IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 154 126
Rank change year-on-year +66 -28 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 156 40 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.61% 1.08% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 1.21% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 141 36 137
10th Percentile £25,875 £27,847 £22,500
25th Percentile £28,091 £29,750 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £38,000 £43,750 £41,500
90th Percentile £41,250 £50,875 £50,250
England median annual salary £33,500 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -4.29% +6.06% -2.94%

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 8,709 3,304 8,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 89.32% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 5,561 2,200 6,842
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £53,125 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% +6.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%

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 15 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 15 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 +31 49 £26,500 -37.65% 10
Manchester +12 37 £35,000 +16.67% 9
Merseyside +4 32 £30,000 -9.09% 9
Cheshire -17 26 £35,000 -17.65% 9
Cumbria -6 12 £29,681 -28.48% 4
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 83 (53.21%) Microsoft
2 79 (50.64%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (43.59%) Windows
4 52 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 47 (30.13%) Azure
5 47 (30.13%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (28.85%) Windows Server
7 42 (26.92%) Firewall
8 34 (21.79%) Windows 10
9 32 (20.51%) Customer Service
10 30 (19.23%) Entra ID
11 29 (18.59%) DNS
12 27 (17.31%) Microsoft Intune
12 27 (17.31%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 26 (16.67%) DHCP
14 25 (16.03%) VPN
15 21 (13.46%) Hyper-V
15 21 (13.46%) VMware
16 19 (12.18%) ITIL
17 18 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
18 17 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
18 17 (10.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 17 (10.90%) Microsoft Exchange
19 16 (10.26%) Proactive Maintenance
19 16 (10.26%) VLAN
20 14 (8.97%) Google
21 13 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
21 13 (8.33%) Google Workspace
21 13 (8.33%) Mentoring
21 13 (8.33%) SharePoint

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 (10.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.28%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 79 (50.64%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (30.13%) Azure
3 30 (19.23%) Entra ID
4 13 (8.33%) Google Workspace
5 8 (5.13%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (3.21%) Intacct
6 5 (3.21%) SaaS
7 4 (2.56%) AWS
8 2 (1.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 42 (26.92%) Firewall
2 29 (18.59%) DNS
3 26 (16.67%) DHCP
4 25 (16.03%) VPN
5 16 (10.26%) VLAN
6 11 (7.05%) SD-WAN
6 11 (7.05%) WAN
7 9 (5.77%) TCP/IP
8 7 (4.49%) Wireless
9 5 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.28%) Ethernet
10 2 (1.28%) SAN
11 1 (0.64%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.64%) DMVPN
11 1 (0.64%) LAN
General
1 50 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.49%) Finance
4 7 (4.49%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.85%) Retail
6 5 (3.21%) Multimedia
7 4 (2.56%) Local Government
7 4 (2.56%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.28%) Automotive
8 2 (1.28%) Electronics
8 2 (1.28%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (1.28%) Marketing
8 2 (1.28%) Police
8 2 (1.28%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.64%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.64%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 43 (27.56%) Driving Licence
2 16 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (3.21%) CCTV
3 5 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.28%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 68 (43.59%) Windows
2 45 (28.85%) Windows Server
3 34 (21.79%) Windows 10
4 12 (7.69%) Mac OS
5 10 (6.41%) Windows 7
5 10 (6.41%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.64%) Linux
7 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.64%) Solaris
7 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (30.13%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (20.51%) Customer Service
3 27 (17.31%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 19 (12.18%) ITIL
5 17 (10.90%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (10.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 16 (10.26%) Proactive Maintenance
7 13 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 12 (7.69%) Service Delivery
9 11 (7.05%) Service Management
10 9 (5.77%) Process Improvement
11 6 (3.85%) Agile
11 6 (3.85%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (3.21%) Change Management
12 5 (3.21%) ERP
12 5 (3.21%) ITSM
12 5 (3.21%) Mobile Device Management
12 5 (3.21%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 5 (3.21%) Principle of Least Privilege
13 4 (2.56%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.56%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.92%) Bash
2 3 (1.92%) PL/SQL
2 3 (1.92%) SQL
2 3 (1.92%) VBScript
3 1 (0.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (5.13%) Network+ Certification
2 7 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (3.21%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.21%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.92%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.28%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.64%) CCNA
6 1 (0.64%) CCNP
6 1 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.64%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 21 (13.46%) Hyper-V
3 18 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (6.41%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (17.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.41%) Autotask
2 10 (6.41%) SCCM
3 4 (2.56%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.64%) Ansible
5 1 (0.64%) Podman
Vendors
1 83 (53.21%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.46%) VMware
3 14 (8.97%) Google
4 10 (6.41%) ESET
5 5 (3.21%) Fortinet
5 5 (3.21%) Fujitsu
5 5 (3.21%) Sage
5 5 (3.21%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (3.21%) Virgin Media
6 4 (2.56%) Cisco
7 3 (1.92%) Draytek
7 3 (1.92%) Veeam
8 2 (1.28%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.28%) SAP
8 2 (1.28%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.64%) Mirantis
9 1 (0.64%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.64%) SYSPRO