Infrastructure Security Engineer Job Trends in Cheshire

Infrastructure Security Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in Cheshire is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2026.

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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.052% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £38,750 £37,935 £61,391
% change year-on-year +2.15% -38.21% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,651 386 1,482
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.35% 74.95% 96.93%
Number of salaries quoted 994 207 1,114
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,050 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £46,074
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -7.76% -3.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £72,324
North West median annual salary £55,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.38% +9.59% -9.09%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in Cheshire

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Warrington - 1 £37,500 -
Infrastructure Security Engineer
North West

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, Infrastructure Security 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 Cheshire region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Password Management
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NGFW
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Graph
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Password Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft