Associate Engineer Job Trends in the North East

Associate Engineer
England > North East

The median Associate Engineer salary in the North East is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Associate Engineer 5 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.19% - 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £39,409 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £39,197 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -37.29% +4.17% +33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 2,531 734 1,890
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 87.49% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,818 464 1,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,085 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £46,457
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.14% -7.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £75,772
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

Associate Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Associate Engineer job vacancy trend in the North East

Associate Engineer
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Associate Engineer job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Associate Engineer job vacancies in the North East

Associate Engineer
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Associate Engineer within the North East region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Tyne and Wear - 5 £35,000 - 1
Associate Engineer
England

Associate Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 16 July 2026, Associate 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 North East region featuring Associate Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Confluence
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Express.js
2 2 (40.00%) GitLab
2 2 (40.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) JIRA
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) MERN Stack
2 2 (40.00%) MongoDB
2 2 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (40.00%) Next.js
2 2 (40.00%) Node.js
2 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (40.00%) Pair Programming
2 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (40.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Slack
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation

Associate Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
1 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Express.js
1 2 (40.00%) MERN Stack
1 2 (40.00%) Next.js
1 2 (40.00%) Node.js
1 2 (40.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) AI Agents
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (40.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Pair Programming
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
1 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) UiPath