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 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 139 159
Rank change year-on-year -13 +20 +97
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 118 198 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.24% 1.59% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 1.68% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 89 155 128
10th Percentile £25,850 £26,017 £25,463
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £32,630
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.26% +8.77%
75th Percentile £43,250 £42,375 £40,125
90th Percentile £55,500 £46,000 £49,125
England median annual salary £33,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +7.14% +2.94%

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 8,382 11,815 7,280
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.98% 94.69% 96.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,086 6,283 5,503
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.22% -4.17% -

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 22 November 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 22 November 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 +12 65 £37,500 +13.64% 39
North West -14 47 £30,000 -14.29% 44
North East +3 6 £48,750 +39.29% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 November 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 86 (72.88%) Windows
2 66 (55.93%) Active Directory
3 63 (53.39%) Microsoft
4 57 (48.31%) Firewall
5 51 (43.22%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (31.36%) Windows Server
7 30 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (23.73%) Azure
8 28 (23.73%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (22.03%) Windows 10
10 23 (19.49%) Customer Service
11 22 (18.64%) Network Design
11 22 (18.64%) Network Management
12 21 (17.80%) Virtual Servers
13 20 (16.95%) VMware
14 17 (14.41%) VMware Infrastructure
15 15 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (12.71%) DNS
16 14 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
16 14 (11.86%) Hyper-V
16 14 (11.86%) Veeam
17 13 (11.02%) SharePoint
17 13 (11.02%) VLAN
18 12 (10.17%) Cisco
18 12 (10.17%) DHCP
18 12 (10.17%) Migration
18 12 (10.17%) Wireless
19 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Intune
19 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Office
19 11 (9.32%) Project Delivery

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 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.69%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 51 (43.22%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (23.73%) Azure
3 11 (9.32%) SaaS
4 8 (6.78%) Google Workspace
5 7 (5.93%) Entra ID
6 6 (5.08%) AWS
7 3 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.69%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 57 (48.31%) Firewall
2 15 (12.71%) DNS
3 13 (11.02%) VLAN
4 12 (10.17%) DHCP
4 12 (10.17%) Wireless
5 10 (8.47%) VPN
6 9 (7.63%) Network Security
6 9 (7.63%) WAN
6 9 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (5.93%) VoIP
8 5 (4.24%) LAN
8 5 (4.24%) TCP/IP
9 4 (3.39%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (3.39%) SAN
9 4 (3.39%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.85%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.08%) SQL Server
General
1 36 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 26 (22.03%) Manufacturing
3 11 (9.32%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (2.54%) Retail
7 2 (1.69%) Advertising
7 2 (1.69%) Law
7 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.85%) Electronics
8 1 (0.85%) Finance
8 1 (0.85%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.85%) Marketing
8 1 (0.85%) Police
8 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.80%) Operational Technology
2 12 (10.17%) Driving Licence
3 11 (9.32%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.93%) FMCG
4 7 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (4.24%) Life Science
5 5 (4.24%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.69%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.69%) Social Media
8 1 (0.85%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.85%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 86 (72.88%) Windows
2 37 (31.36%) Windows Server
3 26 (22.03%) Windows 10
4 10 (8.47%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.24%) Android
6 4 (3.39%) Windows 7
6 4 (3.39%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.85%) Linux
7 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.85%) Solaris
7 1 (0.85%) Unix
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (23.73%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (19.49%) Customer Service
4 22 (18.64%) Network Design
4 22 (18.64%) Network Management
5 15 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (10.17%) Migration
8 11 (9.32%) Project Delivery
9 9 (7.63%) Software Testing
10 8 (6.78%) Data Privacy
10 8 (6.78%) ITIL
11 7 (5.93%) Asset Management
11 7 (5.93%) Critical Thinking
11 7 (5.93%) ERP
11 7 (5.93%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 6 (5.08%) Patch Management
12 6 (5.08%) Proactive Maintenance
12 6 (5.08%) Process Improvement
12 6 (5.08%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.78%) SQL
2 7 (5.93%) PL/SQL
2 7 (5.93%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.93%) VBScript
3 1 (0.85%) Bash
3 1 (0.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (6.78%) Degree
2 5 (4.24%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.39%) CCNA
4 3 (2.54%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.54%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.69%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.85%) CCNP
6 1 (0.85%) CISSP
6 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) GDPR
2 4 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.39%) NIST
3 2 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (55.93%) Active Directory
2 21 (17.80%) Virtual Servers
3 17 (14.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (11.86%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.39%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (2.54%) Firmware
7 2 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.69%) vSphere
7 2 (1.69%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.85%) Docker
8 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.39%) Autotask
3 3 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.54%) SCCM
4 1 (0.85%) Ansible
4 1 (0.85%) Podman
4 1 (0.85%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 63 (53.39%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.95%) VMware
3 14 (11.86%) Veeam
4 12 (10.17%) Cisco
5 9 (7.63%) Sophos
6 8 (6.78%) Google
7 7 (5.93%) ESET
8 6 (5.08%) Meraki
9 5 (4.24%) Adobe
9 5 (4.24%) Apple
9 5 (4.24%) Zoho
10 4 (3.39%) Aruba
10 4 (3.39%) Citrix
11 3 (2.54%) ConnectWise
11 3 (2.54%) Datto
11 3 (2.54%) Palo Alto
11 3 (2.54%) Ubiquiti
11 3 (2.54%) Zerto
12 2 (1.69%) Dell
12 2 (1.69%) Fortinet