IT Engineer Job Trends 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 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 213 118
Rank change year-on-year +132 -95 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 202 28 196
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.87% 0.60% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.99% 0.67% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 183 24 167
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,825 £22,614
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.53% +7.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £40,000 £41,875 £41,375
90th Percentile £50,000 £50,375 £50,250
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year - +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 10,153 4,186 10,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 89.04% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,462 2,085 7,870
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £27,475
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,900 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.86%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 +66 56 £32,000 -24.71% 8
Manchester +22 48 £35,000 +7.69% 11
Cheshire +27 38 £37,500 -31.82% 4
Merseyside - 36 £35,500 - 3
Cumbria +5 24 £30,000 -6.25% 4
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 92 (45.54%) Microsoft
2 84 (41.58%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (32.18%) Windows
4 59 (29.21%) Azure
5 52 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (23.76%) Active Directory
7 43 (21.29%) Windows Server
8 40 (19.80%) Firewall
9 37 (18.32%) Customer Service
10 36 (17.82%) Microsoft Intune
11 33 (16.34%) Entra ID
12 29 (14.36%) Windows 10
13 28 (13.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 26 (12.87%) Cybersecurity
14 26 (12.87%) DNS
14 26 (12.87%) SharePoint
15 24 (11.88%) Microsoft Exchange
16 22 (10.89%) DHCP
16 22 (10.89%) VPN
17 18 (8.91%) VLAN
18 17 (8.42%) ITIL
18 17 (8.42%) Remote Monitoring and Management
19 16 (7.92%) VMware
20 15 (7.43%) Hyper-V
21 14 (6.93%) Cyber Essentials
22 13 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
22 13 (6.44%) Mentoring
23 12 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
24 11 (5.45%) SCCM
25 10 (4.95%) Microsoft Office

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 26 (12.87%) SharePoint
2 24 (11.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 84 (41.58%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (29.21%) Azure
3 33 (16.34%) Entra ID
4 7 (3.47%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (3.47%) Google Workspace
4 7 (3.47%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.97%) AWS
5 6 (2.97%) SaaS
6 5 (2.48%) Intacct
7 2 (0.99%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (19.80%) Firewall
2 26 (12.87%) DNS
3 22 (10.89%) DHCP
3 22 (10.89%) VPN
4 18 (8.91%) VLAN
5 10 (4.95%) VoIP
6 9 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (3.96%) SD-WAN
7 8 (3.96%) WAN
8 4 (1.98%) SAN
9 3 (1.49%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.50%) DMVPN
10 1 (0.50%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.50%) LAN
10 1 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.50%) JIRA
General
1 59 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 15 (7.43%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (4.95%) Finance
3 10 (4.95%) Manufacturing
4 7 (3.47%) Retail
5 6 (2.97%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.97%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.48%) Automotive
6 5 (2.48%) Local Government
6 5 (2.48%) Multimedia
7 4 (1.98%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.98%) Banking
8 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.50%) Electronics
8 1 (0.50%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.50%) Law
8 1 (0.50%) Marketing
8 1 (0.50%) Police
8 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.50%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 44 (21.78%) Driving Licence
2 10 (4.95%) Onboarding
3 8 (3.96%) CCTV
4 6 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.98%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.49%) FMCG
6 3 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (0.99%) Educational Technology
7 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 65 (32.18%) Windows
2 43 (21.29%) Windows Server
3 29 (14.36%) Windows 10
4 8 (3.96%) Mac OS
5 7 (3.47%) Windows 7
5 7 (3.47%) Windows 8
6 3 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.74%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (18.32%) Customer Service
3 28 (13.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (12.87%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (8.42%) ITIL
5 17 (8.42%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 13 (6.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (6.44%) Mentoring
7 10 (4.95%) Service Delivery
7 10 (4.95%) User Experience
8 9 (4.46%) Service Management
9 8 (3.96%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (3.96%) Incident Response
9 8 (3.96%) Process Improvement
10 7 (3.47%) ITSM
10 7 (3.47%) Proactive Maintenance
11 6 (2.97%) Agile
11 6 (2.97%) CRM
12 5 (2.48%) Active Listening
12 5 (2.48%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.46%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.98%) VBScript
3 2 (0.99%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (3.47%) Network+ Certification
2 6 (2.97%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.48%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.48%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.98%) Degree
5 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
5 2 (0.99%) CISSP
6 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.50%) CCA
6 1 (0.50%) CCNA
6 1 (0.50%) CCNP
6 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.93%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.99%) NIST
2 2 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 48 (23.76%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.43%) Hyper-V
3 12 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.47%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (1.98%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 36 (17.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (5.45%) SCCM
3 7 (3.47%) Autotask
4 5 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.98%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 92 (45.54%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.92%) VMware
3 8 (3.96%) Google
4 7 (3.47%) ESET
5 6 (2.97%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.48%) Cisco
6 5 (2.48%) Fortinet
6 5 (2.48%) Fujitsu
6 5 (2.48%) Sage
6 5 (2.48%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (2.48%) Virgin Media
7 4 (1.98%) Draytek
8 3 (1.49%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.49%) Meraki
9 2 (0.99%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.50%) BroadSoft
10 1 (0.50%) Freshdesk
10 1 (0.50%) SAP
10 1 (0.50%) SYSPRO