Mechanical Engineer Jobs in the North West

Mechanical Engineer
England > North West

The median Mechanical Engineer salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

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

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Mechanical Engineer 61 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +36.36% -45.00%

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 7,355 9,331 7,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 94.60% 89.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,051 7,169 4,106
10th Percentile £26,943 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Mechanical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Mechanical Engineer in the North West

Mechanical Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mechanical Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Mechanical Engineer in the North West

Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Cumbria - 57 £55,000 - 6
Cheshire - 3 - - 1
Manchester - 1 - - 4
Mechanical Engineer
England

Mechanical Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineer in the job title.

1 60 (98.36%) Degree
2 57 (93.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 57 (93.44%) Microsoft Office
2 57 (93.44%) CAD
3 56 (91.80%) Mentoring
4 4 (6.56%) AutoCAD
4 4 (6.56%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.56%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Design for Manufacturing
5 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Finite Element Analysis
5 3 (4.92%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
5 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.64%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (1.64%) Logistics

Mechanical 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:

Applications
1 57 (93.44%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.56%) AutoCAD
General
1 4 (6.56%) Manufacturing
1 4 (6.56%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (93.44%) CAD
2 56 (91.80%) Mentoring
3 3 (4.92%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
3 3 (4.92%) Design for Manufacturing
3 3 (4.92%) Finite Element Analysis
4 1 (1.64%) Logistics
4 1 (1.64%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 60 (98.36%) Degree
2 57 (93.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree