IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £33,475 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 206 132
Rank change year-on-year +97 -74 +34
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 154 31 133
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.28% 0.60% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 0.66% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 137 31 113
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £24,200
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,475 £35,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% +7.69% -13.33%
75th Percentile £40,000 £40,625 £42,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £49,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -

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 11,422 4,686 8,007
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 90.27% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 8,529 2,415 5,555
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +58 56 £32,500 -7.14% 7
Manchester -5 30 £31,000 - 5
Cheshire +30 26 £37,500 -31.82% 3
Merseyside - 25 £35,800 - 7
Cumbria -9 18 £32,500 +1.56% 1
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 75 (48.70%) Microsoft
2 62 (40.26%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (37.01%) Windows
4 45 (29.22%) Active Directory
5 33 (21.43%) Azure
5 33 (21.43%) Windows Server
6 32 (20.78%) Customer Service
7 31 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (17.53%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (15.58%) DNS
9 24 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 24 (15.58%) SharePoint
10 22 (14.29%) Firewall
11 21 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
12 19 (12.34%) DHCP
12 19 (12.34%) Microsoft Exchange
12 19 (12.34%) VoIP
13 15 (9.74%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (9.74%) Windows 10
14 14 (9.09%) VPN
15 12 (7.79%) Entra ID
15 12 (7.79%) ITIL
15 12 (7.79%) ITSM
15 12 (7.79%) TCP/IP
15 12 (7.79%) User Experience
16 11 (7.14%) VLAN
17 10 (6.49%) Hyper-V
17 10 (6.49%) OneDrive
17 10 (6.49%) VMware

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 24 (15.58%) SharePoint
2 19 (12.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.95%) Apache
3 3 (1.95%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.30%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 62 (40.26%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (21.43%) Azure
3 12 (7.79%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.49%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.25%) AWS
6 2 (1.30%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (15.58%) DNS
2 22 (14.29%) Firewall
3 19 (12.34%) DHCP
3 19 (12.34%) VoIP
4 15 (9.74%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (9.09%) VPN
6 12 (7.79%) TCP/IP
7 11 (7.14%) VLAN
8 4 (2.60%) SAN
9 3 (1.95%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (1.30%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.30%) WAN
11 1 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.65%) SSL
11 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.95%) MySQL
1 3 (1.95%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.65%) JIRA
General
1 34 (22.08%) Social Skills
2 9 (5.84%) Manufacturing
3 7 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (3.25%) Automotive
4 5 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (3.25%) Retail
5 4 (2.60%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.60%) Banking
5 4 (2.60%) Finance
6 3 (1.95%) Advertising
6 3 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.95%) Local Government
6 3 (1.95%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.78%) Driving Licence
2 11 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.25%) CCTV
3 5 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.95%) FMCG
4 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Licensing
5 2 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.30%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 57 (37.01%) Windows
2 33 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 15 (9.74%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.95%) Linux
4 3 (1.95%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.95%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.30%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.30%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (20.78%) Customer Service
2 31 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (17.53%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (15.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (7.79%) ITIL
6 12 (7.79%) ITSM
6 12 (7.79%) User Experience
7 8 (5.19%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 7 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (4.55%) Virtual Environments
9 6 (3.90%) CRM
9 6 (3.90%) Decision-Making
9 6 (3.90%) Incident Response
10 5 (3.25%) Active Listening
10 5 (3.25%) Antivirus Management
10 5 (3.25%) Client Onboarding
10 5 (3.25%) High Availability
10 5 (3.25%) Proactive Maintenance
10 5 (3.25%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.60%) SQL
2 4 (2.60%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (3.25%) Degree
2 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (2.60%) SC Cleared
2 4 (2.60%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.30%) CISSP
4 1 (0.65%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.65%) CCA
4 1 (0.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.90%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.30%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (29.22%) Active Directory
2 10 (6.49%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.60%) BitLocker
5 3 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.30%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.65%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.90%) SCCM
3 3 (1.95%) WSUS
4 2 (1.30%) Autotask
4 2 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.65%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 75 (48.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.49%) VMware
3 7 (4.55%) Draytek
4 6 (3.90%) CheckPoint
4 6 (3.90%) SonicWALL
5 5 (3.25%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.60%) Cisco
6 4 (2.60%) Meraki
7 3 (1.95%) Aruba
7 3 (1.95%) Dell
7 3 (1.95%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.95%) Google
7 3 (1.95%) HP
7 3 (1.95%) NetApp
7 3 (1.95%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.95%) Veeam
8 2 (1.30%) Apple
8 2 (1.30%) ESET
9 1 (0.65%) BroadSoft
9 1 (0.65%) Juniper