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 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 189 113
Rank change year-on-year +76 -76 +82
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 303 135 316
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.43% 1.42% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 1.60% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 280 92 250
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,938 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +1.54% -5.80%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,250 £42,438
90th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £48,875
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%

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 20,128 8,425 15,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 88.49% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14,647 4,555 10,929
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
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 27 July 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 27 July 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 +108 170 £35,000 +8.53% 22
Yorkshire -11 117 £30,000 -7.69% 25
North East -44 16 £40,000 -17.95% 6
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 July 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.

1 156 (51.49%) Microsoft
2 137 (45.21%) Microsoft 365
3 123 (40.59%) Windows
4 99 (32.67%) Active Directory
5 83 (27.39%) Azure
6 73 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
7 70 (23.10%) Windows Server
8 64 (21.12%) Customer Service
9 55 (18.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 51 (16.83%) Firewall
11 46 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 43 (14.19%) Cybersecurity
12 43 (14.19%) SharePoint
13 40 (13.20%) Entra ID
14 38 (12.54%) Windows 10
15 33 (10.89%) DNS
15 33 (10.89%) ITIL
16 31 (10.23%) Hyper-V
16 31 (10.23%) Microsoft Exchange
17 28 (9.24%) DHCP
18 27 (8.91%) Cyber Essentials
18 27 (8.91%) VMware
19 26 (8.58%) Wi-Fi
20 25 (8.25%) TCP/IP
20 25 (8.25%) VoIP
21 23 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
22 22 (7.26%) Service Management
23 21 (6.93%) PowerShell
23 21 (6.93%) VPN
24 18 (5.94%) 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 43 (14.19%) SharePoint
2 31 (10.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.99%) Apache
3 3 (0.99%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 137 (45.21%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (27.39%) Azure
3 40 (13.20%) Entra ID
4 12 (3.96%) OneDrive
5 7 (2.31%) AWS
6 5 (1.65%) Google Workspace
6 5 (1.65%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.32%) SaaS
8 3 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.99%) Intacct
8 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.33%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.33%) GCP
9 1 (0.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 51 (16.83%) Firewall
2 33 (10.89%) DNS
3 28 (9.24%) DHCP
4 26 (8.58%) Wi-Fi
5 25 (8.25%) TCP/IP
5 25 (8.25%) VoIP
6 21 (6.93%) VPN
7 18 (5.94%) WAN
8 16 (5.28%) Wireless
9 15 (4.95%) VLAN
10 13 (4.29%) LAN
11 7 (2.31%) SD-WAN
12 5 (1.65%) SAN
13 3 (0.99%) IP Telephony
14 2 (0.66%) Asterisk PBX
14 2 (0.66%) BGP
14 2 (0.66%) MPLS
14 2 (0.66%) SSL
14 2 (0.66%) VPLS
14 2 (0.66%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.99%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) GitLab
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 77 (25.41%) Social Skills
2 14 (4.62%) Manufacturing
2 14 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (4.29%) Advertising
4 10 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.31%) Finance
6 7 (2.31%) Retail
7 5 (1.65%) Automotive
7 5 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.65%) Local Government
8 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.32%) Banking
9 3 (0.99%) Public Sector
9 3 (0.99%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.66%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.32%) HTML
1 4 (1.32%) JSON
2 2 (0.66%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (0.33%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.84%) Driving Licence
2 25 (8.25%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.62%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.30%) CCTV
6 4 (1.32%) Housing Association
7 3 (0.99%) FMCG
7 3 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Licensing
8 2 (0.66%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.66%) Life Science
8 2 (0.66%) PKI
9 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.33%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.33%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 123 (40.59%) Windows
2 70 (23.10%) Windows Server
3 38 (12.54%) Windows 10
4 10 (3.30%) Linux
4 10 (3.30%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (2.31%) Android
6 7 (2.31%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.65%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.65%) Windows 8
8 4 (1.32%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.32%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.66%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (21.12%) Customer Service
3 46 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 43 (14.19%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (10.89%) ITIL
6 23 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (7.26%) Service Management
8 14 (4.62%) ITSM
9 13 (4.29%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (4.29%) Service Delivery
9 13 (4.29%) User Experience
10 11 (3.63%) Change Management
10 11 (3.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 11 (3.63%) Root Cause Analysis
11 10 (3.30%) Collaborative Culture
11 10 (3.30%) Mentoring
11 10 (3.30%) Proactive Maintenance
12 9 (2.97%) Business Continuity
13 8 (2.64%) Mobile Device Management
14 7 (2.31%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.93%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.32%) VBScript
3 1 (0.33%) Bash
3 1 (0.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (5.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (4.95%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.63%) Degree
4 10 (3.30%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.64%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.31%) CCNA
6 7 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.65%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.99%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.66%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.66%) CISSP
10 1 (0.33%) ACSP
10 1 (0.33%) CCA
10 1 (0.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.66%) NIST
5 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 99 (32.67%) Active Directory
2 31 (10.23%) Hyper-V
3 18 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.65%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (1.32%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.99%) vSphere
7 2 (0.66%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 55 (18.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (3.96%) SCCM
3 7 (2.31%) WSUS
4 5 (1.65%) Autotask
5 3 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.66%) Ansible
Vendors
1 156 (51.49%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.91%) VMware
3 11 (3.63%) Veeam
4 8 (2.64%) Apple
5 7 (2.31%) Google
6 6 (1.98%) CheckPoint
7 5 (1.65%) ESET
7 5 (1.65%) Meraki
7 5 (1.65%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.65%) SonicWALL
8 4 (1.32%) Cisco
8 4 (1.32%) Draytek
9 3 (0.99%) Aruba
9 3 (0.99%) Dell
9 3 (0.99%) HP
9 3 (0.99%) Mitel
9 3 (0.99%) NetApp
9 3 (0.99%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.99%) Sage
9 3 (0.99%) Ubiquiti