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 February 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 141 129
Rank change year-on-year +41 -12 +75
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 236 125 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.87% 1.60% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.09% 1.72% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 202 99 219
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £22,614
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £42,000 £41,125 £38,750
90th Percentile £50,399 £44,050 £47,500
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +4.48% -

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 11,283 7,258 11,955
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.46% 92.77% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 6,893 3,578 9,800
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,241 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 February 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 February 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 +48 118 £30,000 -21.05% 48
Yorkshire +15 109 £41,500 +37.19% 18
North East -8 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 February 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.

1 112 (47.46%) Microsoft
2 100 (42.37%) Windows
3 98 (41.53%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (36.44%) Active Directory
5 78 (33.05%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (25.42%) Windows Server
7 58 (24.58%) Firewall
8 57 (24.15%) Azure
9 55 (23.31%) Customer Service
10 48 (20.34%) Windows 10
11 38 (16.10%) DNS
12 37 (15.68%) VPN
13 36 (15.25%) VMware
14 35 (14.83%) DHCP
14 35 (14.83%) Entra ID
15 32 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure
16 30 (12.71%) Hyper-V
17 29 (12.29%) Microsoft Exchange
18 27 (11.44%) VLAN
19 26 (11.02%) Remote Monitoring and Management
19 26 (11.02%) WAN
20 25 (10.59%) ITIL
20 25 (10.59%) Microsoft Intune
21 23 (9.75%) Microsoft Office
22 22 (9.32%) Mentoring
23 21 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
23 21 (8.90%) SharePoint
24 19 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
25 18 (7.63%) LAN
25 18 (7.63%) Mac OS

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 29 (12.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (8.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (9.75%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.85%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 98 (41.53%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (24.15%) Azure
3 35 (14.83%) Entra ID
4 16 (6.78%) Google Workspace
5 13 (5.51%) AWS
6 10 (4.24%) SaaS
7 9 (3.81%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.12%) Intacct
8 5 (2.12%) OCI
9 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 58 (24.58%) Firewall
2 38 (16.10%) DNS
3 37 (15.68%) VPN
4 35 (14.83%) DHCP
5 27 (11.44%) VLAN
6 26 (11.02%) WAN
7 18 (7.63%) LAN
8 14 (5.93%) SD-WAN
9 11 (4.66%) TCP/IP
10 9 (3.81%) VoIP
10 9 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (3.81%) Wireless
11 4 (1.69%) Asterisk PBX
11 4 (1.69%) BGP
11 4 (1.69%) MPLS
11 4 (1.69%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (1.69%) VPLS
12 2 (0.85%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.85%) DMVPN
12 2 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.69%) GitLab
General
1 77 (32.63%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.02%) Organisational Skills
3 19 (8.05%) Manufacturing
4 14 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.66%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.39%) Multimedia
7 7 (2.97%) Finance
7 7 (2.97%) Law
7 7 (2.97%) Retail
8 6 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.12%) Advertising
9 5 (2.12%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.85%) Electronics
10 2 (0.85%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (0.85%) Marketing
10 2 (0.85%) Police
10 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.42%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.69%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.42%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 44 (18.64%) Driving Licence
2 18 (7.63%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.12%) Life Science
4 5 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (2.12%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.69%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.69%) PKI
6 3 (1.27%) CCTV
7 2 (0.85%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.42%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) PDA
8 1 (0.42%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.42%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 100 (42.37%) Windows
2 60 (25.42%) Windows Server
3 48 (20.34%) Windows 10
4 18 (7.63%) Mac OS
5 10 (4.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.81%) Android
6 9 (3.81%) Windows 7
6 9 (3.81%) Windows 8
6 9 (3.81%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.12%) Linux
8 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.42%) Solaris
9 1 (0.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (33.05%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (23.31%) Customer Service
3 26 (11.02%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 25 (10.59%) ITIL
5 22 (9.32%) Mentoring
6 21 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (8.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (7.63%) Proactive Maintenance
9 16 (6.78%) Service Delivery
10 13 (5.51%) Process Improvement
11 12 (5.08%) Disaster Recovery
12 10 (4.24%) Asset Management
12 10 (4.24%) Service Management
13 9 (3.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (3.81%) Software Testing
14 8 (3.39%) ERP
15 7 (2.97%) Critical Thinking
15 7 (2.97%) IT Asset Management
15 7 (2.97%) Migration
16 6 (2.54%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.51%) SQL
2 12 (5.08%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.97%) PL/SQL
3 7 (2.97%) VBScript
4 6 (2.54%) Bash
5 1 (0.42%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (6.78%) Security Cleared
2 13 (5.51%) Degree
3 9 (3.81%) DV Cleared
3 9 (3.81%) Network+ Certification
4 8 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.97%) CCNA
5 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 5 (2.12%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.27%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.27%) CCNP
9 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.85%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.42%) ACSP
10 1 (0.42%) CISSP
10 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.54%) SLA
3 3 (1.27%) GDPR
4 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 86 (36.44%) Active Directory
2 32 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (12.71%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.81%) VMware Workstation
5 8 (3.39%) vSphere
6 4 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.69%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.27%) Firmware
8 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.85%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (10.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.81%) Autotask
3 8 (3.39%) SCCM
4 7 (2.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.12%) Ansible
7 4 (1.69%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.69%) WSUS
8 2 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.42%) Podman
Vendors
1 112 (47.46%) Microsoft
2 36 (15.25%) VMware
3 17 (7.20%) Google
4 11 (4.66%) Fortinet
4 11 (4.66%) Veeam
5 9 (3.81%) ESET
6 8 (3.39%) Fujitsu
6 8 (3.39%) Virgin Media
7 7 (2.97%) Apple
8 6 (2.54%) Cisco
9 5 (2.12%) Adobe
9 5 (2.12%) Citrix
9 5 (2.12%) CyberArk
9 5 (2.12%) Sage
9 5 (2.12%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (2.12%) Zoho
10 4 (1.69%) Splunk
11 3 (1.27%) Meraki
11 3 (1.27%) WatchGuard
12 2 (0.85%) SonicWALL