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 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 74 115
Rank change year-on-year +3 +41 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 157 84 66
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.05% 3.56% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.19% 3.93% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 123 27 49
10th Percentile £40,250 £35,500 £36,650
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +37.50% -21.57%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £99,000 £67,000 £63,400
North West median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% +19.44% -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 7,164 2,135 3,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 90.54% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,381 1,278 1,939
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £84,150
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 11 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 11 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 0 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 11 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.

1 150 (95.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 44 (28.03%) Security Cleared
3 32 (20.38%) Azure
3 32 (20.38%) Linux
4 30 (19.11%) Microsoft
4 30 (19.11%) VMware
5 28 (17.83%) SC Cleared
6 27 (17.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 27 (17.20%) Windows
7 23 (14.65%) Infrastructure as Code
8 22 (14.01%) DV Cleared
9 17 (10.83%) Python
10 16 (10.19%) DNS
10 16 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (9.55%) AWS
11 15 (9.55%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (8.92%) PowerShell
13 13 (8.28%) Active Directory
13 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure Automation
14 12 (7.64%) Project Delivery
14 12 (7.64%) Storage Management
14 12 (7.64%) Windows Server
15 11 (7.01%) Bash
15 11 (7.01%) Firewall
15 11 (7.01%) ITIL
16 10 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 10 (6.37%) SAN
16 10 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
17 9 (5.73%) BCP
17 9 (5.73%) Business Continuity

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 (1.91%) AutoCAD
1 3 (1.91%) Civil 3D
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.38%) Azure
2 15 (9.55%) AWS
3 7 (4.46%) Azure Monitor
3 7 (4.46%) IaaS
4 3 (1.91%) GitHub
4 3 (1.91%) PaaS
4 3 (1.91%) SaaS
5 2 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.27%) Rubrik
6 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.19%) DNS
2 11 (7.01%) Firewall
3 10 (6.37%) SAN
4 8 (5.10%) Network Security
5 7 (4.46%) DHCP
6 6 (3.82%) VPN
7 4 (2.55%) BIG-IP
7 4 (2.55%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (2.55%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (2.55%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (2.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (1.27%) CTI
8 2 (1.27%) NetScaler
8 2 (1.27%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.64%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.46%) JIRA
2 5 (3.18%) GitLab
3 3 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.64%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.64%) Git
General
1 10 (6.37%) Social Skills
2 7 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (4.46%) Public Sector
3 4 (2.55%) Finance
4 3 (1.91%) Local Government
5 2 (1.27%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.27%) Automotive
5 2 (1.27%) Law
5 2 (1.27%) Legal
6 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.73%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.83%) Data Centre
2 16 (10.19%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.37%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.18%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.55%) Clustering
5 4 (2.55%) Online Gambling
5 4 (2.55%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.55%) Replication
6 3 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.91%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.91%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) CSOC
7 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.27%) IoT
7 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.27%) PKI
7 2 (1.27%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 32 (20.38%) Linux
2 27 (17.20%) Windows
3 12 (7.64%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.55%) macOS
5 3 (1.91%) VMS
6 2 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.27%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (95.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (14.65%) Infrastructure as Code
3 16 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (9.55%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure Automation
6 12 (7.64%) Project Delivery
6 12 (7.64%) Storage Management
7 11 (7.01%) ITIL
8 10 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (5.73%) BCP
9 9 (5.73%) Business Continuity
9 9 (5.73%) Business Continuity Planning
10 8 (5.10%) Agile
10 8 (5.10%) CI/CD
10 8 (5.10%) Cloud Security
10 8 (5.10%) Virtual Environments
11 7 (4.46%) Coaching
11 7 (4.46%) Platform Engineering
11 7 (4.46%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.83%) Python
2 14 (8.92%) PowerShell
3 11 (7.01%) Bash
4 5 (3.18%) SQL
5 4 (2.55%) Java
6 3 (1.91%) ActionScript
7 2 (1.27%) Go
8 1 (0.64%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 44 (28.03%) Security Cleared
2 28 (17.83%) SC Cleared
3 22 (14.01%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.82%) CCNA
5 6 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (3.18%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.55%) CCNP
7 4 (2.55%) Degree
7 4 (2.55%) MCSA
7 4 (2.55%) MCSE
8 2 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.10%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (17.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (8.28%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.82%) Firmware
3 6 (3.82%) vSphere
4 5 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.18%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.55%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.27%) 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 (5.10%) Ansible
2 6 (3.82%) vCenter Server
3 5 (3.18%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.18%) SCCM
4 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (2.55%) Puppet
5 3 (1.91%) WSUS
6 2 (1.27%) AirWatch
6 2 (1.27%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.27%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (19.11%) Microsoft
1 30 (19.11%) VMware
2 9 (5.73%) Cisco
3 6 (3.82%) F5
3 6 (3.82%) HP
4 5 (3.18%) Fortinet
4 5 (3.18%) Veeam
5 4 (2.55%) Aruba
5 4 (2.55%) Google
5 4 (2.55%) LogicMonitor
5 4 (2.55%) YouTube
6 3 (1.91%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.27%) Commvault
7 2 (1.27%) ConnectWise
7 2 (1.27%) Datto
7 2 (1.27%) FIS
7 2 (1.27%) MEDITECH
7 2 (1.27%) NetApp
7 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.27%) Thales