IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 131 155
Rank change year-on-year -69 +24 +82
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 32 116 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.62% 1.50% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.57% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 32 95 62
10th Percentile £28,050 £25,405 £25,575
25th Percentile £29,500 £28,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -10.67% +17.19%
75th Percentile £40,000 £40,125 £43,750
90th Percentile £56,625 £47,950 £67,875
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +2.67% +7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 4,541 7,387 4,201
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.14% 95.28% 93.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,291 4,562 3,210
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
Manchester +3 13 £35,000 -9.09% 14
Lancashire -19 11 £35,000 +19.66% 19
Cumbria -1 8 £32,000 -8.57% 2
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (68.75%) Microsoft 365
1 22 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 21 (65.63%) Active Directory
3 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 19 (59.38%) Windows
5 15 (46.88%) Cisco
6 14 (43.75%) Azure
7 13 (40.63%) Firewall
8 10 (31.25%) Wireless
8 10 (31.25%) Meraki
9 9 (28.13%) Windows Server
9 9 (28.13%) Degree
10 8 (25.00%) Veeam
10 8 (25.00%) ITIL
10 8 (25.00%) VoIP
10 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (25.00%) DBS Check
10 8 (25.00%) Customer Service
11 7 (21.88%) Kalman Filter
11 7 (21.88%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (21.88%) Web Filtering
11 7 (21.88%) Social Media
11 7 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (18.75%) Hyper-V
12 6 (18.75%) SharePoint
12 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
12 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (15.63%) Driving Licence
13 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
13 5 (15.63%) WAN

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (68.75%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (43.75%) Azure
3 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 13 (40.63%) Firewall
2 10 (31.25%) Wireless
3 8 (25.00%) VoIP
4 5 (15.63%) WAN
5 4 (12.50%) LAN
5 4 (12.50%) SAN
5 4 (12.50%) VLAN
6 1 (3.13%) NetScaler
6 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.13%) Law
4 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Social Media
2 5 (15.63%) Driving Licence
3 3 (9.38%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (6.25%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.13%) Educational Technology
5 1 (3.13%) Life Science
5 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (59.38%) Windows
2 9 (28.13%) Windows Server
3 3 (9.38%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 8 (25.00%) ITIL
2 7 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (21.88%) Kalman Filter
2 7 (21.88%) Web Filtering
3 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (15.63%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (12.50%) Data Privacy
5 4 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (12.50%) Server Management
6 3 (9.38%) Agile
6 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.38%) Network Management
7 2 (6.25%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 1 (3.13%) Proactive Monitoring
8 1 (3.13%) Resource Allocation
8 1 (3.13%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Degree
2 8 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 4 (12.50%) CCNA
3 4 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.25%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 21 (65.63%) Active Directory
2 6 (18.75%) Hyper-V
3 3 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (21.88%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (9.38%) SmoothWall
4 1 (3.13%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (46.88%) Cisco
3 10 (31.25%) Meraki
4 8 (25.00%) Veeam
5 4 (12.50%) Aruba
5 4 (12.50%) ConnectWise
5 4 (12.50%) Datto
5 4 (12.50%) ESET
5 4 (12.50%) Sophos
5 4 (12.50%) Ubiquiti
5 4 (12.50%) VMware
6 3 (9.38%) Palo Alto
6 3 (9.38%) Zerto
7 2 (6.25%) Apple
8 1 (3.13%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (3.13%) Citrix
8 1 (3.13%) Google
8 1 (3.13%) HP
8 1 (3.13%) NetApp