IT Engineer Jobs 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 20 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 192 248
Rank change year-on-year +46 +56 -61
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 214 148 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.44% 1.53% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 1.63% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 171 143 192
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,075 £23,132
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% +11.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £43,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £59,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £37,250 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.43% - +2.94%

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 14,141 9,090 16,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 94.02% 96.65%
Number of salaries quoted 8,034 6,330 10,653
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,785 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,543
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,050 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the North of England

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for IT Engineer 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 20 September 2024.

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 20 September 2024. 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 +34 116 £35,000 -6.67% 44
Yorkshire +21 77 £39,922 +20.98% 27
North East -15 21 £33,750 +2.27% 11
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 93 (43.46%) Microsoft
2 84 (39.25%) Windows
3 69 (32.24%) Active Directory
4 68 (31.78%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (29.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 59 (27.57%) Azure
7 51 (23.83%) Social Skills
8 48 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (19.16%) VMware
10 38 (17.76%) Windows Server
11 36 (16.82%) Hyper-V
12 34 (15.89%) Firewall
13 32 (14.95%) DNS
14 29 (13.55%) Cisco
15 27 (12.62%) LAN
16 25 (11.68%) WAN
17 24 (11.21%) Veeam
17 24 (11.21%) VMware Infrastructure
18 23 (10.75%) Microsoft Intune
18 23 (10.75%) Windows 10
19 22 (10.28%) ITIL
19 22 (10.28%) SAN
20 21 (9.81%) DHCP
21 20 (9.35%) Driving Licence
22 18 (8.41%) SharePoint
22 18 (8.41%) Project Delivery
23 16 (7.48%) SQL
23 16 (7.48%) Incident Management
23 16 (7.48%) Data Centre
24 15 (7.01%) OneDrive

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (8.41%) SharePoint
2 10 (4.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.40%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 68 (31.78%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (27.57%) Azure
3 15 (7.01%) OneDrive
4 8 (3.74%) AWS
4 8 (3.74%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.80%) Google Workspace
6 3 (1.40%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.40%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.40%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.47%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.47%) Dropbox
7 1 (0.47%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 34 (15.89%) Firewall
2 32 (14.95%) DNS
3 27 (12.62%) LAN
4 25 (11.68%) WAN
5 22 (10.28%) SAN
6 21 (9.81%) DHCP
7 15 (7.01%) TCP/IP
7 15 (7.01%) VLAN
8 14 (6.54%) VPN
9 13 (6.07%) Wireless
10 11 (5.14%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (3.74%) Internet
11 8 (3.74%) VoIP
12 7 (3.27%) Network Security
13 5 (2.34%) NAS
14 3 (1.40%) MPLS
14 3 (1.40%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.93%) SNMP
15 2 (0.93%) SSL
15 2 (0.93%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.47%) JIRA
General
1 51 (23.83%) Social Skills
2 14 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (5.61%) Manufacturing
4 10 (4.67%) Games
5 9 (4.21%) Finance
5 9 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (4.21%) Retail
6 6 (2.80%) Marketing
7 3 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.40%) Legal
7 3 (1.40%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.93%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.93%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.35%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.48%) Data Centre
3 10 (4.67%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (2.34%) CCTV
4 5 (2.34%) IoT
5 3 (1.40%) EPoS
5 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.47%) FMCG
7 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.47%) iPad
7 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.47%) Robotics
7 1 (0.47%) Tandem
7 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 84 (39.25%) Windows
2 38 (17.76%) Windows Server
3 23 (10.75%) Windows 10
4 9 (4.21%) Linux
5 5 (2.34%) Android
5 5 (2.34%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.87%) Windows 7
6 4 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.93%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.47%) Unix
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (29.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (10.28%) ITIL
4 18 (8.41%) Project Delivery
5 16 (7.48%) Incident Management
6 15 (7.01%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (7.01%) IT Strategy
7 14 (6.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (6.07%) Migration
8 13 (6.07%) Technology Strategy
9 12 (5.61%) Customer Service
9 12 (5.61%) E-Commerce
9 12 (5.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (5.14%) Bill of Materials
11 10 (4.67%) Storage Management
12 9 (4.21%) Project Management
13 7 (3.27%) Information Security
13 7 (3.27%) Mobile Device Management
13 7 (3.27%) Service Management
14 6 (2.80%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.48%) SQL
2 4 (1.87%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.40%) Swift
4 1 (0.47%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (6.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (4.67%) DBS Check
3 8 (3.74%) Degree
4 7 (3.27%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.27%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.80%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.93%) CCNA
8 2 (0.93%) CISSP
9 1 (0.47%) CCIE
9 1 (0.47%) CCNP
9 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.47%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.14%) GDPR
2 10 (4.67%) SLA
3 6 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.40%) QA
5 1 (0.47%) COBIT
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) NIST
System Software
1 69 (32.24%) Active Directory
2 36 (16.82%) Hyper-V
3 24 (11.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (3.27%) vSphere
5 3 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.93%) Firmware
6 2 (0.93%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (10.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.27%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.47%) Nessus
3 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 93 (43.46%) Microsoft
2 41 (19.16%) VMware
3 29 (13.55%) Cisco
4 24 (11.21%) Veeam
5 12 (5.61%) Dell
6 11 (5.14%) NetApp
7 7 (3.27%) Google
8 6 (2.80%) ESET
8 6 (2.80%) Sophos
9 5 (2.34%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.34%) HP
9 5 (2.34%) Juniper
10 4 (1.87%) Apple
11 3 (1.40%) ConnectWise
11 3 (1.40%) Datto
11 3 (1.40%) Draytek
11 3 (1.40%) Ubiquiti
12 2 (0.93%) Motorola
13 1 (0.47%) EMC
13 1 (0.47%) Oracle