Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Manchester is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 114 130
Rank change year-on-year +41 +16 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 83 65 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.54% 1.68% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.92% 1.78% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 27 48 21
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,600 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,000 - £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -28.57% +18.83%
75th Percentile £63,125 £50,163 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,000 £59,150 £67,500
North West median annual salary £53,750 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +19.44% -5.26% +11.76%

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 2,120 3,655 2,526
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 94.62% 96.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 1,903 2,052
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

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 13 October 2025.

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 13 October 2025. 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
Altrincham -2 4 £62,500 +31.58% 2
Oldham - 3 - -
Bury - 3 - -
Cheadle - 3 - - 1
Sale - 3 - -
Stockport - 3 £47,500 -
Bolton +4 2 - - 1
Wigan - 2 - -
Stalybridge - 2 - -
Dukinfield - 2 - -
Heywood - 2 - -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - -
Rochdale - 1 - -
Littleborough - 1 - -
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, 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 81 (97.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 59 (71.08%) Windows
3 58 (69.88%) Linux
4 53 (63.86%) DevOps
5 51 (61.45%) VPN
6 49 (59.04%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (55.42%) Cisco
7 46 (55.42%) Ansible
7 46 (55.42%) Terraform
7 46 (55.42%) PowerShell
8 45 (54.22%) Hyper-V
8 45 (54.22%) VMware NSX
9 44 (53.01%) Task Automation
9 44 (53.01%) Bash
9 44 (53.01%) Docker
9 44 (53.01%) Python
10 43 (51.81%) Juniper
10 43 (51.81%) Risk Management
10 43 (51.81%) Mathematics
10 43 (51.81%) Cisco IOS
10 43 (51.81%) Line Management
10 43 (51.81%) Analytical Skills
10 43 (51.81%) Cyberattack
10 43 (51.81%) vSphere
10 43 (51.81%) 3PAR
10 43 (51.81%) Splunk
10 43 (51.81%) Android
10 43 (51.81%) Elastic Stack
10 43 (51.81%) Storage Management
10 43 (51.81%) Inclusion and Diversity

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 4 (4.82%) IIS
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.28%) Azure
2 5 (6.02%) IaaS
2 5 (6.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 3 (3.61%) AWS
3 3 (3.61%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.41%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.20%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.20%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.20%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (61.45%) VPN
2 43 (51.81%) Cisco IOS
3 7 (8.43%) DHCP
3 7 (8.43%) DNS
4 6 (7.23%) Firewall
4 6 (7.23%) TETRA
5 5 (6.02%) DMZ
5 5 (6.02%) STUN
5 5 (6.02%) VLAN
5 5 (6.02%) VoIP
6 3 (3.61%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) SQL Server
General
1 43 (51.81%) Analytical Skills
1 43 (51.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (7.23%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.02%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (4.82%) Finance
4 4 (4.82%) Legal
4 4 (4.82%) Local Government
5 2 (2.41%) Games
5 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (51.81%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (6.02%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (3.61%) ARM Templates
3 3 (3.61%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 43 (51.81%) Cyberattack
2 8 (9.64%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.82%) Clustering
3 4 (4.82%) NHS
4 3 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (71.08%) Windows
2 58 (69.88%) Linux
3 43 (51.81%) Android
4 14 (16.87%) Windows Server
5 6 (7.23%) CentOS
6 5 (6.02%) Debian
7 4 (4.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (3.61%) Unix
9 2 (2.41%) Mac OS
10 1 (1.20%) Ubuntu
10 1 (1.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (97.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (63.86%) DevOps
3 49 (59.04%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (53.01%) Task Automation
5 43 (51.81%) Line Management
5 43 (51.81%) Mathematics
5 43 (51.81%) Platform Engineering
5 43 (51.81%) Risk Management
5 43 (51.81%) Storage Management
6 7 (8.43%) Infrastructure Automation
7 6 (7.23%) Mentoring
7 6 (7.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (6.02%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (6.02%) High Availability
8 5 (6.02%) Software Licensing
8 5 (6.02%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (4.82%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (4.82%) ITIL
9 4 (4.82%) Project Management
9 4 (4.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 46 (55.42%) PowerShell
2 44 (53.01%) Bash
2 44 (53.01%) Python
3 6 (7.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (4.82%) Azure Certification
2 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
2 3 (3.61%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (3.61%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.41%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.20%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.20%) Degree
4 1 (1.20%) Linux+ Certification
4 1 (1.20%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.02%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.41%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.41%) GDPR
4 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.20%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (54.22%) Hyper-V
1 45 (54.22%) VMware NSX
2 44 (53.01%) Docker
3 43 (51.81%) vSphere
4 6 (7.23%) Active Directory
5 5 (6.02%) Kamailio
6 2 (2.41%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (1.20%) Dovecot
7 1 (1.20%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 46 (55.42%) Ansible
1 46 (55.42%) Terraform
2 4 (4.82%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.61%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (55.42%) Cisco
2 43 (51.81%) 3PAR
2 43 (51.81%) Juniper
2 43 (51.81%) Splunk
3 10 (12.05%) Microsoft
4 8 (9.64%) VMware
5 5 (6.02%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.61%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.41%) Google
7 2 (2.41%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.20%) Okta
8 1 (1.20%) Ping Identity
8 1 (1.20%) Rapid7