IT Engineer Job Trends in the North West

IT Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Engineer salary in the North West is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 129 146
Rank change year-on-year -30 +17 +93
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 48 107 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.98% 1.54% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 1.62% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 48 89 61
10th Percentile £26,138 £25,802 £27,750
25th Percentile £27,563 £28,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £35,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.48% +11.67%
75th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £42,625 £49,500 £48,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +1.45%

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 4,417 6,615 3,782
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 95.19% 96.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,660 3,690 2,903
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,938 £40,000 £41,250
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 £78,750 £83,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -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 7 November 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 7 November 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 +17 23 £26,500 -16.82% 25
Manchester +15 16 £31,750 -20.63% 33
Cumbria +4 8 £32,000 -8.57% 3
Merseyside -12 1 £30,000 -10.45% 7
IT Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 November 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 35 (72.92%) Windows
2 30 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 28 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (56.25%) Active Directory
5 19 (39.58%) Customer Service
6 17 (35.42%) Azure
6 17 (35.42%) Firewall
7 16 (33.33%) Windows 10
7 16 (33.33%) Windows Server
8 15 (31.25%) Cisco
9 14 (29.17%) Veeam
10 13 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (25.00%) Degree
11 12 (25.00%) VMware
11 12 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
12 11 (22.92%) ITIL
12 11 (22.92%) Wireless
13 10 (20.83%) Mac OS
13 10 (20.83%) Meraki
14 9 (18.75%) Hyper-V
14 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
15 8 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (16.67%) DBS Check
15 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
15 8 (16.67%) SQL
16 7 (14.58%) Critical Thinking
16 7 (14.58%) ERP
16 7 (14.58%) ESET
16 7 (14.58%) Google
16 7 (14.58%) Google Workspace

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 5 (10.42%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (35.42%) Azure
3 7 (14.58%) Google Workspace
4 6 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 17 (35.42%) Firewall
2 11 (22.92%) Wireless
3 7 (14.58%) VoIP
3 7 (14.58%) WAN
4 4 (8.33%) LAN
4 4 (8.33%) SAN
4 4 (8.33%) VLAN
5 3 (6.25%) SD-WAN
5 3 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (4.17%) DHCP
6 2 (4.17%) DNS
7 1 (2.08%) NetScaler
7 1 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.08%) Law
5 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Driving Licence
1 7 (14.58%) Social Media
2 3 (6.25%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (4.17%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.08%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.08%) Life Science
4 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (72.92%) Windows
2 16 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 16 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 10 (20.83%) Mac OS
4 3 (6.25%) Windows 7
4 3 (6.25%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Customer Service
2 13 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (22.92%) ITIL
4 8 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (14.58%) Critical Thinking
5 7 (14.58%) ERP
5 7 (14.58%) Kalman Filter
5 7 (14.58%) Web Filtering
6 5 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (8.33%) Data Privacy
7 4 (8.33%) Mentoring
7 4 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 4 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (8.33%) Server Management
8 3 (6.25%) Agile
8 3 (6.25%) Network Management
8 3 (6.25%) Proactive Maintenance
9 2 (4.17%) Service Management
9 2 (4.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.67%) SQL
2 7 (14.58%) PL/SQL
2 7 (14.58%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (25.00%) Degree
2 8 (16.67%) DBS Check
3 4 (8.33%) CCNA
3 4 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.17%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 27 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 12 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (18.75%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.17%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (14.58%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (6.25%) Autotask
3 3 (6.25%) SmoothWall
4 2 (4.17%) SCCM
5 1 (2.08%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 15 (31.25%) Cisco
3 14 (29.17%) Veeam
4 12 (25.00%) VMware
5 10 (20.83%) Meraki
6 7 (14.58%) ESET
6 7 (14.58%) Google
7 4 (8.33%) Aruba
7 4 (8.33%) ConnectWise
7 4 (8.33%) Datto
7 4 (8.33%) Sophos
7 4 (8.33%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (6.25%) Palo Alto
8 3 (6.25%) Zerto
9 2 (4.17%) Apple
10 1 (2.08%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (2.08%) Citrix
10 1 (2.08%) Fortinet
10 1 (2.08%) HP
10 1 (2.08%) NetApp