IT Engineer Jobs in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 177 227
Rank change year-on-year +34 +50 -54
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 116 64 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.40% 1.27% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 1.35% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 96 63 82
10th Percentile £25,504 £25,650 £23,194
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £37,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +19.05% +9.57%
75th Percentile £40,813 £43,750 £44,813
90th Percentile £48,250 £67,000 £52,500
England median annual salary £37,250 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +6.43% - +2.94%

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 7,906 4,737 8,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.28% 93.86% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,658 3,230 5,620
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,563 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the North West

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for IT Engineer 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 September 2024.

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 September 2024. 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
Manchester -4 38 £40,000 +33.33% 14
Cheshire -7 28 £34,250 -19.41% 16
Lancashire -26 20 £29,250 +7.34% 9
Merseyside +31 15 £30,000 -41.46% 6
Cumbria -3 15 £35,000 +4.48% 4
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, IT 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 IT Engineer in the job title.

1 42 (36.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (29.31%) Microsoft
3 32 (27.59%) Azure
4 31 (26.72%) Windows
5 28 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (23.28%) Active Directory
7 24 (20.69%) Veeam
8 23 (19.83%) Cisco
9 21 (18.10%) VMware
10 20 (17.24%) Hyper-V
10 20 (17.24%) Social Skills
11 18 (15.52%) DNS
12 17 (14.66%) DHCP
12 17 (14.66%) Firewall
12 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (14.66%) Windows Server
13 15 (12.93%) Microsoft Intune
13 15 (12.93%) LAN
14 14 (12.07%) WAN
14 14 (12.07%) VLAN
14 14 (12.07%) IT Strategy
15 13 (11.21%) Data Centre
15 13 (11.21%) Migration
16 12 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
16 12 (10.34%) TCP/IP
16 12 (10.34%) Dell
16 12 (10.34%) E-Commerce
16 12 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
16 12 (10.34%) Technology Strategy
17 11 (9.48%) Bill of Materials

IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (7.76%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (27.59%) Azure
2 28 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.76%) OneDrive
4 8 (6.90%) AWS
5 6 (5.17%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.59%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.59%) Power Platform
6 3 (2.59%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.72%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.86%) Dropbox
8 1 (0.86%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.52%) DNS
2 17 (14.66%) DHCP
2 17 (14.66%) Firewall
3 15 (12.93%) LAN
4 14 (12.07%) VLAN
4 14 (12.07%) WAN
5 12 (10.34%) TCP/IP
6 9 (7.76%) VPN
6 9 (7.76%) Wireless
7 8 (6.90%) VoIP
8 7 (6.03%) Internet
9 6 (5.17%) Network Security
10 4 (3.45%) NAS
10 4 (3.45%) SAN
10 4 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (2.59%) MPLS
11 3 (2.59%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (1.72%) SNMP
12 2 (1.72%) SSL
13 1 (0.86%) IPv4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.59%) MySQL
2 2 (1.72%) SQL Server
General
1 20 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 6 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (5.17%) Finance
3 3 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (2.59%) Legal
3 3 (2.59%) Marketing
3 3 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (2.59%) Retail
3 3 (2.59%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.72%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.21%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.17%) Driving Licence
3 5 (4.31%) CCTV
3 5 (4.31%) IoT
4 2 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.86%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 31 (26.72%) Windows
2 17 (14.66%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.17%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (2.59%) Android
5 3 (2.59%) Apple iOS
5 3 (2.59%) Windows 7
6 2 (1.72%) Linux
7 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.86%) Unix
7 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (36.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (12.07%) IT Strategy
4 13 (11.21%) Migration
5 12 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (10.34%) E-Commerce
5 12 (10.34%) Technology Strategy
6 11 (9.48%) Bill of Materials
7 9 (7.76%) Project Management
7 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (6.90%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (6.90%) ITIL
9 6 (5.17%) Incident Management
9 6 (5.17%) Infrastructure Management
10 5 (4.31%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (4.31%) Project Delivery
10 5 (4.31%) Service Management
11 4 (3.45%) Information Security
11 4 (3.45%) Mathematics
11 4 (3.45%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.45%) SQL
2 3 (2.59%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.59%) Swift
3 1 (0.86%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (5.17%) SC Cleared
1 6 (5.17%) Security Cleared
2 2 (1.72%) Azure Certification
2 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.86%) CCNA
3 1 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (0.86%) Degree
3 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.31%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.72%) SLA
3 1 (0.86%) COBIT
3 1 (0.86%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (23.28%) Active Directory
2 20 (17.24%) Hyper-V
3 12 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.31%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (4.31%) vSphere
5 2 (1.72%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.86%) Firmware
6 1 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 15 (12.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.31%) vCenter Server
3 1 (0.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (29.31%) Microsoft
2 24 (20.69%) Veeam
3 23 (19.83%) Cisco
4 21 (18.10%) VMware
5 12 (10.34%) Dell
6 11 (9.48%) NetApp
7 5 (4.31%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.31%) ESET
7 5 (4.31%) HP
7 5 (4.31%) Juniper
7 5 (4.31%) Sophos
8 3 (2.59%) ConnectWise
8 3 (2.59%) Datto
8 3 (2.59%) Draytek
8 3 (2.59%) Google
8 3 (2.59%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (1.72%) Motorola
10 1 (0.86%) Aruba
10 1 (0.86%) EMC
10 1 (0.86%) Oracle