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 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 175 120
Rank change year-on-year +79 -55 +67
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 317 91 354
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.72% 1.23% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 1.36% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 279 83 294
10th Percentile £26,350 £25,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.17% -8.70%
75th Percentile £41,250 £40,625 £38,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £44,250 £48,750
England median annual salary £34,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +6.06% -4.35%

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 17,066 6,671 15,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 89.87% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 11,289 3,796 12,773
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% +10.19% -11.18%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +95 175 £32,500 -4.41% 23
Yorkshire +15 133 £32,500 +11.11% 25
North East -44 9 £30,000 -20.00% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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.

1 140 (44.16%) Microsoft
2 126 (39.75%) Microsoft 365
3 110 (34.70%) Windows
4 102 (32.18%) Active Directory
5 84 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (23.03%) Azure
7 63 (19.87%) Firewall
7 63 (19.87%) Windows Server
8 52 (16.40%) Customer Service
9 43 (13.56%) DNS
9 43 (13.56%) Windows 10
10 42 (13.25%) Entra ID
11 41 (12.93%) VPN
12 39 (12.30%) DHCP
13 37 (11.67%) Microsoft Intune
14 33 (10.41%) VMware
15 32 (10.09%) SharePoint
16 31 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 30 (9.46%) Hyper-V
17 30 (9.46%) ITIL
17 30 (9.46%) VLAN
18 28 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
18 28 (8.83%) Microsoft Exchange
19 26 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
19 26 (8.20%) WAN
20 23 (7.26%) Cyber Essentials
20 23 (7.26%) Remote Monitoring and Management
21 22 (6.94%) Mentoring
22 20 (6.31%) Security Cleared
22 20 (6.31%) 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 32 (10.09%) SharePoint
2 28 (8.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.63%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.32%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 126 (39.75%) Microsoft 365
2 73 (23.03%) Azure
3 42 (13.25%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.42%) AWS
5 10 (3.15%) Google Workspace
6 9 (2.84%) SaaS
7 8 (2.52%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.58%) Intacct
8 5 (1.58%) OCI
9 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.32%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 63 (19.87%) Firewall
2 43 (13.56%) DNS
3 41 (12.93%) VPN
4 39 (12.30%) DHCP
5 30 (9.46%) VLAN
6 26 (8.20%) WAN
7 20 (6.31%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (5.99%) LAN
9 13 (4.10%) SD-WAN
10 12 (3.79%) VoIP
11 11 (3.47%) Wireless
12 10 (3.15%) TCP/IP
13 4 (1.26%) Asterisk PBX
13 4 (1.26%) BGP
13 4 (1.26%) MPLS
13 4 (1.26%) SAN
13 4 (1.26%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (1.26%) VPLS
14 3 (0.95%) IP Telephony
15 2 (0.63%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.26%) GitLab
General
1 87 (27.44%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (6.31%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.79%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.47%) Retail
6 10 (3.15%) Advertising
6 10 (3.15%) Public Sector
7 9 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.52%) Multimedia
9 7 (2.21%) Finance
9 7 (2.21%) Law
10 5 (1.58%) Automotive
10 5 (1.58%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.26%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.26%) Local Government
12 2 (0.63%) Electronics
12 2 (0.63%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.63%) Marketing
12 2 (0.63%) Police
12 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.26%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.32%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 57 (17.98%) Driving Licence
2 26 (8.20%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.94%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.52%) CCTV
5 5 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (1.58%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.26%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.26%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.26%) PKI
7 3 (0.95%) FMCG
7 3 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.63%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.32%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 110 (34.70%) Windows
2 63 (19.87%) Windows Server
3 43 (13.56%) Windows 10
4 13 (4.10%) Mac OS
5 12 (3.79%) Android
6 10 (3.15%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (2.21%) Windows 7
8 7 (2.21%) Windows 8
9 5 (1.58%) Linux
10 4 (1.26%) Apple iOS
10 4 (1.26%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.63%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.32%) Solaris
12 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
2 52 (16.40%) Customer Service
3 31 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 30 (9.46%) ITIL
5 28 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (7.26%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 22 (6.94%) Mentoring
8 19 (5.99%) Service Management
9 17 (5.36%) Service Delivery
10 16 (5.05%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (5.05%) Proactive Maintenance
11 15 (4.73%) Process Improvement
12 13 (4.10%) Root Cause Analysis
13 11 (3.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (3.15%) ITSM
14 10 (3.15%) Mobile Device Management
15 7 (2.21%) Asset Management
15 7 (2.21%) Coaching
16 6 (1.89%) Agile
16 6 (1.89%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.42%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.89%) Bash
2 6 (1.89%) SQL
3 1 (0.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (6.31%) Security Cleared
2 13 (4.10%) Degree
3 10 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (2.84%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.84%) Network+ Certification
4 9 (2.84%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.21%) CCNA
5 7 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.89%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.95%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.63%) CCNP
8 2 (0.63%) CISSP
9 1 (0.32%) ACSP
9 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (1.89%) SLA
4 2 (0.63%) NIST
5 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 102 (32.18%) Active Directory
2 30 (9.46%) Hyper-V
3 26 (8.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.21%) VMware Workstation
4 7 (2.21%) vSphere
5 4 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.26%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.63%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.32%) Docker
7 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (11.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.15%) SCCM
3 8 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (2.21%) Autotask
5 6 (1.89%) WSUS
6 5 (1.58%) Ansible
7 4 (1.26%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.32%) Podman
Vendors
1 140 (44.16%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.41%) VMware
3 11 (3.47%) Google
4 10 (3.15%) Fortinet
5 8 (2.52%) Apple
5 8 (2.52%) Cisco
5 8 (2.52%) Fujitsu
5 8 (2.52%) Virgin Media
6 7 (2.21%) ESET
7 6 (1.89%) Meraki
8 5 (1.58%) CyberArk
8 5 (1.58%) Sage
8 5 (1.58%) Ubiquiti
8 5 (1.58%) Veeam
9 4 (1.26%) Draytek
9 4 (1.26%) Splunk
9 4 (1.26%) Zoho
10 3 (0.95%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.95%) Mitel
10 3 (0.95%) ServiceNow