IT Engineer Job Trends in Bolton

IT Engineer
Manchester > Bolton

The median IT Engineer salary in Bolton is £35,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 8 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 7.77% - 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.53% - 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,000 - £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 - £29,500
75th Percentile £40,000 - £30,250
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £35,000 £38,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +28.33% -29.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bolton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 76 115 37
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 73.79% 93.50% 72.55%
Number of salaries quoted 53 75 33
10th Percentile £28,700 £30,000 £28,900
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £64,500 £64,550
Manchester median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% +9.09%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Bolton

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Bolton.

Salary distribution trend for IT Engineer job vacancies in Bolton

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bolton

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Bolton over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Bolton

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 18 September 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 Bolton region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (87.50%) Meraki
2 7 (87.50%) Kalman Filter
2 7 (87.50%) Jamf Pro
2 7 (87.50%) DBS Check
2 7 (87.50%) Social Media
2 7 (87.50%) Web Filtering
2 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Customer Service
2 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco
3 5 (62.50%) Entra ID
4 4 (50.00%) Server Management
4 4 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (50.00%) Windows
4 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
4 4 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (37.50%) LAN
5 3 (37.50%) VoIP
5 3 (37.50%) WAN
5 3 (37.50%) Network Management
5 3 (37.50%) SmoothWall
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
6 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
6 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (62.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) VoIP
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Social Media
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Customer Service
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
1 7 (87.50%) Kalman Filter
1 7 (87.50%) Web Filtering
2 4 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Server Management
3 3 (37.50%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) DBS Check
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) Jamf Pro
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (37.50%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) Meraki
3 1 (12.50%) VMware