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 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 142 149
Rank change year-on-year -24 +7 +110
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 102 169 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.02% 1.55% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.65% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 88 133 130
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £26,175
25th Percentile £28,188 £29,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 £39,875
90th Percentile £55,750 £46,000 £48,750
England median annual salary £33,000 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -10.81% +5.71% +4.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,691 10,241 6,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.83% 94.14% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,894 5,323 5,309
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,800 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +2 51 £30,000 -21.05% 44
Yorkshire -19 47 £36,500 +10.61% 55
North East -3 4 £48,125 +34.62% 10
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, 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 70 (68.63%) Windows
2 69 (67.65%) Microsoft
3 58 (56.86%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (50.98%) Active Directory
5 42 (41.18%) Windows Server
6 36 (35.29%) Firewall
7 33 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (28.43%) Windows 10
9 28 (27.45%) Azure
10 25 (24.51%) Customer Service
11 19 (18.63%) VMware
12 18 (17.65%) DNS
12 18 (17.65%) VLAN
13 17 (16.67%) SharePoint
13 17 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
14 15 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (14.71%) DHCP
14 15 (14.71%) Hyper-V
15 14 (13.73%) VPN
16 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Exchange
16 13 (12.75%) Wireless
17 12 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
17 12 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
17 12 (11.76%) Veeam
18 11 (10.78%) Asset Management
18 11 (10.78%) Cisco
18 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Intune
18 11 (10.78%) Project Delivery
18 11 (10.78%) WAN
18 11 (10.78%) Wi-Fi

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 17 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.96%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.98%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 58 (56.86%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (27.45%) Azure
3 9 (8.82%) SaaS
4 8 (7.84%) Google Workspace
5 7 (6.86%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.94%) AWS
7 2 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.96%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 36 (35.29%) Firewall
2 18 (17.65%) DNS
2 18 (17.65%) VLAN
3 15 (14.71%) DHCP
4 14 (13.73%) VPN
5 13 (12.75%) Wireless
6 11 (10.78%) WAN
6 11 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (7.84%) TCP/IP
8 7 (6.86%) LAN
9 6 (5.88%) VoIP
10 5 (4.90%) Network Security
11 4 (3.92%) SAN
11 4 (3.92%) SD-WAN
12 2 (1.96%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (1.96%) WLAN
13 1 (0.98%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.98%) NetScaler
13 1 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.92%) SQL Server
General
1 36 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 28 (27.45%) Manufacturing
3 9 (8.82%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.90%) Retail
6 4 (3.92%) Advertising
6 4 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.98%) Electronics
9 1 (0.98%) Finance
9 1 (0.98%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.98%) Marketing
9 1 (0.98%) Police
9 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.69%) Driving Licence
2 14 (13.73%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.86%) FMCG
3 7 (6.86%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.92%) Life Science
5 3 (2.94%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (2.94%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.96%) Social Media
7 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.98%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.98%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 70 (68.63%) Windows
2 42 (41.18%) Windows Server
3 29 (28.43%) Windows 10
4 10 (9.80%) Mac OS
5 4 (3.92%) Android
5 4 (3.92%) Windows 7
5 4 (3.92%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.98%) Linux
6 1 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.98%) Solaris
6 1 (0.98%) Unix
6 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (24.51%) Customer Service
3 15 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (10.78%) Asset Management
5 11 (10.78%) Project Delivery
6 10 (9.80%) ITIL
6 10 (9.80%) Migration
6 10 (9.80%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 8 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (7.84%) Proactive Maintenance
8 7 (6.86%) Critical Thinking
8 7 (6.86%) ERP
8 7 (6.86%) IT Asset Management
8 7 (6.86%) Process Improvement
8 7 (6.86%) Software Testing
9 6 (5.88%) Patch Management
9 6 (5.88%) Test Automation
10 5 (4.90%) Data Privacy
10 5 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.82%) SQL
2 7 (6.86%) PL/SQL
2 7 (6.86%) VBScript
3 6 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.98%) Bash
4 1 (0.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (8.82%) Degree
2 5 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.92%) CCNA
4 3 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.94%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.94%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.96%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.98%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.98%) CCNP
6 1 (0.98%) CISSP
6 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.90%) GDPR
2 4 (3.92%) SLA
3 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.96%) NIST
4 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 52 (50.98%) Active Directory
2 17 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (14.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.92%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (2.94%) Firmware
6 2 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.96%) vSphere
6 2 (1.96%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.98%) Docker
7 1 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (10.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.92%) Autotask
3 3 (2.94%) SCCM
4 2 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.98%) Ansible
5 1 (0.98%) Podman
5 1 (0.98%) SmoothWall
5 1 (0.98%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (67.65%) Microsoft
2 19 (18.63%) VMware
3 12 (11.76%) Veeam
4 11 (10.78%) Cisco
5 8 (7.84%) Google
5 8 (7.84%) Sophos
6 6 (5.88%) Apple
6 6 (5.88%) Citrix
6 6 (5.88%) ESET
6 6 (5.88%) Meraki
7 5 (4.90%) Adobe
8 4 (3.92%) Aruba
9 3 (2.94%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.94%) Zerto
9 3 (2.94%) Zoho
10 2 (1.96%) ConnectWise
10 2 (1.96%) Datto
10 2 (1.96%) Dell
10 2 (1.96%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.96%) Ubiquiti