IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £32,940 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 200 124
Rank change year-on-year +113 -76 +42
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 188 29 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.74% 0.64% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 0.72% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 172 25 147
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,850 £22,568
25th Percentile £29,563 £29,000 £24,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,940 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +16.67% -18.92%
75th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £41,375
90th Percentile £49,500 £49,500 £50,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 9,972 4,007 9,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 88.61% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,926 1,973 7,211
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,457 £57,560 £53,250
% change year-on-year -3.65% +8.09% -12.42%

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 23 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 23 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 +61 52 £32,000 -24.71% 5
Manchester +20 44 £35,000 +7.69% 6
Merseyside +20 37 £35,500 +10.94% 2
Cheshire +23 35 £37,500 -31.82% 5
Cumbria +3 20 £30,000 -3.23% 3
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 91 (48.40%) Microsoft
2 83 (44.15%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (34.04%) Windows
4 56 (29.79%) Azure
5 51 (27.13%) Active Directory
5 51 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (22.87%) Firewall
6 43 (22.87%) Windows Server
7 34 (18.09%) Microsoft Intune
8 33 (17.55%) Customer Service
8 33 (17.55%) Entra ID
9 28 (14.89%) DNS
10 27 (14.36%) VPN
10 27 (14.36%) Windows 10
11 24 (12.77%) DHCP
11 24 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 22 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
12 22 (11.70%) SharePoint
13 21 (11.17%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 19 (10.11%) Microsoft Exchange
14 19 (10.11%) VLAN
15 18 (9.57%) Hyper-V
16 17 (9.04%) ITIL
17 16 (8.51%) VMware
18 15 (7.98%) Cyber Essentials
19 13 (6.91%) Mentoring
20 12 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
21 11 (5.85%) Service Delivery
22 10 (5.32%) Proactive Maintenance
23 9 (4.79%) Continuous 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 22 (11.70%) SharePoint
2 19 (10.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (4.79%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.06%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 83 (44.15%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (29.79%) Azure
3 33 (17.55%) Entra ID
4 8 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (3.72%) Google Workspace
6 5 (2.66%) AWS
6 5 (2.66%) Intacct
6 5 (2.66%) SaaS
7 3 (1.60%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.06%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 43 (22.87%) Firewall
2 28 (14.89%) DNS
3 27 (14.36%) VPN
4 24 (12.77%) DHCP
5 19 (10.11%) VLAN
6 8 (4.26%) SD-WAN
6 8 (4.26%) WAN
6 8 (4.26%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (3.19%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.19%) VoIP
8 4 (2.13%) SAN
8 4 (2.13%) Wireless
9 2 (1.06%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.53%) DMVPN
10 1 (0.53%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
General
1 57 (30.32%) Social Skills
2 15 (7.98%) Organisational Skills
3 9 (4.79%) Finance
3 9 (4.79%) Manufacturing
4 7 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.72%) Retail
5 6 (3.19%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.66%) Automotive
6 5 (2.66%) Local Government
6 5 (2.66%) Multimedia
7 4 (2.13%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.60%) Banking
9 1 (0.53%) Electronics
9 1 (0.53%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.53%) Law
9 1 (0.53%) Marketing
9 1 (0.53%) Police
9 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 45 (23.94%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.91%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.26%) CCTV
4 5 (2.66%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.13%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.60%) FMCG
6 3 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.06%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 64 (34.04%) Windows
2 43 (22.87%) Windows Server
3 27 (14.36%) Windows 10
4 8 (4.26%) Mac OS
5 7 (3.72%) Windows 7
5 7 (3.72%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (17.55%) Customer Service
3 24 (12.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (11.17%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 17 (9.04%) ITIL
7 13 (6.91%) Mentoring
8 11 (5.85%) Service Delivery
9 10 (5.32%) Proactive Maintenance
10 9 (4.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (4.79%) Process Improvement
11 8 (4.26%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (4.26%) Incident Response
11 8 (4.26%) Service Management
12 6 (3.19%) Agile
12 6 (3.19%) ITSM
13 5 (2.66%) Active Listening
13 5 (2.66%) Change Management
13 5 (2.66%) CRM
13 5 (2.66%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.19%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.06%) Bash
2 2 (1.06%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (4.26%) Network+ Certification
2 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.66%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.66%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.13%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.60%) Degree
6 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.06%) CISSP
7 1 (0.53%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.53%) CCNA
7 1 (0.53%) CCNP
7 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.98%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.60%) SLA
3 2 (1.06%) NIST
System Software
1 51 (27.13%) Active Directory
2 18 (9.57%) Hyper-V
3 12 (6.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.72%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (1.06%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 34 (18.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.79%) SCCM
3 7 (3.72%) Autotask
4 5 (2.66%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 91 (48.40%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.51%) VMware
3 8 (4.26%) Google
4 7 (3.72%) ESET
5 5 (2.66%) Cisco
5 5 (2.66%) Fortinet
5 5 (2.66%) Fujitsu
5 5 (2.66%) Sage
5 5 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.66%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (2.66%) Virgin Media
6 4 (2.13%) Draytek
7 3 (1.60%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.60%) Meraki
8 2 (1.06%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.53%) SAP
9 1 (0.53%) SYSPRO