IT Engineer Jobs 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 5 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 258 124 196
Rank change year-on-year -134 +72 +67
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 36 200 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.46% 1.81% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 1.90% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 33 174 61
10th Percentile £28,000 £22,614 £23,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £25,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -20.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £40,000 £42,438 £47,500
90th Percentile £47,850 £50,600 £75,000
England median annual salary £37,000 £33,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +10.45% -1.47% -2.86%

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 7,145 10,543 6,243
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 95.34% 89.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,841 7,768 3,978
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,469 £40,370
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,338 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in the North West

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for IT Engineer 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 5 July 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 5 July 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
Manchester -8 14 £31,750 -2.31% 38
Lancashire -87 13 £35,000 +45.83% 39
Cumbria -67 6 £32,000 -8.57% 9
Cheshire -27 3 £55,000 +57.14% 4
IT Engineer
England

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, IT Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (63.89%) Microsoft
3 20 (55.56%) Windows
4 18 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 17 (47.22%) Social Skills
6 14 (38.89%) Azure
7 12 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (33.33%) Windows Server
8 11 (30.56%) Cisco
9 9 (25.00%) VMware
9 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (25.00%) Customer Service
10 8 (22.22%) Driving Licence
10 8 (22.22%) Veeam
10 8 (22.22%) ITIL
10 8 (22.22%) VoIP
11 7 (19.44%) SharePoint
11 7 (19.44%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (19.44%) Firewall
12 6 (16.67%) Web Filtering
12 6 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (16.67%) DBS Check
12 6 (16.67%) Meraki
12 6 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
12 6 (16.67%) Hyper-V
12 6 (16.67%) Social Media
12 6 (16.67%) Degree
13 5 (13.89%) Network Management
13 5 (13.89%) LAN
13 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (19.44%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.78%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (38.89%) Azure
3 4 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.78%) IaaS
4 1 (2.78%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) VoIP
2 7 (19.44%) Firewall
3 5 (13.89%) LAN
4 4 (11.11%) WAN
4 4 (11.11%) Wireless
5 3 (8.33%) DHCP
5 3 (8.33%) DNS
5 3 (8.33%) VLAN
6 2 (5.56%) IPv4
7 1 (2.78%) NetScaler
7 1 (2.78%) SAN
7 1 (2.78%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (47.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Retail
4 1 (2.78%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 6 (16.67%) Social Media
3 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.78%) Life Science
3 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (55.56%) Windows
2 12 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.11%) Linux
4 2 (5.56%) Unix
4 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.56%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (22.22%) ITIL
4 7 (19.44%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
5 6 (16.67%) Web Filtering
6 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (13.89%) Network Management
6 5 (13.89%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (11.11%) Data Privacy
7 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 3 (8.33%) Incident Management
8 3 (8.33%) Server Management
8 3 (8.33%) User Experience
9 2 (5.56%) Business Continuity
9 2 (5.56%) ERP
9 2 (5.56%) Time Management
10 1 (2.78%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (2.78%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) DBS Check
1 6 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (16.67%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (8.33%) SmoothWall
4 1 (2.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (63.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (30.56%) Cisco
3 9 (25.00%) VMware
4 8 (22.22%) Veeam
5 6 (16.67%) Meraki
6 4 (11.11%) ConnectWise
6 4 (11.11%) Datto
6 4 (11.11%) ESET
6 4 (11.11%) Sophos
6 4 (11.11%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (2.78%) Apple
7 1 (2.78%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (2.78%) Citrix
7 1 (2.78%) NetApp