IT Engineer Job Trends in Wakefield

IT Engineer
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median IT Engineer salary in Wakefield is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 6 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 9.68% - 3.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% - 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £30,700
25th Percentile - - £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £41,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.15%
75th Percentile - - £48,250
90th Percentile - - £52,300
West Yorkshire median annual salary £41,500 £33,000 £32,750
% change year-on-year +25.76% +0.76% +19.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wakefield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 60 32 59
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.77% 100.00% 96.72%
Number of salaries quoted 27 16 47
10th Percentile £36,500 £41,875 £34,300
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £37,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,750 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +0.52% +14.12%
75th Percentile £70,625 £54,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £93,000 £58,750 £73,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Wakefield

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Wakefield.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Wakefield

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield

For the 6 months to 21 December 2025, 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 Wakefield region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (83.33%) VLAN
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
2 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) VLAN
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
General
1 5 (83.33%) Advertising
1 5 (83.33%) Manufacturing
1 5 (83.33%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) VMware