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 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 182 128
Rank change year-on-year +89 -54 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 320 93 351
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.72% 1.27% 2.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.42% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 281 84 291
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,750 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +5.65% -10.14%
75th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £44,250 £48,750
England median annual salary £34,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +6.06% -4.35%

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 17,118 6,549 15,822
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 89.71% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 11,123 3,822 12,641
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +89 174 £32,500 -7.14% 30
Yorkshire +19 137 £32,500 +11.11% 25
North East -29 9 £30,000 -20.00% 4
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 142 (44.38%) Microsoft
2 129 (40.31%) Microsoft 365
3 113 (35.31%) Windows
4 107 (33.44%) Active Directory
5 85 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (22.50%) Azure
7 64 (20.00%) Windows Server
8 63 (19.69%) Firewall
9 53 (16.56%) Customer Service
10 48 (15.00%) Windows 10
11 44 (13.75%) DNS
12 41 (12.81%) Entra ID
13 40 (12.50%) DHCP
13 40 (12.50%) VPN
14 35 (10.94%) Microsoft Intune
15 34 (10.63%) VMware
16 32 (10.00%) SharePoint
17 31 (9.69%) Hyper-V
17 31 (9.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 30 (9.38%) ITIL
18 30 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
19 29 (9.06%) VLAN
20 27 (8.44%) VMware Infrastructure
20 27 (8.44%) WAN
21 26 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
22 24 (7.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
23 22 (6.88%) Cyber Essentials
23 22 (6.88%) Mentoring
24 20 (6.25%) Security Cleared
25 19 (5.94%) LAN

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 32 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 30 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.31%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 129 (40.31%) Microsoft 365
2 72 (22.50%) Azure
3 41 (12.81%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.38%) AWS
5 12 (3.75%) Google Workspace
6 9 (2.81%) SaaS
7 8 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.56%) Intacct
8 5 (1.56%) OCI
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.31%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 63 (19.69%) Firewall
2 44 (13.75%) DNS
3 40 (12.50%) DHCP
3 40 (12.50%) VPN
4 29 (9.06%) VLAN
5 27 (8.44%) WAN
6 19 (5.94%) LAN
6 19 (5.94%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (4.38%) SD-WAN
8 11 (3.44%) TCP/IP
8 11 (3.44%) VoIP
8 11 (3.44%) Wireless
9 4 (1.25%) Asterisk PBX
9 4 (1.25%) BGP
9 4 (1.25%) MPLS
9 4 (1.25%) SAN
9 4 (1.25%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (1.25%) VPLS
10 3 (0.94%) IP Telephony
11 2 (0.63%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.25%) GitLab
General
1 86 (26.88%) Social Skills
2 27 (8.44%) Organisational Skills
3 22 (6.88%) Manufacturing
4 11 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (3.44%) Retail
5 10 (3.13%) Advertising
5 10 (3.13%) Public Sector
6 9 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.50%) Multimedia
8 7 (2.19%) Finance
8 7 (2.19%) Law
9 5 (1.56%) Automotive
9 5 (1.56%) Social Housing
10 4 (1.25%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.25%) Local Government
11 2 (0.63%) Electronics
11 2 (0.63%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.63%) Marketing
11 2 (0.63%) Police
11 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.25%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.31%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 58 (18.13%) Driving Licence
2 27 (8.44%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.19%) CCTV
5 5 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (1.56%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.25%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.25%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.25%) PKI
7 3 (0.94%) FMCG
7 3 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.94%) Life Science
8 2 (0.63%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 113 (35.31%) Windows
2 64 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 48 (15.00%) Windows 10
4 13 (4.06%) Mac OS
5 12 (3.75%) Android
6 9 (2.81%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.50%) Windows 7
7 8 (2.50%) Windows 8
7 8 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.56%) Linux
9 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.25%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.63%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.31%) Solaris
11 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (26.56%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (16.56%) Customer Service
3 31 (9.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 30 (9.38%) ITIL
5 26 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (7.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 22 (6.88%) Mentoring
8 19 (5.94%) Service Management
9 17 (5.31%) Proactive Maintenance
9 17 (5.31%) Service Delivery
10 16 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (4.69%) Process Improvement
12 13 (4.06%) Root Cause Analysis
13 11 (3.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (3.13%) ITSM
14 10 (3.13%) Mobile Device Management
15 9 (2.81%) Asset Management
16 7 (2.19%) Coaching
17 6 (1.88%) Agile
17 6 (1.88%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.06%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.88%) Bash
2 6 (1.88%) SQL
3 1 (0.31%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 13 (4.06%) Degree
3 9 (2.81%) DV Cleared
3 9 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (2.81%) Network+ Certification
3 9 (2.81%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.88%) CCNA
4 6 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.56%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.94%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.63%) CCNP
7 2 (0.63%) CISSP
8 1 (0.31%) ACSP
8 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (1.88%) SLA
4 2 (0.63%) NIST
5 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 107 (33.44%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.69%) Hyper-V
3 27 (8.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.50%) VMware Workstation
5 7 (2.19%) vSphere
6 4 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.25%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.63%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.31%) Docker
8 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (10.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.44%) SCCM
3 8 (2.50%) Autotask
3 8 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (1.88%) WSUS
6 5 (1.56%) Ansible
7 4 (1.25%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.31%) Podman
Vendors
1 142 (44.38%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.63%) VMware
3 13 (4.06%) Google
4 10 (3.13%) Fortinet
5 8 (2.50%) Apple
5 8 (2.50%) Cisco
5 8 (2.50%) ESET
5 8 (2.50%) Fujitsu
5 8 (2.50%) Virgin Media
6 6 (1.88%) Meraki
7 5 (1.56%) Citrix
7 5 (1.56%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.56%) Sage
7 5 (1.56%) Ubiquiti
8 4 (1.25%) Draytek
8 4 (1.25%) Splunk
8 4 (1.25%) Veeam
8 4 (1.25%) Zoho
9 3 (0.94%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.94%) ServiceNow