IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 122 146
Rank change year-on-year -54 +24 +91
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 41 112 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.87% 1.58% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.66% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 41 93 66
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £35,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +4.48% +9.84%
75th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £48,750 £48,650 £49,375
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 4,194 6,745 4,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.71% 95.25% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,297 3,805 3,098
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025. 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 -4 20 £30,000 +2.56% 17
Manchester 0 13 £35,000 -12.50% 14
Cumbria +2 8 £32,000 -8.57% 1
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, 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 28 (68.29%) Windows
2 26 (63.41%) Microsoft
3 23 (56.10%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (53.66%) Active Directory
5 17 (41.46%) Customer Service
6 15 (36.59%) Azure
6 15 (36.59%) Cisco
7 14 (34.15%) Firewall
8 13 (31.71%) Veeam
9 12 (29.27%) Degree
10 10 (24.39%) Meraki
10 10 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (24.39%) Windows Server
10 10 (24.39%) Wireless
11 9 (21.95%) ITIL
11 9 (21.95%) VMware
11 9 (21.95%) Windows 10
12 8 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (19.51%) DBS Check
12 8 (19.51%) Mac OS
12 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
12 8 (19.51%) VoIP
13 7 (17.07%) Jamf Pro
13 7 (17.07%) Kalman Filter
13 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
13 7 (17.07%) Web Filtering
14 6 (14.63%) Entra ID
14 6 (14.63%) ERP
14 6 (14.63%) Hyper-V

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 6 (14.63%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (56.10%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (36.59%) Azure
3 6 (14.63%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.88%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 14 (34.15%) Firewall
2 10 (24.39%) Wireless
3 8 (19.51%) VoIP
4 5 (12.20%) WAN
5 4 (9.76%) LAN
5 4 (9.76%) SAN
5 4 (9.76%) VLAN
6 1 (2.44%) DHCP
6 1 (2.44%) DNS
6 1 (2.44%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (63.41%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Social Media
2 6 (14.63%) Driving Licence
3 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (4.88%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.44%) Educational Technology
5 1 (2.44%) Life Science
5 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (68.29%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) Windows Server
3 9 (21.95%) Windows 10
4 8 (19.51%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.44%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.44%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (41.46%) Customer Service
2 10 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (21.95%) ITIL
4 8 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (17.07%) Kalman Filter
5 7 (17.07%) Web Filtering
6 6 (14.63%) ERP
7 5 (12.20%) Critical Thinking
7 5 (12.20%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (9.76%) Data Privacy
8 4 (9.76%) Mentoring
8 4 (9.76%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (9.76%) Server Management
9 3 (7.32%) Agile
9 3 (7.32%) Network Management
10 2 (4.88%) Project Delivery
10 2 (4.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 1 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 1 (2.44%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) PL/SQL
2 5 (12.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Degree
2 8 (19.51%) DBS Check
3 4 (9.76%) CCNA
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.88%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 22 (53.66%) Active Directory
2 8 (19.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (14.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (17.07%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (7.32%) SmoothWall
4 1 (2.44%) Autotask
4 1 (2.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (63.41%) Microsoft
2 15 (36.59%) Cisco
3 13 (31.71%) Veeam
4 10 (24.39%) Meraki
5 9 (21.95%) VMware
6 5 (12.20%) ESET
7 4 (9.76%) Aruba
7 4 (9.76%) ConnectWise
7 4 (9.76%) Datto
7 4 (9.76%) Sophos
7 4 (9.76%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (7.32%) Palo Alto
8 3 (7.32%) Zerto
9 2 (4.88%) Apple
9 2 (4.88%) Google
10 1 (2.44%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (2.44%) Citrix
10 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
10 1 (2.44%) HP
10 1 (2.44%) NetApp