IT Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

IT Engineer
England > North of England

The median IT Engineer salary in the North of England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 185 102
Rank change year-on-year +89 -83 +82
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 334 136 386
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.60% 1.45% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.64% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 310 92 316
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £22,614
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,375 £26,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 £32,375
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +1.93% -6.16%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,375 £40,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £49,375
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +10.29% -1.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 19,742 8,288 17,378
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 88.07% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 14,366 4,450 13,094
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £81,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 the North of England.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the North of England

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 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
North West +114 189 £32,940 -2.40% 15
Yorkshire 0 127 £30,000 - 28
North East -49 18 £40,000 -17.95% 11
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 15 July 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 North of England region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 167 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 146 (43.71%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (38.02%) Windows
4 111 (33.23%) Active Directory
5 92 (27.54%) Azure
6 87 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (21.56%) Windows Server
8 71 (21.26%) Customer Service
9 59 (17.66%) Firewall
10 57 (17.07%) Microsoft Intune
11 48 (14.37%) Entra ID
11 48 (14.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 45 (13.47%) Cybersecurity
13 44 (13.17%) SharePoint
14 43 (12.87%) Windows 10
15 38 (11.38%) DNS
16 36 (10.78%) ITIL
17 35 (10.48%) Microsoft Exchange
18 33 (9.88%) DHCP
19 31 (9.28%) Hyper-V
19 31 (9.28%) VMware
20 29 (8.68%) Cyber Essentials
21 27 (8.08%) VPN
22 26 (7.78%) PowerShell
23 25 (7.49%) VoIP
23 25 (7.49%) WAN
23 25 (7.49%) Wi-Fi
24 24 (7.19%) Service Management
25 23 (6.89%) TCP/IP
26 22 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 44 (13.17%) SharePoint
2 35 (10.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.90%) Apache
3 3 (0.90%) IIS
Applications
1 17 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 146 (43.71%) Microsoft 365
2 92 (27.54%) Azure
3 48 (14.37%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.29%) AWS
4 11 (3.29%) OneDrive
5 8 (2.40%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.50%) OCI
6 5 (1.50%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.50%) SaaS
7 4 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.20%) Intacct
8 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 59 (17.66%) Firewall
2 38 (11.38%) DNS
3 33 (9.88%) DHCP
4 27 (8.08%) VPN
5 25 (7.49%) VoIP
5 25 (7.49%) WAN
5 25 (7.49%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (6.89%) TCP/IP
7 18 (5.39%) LAN
7 18 (5.39%) VLAN
8 16 (4.79%) Wireless
9 12 (3.59%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.20%) SAN
11 3 (0.90%) Asterisk PBX
11 3 (0.90%) BGP
11 3 (0.90%) IP Telephony
11 3 (0.90%) MPLS
11 3 (0.90%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.90%) VPLS
12 2 (0.60%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.90%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.90%) GitLab
2 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 92 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 20 (5.99%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (3.89%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.59%) Advertising
5 11 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.40%) Finance
7 8 (2.40%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.10%) Retail
9 6 (1.80%) Law
10 5 (1.50%) Automotive
10 5 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.50%) Local Government
10 5 (1.50%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.20%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.20%) HTML
1 4 (1.20%) JSON
2 3 (0.90%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.30%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 55 (16.47%) Driving Licence
2 31 (9.28%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.99%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.19%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.40%) CCTV
6 5 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.20%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.90%) FMCG
8 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.90%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (0.90%) PKI
9 2 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.60%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.60%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 127 (38.02%) Windows
2 72 (21.56%) Windows Server
3 43 (12.87%) Windows 10
4 13 (3.89%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (3.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (2.99%) Linux
6 9 (2.69%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.10%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.10%) Windows 8
8 6 (1.80%) Android
9 4 (1.20%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.60%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
2 71 (21.26%) Customer Service
3 48 (14.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 45 (13.47%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (10.78%) ITIL
6 24 (7.19%) Service Management
7 21 (6.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (4.79%) Mentoring
9 15 (4.49%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 15 (4.49%) Service Delivery
10 14 (4.19%) ITSM
11 13 (3.89%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (3.89%) Proactive Maintenance
11 13 (3.89%) User Experience
12 12 (3.59%) Change Management
12 12 (3.59%) Root Cause Analysis
13 9 (2.69%) Business Continuity
13 9 (2.69%) Mobile Device Management
13 9 (2.69%) Process Improvement
14 8 (2.40%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.78%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.50%) Bash
3 4 (1.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (5.39%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (3.89%) Degree
4 10 (2.99%) CCNA
4 10 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.69%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.40%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.60%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.60%) CCNP
8 2 (0.60%) CISSP
9 1 (0.30%) ACSP
9 1 (0.30%) CCA
9 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.68%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 111 (33.23%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.28%) Hyper-V
3 22 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.10%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (1.80%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.20%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.20%) vSphere
7 3 (0.90%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.60%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 57 (17.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.19%) SCCM
3 8 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.40%) WSUS
4 7 (2.10%) Autotask
5 4 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.90%) Ansible
6 3 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 167 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.28%) VMware
3 13 (3.89%) Veeam
4 10 (2.99%) Google
5 8 (2.40%) Apple
6 7 (2.10%) Cisco
6 7 (2.10%) ESET
7 6 (1.80%) CheckPoint
7 6 (1.80%) Meraki
7 6 (1.80%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.50%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.20%) Draytek
9 4 (1.20%) Sage
9 4 (1.20%) SonicWALL
9 4 (1.20%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (0.90%) Dell
10 3 (0.90%) HP
10 3 (0.90%) Mitel
10 3 (0.90%) NetApp
10 3 (0.90%) Splunk