Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Manchester is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 78 109
Rank change year-on-year +4 +31 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 156 85 66
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.04% 3.60% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 3.97% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 123 28 49
10th Percentile £40,250 £35,500 £36,650
25th Percentile £47,500 £39,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +31.25% -21.57%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,813 £52,500
90th Percentile £99,000 £66,500 £63,400
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,693 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.38% +17.10% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 7,159 2,139 3,702
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 90.56% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,388 1,273 1,950
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £79,093 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £84,075
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Salford - 11 £40,000 - 4
Stockport -1 2 - - 1
Oldham +1 1 - - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 10 October 2026, 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 Manchester region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 149 (95.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (26.92%) Security Cleared
3 31 (19.87%) Azure
3 31 (19.87%) Linux
4 30 (19.23%) Microsoft
4 30 (19.23%) VMware
5 27 (17.31%) SC Cleared
5 27 (17.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (17.31%) Windows
6 22 (14.10%) Infrastructure as Code
7 21 (13.46%) DV Cleared
8 16 (10.26%) DNS
8 16 (10.26%) Python
9 15 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (8.97%) AWS
10 14 (8.97%) PowerShell
11 13 (8.33%) Active Directory
11 13 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
12 12 (7.69%) Project Delivery
12 12 (7.69%) Storage Management
12 12 (7.69%) Windows Server
13 11 (7.05%) Firewall
14 10 (6.41%) Bash
14 10 (6.41%) ITIL
14 10 (6.41%) SAN
15 9 (5.77%) BCP
15 9 (5.77%) Business Continuity
15 9 (5.77%) Business Continuity Planning
15 9 (5.77%) Cisco

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (0.64%) Confluence
1 1 (0.64%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.92%) AutoCAD
1 3 (1.92%) Civil 3D
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.87%) Azure
2 14 (8.97%) AWS
3 7 (4.49%) Azure Monitor
3 7 (4.49%) IaaS
4 3 (1.92%) GitHub
4 3 (1.92%) PaaS
4 3 (1.92%) SaaS
5 2 (1.28%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.28%) Rubrik
6 1 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.26%) DNS
2 11 (7.05%) Firewall
3 10 (6.41%) SAN
4 8 (5.13%) Network Security
5 7 (4.49%) DHCP
6 6 (3.85%) VPN
7 4 (2.56%) BIG-IP
7 4 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (2.56%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (2.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (1.28%) CTI
8 2 (1.28%) NetScaler
8 2 (1.28%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.64%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.49%) JIRA
2 4 (2.56%) GitLab
3 3 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.64%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.64%) Git
General
1 10 (6.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (4.49%) Public Sector
3 6 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.56%) Finance
5 3 (1.92%) Local Government
6 2 (1.28%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.28%) Automotive
6 2 (1.28%) Law
6 2 (1.28%) Legal
7 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.13%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.90%) Data Centre
2 16 (10.26%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.41%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.21%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.56%) Clustering
5 4 (2.56%) Online Gambling
5 4 (2.56%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.56%) Replication
6 3 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.28%) CSOC
7 2 (1.28%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.28%) IoT
7 2 (1.28%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.28%) PKI
7 2 (1.28%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (19.87%) Linux
2 27 (17.31%) Windows
3 12 (7.69%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.56%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.92%) VMS
6 2 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.28%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (95.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (14.10%) Infrastructure as Code
3 15 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
3 15 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
5 12 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 12 (7.69%) Storage Management
6 10 (6.41%) ITIL
7 9 (5.77%) BCP
7 9 (5.77%) Business Continuity
7 9 (5.77%) Business Continuity Planning
7 9 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (5.77%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (5.13%) Agile
8 8 (5.13%) Virtual Environments
9 7 (4.49%) CI/CD
9 7 (4.49%) Cloud Security
10 6 (3.85%) Cloud Operations
10 6 (3.85%) Platform Engineering
10 6 (3.85%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.26%) Python
2 14 (8.97%) PowerShell
3 10 (6.41%) Bash
4 5 (3.21%) SQL
5 4 (2.56%) Java
6 3 (1.92%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.64%) Bicep
7 1 (0.64%) Go
Qualifications
1 42 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 21 (13.46%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.85%) CCNA
5 6 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (3.21%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.56%) CCNP
7 4 (2.56%) Degree
7 4 (2.56%) MCSA
7 4 (2.56%) MCSE
8 2 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.13%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (17.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (8.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.85%) Firmware
3 6 (3.85%) vSphere
4 5 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.21%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.56%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.28%) UAG
7 1 (0.64%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.64%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (5.13%) Ansible
2 6 (3.85%) vCenter Server
3 5 (3.21%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.21%) SCCM
4 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (2.56%) Puppet
5 3 (1.92%) WSUS
6 2 (1.28%) AirWatch
6 2 (1.28%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.28%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (19.23%) Microsoft
1 30 (19.23%) VMware
2 9 (5.77%) Cisco
3 6 (3.85%) F5
3 6 (3.85%) HP
4 5 (3.21%) Fortinet
4 5 (3.21%) Veeam
5 4 (2.56%) Aruba
5 4 (2.56%) Google
5 4 (2.56%) LogicMonitor
6 3 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.92%) YouTube
7 2 (1.28%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.28%) ConnectWise
7 2 (1.28%) Datto
7 2 (1.28%) Dell
7 2 (1.28%) FIS
7 2 (1.28%) MEDITECH
7 2 (1.28%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.28%) Thales