IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £33,970 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 209 118
Rank change year-on-year +110 -91 +60
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 170 33 167
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.50% 0.64% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 0.71% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 156 32 143
10th Percentile £26,125 £28,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,500 £26,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,970 £32,250 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% +2.38% -17.11%
75th Percentile £39,625 £40,313 £42,500
90th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £50,200
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 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 10,806 4,624 8,799
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 90.37% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 8,106 2,417 6,458
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,016
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,100 £80,000
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 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 24 July 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 24 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
Lancashire +62 57 £32,000 -8.57% 10
Manchester +9 37 £35,000 +10.24% 9
Merseyside - 30 £35,800 - 4
Cheshire +28 25 £37,500 -31.82% 2
Cumbria -7 21 £30,000 -6.25% 1
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 87 (51.18%) Microsoft
2 75 (44.12%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (36.47%) Windows
4 45 (26.47%) Active Directory
5 44 (25.88%) Azure
6 43 (25.29%) Customer Service
6 43 (25.29%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (20.00%) Windows Server
8 30 (17.65%) Firewall
9 29 (17.06%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (15.88%) Microsoft Intune
11 26 (15.29%) SharePoint
12 25 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 24 (14.12%) DNS
14 23 (13.53%) Microsoft Exchange
15 21 (12.35%) Windows 10
16 19 (11.18%) DHCP
17 18 (10.59%) Entra ID
17 18 (10.59%) ITIL
18 16 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
18 16 (9.41%) VoIP
19 14 (8.24%) VMware
19 14 (8.24%) VPN
20 12 (7.06%) Remote Monitoring and Management
20 12 (7.06%) User Experience
20 12 (7.06%) Wi-Fi
21 11 (6.47%) VLAN
22 10 (5.88%) Hyper-V
22 10 (5.88%) OneDrive
22 10 (5.88%) SCCM

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 26 (15.29%) SharePoint
2 23 (13.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.76%) Apache
3 3 (1.76%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 75 (44.12%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (25.88%) Azure
3 18 (10.59%) Entra ID
4 10 (5.88%) OneDrive
5 6 (3.53%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.94%) AWS
7 4 (2.35%) SaaS
8 3 (1.76%) Intacct
9 2 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (17.65%) Firewall
2 24 (14.12%) DNS
3 19 (11.18%) DHCP
4 16 (9.41%) VoIP
5 14 (8.24%) VPN
6 12 (7.06%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (6.47%) VLAN
8 9 (5.29%) TCP/IP
9 6 (3.53%) SD-WAN
9 6 (3.53%) WAN
10 4 (2.35%) SAN
11 1 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.59%) SSL
11 1 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.76%) MySQL
1 3 (1.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.59%) JIRA
General
1 50 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (5.29%) Manufacturing
4 7 (4.12%) Finance
4 7 (4.12%) Retail
5 5 (2.94%) Automotive
5 5 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.94%) Local Government
6 4 (2.35%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.35%) Banking
7 3 (1.76%) Advertising
7 3 (1.76%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.18%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.59%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 38 (22.35%) Driving Licence
2 12 (7.06%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.71%) CCTV
4 5 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.35%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.76%) FMCG
6 3 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Licensing
7 2 (1.18%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 62 (36.47%) Windows
2 34 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 21 (12.35%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.53%) Windows 7
4 6 (3.53%) Windows 8
5 5 (2.94%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.76%) Linux
7 3 (1.76%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (25.29%) Customer Service
1 43 (25.29%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (17.06%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 18 (10.59%) ITIL
5 16 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (7.06%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 12 (7.06%) User Experience
7 9 (5.29%) Proactive Maintenance
8 8 (4.71%) Disaster Recovery
8 8 (4.71%) ITSM
8 8 (4.71%) Service Management
9 7 (4.12%) Incident Response
10 6 (3.53%) Antivirus Management
10 6 (3.53%) Change Management
10 6 (3.53%) CRM
10 6 (3.53%) Decision-Making
10 6 (3.53%) Service Delivery
11 5 (2.94%) Active Listening
11 5 (2.94%) Client Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (2.94%) Degree
3 4 (2.35%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.35%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.76%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.18%) CISSP
5 2 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.59%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.59%) CCA
6 1 (0.59%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.18%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (26.47%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 10 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.53%) VMware Workstation
4 4 (2.35%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (15.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (5.88%) SCCM
3 6 (3.53%) Autotask
4 3 (1.76%) WSUS
5 2 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 87 (51.18%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.24%) VMware
3 7 (4.12%) Google
4 6 (3.53%) CheckPoint
4 6 (3.53%) ESET
5 5 (2.94%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.35%) Cisco
6 4 (2.35%) Draytek
7 3 (1.76%) Aruba
7 3 (1.76%) Dell
7 3 (1.76%) HP
7 3 (1.76%) Meraki
7 3 (1.76%) NetApp
7 3 (1.76%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.76%) Sage
7 3 (1.76%) SonicWALL
7 3 (1.76%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (1.76%) Veeam
8 1 (0.59%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.59%) SYSPRO