IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 135 117
Rank change year-on-year +43 -18 +61
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 101 74 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.47% 1.51% 1.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 1.66% 2.01%
Number of salaries quoted 92 56 110
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,597 £22,614
25th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £37,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.53% +25.83% -14.29%
75th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £42,063
90th Percentile £40,000 - £50,300
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +2.94% +1.49%

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 5,939 4,464 5,821
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.17% 91.38% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,392 2,339 4,798
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £36,270
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 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 1 February 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 1 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
Lancashire +17 31 £26,500 -37.65% 19
Manchester +12 27 £35,000 -7.89% 15
Cheshire -10 18 £35,000 +4.48% 3
Merseyside +4 17 £30,000 -6.25% 7
Cumbria +5 8 £29,681 -34.77% 1
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (57.43%) Windows
2 56 (55.45%) Microsoft
3 55 (54.46%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (40.59%) Active Directory
5 36 (35.64%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (35.64%) Windows Server
6 35 (34.65%) Firewall
7 32 (31.68%) Windows 10
8 30 (29.70%) Azure
9 27 (26.73%) Customer Service
10 24 (23.76%) Entra ID
11 23 (22.77%) VPN
12 22 (21.78%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 21 (20.79%) DHCP
13 21 (20.79%) DNS
14 18 (17.82%) VMware
15 17 (16.83%) Microsoft Intune
15 17 (16.83%) VLAN
15 17 (16.83%) VMware Infrastructure
16 16 (15.84%) Hyper-V
17 14 (13.86%) Mac OS
17 14 (13.86%) Mentoring
18 13 (12.87%) Microsoft Office
19 12 (11.88%) Microsoft Exchange
20 11 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
20 11 (10.89%) Proactive Maintenance
20 11 (10.89%) Wireless
21 10 (9.90%) Cyber Essentials
21 10 (9.90%) Google
21 10 (9.90%) Google Workspace

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 12 (11.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (8.91%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (12.87%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.98%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 55 (54.46%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (29.70%) Azure
3 24 (23.76%) Entra ID
4 10 (9.90%) Google Workspace
5 7 (6.93%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.97%) Intacct
6 3 (2.97%) SaaS
7 2 (1.98%) AWS
7 2 (1.98%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 35 (34.65%) Firewall
2 23 (22.77%) VPN
3 21 (20.79%) DHCP
3 21 (20.79%) DNS
4 17 (16.83%) VLAN
5 11 (10.89%) Wireless
6 8 (7.92%) TCP/IP
7 7 (6.93%) WAN
8 6 (5.94%) SD-WAN
9 3 (2.97%) SAN
9 3 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.98%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.98%) LAN
11 1 (0.99%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.99%) DMVPN
11 1 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
General
1 45 (44.55%) Social Skills
2 12 (11.88%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.92%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.95%) Finance
5 5 (4.95%) Multimedia
6 4 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.97%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.98%) Electronics
8 2 (1.98%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.98%) Marketing
8 2 (1.98%) Police
8 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.99%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.99%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 27 (26.73%) Driving Licence
2 13 (12.87%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.95%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (2.97%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.98%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.99%) CCTV
6 1 (0.99%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 58 (57.43%) Windows
2 36 (35.64%) Windows Server
3 32 (31.68%) Windows 10
4 14 (13.86%) Mac OS
5 6 (5.94%) Windows 7
5 6 (5.94%) Windows 8
6 4 (3.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (3.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.99%) Linux
7 1 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.99%) Solaris
7 1 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (35.64%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (26.73%) Customer Service
3 22 (21.78%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 14 (13.86%) Mentoring
5 11 (10.89%) Cybersecurity
5 11 (10.89%) Proactive Maintenance
6 10 (9.90%) ITIL
6 10 (9.90%) Service Delivery
7 8 (7.92%) ERP
8 7 (6.93%) Critical Thinking
8 7 (6.93%) Process Improvement
9 5 (4.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (4.95%) ITSM
9 5 (4.95%) Principle of Least Privilege
9 5 (4.95%) Service Management
10 4 (3.96%) Agile
10 4 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (3.96%) Performance Optimisation
11 3 (2.97%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 3 (2.97%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.93%) PL/SQL
1 7 (6.93%) SQL
1 7 (6.93%) VBScript
2 3 (2.97%) Bash
2 3 (2.97%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.99%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (6.93%) Network+ Certification
2 5 (4.95%) Degree
2 5 (4.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (4.95%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.96%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.97%) CCNA
4 3 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.97%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.98%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.98%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.99%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.96%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (40.59%) Active Directory
2 17 (16.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (15.84%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.95%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (16.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.94%) Autotask
3 5 (4.95%) SCCM
4 4 (3.96%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.97%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.99%) Ansible
6 1 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.99%) Podman
Vendors
1 56 (55.45%) Microsoft
2 18 (17.82%) VMware
3 10 (9.90%) Google
4 8 (7.92%) Veeam
5 6 (5.94%) ESET
5 6 (5.94%) Fortinet
6 5 (4.95%) Fujitsu
6 5 (4.95%) Virgin Media
7 3 (2.97%) Cisco
7 3 (2.97%) Sage
7 3 (2.97%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (1.98%) Aruba
8 2 (1.98%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.98%) Meraki
8 2 (1.98%) SAP
8 2 (1.98%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.99%) Apple
9 1 (0.99%) HP
9 1 (0.99%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.99%) SYSPRO