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 18 August 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 187 115
Rank change year-on-year +59 -72 +65
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 274 130 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.22% 1.35% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.53% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 250 88 226
10th Percentile £27,475 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,750 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -5.80%
75th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £45,000 £55,750 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

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 21,165 8,502 14,338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 88.33% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 15,445 4,578 9,742
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +105 154 £35,000 - 15
Yorkshire -13 105 £30,000 -9.09% 19
North East -55 15 £40,000 -17.95% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 August 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.

1 148 (54.01%) Microsoft
2 127 (46.35%) Microsoft 365
3 123 (44.89%) Windows
4 97 (35.40%) Active Directory
5 76 (27.74%) Azure
6 73 (26.64%) Windows Server
7 64 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (20.07%) Customer Service
9 54 (19.71%) Microsoft Intune
10 49 (17.88%) Firewall
11 48 (17.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 43 (15.69%) SharePoint
13 42 (15.33%) Cybersecurity
14 36 (13.14%) Entra ID
15 35 (12.77%) Hyper-V
16 33 (12.04%) DNS
17 32 (11.68%) Windows 10
18 31 (11.31%) Wi-Fi
19 30 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
20 28 (10.22%) DHCP
20 28 (10.22%) Microsoft Exchange
20 28 (10.22%) TCP/IP
21 27 (9.85%) ITIL
22 26 (9.49%) VoIP
23 25 (9.12%) Cyber Essentials
24 21 (7.66%) VMware
25 20 (7.30%) VPN
26 18 (6.57%) Service Management
27 17 (6.20%) Disaster Recovery
27 17 (6.20%) PowerShell

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 43 (15.69%) SharePoint
2 28 (10.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.09%) Apache
3 3 (1.09%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 127 (46.35%) Microsoft 365
2 76 (27.74%) Azure
3 36 (13.14%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.74%) OneDrive
5 8 (2.92%) AWS
6 5 (1.82%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.73%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.73%) IaaS
7 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.36%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.36%) GCP
8 1 (0.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (17.88%) Firewall
2 33 (12.04%) DNS
3 31 (11.31%) Wi-Fi
4 28 (10.22%) DHCP
4 28 (10.22%) TCP/IP
5 26 (9.49%) VoIP
6 20 (7.30%) VPN
7 16 (5.84%) Wireless
8 14 (5.11%) VLAN
9 13 (4.74%) WAN
10 11 (4.01%) LAN
11 5 (1.82%) SAN
12 3 (1.09%) IP Telephony
12 3 (1.09%) Structured Cabling
13 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.73%) SSL
13 2 (0.73%) WLAN
14 1 (0.36%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.46%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.09%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.73%) JIRA
General
1 60 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 16 (5.84%) Manufacturing
3 13 (4.74%) Advertising
4 11 (4.01%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.19%) Retail
7 5 (1.82%) Automotive
7 5 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.46%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.46%) Banking
8 4 (1.46%) Finance
8 4 (1.46%) Local Government
9 2 (0.73%) Law
9 2 (0.73%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.46%) HTML
1 4 (1.46%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.69%) Driving Licence
2 24 (8.76%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (4.74%) Security Posture
5 12 (4.38%) CCTV
6 4 (1.46%) Housing Association
7 3 (1.09%) FMCG
7 3 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Licensing
8 2 (0.73%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.73%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.36%) Life Science
9 1 (0.36%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.36%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 123 (44.89%) Windows
2 73 (26.64%) Windows Server
3 32 (11.68%) Windows 10
4 10 (3.65%) Linux
5 9 (3.28%) Android
5 9 (3.28%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (2.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.82%) Mac OS
8 4 (1.46%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.09%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.73%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.73%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.73%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (23.36%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (20.07%) Customer Service
3 48 (17.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 42 (15.33%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (9.85%) ITIL
7 18 (6.57%) Service Management
8 17 (6.20%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (5.84%) ITSM
10 13 (4.74%) User Experience
11 11 (4.01%) Mentoring
12 10 (3.65%) Collaborative Culture
13 9 (3.28%) Business Continuity
13 9 (3.28%) Root Cause Analysis
14 8 (2.92%) Identity Management
14 8 (2.92%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 7 (2.55%) Change Management
15 7 (2.55%) ERP
15 7 (2.55%) Migration
15 7 (2.55%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.20%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.46%) SQL
2 4 (1.46%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (4.01%) Degree
3 8 (2.92%) SC Cleared
3 8 (2.92%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.82%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.82%) CCNA
4 5 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (0.73%) CISSP
6 1 (0.36%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.36%) CCA
6 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.36%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.12%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.73%) NIST
System Software
1 97 (35.40%) Active Directory
2 35 (12.77%) Hyper-V
3 13 (4.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.46%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.73%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.73%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.36%) Firmware
7 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 54 (19.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.01%) SCCM
3 7 (2.55%) WSUS
4 2 (0.73%) Autotask
4 2 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.73%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (0.73%) SCOM
4 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 148 (54.01%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.66%) VMware
3 13 (4.74%) SonicWALL
4 11 (4.01%) Veeam
5 8 (2.92%) Apple
6 7 (2.55%) Draytek
7 6 (2.19%) CheckPoint
7 6 (2.19%) Meraki
8 5 (1.82%) Cisco
8 5 (1.82%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.46%) Google
10 3 (1.09%) Aruba
10 3 (1.09%) Dell
10 3 (1.09%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.09%) HP
10 3 (1.09%) Mitel
10 3 (1.09%) NetApp
10 3 (1.09%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.73%) ESET
11 2 (0.73%) Red Hat