3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Third Line Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Third Line Infrastructure Engineer salary in Manchester is £48,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 216 228
Rank change year-on-year +63 +12 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 2 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.091% 0.058% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.062% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 13
10th Percentile £45,925 £37,100 -
25th Percentile £46,188 £44,750 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £60,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.58% +30.43% -
75th Percentile £51,188 £62,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £51,975 - -
North West median annual salary £51,500 £60,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -14.17% +30.43% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,992 4,849 4,551
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.50% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 3,739 2,670
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, 3rd Line Infrastructure 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 Manchester region featuring 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) RHCE
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Linux+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 2 (100.00%) CentOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Postfix
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Dovecot
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) CentOS
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Linux+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Dovecot
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Postfix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Okta
1 2 (100.00%) Ping Identity
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) VMware