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 12 July 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 187 104
Rank change year-on-year +94 -83 +87
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 348 135 385
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.67% 1.43% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 1.63% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 316 91 315
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £22,614
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £26,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +2.33% -6.52%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,250 £40,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £49,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +11.94% -2.19%

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 19,728 8,289 17,383
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 88.08% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 14,368 4,454 13,104
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% - -8.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £81,000 £79,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,123
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.53% -11.46%

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 12 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 12 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 +115 200 £32,940 +1.35% 13
Yorkshire +1 132 £30,000 - 26
North East -49 16 £40,000 -17.95% 7
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 172 (49.43%) Microsoft
2 151 (43.39%) Microsoft 365
3 131 (37.64%) Windows
4 114 (32.76%) Active Directory
5 95 (27.30%) Azure
6 92 (26.44%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (21.26%) Windows Server
8 72 (20.69%) Customer Service
9 62 (17.82%) Firewall
10 58 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
11 51 (14.66%) Entra ID
12 48 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
13 46 (13.22%) SharePoint
14 45 (12.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 44 (12.64%) Windows 10
16 43 (12.36%) DNS
17 38 (10.92%) DHCP
17 38 (10.92%) Microsoft Exchange
18 37 (10.63%) ITIL
19 33 (9.48%) VMware
20 31 (8.91%) Cyber Essentials
20 31 (8.91%) Hyper-V
20 31 (8.91%) VPN
21 28 (8.05%) WAN
22 27 (7.76%) PowerShell
23 26 (7.47%) VoIP
23 26 (7.47%) Wi-Fi
24 24 (6.90%) Mentoring
24 24 (6.90%) Service Management
24 24 (6.90%) 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 46 (13.22%) SharePoint
2 38 (10.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.86%) Apache
3 3 (0.86%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 151 (43.39%) Microsoft 365
2 95 (27.30%) Azure
3 51 (14.66%) Entra ID
4 12 (3.45%) AWS
5 11 (3.16%) OneDrive
6 9 (2.59%) Google Workspace
7 6 (1.72%) SaaS
8 5 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.44%) Intacct
8 5 (1.44%) OCI
8 5 (1.44%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 62 (17.82%) Firewall
2 43 (12.36%) DNS
3 38 (10.92%) DHCP
4 31 (8.91%) VPN
5 28 (8.05%) WAN
6 26 (7.47%) VoIP
6 26 (7.47%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (6.32%) TCP/IP
8 21 (6.03%) LAN
8 21 (6.03%) VLAN
9 14 (4.02%) Wireless
10 13 (3.74%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.15%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (1.15%) BGP
11 4 (1.15%) MPLS
11 4 (1.15%) SAN
11 4 (1.15%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (1.15%) VPLS
12 3 (0.86%) IP Telephony
13 2 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.15%) GitLab
2 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 100 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 21 (6.03%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (3.74%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.45%) Advertising
5 11 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.59%) Finance
6 9 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.30%) Multimedia
7 8 (2.30%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.01%) Retail
9 6 (1.72%) Law
10 5 (1.44%) Automotive
10 5 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.44%) Local Government
10 5 (1.44%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.15%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.15%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.15%) HTML
1 4 (1.15%) JSON
1 4 (1.15%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.29%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 65 (18.68%) Driving Licence
2 31 (8.91%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.45%) Security Posture
5 8 (2.30%) CCTV
6 5 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.44%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.15%) Housing Association
7 4 (1.15%) PKI
8 3 (0.86%) FMCG
8 3 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.86%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Licensing
9 2 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.57%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.57%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 131 (37.64%) Windows
2 74 (21.26%) Windows Server
3 44 (12.64%) Windows 10
4 16 (4.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (4.60%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (3.16%) Linux
5 11 (3.16%) Mac OS
6 7 (2.01%) Windows 7
6 7 (2.01%) Windows 8
7 6 (1.72%) Android
8 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.57%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (26.44%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (20.69%) Customer Service
3 48 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
4 45 (12.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 37 (10.63%) ITIL
6 24 (6.90%) Mentoring
6 24 (6.90%) Service Management
7 22 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (4.89%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 17 (4.89%) Service Delivery
9 14 (4.02%) ITSM
9 14 (4.02%) Proactive Maintenance
10 13 (3.74%) Change Management
10 13 (3.74%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (3.74%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (3.74%) User Experience
11 11 (3.16%) Process Improvement
12 10 (2.87%) Mobile Device Management
13 9 (2.59%) Business Continuity
13 9 (2.59%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.76%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.44%) Bash
3 4 (1.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (5.46%) Security Cleared
2 18 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (3.74%) Degree
4 11 (3.16%) CCNA
4 11 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (2.87%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.87%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.59%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.57%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.57%) CCNP
8 2 (0.57%) CISSP
9 1 (0.29%) ACSP
9 1 (0.29%) CCA
9 1 (0.29%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (2.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.57%) NIST
5 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 114 (32.76%) Active Directory
2 31 (8.91%) Hyper-V
3 24 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (2.01%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (1.72%) vSphere
6 4 (1.15%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.15%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.57%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 58 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.02%) SCCM
3 9 (2.59%) WSUS
4 8 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (2.01%) Autotask
6 6 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.15%) Ansible
8 3 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 172 (49.43%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.48%) VMware
3 14 (4.02%) Veeam
4 11 (3.16%) Google
5 10 (2.87%) Fortinet
6 8 (2.30%) Apple
6 8 (2.30%) Fujitsu
6 8 (2.30%) Virgin Media
7 7 (2.01%) Cisco
7 7 (2.01%) ESET
8 6 (1.72%) CheckPoint
8 6 (1.72%) Meraki
8 6 (1.72%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.44%) CyberArk
9 5 (1.44%) Sage
9 5 (1.44%) SonicWALL
9 5 (1.44%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (1.15%) Draytek
10 4 (1.15%) Splunk
11 3 (0.86%) Aruba