IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £32,425 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 160 129
Rank change year-on-year +74 -31 +28
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 172 36 165
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.67% 0.86% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 1.00% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 156 32 139
10th Percentile £25,938 £27,024 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,813 £29,750 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,425 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £39,625 £43,750 £41,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £48,375 £50,250
England median annual salary £34,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +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 9,351 3,598 8,767
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 86.35% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,022 2,195 7,009
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% +9.59% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +32 49 £30,000 -29.41% 10
Manchester +10 41 £35,000 +7.69% 6
Merseyside +10 36 £30,000 -9.09% 7
Cheshire 0 31 £36,250 -14.71% 6
Cumbria -2 15 £29,681 -1.06% 5
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 (50.58%) Microsoft
2 82 (47.67%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (37.79%) Windows
4 55 (31.98%) Active Directory
5 52 (30.23%) Azure
6 48 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (26.16%) Firewall
7 45 (26.16%) Windows Server
8 32 (18.60%) Entra ID
9 30 (17.44%) Customer Service
9 30 (17.44%) DNS
9 30 (17.44%) Microsoft Intune
10 29 (16.86%) Windows 10
11 28 (16.28%) VPN
12 26 (15.12%) DHCP
12 26 (15.12%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 22 (12.79%) Hyper-V
14 21 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 20 (11.63%) VMware
16 19 (11.05%) ITIL
17 18 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
17 18 (10.47%) VLAN
18 17 (9.88%) SharePoint
19 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
20 15 (8.72%) Proactive Maintenance
20 15 (8.72%) VMware Infrastructure
21 14 (8.14%) Cyber Essentials
21 14 (8.14%) Mentoring
22 12 (6.98%) Service Delivery
23 11 (6.40%) Google

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 17 (9.88%) SharePoint
2 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.16%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 82 (47.67%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (30.23%) Azure
3 32 (18.60%) Entra ID
4 10 (5.81%) Google Workspace
5 8 (4.65%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (2.91%) Intacct
6 5 (2.91%) SaaS
7 4 (2.33%) AWS
8 2 (1.16%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 45 (26.16%) Firewall
2 30 (17.44%) DNS
3 28 (16.28%) VPN
4 26 (15.12%) DHCP
5 18 (10.47%) VLAN
6 10 (5.81%) SD-WAN
6 10 (5.81%) WAN
7 9 (5.23%) TCP/IP
8 7 (4.07%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (4.07%) Wireless
9 4 (2.33%) SAN
10 2 (1.16%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.16%) VoIP
11 1 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.58%) DMVPN
11 1 (0.58%) LAN
General
1 53 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.47%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (4.65%) Manufacturing
4 7 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.07%) Finance
4 7 (4.07%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.49%) Retail
6 5 (2.91%) Multimedia
7 4 (2.33%) Automotive
7 4 (2.33%) Local Government
8 3 (1.74%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.16%) Electronics
9 2 (1.16%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.16%) Marketing
9 2 (1.16%) Police
9 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.58%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.58%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 45 (26.16%) Driving Licence
2 16 (9.30%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.07%) CCTV
4 6 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.16%) FMCG
8 2 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 65 (37.79%) Windows
2 45 (26.16%) Windows Server
3 29 (16.86%) Windows 10
4 9 (5.23%) Mac OS
4 9 (5.23%) Windows 7
4 9 (5.23%) Windows 8
5 3 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.74%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.58%) Linux
6 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.58%) Solaris
6 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.91%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (17.44%) Customer Service
3 26 (15.12%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 21 (12.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 19 (11.05%) ITIL
6 18 (10.47%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (8.72%) Proactive Maintenance
8 14 (8.14%) Mentoring
9 12 (6.98%) Service Delivery
10 10 (5.81%) Service Management
11 9 (5.23%) Process Improvement
12 8 (4.65%) Disaster Recovery
13 6 (3.49%) Agile
14 5 (2.91%) Change Management
14 5 (2.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 5 (2.91%) ITSM
14 5 (2.91%) Mobile Device Management
14 5 (2.91%) Multi-Factor Authentication
14 5 (2.91%) Principle of Least Privilege
15 4 (2.33%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.74%) Bash
3 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.58%) Python
3 1 (0.58%) SQL
3 1 (0.58%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (4.65%) Network+ Certification
2 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.91%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.91%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.74%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.16%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.16%) Degree
6 1 (0.58%) CCNA
6 1 (0.58%) CCNP
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.58%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.33%) SLA
3 1 (0.58%) NIST
System Software
1 55 (31.98%) Active Directory
2 22 (12.79%) Hyper-V
3 15 (8.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (5.23%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 30 (17.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (5.23%) Autotask
2 9 (5.23%) SCCM
3 4 (2.33%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.58%) Ansible
4 1 (0.58%) Podman
Vendors
1 87 (50.58%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.63%) VMware
3 11 (6.40%) Google
4 9 (5.23%) ESET
5 5 (2.91%) Cisco
5 5 (2.91%) Fortinet
5 5 (2.91%) Fujitsu
5 5 (2.91%) Sage
5 5 (2.91%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (2.91%) Virgin Media
6 4 (2.33%) Draytek
7 3 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.16%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.16%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.16%) Meraki
8 2 (1.16%) SAP
9 1 (0.58%) Mirantis
9 1 (0.58%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.58%) SYSPRO
9 1 (0.58%) Veeam