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 27 January 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 156 135
Rank change year-on-year +49 -21 +69
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 188 130 215
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.64% 1.47% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 1.58% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 157 102 200
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £22,614
25th Percentile £28,091 £29,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £41,250 £42,438 £38,750
90th Percentile £50,177 £44,250 £47,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,854
% change year-on-year -7.14% +0.42% +4.04%

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 10,213 8,250 10,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.98% 93.52% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,062 3,851 8,648
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £65,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 27 January 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 27 January 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 +40 93 £30,000 -20.53% 36
Yorkshire +25 87 £36,500 +11.45% 29
North East -4 8 £29,250 -18.75% 12
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 January 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 91 (48.40%) Microsoft
2 88 (46.81%) Windows
3 80 (42.55%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (39.89%) Active Directory
5 64 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (28.19%) Windows Server
7 51 (27.13%) Firewall
8 46 (24.47%) Azure
9 43 (22.87%) Customer Service
10 41 (21.81%) Windows 10
11 32 (17.02%) DNS
11 32 (17.02%) VPN
12 30 (15.96%) VMware
13 29 (15.43%) DHCP
14 27 (14.36%) Hyper-V
14 27 (14.36%) VMware Infrastructure
15 26 (13.83%) Entra ID
16 25 (13.30%) Microsoft Exchange
16 25 (13.30%) VLAN
17 21 (11.17%) WAN
18 20 (10.64%) Mentoring
18 20 (10.64%) Remote Monitoring and Management
19 19 (10.11%) Microsoft Intune
19 19 (10.11%) SharePoint
20 18 (9.57%) ITIL
21 17 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
22 16 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
22 16 (8.51%) LAN
22 16 (8.51%) Mac OS
23 13 (6.91%) Google

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 25 (13.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (10.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.06%) Acrobat
3 2 (1.06%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 80 (42.55%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (24.47%) Azure
3 26 (13.83%) Entra ID
4 13 (6.91%) Google Workspace
5 12 (6.38%) AWS
6 7 (3.72%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (3.72%) SaaS
7 4 (2.13%) OCI
8 2 (1.06%) Intacct
8 2 (1.06%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 51 (27.13%) Firewall
2 32 (17.02%) DNS
2 32 (17.02%) VPN
3 29 (15.43%) DHCP
4 25 (13.30%) VLAN
5 21 (11.17%) WAN
6 16 (8.51%) LAN
7 12 (6.38%) Wireless
8 10 (5.32%) TCP/IP
9 9 (4.79%) SD-WAN
10 8 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (3.72%) VoIP
12 3 (1.60%) SAN
13 2 (1.06%) Asterisk PBX
13 2 (1.06%) BGP
13 2 (1.06%) DMVPN
13 2 (1.06%) Ethernet
13 2 (1.06%) MPLS
13 2 (1.06%) VPLS
13 2 (1.06%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.06%) GitLab
General
1 62 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 20 (10.64%) Manufacturing
3 19 (10.11%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.32%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.26%) Multimedia
7 6 (3.19%) Law
7 6 (3.19%) Retail
8 5 (2.66%) Advertising
9 4 (2.13%) Finance
9 4 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.06%) Electronics
10 2 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (1.06%) Marketing
10 2 (1.06%) Police
10 2 (1.06%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.06%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 36 (19.15%) Driving Licence
2 17 (9.04%) Onboarding
3 14 (7.45%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.66%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.13%) Life Science
5 4 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.06%) PKI
8 1 (0.53%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) PDA
8 1 (0.53%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.53%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 88 (46.81%) Windows
2 53 (28.19%) Windows Server
3 41 (21.81%) Windows 10
4 16 (8.51%) Mac OS
5 9 (4.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (4.26%) Android
6 8 (4.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.19%) Windows 7
7 6 (3.19%) Windows 8
8 4 (2.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.60%) Linux
10 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.53%) Solaris
10 1 (0.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (22.87%) Customer Service
3 20 (10.64%) Mentoring
3 20 (10.64%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 18 (9.57%) ITIL
5 16 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (6.91%) Proactive Maintenance
7 12 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (5.32%) Asset Management
8 10 (5.32%) Service Delivery
9 9 (4.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (4.79%) Software Testing
10 8 (4.26%) Process Improvement
11 7 (3.72%) Critical Thinking
11 7 (3.72%) ERP
11 7 (3.72%) IT Asset Management
11 7 (3.72%) Migration
12 6 (3.19%) ITSM
13 5 (2.66%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.91%) SQL
2 7 (3.72%) PL/SQL
2 7 (3.72%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.72%) VBScript
3 5 (2.66%) Bash
4 1 (0.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (6.38%) Degree
2 9 (4.79%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (3.19%) CCNA
4 6 (3.19%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (2.13%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.13%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.60%) CCNP
6 3 (1.60%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.06%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.06%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.53%) CISSP
8 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (3.19%) SLA
3 3 (1.60%) GDPR
System Software
1 75 (39.89%) Active Directory
2 27 (14.36%) Hyper-V
2 27 (14.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.19%) VMware Workstation
3 6 (3.19%) vSphere
4 3 (1.60%) Firmware
5 2 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.06%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.06%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (10.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.19%) Autotask
3 5 (2.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 5 (2.66%) SCCM
3 5 (2.66%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.13%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.60%) Ansible
6 2 (1.06%) WSUS
7 1 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.53%) Podman
Vendors
1 91 (48.40%) Microsoft
2 30 (15.96%) VMware
3 13 (6.91%) Google
4 12 (6.38%) Veeam
5 11 (5.85%) Fortinet
6 8 (4.26%) Fujitsu
6 8 (4.26%) Virgin Media
7 7 (3.72%) Cisco
8 6 (3.19%) Apple
8 6 (3.19%) ESET
9 5 (2.66%) Adobe
9 5 (2.66%) Citrix
9 5 (2.66%) Zoho
10 4 (2.13%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.60%) Meraki
11 3 (1.60%) WatchGuard
12 2 (1.06%) Dell
12 2 (1.06%) Sage
12 2 (1.06%) SAP
12 2 (1.06%) SonicWALL