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 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 192 109
Rank change year-on-year +88 -83 +83
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 321 135 353
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.53% 1.43% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% 1.62% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 298 92 286
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,938 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 £32,375
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +1.93% -6.16%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,250 £40,188
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +8.70% -

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 19,947 8,315 16,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 88.19% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,535 4,478 11,850
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -8.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £80,000 £79,000
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 21 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 21 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 +118 180 £32,940 +1.35% 23
Yorkshire -7 124 £30,000 - 23
North East -40 17 £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 21 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.

1 162 (50.47%) Microsoft
2 141 (43.93%) Microsoft 365
3 124 (38.63%) Windows
4 106 (33.02%) Active Directory
5 88 (27.41%) Azure
6 83 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (22.12%) Windows Server
8 69 (21.50%) Customer Service
9 55 (17.13%) Firewall
10 54 (16.82%) Microsoft Intune
11 49 (15.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 44 (13.71%) Cybersecurity
12 44 (13.71%) Entra ID
13 43 (13.40%) SharePoint
14 40 (12.46%) Windows 10
15 37 (11.53%) DNS
16 34 (10.59%) ITIL
17 33 (10.28%) Microsoft Exchange
18 32 (9.97%) DHCP
19 31 (9.66%) Hyper-V
20 29 (9.03%) VMware
21 28 (8.72%) Cyber Essentials
22 26 (8.10%) PowerShell
22 26 (8.10%) VoIP
22 26 (8.10%) Wi-Fi
23 24 (7.48%) VPN
24 23 (7.17%) Service Management
24 23 (7.17%) TCP/IP
25 22 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
25 22 (6.85%) WAN

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 43 (13.40%) SharePoint
2 33 (10.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.93%) Apache
3 3 (0.93%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 141 (43.93%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (27.41%) Azure
3 44 (13.71%) Entra ID
4 11 (3.43%) AWS
4 11 (3.43%) OneDrive
5 7 (2.18%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.56%) OCI
6 5 (1.56%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (1.25%) SaaS
8 3 (0.93%) Intacct
9 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 55 (17.13%) Firewall
2 37 (11.53%) DNS
3 32 (9.97%) DHCP
4 26 (8.10%) VoIP
4 26 (8.10%) Wi-Fi
5 24 (7.48%) VPN
6 23 (7.17%) TCP/IP
7 22 (6.85%) WAN
8 17 (5.30%) VLAN
9 16 (4.98%) LAN
9 16 (4.98%) Wireless
10 10 (3.12%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.25%) SAN
12 3 (0.93%) Asterisk PBX
12 3 (0.93%) BGP
12 3 (0.93%) IP Telephony
12 3 (0.93%) MPLS
12 3 (0.93%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.93%) VPLS
13 2 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.25%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.93%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.93%) GitLab
2 1 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 86 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 18 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (4.05%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.74%) Advertising
5 10 (3.12%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.18%) Finance
7 7 (2.18%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.18%) Retail
8 5 (1.56%) Automotive
8 5 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.56%) Local Government
9 4 (1.25%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.25%) Banking
9 4 (1.25%) Law
9 4 (1.25%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.25%) HTML
1 4 (1.25%) JSON
2 3 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.31%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 54 (16.82%) Driving Licence
2 30 (9.35%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.36%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.80%) CCTV
6 5 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.56%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.25%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.93%) FMCG
8 3 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (0.93%) PKI
9 2 (0.62%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.62%) Life Science
9 2 (0.62%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 124 (38.63%) Windows
2 71 (22.12%) Windows Server
3 40 (12.46%) Windows 10
4 12 (3.74%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (3.74%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (3.12%) Linux
6 9 (2.80%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.18%) Android
8 6 (1.87%) Windows 7
8 6 (1.87%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.25%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.93%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.62%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (21.50%) Customer Service
3 49 (15.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 44 (13.71%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (10.59%) ITIL
6 23 (7.17%) Service Management
7 22 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (4.67%) Mentoring
8 15 (4.67%) Service Delivery
9 14 (4.36%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 13 (4.05%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (4.05%) ITSM
10 13 (4.05%) User Experience
11 12 (3.74%) Proactive Maintenance
11 12 (3.74%) Root Cause Analysis
12 11 (3.43%) Change Management
13 9 (2.80%) Business Continuity
13 9 (2.80%) Collaborative Culture
13 9 (2.80%) Process Improvement
14 8 (2.49%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.10%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.56%) Bash
3 4 (1.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (5.30%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (3.74%) Degree
4 10 (3.12%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.80%) CCNA
5 9 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (2.49%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.18%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.62%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.62%) CISSP
10 1 (0.31%) ACSP
10 1 (0.31%) CCA
10 1 (0.31%) CCNP
10 1 (0.31%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.31%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.62%) NIST
5 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 106 (33.02%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.66%) Hyper-V
3 20 (6.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.87%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (1.25%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.93%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.93%) vSphere
7 2 (0.62%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 54 (16.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.05%) SCCM
3 8 (2.49%) WSUS
4 7 (2.18%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.87%) Autotask
6 4 (1.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.93%) Ansible
7 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 162 (50.47%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.03%) VMware
3 12 (3.74%) Veeam
4 9 (2.80%) Google
5 8 (2.49%) Apple
6 6 (1.87%) CheckPoint
6 6 (1.87%) Cisco
6 6 (1.87%) ESET
6 6 (1.87%) Meraki
7 5 (1.56%) CyberArk
7 5 (1.56%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.25%) Draytek
8 4 (1.25%) SonicWALL
9 3 (0.93%) Dell
9 3 (0.93%) HP
9 3 (0.93%) Mitel
9 3 (0.93%) NetApp
9 3 (0.93%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.93%) Sage
9 3 (0.93%) Ubiquiti