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 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 143 114
Rank change year-on-year +48 -29 +95
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 265 115 325
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.84% 1.70% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 1.83% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 225 98 273
10th Percentile £25,875 £25,955 £22,614
25th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,875 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% +7.54% +0.31%
75th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £45,300 £48,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +6.06% -1.49%

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 13,032 6,274 14,144
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 92.52% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 8,185 3,701 11,442
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,890 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £79,600
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 +57 136 £30,000 -17.24% 25
Yorkshire +14 120 £35,000 +16.67% 20
North East -26 9 £30,000 -16.67% 7
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 March 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.

1 123 (46.42%) Microsoft
2 108 (40.75%) Microsoft 365
3 107 (40.38%) Windows
4 88 (33.21%) Active Directory
5 83 (31.32%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (23.02%) Firewall
6 61 (23.02%) Windows Server
7 59 (22.26%) Azure
8 58 (21.89%) Customer Service
9 50 (18.87%) Windows 10
10 41 (15.47%) DNS
11 38 (14.34%) DHCP
11 38 (14.34%) VMware
12 37 (13.96%) Entra ID
12 37 (13.96%) VPN
13 34 (12.83%) VMware Infrastructure
14 31 (11.70%) Hyper-V
14 31 (11.70%) Microsoft Exchange
15 28 (10.57%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 28 (10.57%) WAN
16 27 (10.19%) VLAN
17 26 (9.81%) ITIL
17 26 (9.81%) Microsoft Intune
18 24 (9.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 24 (9.06%) SharePoint
19 22 (8.30%) Mac OS
20 21 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
21 20 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
21 20 (7.55%) Proactive Maintenance
22 19 (7.17%) Mentoring

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 31 (11.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (9.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (4.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.75%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.38%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 108 (40.75%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (22.26%) Azure
3 37 (13.96%) Entra ID
4 17 (6.42%) Google Workspace
5 13 (4.91%) AWS
6 10 (3.77%) SaaS
7 9 (3.40%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.89%) Intacct
8 5 (1.89%) OCI
9 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 61 (23.02%) Firewall
2 41 (15.47%) DNS
3 38 (14.34%) DHCP
4 37 (13.96%) VPN
5 28 (10.57%) WAN
6 27 (10.19%) VLAN
7 18 (6.79%) LAN
8 16 (6.04%) SD-WAN
9 13 (4.91%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (4.53%) TCP/IP
11 9 (3.40%) VoIP
12 8 (3.02%) Wireless
13 4 (1.51%) Asterisk PBX
13 4 (1.51%) BGP
13 4 (1.51%) MPLS
13 4 (1.51%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (1.51%) VPLS
14 2 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
14 2 (0.75%) DMVPN
14 2 (0.75%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.51%) GitLab
General
1 74 (27.92%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.19%) Organisational Skills
3 18 (6.79%) Manufacturing
4 14 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.15%) Retail
6 10 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.02%) Multimedia
8 7 (2.64%) Finance
8 7 (2.64%) Law
9 6 (2.26%) Advertising
10 5 (1.89%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.13%) Local Government
13 2 (0.75%) Electronics
13 2 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.75%) Marketing
13 2 (0.75%) Police
13 2 (0.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.51%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.38%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 50 (18.87%) Driving Licence
2 25 (9.43%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (1.89%) CCTV
4 5 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.89%) Life Science
4 5 (1.89%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (1.89%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.89%) Security Posture
5 4 (1.51%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.51%) PKI
6 3 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.75%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.38%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 107 (40.38%) Windows
2 61 (23.02%) Windows Server
3 50 (18.87%) Windows 10
4 22 (8.30%) Mac OS
5 12 (4.53%) Android
6 11 (4.15%) Windows 7
6 11 (4.15%) Windows 8
7 9 (3.40%) Windows Server 2016
8 8 (3.02%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.89%) Linux
10 4 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.38%) Solaris
12 1 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (31.32%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (21.89%) Customer Service
3 28 (10.57%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 26 (9.81%) ITIL
5 24 (9.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (7.55%) Proactive Maintenance
7 19 (7.17%) Mentoring
8 16 (6.04%) Service Delivery
9 14 (5.28%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (5.28%) Process Improvement
9 14 (5.28%) Service Management
10 9 (3.40%) Asset Management
10 9 (3.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (3.40%) Software Testing
11 8 (3.02%) ERP
11 8 (3.02%) Root Cause Analysis
12 7 (2.64%) Coaching
12 7 (2.64%) Migration
12 7 (2.64%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (4.91%) SQL
2 12 (4.53%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.64%) PL/SQL
3 7 (2.64%) VBScript
4 6 (2.26%) Bash
5 1 (0.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (6.79%) Security Cleared
2 12 (4.53%) Degree
3 9 (3.40%) DV Cleared
3 9 (3.40%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (2.64%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.64%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.26%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.26%) CCNA
6 3 (1.13%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.13%) CCNP
7 2 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.38%) ACSP
8 1 (0.38%) CISSP
8 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.26%) SLA
3 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.13%) GDPR
4 1 (0.38%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 88 (33.21%) Active Directory
2 34 (12.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (11.70%) Hyper-V
4 11 (4.15%) VMware Workstation
5 7 (2.64%) vSphere
6 4 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.51%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.13%) Firmware
8 1 (0.38%) Docker
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (9.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.15%) Autotask
3 10 (3.77%) SCCM
4 7 (2.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.89%) Ansible
7 4 (1.51%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.51%) WSUS
8 2 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.38%) Podman
Vendors
1 123 (46.42%) Microsoft
2 38 (14.34%) VMware
3 18 (6.79%) Google
4 11 (4.15%) ESET
4 11 (4.15%) Fortinet
4 11 (4.15%) Veeam
5 8 (3.02%) Apple
5 8 (3.02%) Fujitsu
5 8 (3.02%) Virgin Media
6 5 (1.89%) Citrix
6 5 (1.89%) CyberArk
6 5 (1.89%) Sage
6 5 (1.89%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (1.89%) Zoho
7 4 (1.51%) Adobe
7 4 (1.51%) Cisco
7 4 (1.51%) Splunk
8 3 (1.13%) Meraki
8 3 (1.13%) WatchGuard
9 2 (0.75%) ServiceNow