IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £33,488 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 203 138
Rank change year-on-year +87 -65 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 144 32 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.14% 0.62% 1.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 0.70% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 130 32 95
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,050 £25,405
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,488 £35,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% +4.48% -10.67%
75th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,125
90th Percentile £50,000 £56,625 £47,950
England median annual salary £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -10.26% +4.00% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 11,894 4,542 7,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 88.35% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8,831 2,290 4,546
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 West.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in the North West

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in the North West

IT Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Lancashire +40 45 £32,940 -5.89% 5
Manchester -22 31 £31,500 -10.00% 17
Cheshire - 26 £37,500 - 6
Merseyside - 23 £32,500 - 15
Cumbria +4 20 £35,000 +9.38% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 77 (53.47%) Microsoft
2 63 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (42.36%) Windows
4 48 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 38 (26.39%) Windows Server
6 34 (23.61%) Customer Service
7 30 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
8 29 (20.14%) Azure
8 29 (20.14%) DNS
9 28 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
10 24 (16.67%) DHCP
10 24 (16.67%) VoIP
11 23 (15.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 22 (15.28%) Firewall
12 22 (15.28%) SharePoint
13 21 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (14.58%) Microsoft Exchange
13 21 (14.58%) VPN
13 21 (14.58%) Wi-Fi
14 20 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
15 18 (12.50%) TCP/IP
15 18 (12.50%) VLAN
16 15 (10.42%) ITSM
17 14 (9.72%) Entra ID
17 14 (9.72%) ITIL
18 12 (8.33%) SonicWALL
18 12 (8.33%) User Experience
18 12 (8.33%) VMware
19 11 (7.64%) Windows 10
20 10 (6.94%) Draytek

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 22 (15.28%) SharePoint
2 21 (14.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.17%) Apache
3 6 (4.17%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.39%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 63 (43.75%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (20.14%) Azure
3 14 (9.72%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.94%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.47%) AWS
6 1 (0.69%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (20.14%) DNS
2 24 (16.67%) DHCP
2 24 (16.67%) VoIP
3 22 (15.28%) Firewall
4 21 (14.58%) VPN
4 21 (14.58%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 18 (12.50%) VLAN
6 6 (4.17%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (2.78%) SAN
8 2 (1.39%) LAN
9 1 (0.69%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.69%) SSL
9 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.17%) MySQL
1 6 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 36 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.64%) Manufacturing
3 6 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (4.17%) Finance
3 6 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (3.47%) Automotive
5 4 (2.78%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.78%) Banking
6 3 (2.08%) Advertising
6 3 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.08%) Local Government
6 3 (2.08%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.39%) Retail
7 2 (1.39%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.08%) CCTV
4 3 (2.08%) FMCG
4 3 (2.08%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (0.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 61 (42.36%) Windows
2 38 (26.39%) Windows Server
3 11 (7.64%) Windows 10
4 6 (4.17%) Linux
4 6 (4.17%) Ubuntu
4 6 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (23.61%) Customer Service
2 30 (20.83%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (15.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (14.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (10.42%) ITSM
7 14 (9.72%) ITIL
8 12 (8.33%) User Experience
9 10 (6.94%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 10 (6.94%) Virtual Environments
10 7 (4.86%) Change Management
11 6 (4.17%) Antivirus Management
11 6 (4.17%) CRM
11 6 (4.17%) Decision-Making
11 6 (4.17%) Incident Management
11 6 (4.17%) Incident Response
11 6 (4.17%) Major Incident Management
11 6 (4.17%) SIEM
11 6 (4.17%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 5 (3.47%) Active Listening
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.86%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.78%) SQL
2 4 (2.78%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (4.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (3.47%) Degree
3 4 (2.78%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.78%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.39%) CISSP
5 1 (0.69%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.69%) CCA
5 1 (0.69%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.39%) NIST
3 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 48 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.78%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (13.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.17%) WSUS
3 4 (2.78%) SCCM
4 2 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 77 (53.47%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.33%) SonicWALL
2 12 (8.33%) VMware
3 10 (6.94%) Draytek
4 9 (6.25%) CheckPoint
5 7 (4.86%) Palo Alto
5 7 (4.86%) Veeam
6 6 (4.17%) Aruba
6 6 (4.17%) Dell
6 6 (4.17%) Fortinet
6 6 (4.17%) HP
6 6 (4.17%) NetApp
7 5 (3.47%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.78%) Cisco
8 4 (2.78%) Meraki
9 3 (2.08%) Apple
10 2 (1.39%) Juniper
11 1 (0.69%) BroadSoft
11 1 (0.69%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.69%) Google