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 £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 194 145
Rank change year-on-year +53 -49 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 257 115 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.07% 1.20% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.37% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 234 76 164
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £25,475
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - +6.06%
75th Percentile £40,000 £44,625 £42,500
90th Percentile £49,250 £55,000 £47,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +1.35% +5.71%

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 22,383 8,378 12,875
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 87.31% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 16,277 4,321 7,190
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.05%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 5 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 5 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 +66 143 £35,000 +3.70% 49
Yorkshire -24 90 £30,000 -9.09% 37
North East -43 24 £40,000 -17.95% 11
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 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.

1 138 (53.70%) Microsoft
2 130 (50.58%) Windows
3 120 (46.69%) Microsoft 365
4 97 (37.74%) Active Directory
5 90 (35.02%) Windows Server
6 74 (28.79%) Azure
7 64 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (22.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 58 (22.57%) Customer Service
9 58 (22.57%) Firewall
10 56 (21.79%) Microsoft Intune
11 48 (18.68%) Cybersecurity
12 46 (17.90%) Entra ID
13 39 (15.18%) SharePoint
14 38 (14.79%) Hyper-V
15 37 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
16 36 (14.01%) DNS
16 36 (14.01%) Microsoft Exchange
17 35 (13.62%) Wi-Fi
18 34 (13.23%) TCP/IP
19 32 (12.45%) DHCP
20 31 (12.06%) VoIP
20 31 (12.06%) VPN
21 28 (10.89%) ITIL
22 24 (9.34%) Cyber Essentials
23 23 (8.95%) SonicWALL
24 22 (8.56%) VLAN
24 22 (8.56%) VMware
25 21 (8.17%) Windows 10
26 18 (7.00%) 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 (15.18%) SharePoint
2 36 (14.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.33%) Apache
3 6 (2.33%) IIS
4 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 120 (46.69%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (28.79%) Azure
3 46 (17.90%) Entra ID
4 13 (5.06%) OneDrive
5 11 (4.28%) AWS
6 5 (1.95%) Power Platform
7 3 (1.17%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.17%) IaaS
8 2 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.78%) OCI
9 1 (0.39%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.39%) GCP
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (22.57%) Firewall
2 36 (14.01%) DNS
3 35 (13.62%) Wi-Fi
4 34 (13.23%) TCP/IP
5 32 (12.45%) DHCP
6 31 (12.06%) VoIP
6 31 (12.06%) VPN
7 22 (8.56%) VLAN
8 15 (5.84%) LAN
9 14 (5.45%) Wireless
10 13 (5.06%) WAN
11 6 (2.33%) Structured Cabling
12 5 (1.95%) SAN
13 3 (1.17%) SSL
13 3 (1.17%) WLAN
14 1 (0.39%) NAS
14 1 (0.39%) Remote Desktop
14 1 (0.39%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.33%) MySQL
3 3 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (0.78%) JIRA
General
1 60 (23.35%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.39%) Manufacturing
3 12 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (3.89%) Advertising
5 8 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (2.72%) Finance
7 6 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.95%) Automotive
8 5 (1.95%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.56%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.56%) Banking
10 2 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.78%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Local Government
10 2 (0.78%) Retail
10 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.56%) HTML
1 4 (1.56%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.01%) Driving Licence
2 16 (6.23%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (5.45%) CCTV
5 9 (3.50%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.56%) Housing Association
7 3 (1.17%) FMCG
7 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Licensing
7 3 (1.17%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.39%) Life Science
9 1 (0.39%) Replication
9 1 (0.39%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 130 (50.58%) Windows
2 90 (35.02%) Windows Server
3 21 (8.17%) Windows 10
4 15 (5.84%) Linux
5 11 (4.28%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (3.11%) Android
8 7 (2.72%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (22.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (22.57%) Customer Service
4 48 (18.68%) Cybersecurity
5 37 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (10.89%) ITIL
7 17 (6.61%) ITSM
8 15 (5.84%) Change Management
8 15 (5.84%) User Experience
9 14 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (4.67%) Mentoring
11 11 (4.28%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 10 (3.89%) Collaborative Culture
12 10 (3.89%) Infrastructure Maintenance
12 10 (3.89%) Service Management
12 10 (3.89%) Virtual Environments
13 9 (3.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 8 (3.11%) Business Continuity
14 8 (3.11%) Identity Management
15 7 (2.72%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.61%) PowerShell
2 5 (1.95%) SQL
3 4 (1.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (6.61%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (3.89%) Degree
3 6 (2.33%) CCNA
3 6 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.95%) Azure Certification
4 5 (1.95%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.95%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.78%) A+ Certification
5 2 (0.78%) CISSP
5 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.39%) CCA
6 1 (0.39%) HND
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.39%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.34%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.78%) NIST
4 2 (0.78%) SLA
5 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 97 (37.74%) Active Directory
2 38 (14.79%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.56%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.78%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.39%) Firmware
7 1 (0.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (21.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.11%) WSUS
3 7 (2.72%) SCCM
4 4 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (0.78%) SCOM
5 2 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.39%) Autotask
Vendors
1 138 (53.70%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.95%) SonicWALL
3 22 (8.56%) VMware
4 18 (7.00%) Veeam
5 10 (3.89%) Palo Alto
6 9 (3.50%) CheckPoint
6 9 (3.50%) Draytek
7 8 (3.11%) Meraki
8 7 (2.72%) Cisco
9 6 (2.33%) Aruba
9 6 (2.33%) Dell
9 6 (2.33%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.33%) HP
9 6 (2.33%) NetApp
10 5 (1.95%) Apple
10 5 (1.95%) Google
10 5 (1.95%) Juniper
10 5 (1.95%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.78%) Oracle
11 2 (0.78%) Red Hat