IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 183 128
Rank change year-on-year +95 -55 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 175 35 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.69% 0.80% 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% 0.91% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 159 31 144
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,943 £22,534
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £24,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +13.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,750
90th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £50,175
England median annual salary £34,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -1.43% +6.06% -4.35%

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 9,445 3,846 8,866
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 87.37% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6,277 2,190 7,084
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +9.59% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% +10.19% -11.18%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 +44 47 £32,000 -24.71% 9
Manchester +17 42 £35,000 +16.67% 7
Merseyside +14 37 £30,000 -9.09% 4
Cheshire +20 33 £37,500 -23.08% 3
Cumbria +1 16 £29,841 -3.74% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 87 (49.71%) Microsoft
2 81 (46.29%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (34.86%) Windows
4 53 (30.29%) Azure
5 52 (29.71%) Active Directory
6 48 (27.43%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (25.14%) Firewall
8 42 (24.00%) Windows Server
9 33 (18.86%) Entra ID
10 32 (18.29%) Microsoft Intune
11 30 (17.14%) Customer Service
12 29 (16.57%) DNS
12 29 (16.57%) VPN
13 25 (14.29%) DHCP
13 25 (14.29%) Windows 10
14 23 (13.14%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 22 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 20 (11.43%) Hyper-V
16 20 (11.43%) SharePoint
17 19 (10.86%) Cybersecurity
17 19 (10.86%) VLAN
18 17 (9.71%) ITIL
18 17 (9.71%) VMware
19 15 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials
19 15 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
20 14 (8.00%) Mentoring
21 12 (6.86%) Proactive Maintenance
21 12 (6.86%) Service Delivery
21 12 (6.86%) VMware Infrastructure
22 9 (5.14%) Process Improvement

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 20 (11.43%) SharePoint
2 15 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.14%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 81 (46.29%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (30.29%) Azure
3 33 (18.86%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (4.00%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.86%) Intacct
6 5 (2.86%) SaaS
7 4 (2.29%) AWS
8 2 (1.14%) OCI
9 1 (0.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 44 (25.14%) Firewall
2 29 (16.57%) DNS
2 29 (16.57%) VPN
3 25 (14.29%) DHCP
4 19 (10.86%) VLAN
5 8 (4.57%) SD-WAN
5 8 (4.57%) TCP/IP
5 8 (4.57%) WAN
5 8 (4.57%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (3.43%) Wireless
7 4 (2.29%) SAN
7 4 (2.29%) VoIP
8 2 (1.14%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.57%) DMVPN
9 1 (0.57%) LAN
General
1 55 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 16 (9.14%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (5.71%) Manufacturing
4 7 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.00%) Finance
4 7 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.43%) Retail
6 5 (2.86%) Automotive
6 5 (2.86%) Multimedia
7 4 (2.29%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.29%) Local Government
8 2 (1.14%) Electronics
8 2 (1.14%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.14%) Marketing
8 2 (1.14%) Police
8 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.57%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.57%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 45 (25.71%) Driving Licence
2 15 (8.57%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.57%) CCTV
4 6 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.29%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.71%) FMCG
7 3 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.14%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 61 (34.86%) Windows
2 42 (24.00%) Windows Server
3 25 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.57%) Mac OS
5 7 (4.00%) Windows 7
5 7 (4.00%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.57%) Linux
7 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.57%) Solaris
7 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.43%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (17.14%) Customer Service
3 23 (13.14%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 22 (12.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (10.86%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (9.71%) ITIL
7 14 (8.00%) Mentoring
8 12 (6.86%) Proactive Maintenance
8 12 (6.86%) Service Delivery
9 9 (5.14%) Process Improvement
10 8 (4.57%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (4.57%) Service Management
11 7 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (3.43%) Agile
13 5 (2.86%) Change Management
13 5 (2.86%) Incident Response
13 5 (2.86%) ITSM
13 5 (2.86%) Mobile Device Management
13 5 (2.86%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 5 (2.86%) Principle of Least Privilege
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.29%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.71%) Bash
3 1 (0.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (4.57%) Network+ Certification
2 7 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.86%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.86%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.71%) Degree
4 3 (1.71%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.14%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.14%) CISSP
6 1 (0.57%) CCNA
6 1 (0.57%) CCNP
6 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.29%) SLA
3 2 (1.14%) NIST
System Software
1 52 (29.71%) Active Directory
2 20 (11.43%) Hyper-V
3 12 (6.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (4.00%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 32 (18.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (4.00%) Autotask
2 7 (4.00%) SCCM
3 5 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.29%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.57%) Ansible
5 1 (0.57%) Podman
Vendors
1 87 (49.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.71%) VMware
3 8 (4.57%) Google
4 7 (4.00%) ESET
5 5 (2.86%) Cisco
5 5 (2.86%) Fortinet
5 5 (2.86%) Fujitsu
5 5 (2.86%) Sage
5 5 (2.86%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (2.86%) Virgin Media
6 4 (2.29%) Draytek
7 3 (1.71%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.71%) Meraki
7 3 (1.71%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.14%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.14%) SAP
9 1 (0.57%) Mirantis
9 1 (0.57%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.57%) SYSPRO