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 7 September 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 210 127
Rank change year-on-year +91 -83 +36
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 148 30 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.19% 0.58% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 0.65% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 134 30 101
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,488 £33,750 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.78% +0.75% -10.67%
75th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £40,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £57,875 £48,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £35,750
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.69% +2.14%

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 11,785 4,604 7,608
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.14% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8,792 2,362 4,930
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 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,550
England median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -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 7 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 7 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 +48 50 £32,940 -5.89% 4
Manchester -15 30 £31,250 +0.81% 7
Cheshire - 26 £37,500 - 3
Merseyside - 24 £34,000 - 4
Cumbria -2 19 £35,000 +9.38% 4
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 76 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 63 (42.57%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (39.86%) Windows
4 47 (31.76%) Active Directory
5 36 (24.32%) Windows Server
6 33 (22.30%) Customer Service
7 30 (20.27%) Azure
8 29 (19.59%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (18.92%) DNS
9 28 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (15.54%) DHCP
10 23 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 23 (15.54%) SharePoint
10 23 (15.54%) VoIP
11 22 (14.86%) Firewall
12 21 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
13 20 (13.51%) Wi-Fi
14 19 (12.84%) Microsoft Exchange
14 19 (12.84%) VPN
15 17 (11.49%) TCP/IP
16 16 (10.81%) VLAN
17 14 (9.46%) ITSM
18 13 (8.78%) Entra ID
19 12 (8.11%) ITIL
19 12 (8.11%) User Experience
19 12 (8.11%) Windows 10
20 11 (7.43%) SonicWALL
21 10 (6.76%) Draytek
21 10 (6.76%) OneDrive

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 23 (15.54%) SharePoint
2 19 (12.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.38%) Apache
3 5 (3.38%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.35%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 63 (42.57%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (20.27%) Azure
3 13 (8.78%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.76%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.38%) AWS
6 1 (0.68%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.68%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (18.92%) DNS
2 23 (15.54%) DHCP
2 23 (15.54%) VoIP
3 22 (14.86%) Firewall
4 20 (13.51%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (12.84%) VPN
6 17 (11.49%) TCP/IP
7 16 (10.81%) VLAN
8 6 (4.05%) Structured Cabling
9 4 (2.70%) SAN
10 1 (0.68%) LAN
10 1 (0.68%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.68%) SSL
10 1 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) MySQL
1 5 (3.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 35 (23.65%) Social Skills
2 10 (6.76%) Manufacturing
3 5 (3.38%) Automotive
3 5 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (3.38%) Finance
3 5 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (2.70%) Aerospace
4 4 (2.70%) Banking
4 4 (2.70%) Local Government
5 3 (2.03%) Advertising
5 3 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.03%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.03%) Retail
6 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 33 (22.30%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.76%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.03%) CCTV
4 3 (2.03%) FMCG
4 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 59 (39.86%) Windows
2 36 (24.32%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.11%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.38%) Linux
4 5 (3.38%) Ubuntu
4 5 (3.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (22.30%) Customer Service
2 29 (19.59%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (15.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (9.46%) ITSM
7 12 (8.11%) ITIL
7 12 (8.11%) User Experience
8 9 (6.08%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 9 (6.08%) Virtual Environments
9 6 (4.05%) Antivirus Management
9 6 (4.05%) CRM
9 6 (4.05%) Decision-Making
9 6 (4.05%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (4.05%) Incident Response
10 5 (3.38%) Change Management
10 5 (3.38%) Client Onboarding
10 5 (3.38%) High Availability
10 5 (3.38%) Incident Management
10 5 (3.38%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.73%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.70%) SQL
2 4 (2.70%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (3.38%) Degree
3 4 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.70%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.35%) CISSP
5 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.68%) CCA
5 1 (0.68%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.35%) NIST
System Software
1 47 (31.76%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.41%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.38%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.70%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.38%) WSUS
3 4 (2.70%) SCCM
4 2 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 76 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.43%) SonicWALL
3 10 (6.76%) Draytek
3 10 (6.76%) VMware
4 8 (5.41%) CheckPoint
5 6 (4.05%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.38%) Aruba
6 5 (3.38%) Dell
6 5 (3.38%) HP
6 5 (3.38%) NetApp
6 5 (3.38%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.38%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.38%) Veeam
7 4 (2.70%) Cisco
7 4 (2.70%) Meraki
8 2 (1.35%) Apple
9 1 (0.68%) BroadSoft
9 1 (0.68%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.68%) Google
9 1 (0.68%) Juniper