyside

IT Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median IT Engineer salary in Merseyside is £35,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 60 69
Rank change year-on-year +20 +9 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 37 1 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 3.39% 0.22% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.59% 0.27% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 35 1 15
10th Percentile £27,250 - £25,200
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £32,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% +18.52% -28.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £34,000 £29,625
90th Percentile £43,250 - £42,150
North West median annual salary £32,940 £33,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year -2.40% +12.50% -18.92%

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 1,032 371 1,094
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 82.26% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 645 185 892
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £25,525
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -8.60%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £77,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -2 25 £30,000 -6.25% 1
Wirral - 4 £30,000 - 1
Birkenhead - 2 £39,000 -
IT Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 (62.16%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (51.35%) Microsoft
3 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (35.14%) Windows
5 10 (27.03%) Firewall
6 9 (24.32%) Azure
6 9 (24.32%) Customer Service
6 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (24.32%) Windows Server
7 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
7 8 (21.62%) Entra ID
7 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
9 6 (16.22%) Agile
9 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
10 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
11 4 (10.81%) DHCP
11 4 (10.81%) DNS
11 4 (10.81%) E-Commerce
12 3 (8.11%) Antivirus Management
12 3 (8.11%) CheckPoint
12 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Culture
12 3 (8.11%) Data Loss Prevention
12 3 (8.11%) Degree
12 3 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 3 (8.11%) Mac OS
12 3 (8.11%) Meraki
12 3 (8.11%) Proactive Maintenance
12 3 (8.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management

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 7 (18.92%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (62.16%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (24.32%) Azure
3 8 (21.62%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.03%) Firewall
2 4 (10.81%) DHCP
2 4 (10.81%) DNS
3 3 (8.11%) TCP/IP
3 3 (8.11%) VoIP
3 3 (8.11%) VPN
3 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (8.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
General
1 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
2 4 (10.81%) Retail
3 2 (5.41%) Multimedia
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Automotive
4 1 (2.70%) Banking
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) Driving Licence
2 8 (21.62%) CCTV
3 6 (16.22%) Onboarding
4 3 (8.11%) FMCG
4 3 (8.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (8.11%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.70%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (35.14%) Windows
2 9 (24.32%) Windows Server
3 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
4 3 (8.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (24.32%) Customer Service
3 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (16.22%) Agile
4 6 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (10.81%) E-Commerce
6 3 (8.11%) Antivirus Management
6 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (8.11%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (8.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (8.11%) Proactive Maintenance
6 3 (8.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 3 (8.11%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
8 1 (2.70%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (2.70%) Process Improvement
8 1 (2.70%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.70%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.22%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) CheckPoint
2 3 (8.11%) Meraki
3 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
3 2 (5.41%) Fujitsu
3 2 (5.41%) Virgin Media