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 £34,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 188 142
Rank change year-on-year +48 -46 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 263 115 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.09% 1.20% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.38% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 240 76 164
10th Percentile £27,963 £25,750 £25,008
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,375 £28,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - +4.48%
75th Percentile £40,000 £44,625 £42,500
90th Percentile £47,750 £55,000 £47,350
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.94% +2.86%

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 22,397 8,356 12,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 87.27% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 16,328 4,302 7,304
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,063 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,675
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +73 148 £35,000 - 51
Yorkshire -18 92 £30,000 -9.09% 35
North East -44 23 £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 2 October 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 (53.23%) Microsoft
2 132 (50.19%) Windows
3 121 (46.01%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (37.26%) Active Directory
5 90 (34.22%) Windows Server
6 75 (28.52%) Azure
7 63 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (23.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 59 (22.43%) Customer Service
10 57 (21.67%) Firewall
11 56 (21.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 47 (17.87%) Cybersecurity
13 46 (17.49%) Entra ID
14 39 (14.83%) SharePoint
15 37 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (14.07%) Hyper-V
16 36 (13.69%) DNS
17 35 (13.31%) Microsoft Exchange
17 35 (13.31%) Wi-Fi
18 34 (12.93%) TCP/IP
19 32 (12.17%) DHCP
20 31 (11.79%) VoIP
21 30 (11.41%) VPN
22 29 (11.03%) ITIL
23 24 (9.13%) Cyber Essentials
24 23 (8.75%) SonicWALL
24 23 (8.75%) Windows 10
25 22 (8.37%) VLAN
25 22 (8.37%) VMware
26 18 (6.84%) Veeam

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 (14.83%) SharePoint
2 35 (13.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.28%) Apache
3 6 (2.28%) IIS
4 1 (0.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 121 (46.01%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (28.52%) Azure
3 46 (17.49%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.94%) OneDrive
5 11 (4.18%) AWS
6 5 (1.90%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.14%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.14%) IaaS
8 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.76%) OCI
9 1 (0.38%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.38%) GCP
9 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 57 (21.67%) Firewall
2 36 (13.69%) DNS
3 35 (13.31%) Wi-Fi
4 34 (12.93%) TCP/IP
5 32 (12.17%) DHCP
6 31 (11.79%) VoIP
7 30 (11.41%) VPN
8 22 (8.37%) VLAN
9 14 (5.32%) LAN
9 14 (5.32%) Wireless
10 12 (4.56%) WAN
11 6 (2.28%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (1.90%) SAN
13 3 (1.14%) SSL
14 2 (0.76%) WLAN
15 1 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
15 1 (0.38%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.66%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.28%) MySQL
3 3 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 61 (23.19%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.22%) Manufacturing
3 11 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (3.80%) Advertising
5 8 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (2.66%) Finance
7 6 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.90%) Automotive
8 5 (1.90%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.52%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.52%) Banking
10 3 (1.14%) Local Government
11 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.76%) Law
11 2 (0.76%) Retail
11 2 (0.76%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.52%) HTML
1 4 (1.52%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (15.21%) Driving Licence
2 17 (6.46%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (6.08%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.32%) CCTV
5 9 (3.42%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.52%) Housing Association
7 3 (1.14%) FMCG
7 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (1.14%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.76%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.76%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.38%) Life Science
9 1 (0.38%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 132 (50.19%) Windows
2 90 (34.22%) Windows Server
3 23 (8.75%) Windows 10
4 15 (5.70%) Linux
5 11 (4.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.42%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (3.04%) Android
8 7 (2.66%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (23.95%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (23.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 59 (22.43%) Customer Service
4 47 (17.87%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (11.03%) ITIL
7 16 (6.08%) ITSM
8 15 (5.70%) User Experience
9 14 (5.32%) Change Management
9 14 (5.32%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (4.56%) Mentoring
11 11 (4.18%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 10 (3.80%) Collaborative Culture
12 10 (3.80%) Infrastructure Maintenance
12 10 (3.80%) Service Management
12 10 (3.80%) Virtual Environments
13 9 (3.42%) Business Continuity
13 9 (3.42%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 8 (3.04%) Identity Management
15 7 (2.66%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.46%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.90%) SQL
3 4 (1.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (5.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (3.42%) Degree
3 6 (2.28%) CCNA
3 6 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.90%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.90%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.90%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.76%) CISSP
5 2 (0.76%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.38%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.38%) CCA
6 1 (0.38%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.76%) NIST
5 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 98 (37.26%) Active Directory
2 37 (14.07%) Hyper-V
3 10 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.28%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.52%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.76%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.38%) Firmware
7 1 (0.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (21.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.04%) WSUS
3 7 (2.66%) SCCM
4 4 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.76%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (0.76%) SCOM
5 2 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.38%) Autotask
Vendors
1 140 (53.23%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.75%) SonicWALL
3 22 (8.37%) VMware
4 18 (6.84%) Veeam
5 10 (3.80%) Palo Alto
6 9 (3.42%) CheckPoint
6 9 (3.42%) Draytek
7 8 (3.04%) Meraki
8 7 (2.66%) Cisco
9 6 (2.28%) Aruba
9 6 (2.28%) Dell
9 6 (2.28%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.28%) HP
9 6 (2.28%) NetApp
10 5 (1.90%) Apple
10 5 (1.90%) Google
10 5 (1.90%) Juniper
10 5 (1.90%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.76%) Oracle
11 2 (0.76%) Red Hat