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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 187 118
Rank change year-on-year +61 -69 +88
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 281 130 290
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.27% 1.35% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.53% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 256 88 227
10th Percentile £27,375 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,750 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -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 20,946 8,484 14,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 88.33% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,277 4,571 9,878
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,675
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,863 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.91% -4.27% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,000
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 11 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 11 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 +97 157 £34,238 -2.18% 20
Yorkshire -10 109 £30,000 -9.09% 13
North East -52 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 11 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.

1 149 (53.02%) Microsoft
2 129 (45.91%) Microsoft 365
3 122 (43.42%) Windows
4 95 (33.81%) Active Directory
5 78 (27.76%) Azure
6 72 (25.62%) Windows Server
7 67 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (20.28%) Customer Service
9 54 (19.22%) Microsoft Intune
10 46 (16.37%) Firewall
10 46 (16.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 44 (15.66%) SharePoint
12 42 (14.95%) Cybersecurity
13 37 (13.17%) Entra ID
14 36 (12.81%) Windows 10
15 33 (11.74%) Hyper-V
16 32 (11.39%) DNS
17 29 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
17 29 (10.32%) ITIL
17 29 (10.32%) Microsoft Exchange
17 29 (10.32%) Wi-Fi
18 27 (9.61%) DHCP
18 27 (9.61%) TCP/IP
19 24 (8.54%) VoIP
20 23 (8.19%) Cyber Essentials
20 23 (8.19%) VMware
21 19 (6.76%) Service Management
22 18 (6.41%) PowerShell
22 18 (6.41%) VPN
23 16 (5.69%) Disaster Recovery

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 (15.66%) SharePoint
2 29 (10.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.07%) Apache
3 3 (1.07%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 129 (45.91%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (27.76%) Azure
3 37 (13.17%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.63%) OneDrive
5 8 (2.85%) AWS
6 5 (1.78%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.07%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.71%) IaaS
9 1 (0.36%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.36%) GCP
9 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (16.37%) Firewall
2 32 (11.39%) DNS
3 29 (10.32%) Wi-Fi
4 27 (9.61%) DHCP
4 27 (9.61%) TCP/IP
5 24 (8.54%) VoIP
6 18 (6.41%) VPN
7 16 (5.69%) Wireless
8 14 (4.98%) WAN
9 13 (4.63%) VLAN
10 11 (3.91%) LAN
11 5 (1.78%) SAN
12 3 (1.07%) IP Telephony
12 3 (1.07%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.71%) SSL
13 2 (0.71%) WLAN
14 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.42%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.07%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.07%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.71%) JIRA
General
1 63 (22.42%) Social Skills
2 15 (5.34%) Manufacturing
3 13 (4.63%) Advertising
4 11 (3.91%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.49%) Retail
7 5 (1.78%) Automotive
7 5 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.78%) Local Government
8 4 (1.42%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.42%) Banking
8 4 (1.42%) Finance
9 3 (1.07%) Law
10 2 (0.71%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.42%) HTML
1 4 (1.42%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 42 (14.95%) Driving Licence
2 24 (8.54%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.63%) Security Posture
5 11 (3.91%) CCTV
6 4 (1.42%) Housing Association
7 3 (1.07%) FMCG
7 3 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Licensing
8 2 (0.71%) Life Science
8 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.36%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.36%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 122 (43.42%) Windows
2 72 (25.62%) Windows Server
3 36 (12.81%) Windows 10
4 10 (3.56%) Linux
5 9 (3.20%) Android
5 9 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.14%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.42%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.42%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.07%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.07%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.71%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (23.84%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (20.28%) Customer Service
3 46 (16.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (14.95%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (10.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 29 (10.32%) ITIL
6 19 (6.76%) Service Management
7 16 (5.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 15 (5.34%) ITSM
9 13 (4.63%) User Experience
10 12 (4.27%) Mentoring
11 10 (3.56%) Collaborative Culture
12 9 (3.20%) Business Continuity
12 9 (3.20%) Root Cause Analysis
13 8 (2.85%) Change Management
13 8 (2.85%) Identity Management
13 8 (2.85%) Service Delivery
14 7 (2.49%) Migration
14 7 (2.49%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 6 (2.14%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.41%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.42%) VBScript
3 3 (1.07%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (3.91%) Degree
3 9 (3.20%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.85%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.78%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.78%) CCNA
5 5 (1.78%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.71%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.71%) CISSP
7 1 (0.36%) ACSP
7 1 (0.36%) CCA
7 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.36%) HND
7 1 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.71%) NIST
5 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 95 (33.81%) Active Directory
2 33 (11.74%) Hyper-V
3 14 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.42%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.07%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.71%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.36%) Firmware
7 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (19.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (4.27%) SCCM
3 7 (2.49%) WSUS
4 3 (1.07%) Autotask
4 3 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.71%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (0.71%) SCOM
5 2 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 149 (53.02%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.19%) VMware
3 11 (3.91%) Veeam
4 9 (3.20%) Apple
4 9 (3.20%) SonicWALL
5 7 (2.49%) Meraki
6 6 (2.14%) CheckPoint
6 6 (2.14%) Google
7 5 (1.78%) Cisco
7 5 (1.78%) Draytek
7 5 (1.78%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.07%) Aruba
8 3 (1.07%) Dell
8 3 (1.07%) ESET
8 3 (1.07%) HP
8 3 (1.07%) Mitel
8 3 (1.07%) NetApp
8 3 (1.07%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.71%) Oracle
9 2 (0.71%) Red Hat