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 £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 185 138
Rank change year-on-year +42 -47 +32
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 258 118 198
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.08% 1.25% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.43% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 223 78 155
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £25,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.06%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,250 £42,500
90th Percentile £49,500 £55,000 £47,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,250 £37,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -2.03% +5.71%

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 22,174 8,234 12,341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 87.33% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 16,199 4,359 6,697
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,375
England median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% -3.51% -5.00%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +67 145 £35,000 +7.69% 42
Yorkshire -18 89 £30,000 -9.09% 25
North East -44 24 £40,000 -17.95% 8
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 October 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.

1 145 (56.20%) Microsoft
2 140 (54.26%) Windows
3 128 (49.61%) Microsoft 365
4 105 (40.70%) Active Directory
5 95 (36.82%) Windows Server
6 76 (29.46%) Azure
7 67 (25.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 67 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (25.58%) Firewall
9 64 (24.81%) Customer Service
10 57 (22.09%) Microsoft Intune
11 56 (21.71%) Entra ID
12 53 (20.54%) Cybersecurity
13 47 (18.22%) Microsoft Exchange
14 39 (15.12%) Hyper-V
14 39 (15.12%) TCP/IP
15 38 (14.73%) DNS
16 37 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (14.34%) SharePoint
16 37 (14.34%) Wi-Fi
17 36 (13.95%) DHCP
18 35 (13.57%) VPN
19 34 (13.18%) ITIL
20 32 (12.40%) VoIP
21 29 (11.24%) VMware
22 26 (10.08%) Veeam
22 26 (10.08%) VLAN
23 25 (9.69%) SonicWALL
24 23 (8.91%) Change Management
24 23 (8.91%) Cyber Essentials

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 47 (18.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (14.34%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.10%) Apache
3 8 (3.10%) IIS
4 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 128 (49.61%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (29.46%) Azure
3 56 (21.71%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.04%) OneDrive
5 11 (4.26%) AWS
6 5 (1.94%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.94%) IaaS
6 5 (1.94%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.78%) OCI
8 1 (0.39%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.39%) GCP
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (25.58%) Firewall
2 39 (15.12%) TCP/IP
3 38 (14.73%) DNS
4 37 (14.34%) Wi-Fi
5 36 (13.95%) DHCP
6 35 (13.57%) VPN
7 32 (12.40%) VoIP
8 26 (10.08%) VLAN
9 16 (6.20%) LAN
10 14 (5.43%) WAN
11 13 (5.04%) Wireless
12 7 (2.71%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (1.94%) SSL
14 4 (1.55%) SAN
15 3 (1.16%) WLAN
16 2 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
17 1 (0.39%) NAS
17 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.49%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.10%) MySQL
3 4 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 63 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 17 (6.59%) Manufacturing
3 15 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.49%) Advertising
4 9 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (3.10%) Finance
6 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.94%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.55%) Banking
9 3 (1.16%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.16%) Automotive
9 3 (1.16%) Retail
9 3 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.78%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Local Government
11 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.55%) HTML
1 4 (1.55%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.50%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.43%) CCTV
4 12 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (3.49%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.55%) Housing Association
6 4 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.16%) FMCG
7 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (1.16%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.39%) Life Science
9 1 (0.39%) Replication
9 1 (0.39%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 140 (54.26%) Windows
2 95 (36.82%) Windows Server
3 20 (7.75%) Windows 10
4 17 (6.59%) Linux
5 13 (5.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.49%) Ubuntu
6 9 (3.49%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (3.10%) Android
8 2 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (25.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 67 (25.97%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (24.81%) Customer Service
3 53 (20.54%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (13.18%) ITIL
6 23 (8.91%) Change Management
7 19 (7.36%) ITSM
8 18 (6.98%) User Experience
9 13 (5.04%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (5.04%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 12 (4.65%) Change Control
10 12 (4.65%) Problem Management
10 12 (4.65%) Virtual Environments
11 11 (4.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 10 (3.88%) Collaborative Culture
12 10 (3.88%) Infrastructure Maintenance
12 10 (3.88%) Mentoring
13 9 (3.49%) Infrastructure Transformation
13 9 (3.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.36%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.33%) SQL
3 4 (1.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (7.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (5.04%) Degree
3 6 (2.33%) CCNA
3 6 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.94%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.94%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.94%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.55%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.78%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.78%) CISSP
6 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.39%) CCA
7 1 (0.39%) HND
7 1 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.39%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.55%) SLA
5 2 (0.78%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) GRC
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 105 (40.70%) Active Directory
2 39 (15.12%) Hyper-V
3 14 (5.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.10%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.55%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.78%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.39%) Firmware
7 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 57 (22.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.88%) WSUS
3 8 (3.10%) SCCM
4 6 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.16%) Autotask
6 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (0.78%) SCOM
6 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 145 (56.20%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.24%) VMware
3 26 (10.08%) Veeam
4 25 (9.69%) SonicWALL
5 17 (6.59%) Palo Alto
6 11 (4.26%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.88%) Juniper
7 10 (3.88%) Meraki
8 8 (3.10%) Apple
8 8 (3.10%) Aruba
8 8 (3.10%) Dell
8 8 (3.10%) HP
8 8 (3.10%) NetApp
9 7 (2.71%) Cisco
9 7 (2.71%) Draytek
9 7 (2.71%) Google
10 6 (2.33%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.94%) ServiceNow
12 3 (1.16%) Datto
12 3 (1.16%) WatchGuard