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 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 188 118
Rank change year-on-year +65 -70 +77
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 287 130 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.31% 1.36% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 1.54% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 262 88 227
10th Percentile £27,275 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,938 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,375 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% +2.69% -5.80%
75th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £55,750 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 20,780 8,465 14,223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 88.37% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 15,153 4,567 9,870
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
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 8 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 8 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 +109 162 £35,000 - 21
Yorkshire -12 110 £30,000 -9.09% 12
North East -46 15 £40,000 -17.95% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 152 (52.96%) Microsoft
2 132 (45.99%) Microsoft 365
3 123 (42.86%) Windows
4 97 (33.80%) Active Directory
5 81 (28.22%) Azure
6 71 (24.74%) Windows Server
7 69 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (20.56%) Customer Service
9 56 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 47 (16.38%) Firewall
11 45 (15.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 44 (15.33%) SharePoint
13 43 (14.98%) Cybersecurity
14 39 (13.59%) Entra ID
15 37 (12.89%) Windows 10
16 33 (11.50%) Hyper-V
17 32 (11.15%) DNS
18 31 (10.80%) ITIL
19 30 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
20 27 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
20 27 (9.41%) DHCP
20 27 (9.41%) Wi-Fi
21 26 (9.06%) TCP/IP
22 25 (8.71%) VMware
23 24 (8.36%) Cyber Essentials
23 24 (8.36%) VoIP
24 20 (6.97%) Service Management
25 19 (6.62%) PowerShell
25 19 (6.62%) VPN
26 16 (5.57%) 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 (15.33%) SharePoint
2 30 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.05%) Apache
3 3 (1.05%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 132 (45.99%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (28.22%) Azure
3 39 (13.59%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.53%) OneDrive
5 7 (2.44%) AWS
6 5 (1.74%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.39%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.70%) SaaS
10 1 (0.35%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.35%) GCP
10 1 (0.35%) IaaS
10 1 (0.35%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 47 (16.38%) Firewall
2 32 (11.15%) DNS
3 27 (9.41%) DHCP
3 27 (9.41%) Wi-Fi
4 26 (9.06%) TCP/IP
5 24 (8.36%) VoIP
6 19 (6.62%) VPN
7 16 (5.57%) WAN
7 16 (5.57%) Wireless
8 13 (4.53%) VLAN
9 12 (4.18%) LAN
10 5 (1.74%) SAN
10 5 (1.74%) SD-WAN
11 3 (1.05%) IP Telephony
12 2 (0.70%) SSL
12 2 (0.70%) WLAN
13 1 (0.35%) Asterisk PBX
13 1 (0.35%) BGP
13 1 (0.35%) MPLS
13 1 (0.35%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.39%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.05%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.70%) JIRA
2 1 (0.35%) GitLab
General
1 68 (23.69%) Social Skills
2 15 (5.23%) Manufacturing
3 13 (4.53%) Advertising
4 11 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (3.83%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (2.44%) Retail
6 5 (1.74%) Automotive
6 5 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.74%) Finance
6 5 (1.74%) Local Government
7 4 (1.39%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.39%) Banking
8 3 (1.05%) Law
9 2 (0.70%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.70%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.39%) HTML
1 4 (1.39%) JSON
2 1 (0.35%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.63%) Driving Licence
2 24 (8.36%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.27%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.53%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.48%) CCTV
6 4 (1.39%) Housing Association
7 3 (1.05%) FMCG
7 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Licensing
8 2 (0.70%) Life Science
9 1 (0.35%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.35%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.35%) PKI
9 1 (0.35%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 123 (42.86%) Windows
2 71 (24.74%) Windows Server
3 37 (12.89%) Windows 10
4 10 (3.48%) Linux
5 9 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.79%) Android
6 8 (2.79%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.09%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.39%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.39%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.39%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.39%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.70%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (24.04%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (20.56%) Customer Service
3 45 (15.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (14.98%) Cybersecurity
5 31 (10.80%) ITIL
6 27 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (6.97%) Service Management
8 15 (5.23%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (5.23%) ITSM
9 13 (4.53%) User Experience
10 11 (3.83%) Mentoring
11 10 (3.48%) Collaborative Culture
11 10 (3.48%) Root Cause Analysis
11 10 (3.48%) Service Delivery
12 9 (3.14%) Business Continuity
12 9 (3.14%) Change Management
13 8 (2.79%) Identity Management
13 8 (2.79%) Proactive Maintenance
13 8 (2.79%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 7 (2.44%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.62%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.39%) VBScript
3 3 (1.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (3.83%) Degree
3 10 (3.48%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.79%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.09%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.09%) CCNA
5 6 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.70%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.70%) CISSP
6 2 (0.70%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.35%) ACSP
7 1 (0.35%) CCA
7 1 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.35%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (8.36%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.70%) NIST
5 1 (0.35%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 97 (33.80%) Active Directory
2 33 (11.50%) Hyper-V
3 16 (5.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.39%) BitLocker
4 4 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.39%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (0.70%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.70%) vSphere
6 1 (0.35%) Firmware
6 1 (0.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 56 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.18%) SCCM
3 7 (2.44%) WSUS
4 4 (1.39%) Autotask
5 3 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.35%) Ansible
7 1 (0.35%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 152 (52.96%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.71%) VMware
3 11 (3.83%) Veeam
4 9 (3.14%) Apple
5 7 (2.44%) Google
5 7 (2.44%) Meraki
5 7 (2.44%) SonicWALL
6 6 (2.09%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.74%) Cisco
7 5 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.39%) Draytek
8 4 (1.39%) ESET
9 3 (1.05%) Aruba
9 3 (1.05%) Dell
9 3 (1.05%) HP
9 3 (1.05%) Mitel
9 3 (1.05%) NetApp
9 3 (1.05%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.35%) BroadSoft
10 1 (0.35%) Splunk