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 September 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 74 128
Rank change year-on-year -10 +54 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 122 89 57
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.66% 3.71% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 4.08% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 104 29 42
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +35.29% -16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £98,500 £66,000 £65,000
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 6,908 2,183 3,851
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 90.88% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,339 1,307 2,251
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £82,500
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 13 September 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 13 September 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 -13 8 £40,000 -30.43% 4
Stockport -1 2 - - 1
Bolton +6 1 £50,000 - 1
Oldham +2 1 - -
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 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.

1 119 (97.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 33 (27.05%) Security Cleared
3 30 (24.59%) Azure
4 27 (22.13%) Microsoft
5 26 (21.31%) VMware
5 26 (21.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 24 (19.67%) Windows
7 23 (18.85%) SC Cleared
8 22 (18.03%) Linux
9 16 (13.11%) Active Directory
9 16 (13.11%) DV Cleared
10 15 (12.30%) Windows Server
11 13 (10.66%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (10.66%) Project Delivery
12 12 (9.84%) AWS
12 12 (9.84%) DNS
12 12 (9.84%) Firewall
12 12 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (9.84%) SAN
12 12 (9.84%) Storage Management
13 11 (9.02%) Cisco
13 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
14 10 (8.20%) DHCP
14 10 (8.20%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (8.20%) PowerShell
15 9 (7.38%) ITIL
15 9 (7.38%) Python
16 8 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 8 (6.56%) SLA
17 7 (5.74%) CCNA

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 (0.82%) Confluence
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.46%) AutoCAD
1 3 (2.46%) Civil 3D
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.59%) Azure
2 12 (9.84%) AWS
3 4 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
3 4 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.28%) SaaS
4 3 (2.46%) IaaS
5 2 (1.64%) GitHub
5 2 (1.64%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.64%) PaaS
5 2 (1.64%) Rubrik
6 1 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.82%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.84%) DNS
1 12 (9.84%) Firewall
1 12 (9.84%) SAN
2 10 (8.20%) DHCP
3 4 (3.28%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (3.28%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (3.28%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (3.28%) Network Security
4 3 (2.46%) VPN
5 2 (1.64%) CTI
5 2 (1.64%) LAN
5 2 (1.64%) NetScaler
5 2 (1.64%) NX-OS
6 1 (0.82%) VLAN
6 1 (0.82%) VoIP
6 1 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.46%) JIRA
2 2 (1.64%) GitLab
General
1 10 (8.20%) Public Sector
2 8 (6.56%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.28%) Finance
5 3 (2.46%) Local Government
6 2 (1.64%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.64%) Automotive
6 2 (1.64%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.46%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.11%) Driving Licence
2 13 (10.66%) Data Centre
3 10 (8.20%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (3.28%) Clustering
4 4 (3.28%) Replication
5 3 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.64%) CSOC
6 2 (1.64%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.64%) IoT
6 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.64%) PKI
6 2 (1.64%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.64%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (19.67%) Windows
2 22 (18.03%) Linux
3 15 (12.30%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.46%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.64%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.64%) VMS
5 2 (1.64%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.82%) Unix
6 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (97.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (10.66%) Infrastructure as Code
2 13 (10.66%) Project Delivery
3 12 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (9.84%) Storage Management
4 10 (8.20%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (7.38%) ITIL
6 8 (6.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (4.92%) BCP
7 6 (4.92%) Business Continuity
7 6 (4.92%) Business Continuity Planning
7 6 (4.92%) Change Management
7 6 (4.92%) Load Balancing
7 6 (4.92%) Virtual Environments
7 6 (4.92%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 5 (4.10%) Infrastructure Automation
8 5 (4.10%) Problem Management
8 5 (4.10%) User Experience
9 4 (3.28%) Application Security
9 4 (3.28%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.20%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.38%) Python
3 7 (5.74%) SQL
4 4 (3.28%) Bicep
5 3 (2.46%) Bash
6 1 (0.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 33 (27.05%) Security Cleared
2 23 (18.85%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.11%) DV Cleared
4 11 (9.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.74%) CCNA
5 7 (5.74%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (4.92%) Azure Certification
6 6 (4.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (4.10%) Degree
7 5 (4.10%) MCSA
8 4 (3.28%) CCNP
8 4 (3.28%) MCSE
9 2 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.82%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.56%) SLA
System Software
1 26 (21.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (13.11%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.92%) Firmware
4 5 (4.10%) vSphere
5 4 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.46%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.64%) UAG
7 2 (1.64%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.82%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.82%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.82%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Clustering
1 4 (3.28%) SCCM
2 3 (2.46%) Ansible
2 3 (2.46%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.46%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.64%) AirWatch
3 2 (1.64%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.64%) WSUS
3 2 (1.64%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.82%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (22.13%) Microsoft
2 26 (21.31%) VMware
3 11 (9.02%) Cisco
4 6 (4.92%) HP
5 4 (3.28%) Aruba
5 4 (3.28%) Google
5 4 (3.28%) LogicMonitor
5 4 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.28%) Veeam
6 2 (1.64%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.64%) ConnectWise
6 2 (1.64%) Datto
6 2 (1.64%) F5
6 2 (1.64%) FIS
6 2 (1.64%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.64%) MEDITECH
6 2 (1.64%) Meraki
6 2 (1.64%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.64%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.64%) Thales