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 30 August 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 181 123
Rank change year-on-year +48 -58 +53
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 269 127 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.17% 1.33% 1.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.51% 1.85%
Number of salaries quoted 247 85 208
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -5.80%
75th Percentile £40,000 £47,250 £42,313
90th Percentile £45,000 £56,500 £47,725
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

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 21,608 8,391 14,078
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 87.97% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 15,792 4,618 9,140
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,525 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 +95 152 £33,475 -4.36% 21
Yorkshire -19 101 £30,000 -9.09% 12
North East -55 16 £40,000 -17.95% 4
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 August 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.

1 145 (53.90%) Microsoft
2 124 (46.10%) Windows
3 123 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (36.80%) Active Directory
5 78 (29.00%) Windows Server
6 74 (27.51%) Azure
7 61 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (20.07%) Customer Service
9 53 (19.70%) Microsoft Intune
10 49 (18.22%) Firewall
11 48 (17.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 44 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
13 41 (15.24%) SharePoint
14 37 (13.75%) Entra ID
14 37 (13.75%) Hyper-V
15 35 (13.01%) DNS
16 32 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
17 31 (11.52%) Wi-Fi
18 30 (11.15%) DHCP
18 30 (11.15%) TCP/IP
18 30 (11.15%) Windows 10
19 29 (10.78%) Microsoft Exchange
20 28 (10.41%) VoIP
21 27 (10.04%) ITIL
22 25 (9.29%) Cyber Essentials
23 22 (8.18%) VPN
24 19 (7.06%) VMware
25 17 (6.32%) ITSM
25 17 (6.32%) PowerShell
25 17 (6.32%) SonicWALL

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 41 (15.24%) SharePoint
2 29 (10.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.49%) Apache
3 4 (1.49%) IIS
4 1 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 123 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (27.51%) Azure
3 37 (13.75%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.83%) OneDrive
5 9 (3.35%) AWS
6 5 (1.86%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.74%) IaaS
7 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.37%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.37%) GCP
8 1 (0.37%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (18.22%) Firewall
2 35 (13.01%) DNS
3 31 (11.52%) Wi-Fi
4 30 (11.15%) DHCP
4 30 (11.15%) TCP/IP
5 28 (10.41%) VoIP
6 22 (8.18%) VPN
7 16 (5.95%) VLAN
7 16 (5.95%) Wireless
8 11 (4.09%) LAN
8 11 (4.09%) WAN
9 5 (1.86%) SAN
10 4 (1.49%) Structured Cabling
11 2 (0.74%) SSL
11 2 (0.74%) WLAN
12 1 (0.37%) IP Telephony
12 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.49%) MySQL
3 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 59 (21.93%) Social Skills
2 18 (6.69%) Manufacturing
3 12 (4.46%) Advertising
4 11 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.86%) Automotive
6 5 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.86%) Finance
7 4 (1.49%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.49%) Banking
7 4 (1.49%) Local Government
8 3 (1.12%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.12%) Retail
9 2 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.37%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.49%) HTML
1 4 (1.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (15.61%) Driving Licence
2 20 (7.43%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.69%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.46%) CCTV
5 11 (4.09%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.49%) Housing Association
7 3 (1.12%) FMCG
7 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (1.12%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.74%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.37%) Life Science
9 1 (0.37%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.37%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 124 (46.10%) Windows
2 78 (29.00%) Windows Server
3 30 (11.15%) Windows 10
4 11 (4.09%) Linux
5 9 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (3.35%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.97%) Android
7 5 (1.86%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.12%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.12%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.74%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.37%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (20.07%) Customer Service
3 48 (17.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 44 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (10.04%) ITIL
7 17 (6.32%) ITSM
8 16 (5.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (5.95%) Service Management
9 13 (4.83%) User Experience
10 11 (4.09%) Mentoring
11 10 (3.72%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (3.35%) Business Continuity
13 8 (2.97%) Change Management
13 8 (2.97%) ERP
13 8 (2.97%) Identity Management
13 8 (2.97%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 8 (2.97%) Virtual Environments
14 7 (2.60%) Infrastructure Maintenance
14 7 (2.60%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.32%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.86%) SQL
3 4 (1.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (4.09%) Degree
3 7 (2.60%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.60%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.86%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.86%) CCNA
4 5 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.74%) CISSP
6 1 (0.37%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.37%) CCA
6 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.37%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.74%) NIST
System Software
1 99 (36.80%) Active Directory
2 37 (13.75%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.49%) BitLocker
4 4 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.74%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.37%) Firmware
6 1 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (19.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.72%) SCCM
3 8 (2.97%) WSUS
4 2 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.74%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (0.74%) SCOM
4 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.37%) Autotask
Vendors
1 145 (53.90%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.06%) VMware
3 17 (6.32%) SonicWALL
4 12 (4.46%) Veeam
5 8 (2.97%) Draytek
6 7 (2.60%) CheckPoint
7 6 (2.23%) Apple
7 6 (2.23%) Meraki
8 5 (1.86%) Cisco
8 5 (1.86%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.49%) Aruba
9 4 (1.49%) Dell
9 4 (1.49%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.49%) HP
9 4 (1.49%) NetApp
9 4 (1.49%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.12%) Google
11 2 (0.74%) Oracle
11 2 (0.74%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.37%) Juniper