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 £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 186 106
Rank change year-on-year +99 -80 +68
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 354 120 399
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.80% 1.50% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 1.68% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 321 74 329
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £22,614
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,063 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +3.17% -8.70%
75th Percentile £43,250 £40,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year - +6.06% -4.35%

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 18,552 7,156 18,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 89.28% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 13,453 3,691 14,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +0.11% -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,400 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.91% +9.52% -12.98%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +136 200 £35,000 +9.38% 23
Yorkshire -1 141 £33,500 +11.67% 22
North East -39 13 £32,000 -20.00% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 (41.81%) Microsoft
2 133 (37.57%) Microsoft 365
3 111 (31.36%) Windows
4 101 (28.53%) Active Directory
5 95 (26.84%) Problem-Solving
6 88 (24.86%) Azure
7 67 (18.93%) Windows Server
8 58 (16.38%) Customer Service
9 57 (16.10%) Firewall
10 50 (14.12%) Entra ID
11 48 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
12 44 (12.43%) Windows 10
13 42 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
13 42 (11.86%) DNS
13 42 (11.86%) SharePoint
14 38 (10.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 37 (10.45%) DHCP
16 36 (10.17%) Microsoft Exchange
17 34 (9.60%) ITIL
18 30 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
18 30 (8.47%) VMware
19 29 (8.19%) VPN
20 28 (7.91%) Hyper-V
21 26 (7.34%) PowerShell
21 26 (7.34%) WAN
22 24 (6.78%) Service Management
22 24 (6.78%) VLAN
22 24 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
23 23 (6.50%) Mentoring
24 22 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure

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 42 (11.86%) SharePoint
2 36 (10.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 16 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 133 (37.57%) Microsoft 365
2 88 (24.86%) Azure
3 50 (14.12%) Entra ID
4 13 (3.67%) AWS
5 10 (2.82%) Google Workspace
6 7 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (1.98%) OneDrive
6 7 (1.98%) SaaS
7 5 (1.41%) Intacct
7 5 (1.41%) OCI
7 5 (1.41%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 57 (16.10%) Firewall
2 42 (11.86%) DNS
3 37 (10.45%) DHCP
4 29 (8.19%) VPN
5 26 (7.34%) WAN
6 24 (6.78%) VLAN
6 24 (6.78%) Wi-Fi
7 19 (5.37%) LAN
8 17 (4.80%) VoIP
9 13 (3.67%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.98%) TCP/IP
11 6 (1.69%) Wireless
12 4 (1.13%) Asterisk PBX
12 4 (1.13%) BGP
12 4 (1.13%) MPLS
12 4 (1.13%) SAN
12 4 (1.13%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (1.13%) VPLS
13 3 (0.85%) IP Telephony
14 2 (0.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.13%) GitLab
2 1 (0.28%) JIRA
General
1 91 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 21 (5.93%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (3.95%) Manufacturing
4 11 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.54%) Advertising
5 9 (2.54%) Finance
5 9 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.26%) Multimedia
7 7 (1.98%) Law
7 7 (1.98%) Public Sector
7 7 (1.98%) Retail
8 5 (1.41%) Automotive
8 5 (1.41%) Local Government
8 5 (1.41%) Social Housing
9 4 (1.13%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.13%) Banking
10 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.13%) HTML
1 4 (1.13%) JSON
1 4 (1.13%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.28%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 23 (6.50%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (5.93%) Onboarding
4 8 (2.26%) CCTV
5 6 (1.69%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.13%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.13%) PKI
8 3 (0.85%) FMCG
8 3 (0.85%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.56%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.28%) Life Science
10 1 (0.28%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 111 (31.36%) Windows
2 67 (18.93%) Windows Server
3 44 (12.43%) Windows 10
4 17 (4.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (3.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (3.39%) Mac OS
7 8 (2.26%) Linux
8 7 (1.98%) Android
8 7 (1.98%) Windows 7
8 7 (1.98%) Windows 8
9 4 (1.13%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.56%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (26.84%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (16.38%) Customer Service
3 42 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
4 38 (10.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 34 (9.60%) ITIL
6 24 (6.78%) Service Management
7 23 (6.50%) Mentoring
8 17 (4.80%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (4.80%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (4.80%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 17 (4.80%) Service Delivery
9 14 (3.95%) Process Improvement
10 13 (3.67%) Root Cause Analysis
11 11 (3.11%) ITSM
11 11 (3.11%) Proactive Maintenance
11 11 (3.11%) User Experience
12 10 (2.82%) Mobile Device Management
13 9 (2.54%) Business Continuity
13 9 (2.54%) Change Management
14 8 (2.26%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.34%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.41%) Bash
3 4 (1.13%) SQL
3 4 (1.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (5.37%) Security Cleared
2 14 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (3.39%) Degree
4 11 (3.11%) CCNA
4 11 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (2.82%) Azure Certification
5 10 (2.82%) SC Cleared
6 9 (2.54%) DV Cleared
7 8 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.56%) A+ Certification
8 2 (0.56%) CCNP
8 2 (0.56%) CISSP
9 1 (0.28%) ACSP
9 1 (0.28%) CCA
9 1 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (1.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.56%) NIST
4 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 101 (28.53%) Active Directory
2 28 (7.91%) Hyper-V
3 22 (6.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.98%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (1.69%) vSphere
6 4 (1.13%) BitLocker
6 4 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.13%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.56%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (3.95%) SCCM
3 8 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (1.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (1.98%) Autotask
5 6 (1.69%) WSUS
6 4 (1.13%) Ansible
6 4 (1.13%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 148 (41.81%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.47%) VMware
3 12 (3.39%) Google
4 10 (2.82%) Fortinet
5 8 (2.26%) Fujitsu
5 8 (2.26%) Veeam
5 8 (2.26%) Virgin Media
6 7 (1.98%) Apple
6 7 (1.98%) Cisco
6 7 (1.98%) ESET
7 6 (1.69%) Meraki
7 6 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.41%) CyberArk
8 5 (1.41%) Sage
8 5 (1.41%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (1.13%) Draytek
9 4 (1.13%) Splunk
10 3 (0.85%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.85%) Mitel
10 3 (0.85%) WatchGuard