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 £33,475 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 183 140
Rank change year-on-year +43 -43 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 257 118 206
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.07% 1.26% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.45% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 238 79 165
10th Percentile £27,888 £25,750 £25,003
25th Percentile £29,813 £29,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,475 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.48%
75th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £55,500 £47,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.48% +4.29%

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 22,328 8,126 12,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 87.03% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16,250 4,341 7,582
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 23 September 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 23 September 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 +73 146 £34,500 -1.43% 54
Yorkshire -22 91 £30,000 -9.09% 20
North East -56 20 £40,000 -17.95% 9
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 September 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 (54.47%) Microsoft
2 128 (49.81%) Windows
3 119 (46.30%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (37.74%) Active Directory
5 84 (32.68%) Windows Server
6 73 (28.40%) Azure
7 61 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (22.96%) Customer Service
9 57 (22.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 54 (21.01%) Firewall
11 53 (20.62%) Microsoft Intune
12 45 (17.51%) Cybersecurity
13 40 (15.56%) Entra ID
14 39 (15.18%) SharePoint
15 38 (14.79%) Hyper-V
16 37 (14.40%) DNS
17 36 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
18 34 (13.23%) Wi-Fi
19 33 (12.84%) Microsoft Exchange
19 33 (12.84%) TCP/IP
20 32 (12.45%) DHCP
21 31 (12.06%) VoIP
22 29 (11.28%) ITIL
23 27 (10.51%) VPN
24 25 (9.73%) Windows 10
25 24 (9.34%) Cyber Essentials
26 23 (8.95%) SonicWALL
27 22 (8.56%) VMware
28 20 (7.78%) VLAN
29 17 (6.61%) ITSM

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 39 (15.18%) SharePoint
2 33 (12.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.33%) Apache
3 6 (2.33%) IIS
4 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 119 (46.30%) Microsoft 365
2 73 (28.40%) Azure
3 40 (15.56%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.06%) OneDrive
5 10 (3.89%) AWS
6 5 (1.95%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.78%) IaaS
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 54 (21.01%) Firewall
2 37 (14.40%) DNS
3 34 (13.23%) Wi-Fi
4 33 (12.84%) TCP/IP
5 32 (12.45%) DHCP
6 31 (12.06%) VoIP
7 27 (10.51%) VPN
8 20 (7.78%) VLAN
9 15 (5.84%) Wireless
10 11 (4.28%) LAN
11 9 (3.50%) WAN
12 6 (2.33%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (1.95%) SAN
14 2 (0.78%) SSL
14 2 (0.78%) WLAN
15 1 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.33%) MySQL
3 3 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 59 (22.96%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.39%) Manufacturing
3 11 (4.28%) Advertising
3 11 (4.28%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (2.33%) Finance
4 6 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (1.95%) Automotive
5 5 (1.95%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.56%) Aerospace
6 4 (1.56%) Banking
6 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.17%) Local Government
8 2 (0.78%) Law
8 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.39%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.56%) HTML
1 4 (1.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.56%) Driving Licence
2 18 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.23%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.45%) CCTV
5 9 (3.50%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.56%) Housing Association
7 3 (1.17%) FMCG
7 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (1.17%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.39%) Life Science
9 1 (0.39%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.39%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 128 (49.81%) Windows
2 84 (32.68%) Windows Server
3 25 (9.73%) Windows 10
4 15 (5.84%) Linux
5 11 (4.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (3.11%) Android
8 7 (2.72%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.78%) Unix
10 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (23.74%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (22.96%) Customer Service
3 57 (22.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 45 (17.51%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (14.01%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (11.28%) ITIL
7 17 (6.61%) ITSM
8 15 (5.84%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (5.06%) Change Management
9 13 (5.06%) Mentoring
10 12 (4.67%) Service Management
10 12 (4.67%) User Experience
11 10 (3.89%) Collaborative Culture
11 10 (3.89%) Infrastructure Maintenance
11 10 (3.89%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 10 (3.89%) Virtual Environments
12 9 (3.50%) Business Continuity
12 9 (3.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 8 (3.11%) Identity Management
13 8 (3.11%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.61%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.95%) SQL
3 4 (1.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (3.11%) Degree
3 6 (2.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.33%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.95%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.95%) CCNA
4 5 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.78%) CISSP
6 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.39%) CCA
6 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.39%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.34%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.78%) NIST
System Software
1 97 (37.74%) Active Directory
2 38 (14.79%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.56%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.78%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.39%) Firmware
7 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (20.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.50%) WSUS
3 8 (3.11%) SCCM
4 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (0.78%) SCOM
4 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 140 (54.47%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.95%) SonicWALL
3 22 (8.56%) VMware
4 17 (6.61%) Veeam
5 10 (3.89%) Draytek
6 9 (3.50%) CheckPoint
6 9 (3.50%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.33%) Apple
7 6 (2.33%) Aruba
7 6 (2.33%) Dell
7 6 (2.33%) Fortinet
7 6 (2.33%) HP
7 6 (2.33%) NetApp
8 5 (1.95%) Cisco
8 5 (1.95%) Meraki
8 5 (1.95%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.56%) Juniper
10 2 (0.78%) Google
10 2 (0.78%) Oracle
10 2 (0.78%) Red Hat