Lead Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Lancashire

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median Lead Infrastructure Engineer salary in Lancashire is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 74 -
Rank change year-on-year +16 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Infrastructure Engineer 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.44% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,768 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% - -
75th Percentile £86,253 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £85,000 £55,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +54.55% -6.38% +10.60%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 933 754 458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.99% 94.60% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 357 469 386
10th Percentile £25,250 £35,850 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,055 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +11.23% -
75th Percentile £58,943 £58,943 £56,048
90th Percentile £71,200 £66,067 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,369 £50,146
% change year-on-year -2.67% +2.44% -6.27%

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Lancashire.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Lancashire

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Infrastructure Engineer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Blackpool - 5 £85,000 -
Lead Infrastructure Engineer
North West

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Lead Infrastructure 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 Lancashire region featuring Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) GitLab
2 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) Terraform

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
1 2 (40.00%) GitLab
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform