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 £32,940 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 210 117
Rank change year-on-year +115 -93 +72
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 335 88 364
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.75% 1.11% 2.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.88% 1.23% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 298 80 304
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,750 £22,534
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,940 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% +3.17% -8.70%
75th Percentile £43,063 £40,313 £39,063
90th Percentile £50,000 £44,550 £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 17,856 7,142 16,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 90.42% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 12,197 3,761 12,928
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,130 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +2.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,400 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +119 184 £32,940 -1.67% 15
Yorkshire +33 141 £33,500 +11.67% 17
North East -37 10 £30,000 -20.00% 3
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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.

1 143 (42.69%) Microsoft
2 129 (38.51%) Microsoft 365
3 111 (33.13%) Windows
4 102 (30.45%) Active Directory
5 91 (27.16%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (24.18%) Azure
7 65 (19.40%) Windows Server
8 62 (18.51%) Firewall
9 54 (16.12%) Customer Service
10 45 (13.43%) Entra ID
11 43 (12.84%) Windows 10
12 41 (12.24%) DNS
12 41 (12.24%) Microsoft Intune
13 38 (11.34%) VPN
14 37 (11.04%) DHCP
15 36 (10.75%) SharePoint
16 34 (10.15%) Cybersecurity
17 33 (9.85%) ITIL
18 32 (9.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 32 (9.55%) VMware
19 31 (9.25%) Microsoft Exchange
20 30 (8.96%) Hyper-V
20 30 (8.96%) VLAN
21 27 (8.06%) Cyber Essentials
21 27 (8.06%) WAN
22 24 (7.16%) VMware Infrastructure
23 22 (6.57%) Mentoring
23 22 (6.57%) Wi-Fi
24 21 (6.27%) Remote Monitoring and Management
24 21 (6.27%) Service Management

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 36 (10.75%) SharePoint
2 31 (9.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 129 (38.51%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (24.18%) Azure
3 45 (13.43%) Entra ID
4 12 (3.58%) AWS
5 10 (2.99%) Google Workspace
6 8 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (2.09%) SaaS
8 5 (1.49%) Intacct
8 5 (1.49%) OCI
9 3 (0.90%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.60%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 62 (18.51%) Firewall
2 41 (12.24%) DNS
3 38 (11.34%) VPN
4 37 (11.04%) DHCP
5 30 (8.96%) VLAN
6 27 (8.06%) WAN
7 22 (6.57%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (5.97%) LAN
9 13 (3.88%) SD-WAN
9 13 (3.88%) VoIP
10 9 (2.69%) Wireless
11 8 (2.39%) TCP/IP
12 4 (1.19%) Asterisk PBX
12 4 (1.19%) BGP
12 4 (1.19%) MPLS
12 4 (1.19%) SAN
12 4 (1.19%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (1.19%) VPLS
13 3 (0.90%) IP Telephony
13 3 (0.90%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.19%) GitLab
General
1 89 (26.57%) Social Skills
2 23 (6.87%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (5.37%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.58%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.28%) Advertising
5 11 (3.28%) Retail
6 9 (2.69%) Finance
6 9 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (2.69%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.39%) Multimedia
8 7 (2.09%) Law
9 5 (1.49%) Automotive
9 5 (1.49%) Local Government
9 5 (1.49%) Social Housing
10 4 (1.19%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.90%) Banking
12 1 (0.30%) Electronics
12 1 (0.30%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.30%) Marketing
12 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
2 2 (0.60%) HTML
2 2 (0.60%) JSON
3 1 (0.30%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 57 (17.01%) Driving Licence
2 24 (7.16%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.39%) CCTV
5 5 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (1.49%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.19%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.19%) PKI
7 3 (0.90%) FMCG
7 3 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.60%) Educational Technology
8 2 (0.60%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.30%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.30%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 111 (33.13%) Windows
2 65 (19.40%) Windows Server
3 43 (12.84%) Windows 10
4 13 (3.88%) Mac OS
4 13 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (3.58%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (2.99%) Android
7 7 (2.09%) Linux
7 7 (2.09%) Windows 7
7 7 (2.09%) Windows 8
8 4 (1.19%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.60%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.30%) Solaris
10 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (27.16%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (16.12%) Customer Service
3 34 (10.15%) Cybersecurity
4 33 (9.85%) ITIL
5 32 (9.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (6.57%) Mentoring
7 21 (6.27%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 21 (6.27%) Service Management
8 17 (5.07%) Disaster Recovery
8 17 (5.07%) Service Delivery
9 15 (4.48%) Process Improvement
10 14 (4.18%) Proactive Maintenance
11 13 (3.88%) Root Cause Analysis
12 12 (3.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (2.99%) ITSM
13 10 (2.99%) Mobile Device Management
14 8 (2.39%) Incident Response
15 7 (2.09%) Business Continuity
15 7 (2.09%) Change Management
15 7 (2.09%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 19 (5.67%) PowerShell
2 6 (1.79%) Bash
2 6 (1.79%) SQL
3 1 (0.30%) Python
3 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (5.97%) Security Cleared
2 13 (3.88%) Degree
3 12 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (2.99%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.69%) CCNA
5 9 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (2.69%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.69%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (2.39%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.60%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.60%) CCNP
7 2 (0.60%) CISSP
8 1 (0.30%) ACSP
8 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (1.49%) SLA
4 2 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 102 (30.45%) Active Directory
2 30 (8.96%) Hyper-V
3 24 (7.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.09%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (1.79%) vSphere
6 4 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.19%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.60%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 41 (12.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.28%) SCCM
3 8 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 7 (2.09%) Autotask
5 6 (1.79%) WSUS
6 5 (1.49%) Ansible
7 4 (1.19%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.30%) Podman
Vendors
1 143 (42.69%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.55%) VMware
3 11 (3.28%) Google
4 10 (2.99%) Fortinet
5 8 (2.39%) Apple
5 8 (2.39%) Fujitsu
5 8 (2.39%) Virgin Media
6 7 (2.09%) Cisco
6 7 (2.09%) ESET
6 7 (2.09%) Veeam
7 6 (1.79%) Meraki
8 5 (1.49%) CyberArk
8 5 (1.49%) Sage
8 5 (1.49%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (1.19%) Draytek
9 4 (1.19%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.19%) Splunk
10 3 (0.90%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.90%) Mitel
10 3 (0.90%) WatchGuard