IT Engineer Job Trends in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median IT Engineer salary in Yorkshire is £35,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 109 112
Rank change year-on-year +13 +3 +74
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 65 44 71
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.94% 1.42% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.10% 1.47% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 48 36 63
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,750 £33,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +1.54% +18.18%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,250 £36,918
90th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £46,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +6.06%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,088 3,001 3,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 96.56% 96.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,844 1,206 2,564
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,288 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

IT Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Yorkshire

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
West Yorkshire -7 27 £41,500 +25.76% 6
East Yorkshire +8 15 £42,500 -19.05% 12
South Yorkshire -2 8 £30,000 -24.85% 4
North Yorkshire -7 3 £30,000 +9.09% 5
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 13 January 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 Yorkshire region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (49.23%) Microsoft
2 29 (44.62%) Windows
3 26 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (36.92%) Active Directory
5 21 (32.31%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (26.15%) Windows Server
7 15 (23.08%) Azure
8 12 (18.46%) Customer Service
8 12 (18.46%) Firewall
8 12 (18.46%) SharePoint
9 11 (16.92%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (16.92%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (16.92%) VLAN
10 9 (13.85%) Asset Management
10 9 (13.85%) DNS
11 8 (12.31%) ITIL
11 8 (12.31%) Migration
11 8 (12.31%) Software Testing
11 8 (12.31%) Windows 10
12 7 (10.77%) Android
12 7 (10.77%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (10.77%) Hyper-V
12 7 (10.77%) IT Asset Management
12 7 (10.77%) LAN
12 7 (10.77%) SaaS
12 7 (10.77%) VMware
12 7 (10.77%) VPN
12 7 (10.77%) WAN
13 6 (9.23%) AWS
13 6 (9.23%) DHCP

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (18.46%) SharePoint
2 11 (16.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.08%) Acrobat
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (23.08%) Azure
3 7 (10.77%) SaaS
4 6 (9.23%) AWS
5 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.08%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.54%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.46%) Firewall
2 11 (16.92%) VLAN
3 9 (13.85%) DNS
4 7 (10.77%) LAN
4 7 (10.77%) VPN
4 7 (10.77%) WAN
5 6 (9.23%) DHCP
6 5 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (4.62%) VoIP
8 2 (3.08%) TCP/IP
8 2 (3.08%) WLAN
9 1 (1.54%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (29.23%) Manufacturing
2 15 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (9.23%) Retail
4 5 (7.69%) Advertising
4 5 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (9.23%) Driving Licence
3 5 (7.69%) Mobile App
4 4 (6.15%) Life Science
4 4 (6.15%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.62%) FMCG
6 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.54%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.54%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 29 (44.62%) Windows
2 17 (26.15%) Windows Server
3 8 (12.31%) Windows 10
4 7 (10.77%) Android
5 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (32.31%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (18.46%) Customer Service
3 11 (16.92%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (13.85%) Asset Management
5 8 (12.31%) ITIL
5 8 (12.31%) Migration
5 8 (12.31%) Software Testing
6 7 (10.77%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (10.77%) IT Asset Management
7 6 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
8 5 (7.69%) CRM
8 5 (7.69%) Data Privacy
8 5 (7.69%) Exploratory Testing
8 5 (7.69%) Mathematics
8 5 (7.69%) Project Delivery
9 4 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (6.15%) Software Engineering
10 3 (4.62%) Database Migration
10 3 (4.62%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.23%) SQL
2 3 (4.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (6.15%) Degree
2 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) GDPR
2 2 (3.08%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (36.92%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.77%) Hyper-V
3 6 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.62%) Firmware
4 3 (4.62%) vSphere
5 2 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (3.08%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 32 (49.23%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.77%) VMware
3 5 (7.69%) Adobe
3 5 (7.69%) Apple
3 5 (7.69%) Citrix
3 5 (7.69%) Zoho
4 3 (4.62%) Cisco
5 2 (3.08%) Dell
5 2 (3.08%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.08%) Sophos
5 2 (3.08%) Veeam
6 1 (1.54%) Datto
6 1 (1.54%) Google
6 1 (1.54%) Meraki
6 1 (1.54%) SonicWALL
6 1 (1.54%) WatchGuard