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 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 138 170
Rank change year-on-year -47 +32 +84
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 118 198 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.25% 1.52% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 1.60% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 78 155 137
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,550 £25,225
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,875 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £43,250 £42,500 £43,250
90th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £54,250
England median annual salary £36,250 £37,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -2.03% +5.71% -

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 8,229 12,341 7,929
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.27% 94.97% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,354 6,697 6,052
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,375 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 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 15 October 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
Yorkshire +25 74 £33,000 -5.71% 31
North West -66 39 £32,500 -7.14% 35
North East -4 5 £48,750 +39.29% 19
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 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 94 (79.66%) Windows
2 73 (61.86%) Active Directory
3 67 (56.78%) Firewall
4 52 (44.07%) Microsoft
5 47 (39.83%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (36.44%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (36.44%) Social Skills
7 42 (35.59%) Network Management
8 40 (33.90%) Network Design
9 39 (33.05%) Operational Technology
9 39 (33.05%) Virtual Servers
10 29 (24.58%) Azure
11 24 (20.34%) Windows Server
12 23 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (18.64%) Customer Service
14 20 (16.95%) Cisco
15 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Intune
16 18 (15.25%) Manufacturing
17 15 (12.71%) Degree
18 14 (11.86%) Migration
18 14 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
19 13 (11.02%) ITIL
19 13 (11.02%) SharePoint
19 13 (11.02%) Veeam
19 13 (11.02%) SaaS
20 12 (10.17%) Disaster Recovery
20 12 (10.17%) Windows 10
20 12 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
21 11 (9.32%) Data Privacy
21 11 (9.32%) Meraki

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 13 (11.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 43 (36.44%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (24.58%) Azure
3 13 (11.02%) SaaS
4 10 (8.47%) Entra ID
5 8 (6.78%) AWS
6 3 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.69%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 67 (56.78%) Firewall
2 11 (9.32%) VLAN
2 11 (9.32%) VoIP
3 10 (8.47%) Wireless
4 9 (7.63%) Network Security
5 8 (6.78%) DNS
6 7 (5.93%) DHCP
7 6 (5.08%) VPN
7 6 (5.08%) WAN
7 6 (5.08%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (4.24%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (4.24%) LAN
9 4 (3.39%) SAN
10 3 (2.54%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.85%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.78%) SQL Server
General
1 43 (36.44%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.25%) Manufacturing
3 12 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.24%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.54%) Law
7 3 (2.54%) Retail
8 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 39 (33.05%) Operational Technology
2 8 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.93%) FMCG
3 7 (5.93%) Mobile App
3 7 (5.93%) Social Media
4 6 (5.08%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.08%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.54%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.69%) Life Science
6 2 (1.69%) NHS
6 2 (1.69%) PACS
6 2 (1.69%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.85%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 94 (79.66%) Windows
2 24 (20.34%) Windows Server
3 12 (10.17%) Windows 10
4 10 (8.47%) Android
5 7 (5.93%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.85%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.85%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (39.83%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (35.59%) Network Management
3 40 (33.90%) Network Design
4 23 (19.49%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (18.64%) Customer Service
6 14 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (11.86%) Migration
7 13 (11.02%) ITIL
8 12 (10.17%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (9.32%) Data Privacy
10 10 (8.47%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (7.63%) Project Delivery
12 7 (5.93%) Analytical Thinking
12 7 (5.93%) CRM
12 7 (5.93%) Exploratory Testing
12 7 (5.93%) Kalman Filter
12 7 (5.93%) Mathematics
12 7 (5.93%) Server Management
12 7 (5.93%) Software Testing
12 7 (5.93%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.93%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.24%) SQL
3 4 (3.39%) PL/SQL
3 4 (3.39%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (12.71%) Degree
2 8 (6.78%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.39%) CCNA
3 4 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.69%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.08%) GDPR
2 5 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.24%) NIST
3 2 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 73 (61.86%) Active Directory
2 39 (33.05%) Virtual Servers
3 8 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (5.93%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.85%) Firmware
5 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
5 1 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.78%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.54%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.85%) Autotask
4 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 52 (44.07%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.95%) Cisco
3 13 (11.02%) Veeam
4 11 (9.32%) Meraki
5 10 (8.47%) Sophos
5 10 (8.47%) VMware
6 7 (5.93%) Zoho
7 6 (5.08%) ESET
8 4 (3.39%) Aruba
8 4 (3.39%) ConnectWise
8 4 (3.39%) Datto
8 4 (3.39%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (2.54%) Apple
9 3 (2.54%) Palo Alto
9 3 (2.54%) Zerto
10 2 (1.69%) Adobe
10 2 (1.69%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.69%) Google
11 1 (0.85%) Dell
11 1 (0.85%) HP