Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Manchester is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 80 105
Rank change year-on-year -15 +25 +47
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 89 94 119
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.45% 4.12% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 4.52% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 79 36 96
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,625 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £47,878
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +25.32% +0.80%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,886 £67,968
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -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 5,766 2,081 5,636
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 91.31% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,546 1,210 4,296
10th Percentile £31,375 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,111 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 19 June 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 19 June 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 +3 6 £45,000 -
Salford -8 6 £50,000 -13.04% 3
Bolton +18 3 £50,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 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 84 (94.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (30.34%) Azure
3 25 (28.09%) Active Directory
4 23 (25.84%) Microsoft
5 22 (24.72%) Windows
6 21 (23.60%) Firewall
7 19 (21.35%) VMware
8 17 (19.10%) Windows Server
9 15 (16.85%) VMware Infrastructure
10 14 (15.73%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (14.61%) Cisco
11 13 (14.61%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (14.61%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (12.36%) Azure Certification
13 11 (12.36%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (12.36%) ITIL
13 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Intune
13 11 (12.36%) PowerShell
14 10 (11.24%) Customer Service
14 10 (11.24%) Entra ID
14 10 (11.24%) Project Delivery
14 10 (11.24%) SaaS
14 10 (11.24%) SC Cleared
14 10 (11.24%) Security Cleared
15 9 (10.11%) Change Management
15 9 (10.11%) SAN
16 8 (8.99%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (8.99%) DHCP
16 8 (8.99%) DNS

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 (6.74%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.12%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 27 (30.34%) Azure
2 13 (14.61%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (11.24%) Entra ID
3 10 (11.24%) SaaS
4 5 (5.62%) Intacct
5 4 (4.49%) AWS
6 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (3.37%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.25%) GitHub
7 2 (2.25%) iPaaS
7 2 (2.25%) Rubrik
8 1 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.12%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.12%) IaaS
8 1 (1.12%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.60%) Firewall
2 9 (10.11%) SAN
3 8 (8.99%) DHCP
3 8 (8.99%) DNS
4 5 (5.62%) LAN
5 4 (4.49%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (4.49%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (4.49%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (4.49%) Network Security
5 4 (4.49%) VLAN
5 4 (4.49%) WAN
6 3 (3.37%) VoIP
7 2 (2.25%) VPN
8 1 (1.12%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
General
1 11 (12.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (7.87%) Finance
2 7 (7.87%) Public Sector
3 6 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.24%) Driving Licence
2 9 (10.11%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.74%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (4.49%) Clustering
5 3 (3.37%) Replication
5 3 (3.37%) Social Media
6 2 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.12%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.72%) Windows
2 17 (19.10%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.49%) Linux
3 4 (4.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (3.37%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (94.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (14.61%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (12.36%) ITIL
5 10 (11.24%) Customer Service
5 10 (11.24%) Project Delivery
6 9 (10.11%) Change Management
7 8 (8.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (7.87%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (6.74%) Business Continuity
9 6 (6.74%) Project Planning
9 6 (6.74%) Storage Management
10 5 (5.62%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (5.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (5.62%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 4 (4.49%) Business Continuity Planning
11 4 (4.49%) Capacity Planning
11 4 (4.49%) High Availability
11 4 (4.49%) Load Balancing
11 4 (4.49%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.36%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.87%) SQL
3 4 (4.49%) Bicep
3 4 (4.49%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (15.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (12.36%) Azure Certification
3 10 (11.24%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.24%) Security Cleared
4 7 (7.87%) CCNA
4 7 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (7.87%) MCSA
5 4 (4.49%) CCNP
5 4 (4.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (3.37%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.37%) Degree
7 1 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.36%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.25%) SLA
3 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (28.09%) Active Directory
2 15 (16.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.74%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.25%) Firmware
4 2 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.12%) MetaFrame
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.12%) vSphere
5 1 (1.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (12.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (3.37%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.25%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.25%) ZABBIX
5 1 (1.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (25.84%) Microsoft
2 19 (21.35%) VMware
3 13 (14.61%) Cisco
4 8 (8.99%) Ubiquiti
5 6 (6.74%) HP
6 5 (5.62%) Sage
7 4 (4.49%) Aruba
8 3 (3.37%) Apple
8 3 (3.37%) Meraki
8 3 (3.37%) Veeam
9 2 (2.25%) Commvault
9 2 (2.25%) ConnectWise
9 2 (2.25%) Datto
9 2 (2.25%) Dell
9 2 (2.25%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (2.25%) NetApp
9 2 (2.25%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.25%) ServiceNow
10 1 (1.12%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (1.12%) Fortinet