Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Manchester is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 March 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 96 104
Rank change year-on-year -6 +8 +56
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 44 55 84
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.17% 2.38% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 2.53% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 42 45 72
10th Percentile £34,125 £36,250 £40,125
25th Percentile £42,813 £40,000 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - -
75th Percentile £50,000 £64,491 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,000 £71,579 £69,797
North West median annual salary £50,000 £46,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +7.53% +1.09% -3.66%

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 3,382 2,176 3,715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.92% 94.24% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,310 1,168 3,085
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £29,010
25th Percentile £41,063 £42,500 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.06%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,886 £68,857
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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
Cheadle - 6 £45,000 -
Salford - 6 £50,000 - 2
Bolton +9 2 £48,750 - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 4 March 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 39 (88.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (31.82%) Active Directory
3 13 (29.55%) Windows
4 11 (25.00%) Azure
4 11 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (25.00%) Firewall
4 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 11 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (22.73%) Entra ID
5 10 (22.73%) ITIL
5 10 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (18.18%) SaaS
7 7 (15.91%) Customer Service
7 7 (15.91%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (15.91%) Ubiquiti
7 7 (15.91%) Windows Server
8 6 (13.64%) Azure Certification
8 6 (13.64%) Change Management
8 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (13.64%) PowerShell
8 6 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (13.64%) Project Delivery
8 6 (13.64%) Project Planning
9 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (11.36%) DHCP
9 5 (11.36%) DNS
9 5 (11.36%) Intacct
9 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
9 5 (11.36%) Mobile Device Management

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 6 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) Azure
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (22.73%) Entra ID
3 8 (18.18%) SaaS
4 5 (11.36%) Intacct
5 3 (6.82%) OneDrive
6 2 (4.55%) iPaaS
6 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.27%) Google Workspace
7 1 (2.27%) IaaS
7 1 (2.27%) PaaS
7 1 (2.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.00%) Firewall
2 5 (11.36%) DHCP
2 5 (11.36%) DNS
3 4 (9.09%) WAN
4 3 (6.82%) LAN
4 3 (6.82%) VLAN
5 2 (4.55%) SD-WAN
5 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.55%) VoIP
5 2 (4.55%) VPN
6 1 (2.27%) FTP
6 1 (2.27%) HTTP
6 1 (2.27%) NAS
6 1 (2.27%) Network Security
6 1 (2.27%) SMTP
6 1 (2.27%) SNMP
6 1 (2.27%) SSH
6 1 (2.27%) SSL
6 1 (2.27%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Finance
3 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) OLE
2 2 (4.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.55%) Onboarding
1 2 (4.55%) Social Media
2 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.27%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (29.55%) Windows
2 7 (15.91%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.27%) Linux
4 1 (2.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (88.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (22.73%) ITIL
3 7 (15.91%) Customer Service
3 7 (15.91%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (13.64%) Change Management
4 6 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (13.64%) Project Delivery
4 6 (13.64%) Project Planning
5 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (11.36%) Mobile Device Management
5 5 (11.36%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (6.82%) Business Continuity
7 3 (6.82%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (4.55%) Business Strategy
8 2 (4.55%) High Availability
8 2 (4.55%) Investment Management
8 2 (4.55%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (4.55%) Migration
8 2 (4.55%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (13.64%) Azure Certification
3 3 (6.82%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) CCNA
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.55%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.55%) Degree
4 2 (4.55%) MCSA
5 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 14 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.82%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.55%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.27%) Docker
4 1 (2.27%) Firmware
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.91%) Ubiquiti
3 5 (11.36%) Sage
3 5 (11.36%) VMware
4 3 (6.82%) Cisco
5 2 (4.55%) Apple
5 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.55%) Meraki
6 1 (2.27%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (2.27%) Google