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 27 December 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 161 133
Rank change year-on-year +3 -28 +108
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 120 134 149
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.12% 1.40% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.49% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 102 108 141
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £25,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £48,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -9.72% +2.86% +6.06%

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 9,493 9,022 7,272
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.51% 94.37% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,470 4,342 5,716
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% -2.81% -1.90%
75th Percentile £66,162 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,289 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 27 December 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 27 December 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
North West +7 62 £30,000 -21.05% 36
Yorkshire +8 55 £35,000 +6.06% 30
North East +4 3 £47,500 +31.94% 9
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 December 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 74 (61.67%) Windows
2 68 (56.67%) Microsoft
3 61 (50.83%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (43.33%) Active Directory
5 45 (37.50%) Windows Server
6 39 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (30.83%) Firewall
8 32 (26.67%) Windows 10
9 31 (25.83%) Azure
10 29 (24.17%) Customer Service
11 22 (18.33%) VMware
12 21 (17.50%) DNS
13 20 (16.67%) VLAN
14 19 (15.83%) Hyper-V
14 19 (15.83%) VMware Infrastructure
14 19 (15.83%) VPN
15 18 (15.00%) DHCP
16 17 (14.17%) SharePoint
17 15 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
18 13 (10.83%) Microsoft Intune
18 13 (10.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
18 13 (10.83%) Wireless
19 12 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
19 12 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
19 12 (10.00%) Entra ID
19 12 (10.00%) ITIL
19 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
19 12 (10.00%) Veeam
20 11 (9.17%) Asset Management
20 11 (9.17%) Mac OS

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 17 (14.17%) SharePoint
2 15 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.67%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.83%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 61 (50.83%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (25.83%) Azure
3 12 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.67%) Google Workspace
4 8 (6.67%) SaaS
5 4 (3.33%) AWS
5 4 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.67%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.83%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 37 (30.83%) Firewall
2 21 (17.50%) DNS
3 20 (16.67%) VLAN
4 19 (15.83%) VPN
5 18 (15.00%) DHCP
6 13 (10.83%) Wireless
7 9 (7.50%) TCP/IP
7 9 (7.50%) WAN
7 9 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (5.00%) LAN
9 4 (3.33%) VoIP
10 3 (2.50%) Network Security
10 3 (2.50%) SAN
10 3 (2.50%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.67%) WLAN
12 1 (0.83%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 39 (32.50%) Social Skills
2 27 (22.50%) Manufacturing
3 11 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (9.17%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (5.00%) Retail
5 5 (4.17%) Advertising
5 5 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.67%) Electronics
7 2 (1.67%) Finance
7 2 (1.67%) Fire and Rescue
7 2 (1.67%) Marketing
7 2 (1.67%) Police
7 2 (1.67%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.83%) Driving Licence
2 14 (11.67%) Onboarding
3 10 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.17%) FMCG
5 4 (3.33%) Life Science
5 4 (3.33%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.67%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.83%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.83%) PDA
8 1 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 74 (61.67%) Windows
2 45 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 32 (26.67%) Windows 10
4 11 (9.17%) Mac OS
5 6 (5.00%) Android
6 4 (3.33%) Windows 7
6 4 (3.33%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.83%) Linux
7 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.83%) Solaris
7 1 (0.83%) Unix
7 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (32.50%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (24.17%) Customer Service
3 13 (10.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 12 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (10.00%) ITIL
5 11 (9.17%) Asset Management
6 9 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (7.50%) Proactive Maintenance
7 8 (6.67%) Migration
7 8 (6.67%) Project Delivery
7 8 (6.67%) Software Testing
8 7 (5.83%) Critical Thinking
8 7 (5.83%) ERP
8 7 (5.83%) IT Asset Management
8 7 (5.83%) Process Improvement
9 6 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (5.00%) Mentoring
9 6 (5.00%) Service Delivery
10 5 (4.17%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.17%) SQL
2 7 (5.83%) PL/SQL
2 7 (5.83%) VBScript
3 5 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.83%) Bash
4 1 (0.83%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (7.50%) Degree
2 5 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.33%) CCNA
4 3 (2.50%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (2.50%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.67%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.67%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.83%) CCNP
6 1 (0.83%) CISSP
6 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.00%) SLA
2 4 (3.33%) GDPR
3 3 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.83%) NIST
System Software
1 52 (43.33%) Active Directory
2 19 (15.83%) Hyper-V
2 19 (15.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (3.33%) VMware Workstation
4 3 (2.50%) Firmware
5 2 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.67%) vSphere
5 2 (1.67%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (10.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.33%) Autotask
3 3 (2.50%) SCCM
4 2 (1.67%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.83%) Ansible
5 1 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.83%) Podman
Vendors
1 68 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 22 (18.33%) VMware
3 12 (10.00%) Veeam
4 8 (6.67%) Cisco
4 8 (6.67%) Google
5 6 (5.00%) Apple
6 5 (4.17%) Adobe
6 5 (4.17%) Citrix
6 5 (4.17%) ESET
6 5 (4.17%) Meraki
6 5 (4.17%) Sophos
7 4 (3.33%) Aruba
7 4 (3.33%) Zoho
8 3 (2.50%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.50%) Zerto
9 2 (1.67%) Dell
9 2 (1.67%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.67%) SAP
10 1 (0.83%) HP
10 1 (0.83%) ServiceNow