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 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 75 133
Rank change year-on-year -14 +58 +11
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 99 98 64
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.48% 3.90% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 4.26% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 88 37 46
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,950 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,938 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -11.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,000 £67,968
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -4.76%

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 6,318 2,301 4,295
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,968 1,386 2,977
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £89,375 £83,275
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 4 August 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 August 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 +4 6 £45,000 -
Bolton +18 3 £50,000 -
Salford -13 3 £40,000 -30.43% 2
Oldham +4 1 - - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 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 97 (97.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (29.29%) Azure
3 24 (24.24%) Microsoft
4 22 (22.22%) VMware
4 22 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (21.21%) Active Directory
5 21 (21.21%) Windows
6 20 (20.20%) SC Cleared
6 20 (20.20%) Security Cleared
7 18 (18.18%) Windows Server
8 15 (15.15%) Firewall
8 15 (15.15%) Linux
9 13 (13.13%) SAN
10 12 (12.12%) Cisco
11 11 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (11.11%) Project Delivery
12 10 (10.10%) Storage Management
13 9 (9.09%) AWS
13 9 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (9.09%) ITIL
13 9 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (8.08%) Azure Certification
14 8 (8.08%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (8.08%) Disaster Recovery
14 8 (8.08%) Infrastructure as Code
15 7 (7.07%) CCNA
15 7 (7.07%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (7.07%) Customer Service
15 7 (7.07%) DHCP

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 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.01%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.03%) AutoCAD
1 3 (3.03%) Civil 3D
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.01%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 29 (29.29%) Azure
2 9 (9.09%) AWS
2 9 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (6.06%) SaaS
4 5 (5.05%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.03%) IaaS
5 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.02%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.02%) GitHub
6 2 (2.02%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.02%) Intacct
6 2 (2.02%) PaaS
6 2 (2.02%) Rubrik
7 1 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.01%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (15.15%) Firewall
2 13 (13.13%) SAN
3 7 (7.07%) DHCP
3 7 (7.07%) DNS
4 4 (4.04%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (4.04%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (4.04%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (4.04%) LAN
4 4 (4.04%) Network Security
4 4 (4.04%) VLAN
5 3 (3.03%) VoIP
5 3 (3.03%) WAN
6 1 (1.01%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.01%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
General
1 11 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.10%) Public Sector
3 6 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.04%) Finance
5 3 (3.03%) Local Government
6 1 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.14%) Driving Licence
2 10 (10.10%) Enterprise Storage
3 9 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.05%) Replication
5 4 (4.04%) Clustering
6 3 (3.03%) Social Media
7 2 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 21 (21.21%) Windows
2 18 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 15 (15.15%) Linux
4 4 (4.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (3.03%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.02%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.02%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (97.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 10 (10.10%) Storage Management
4 9 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (9.09%) ITIL
5 8 (8.08%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (8.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 7 (7.07%) Customer Service
6 7 (7.07%) Virtual Environments
7 6 (6.06%) Change Management
7 6 (6.06%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 4 (4.04%) BCP
8 4 (4.04%) Business Continuity
8 4 (4.04%) Business Continuity Planning
8 4 (4.04%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (4.04%) High Availability
8 4 (4.04%) ITSM
8 4 (4.04%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (4.04%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.07%) SQL
2 6 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.04%) Bicep
3 4 (4.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (20.20%) SC Cleared
1 20 (20.20%) Security Cleared
2 11 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (8.08%) Azure Certification
4 7 (7.07%) CCNA
4 7 (7.07%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (7.07%) MCSA
5 6 (6.06%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.04%) CCNP
6 4 (4.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (3.03%) DBS Check
7 3 (3.03%) Degree
8 1 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.04%) SLA
3 1 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (21.21%) Active Directory
3 6 (6.06%) Firmware
3 6 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.03%) vSphere
5 2 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.01%) MetaFrame
6 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.01%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.01%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.02%) Ansible
4 2 (2.02%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.02%) SCCM
4 2 (2.02%) WSUS
4 2 (2.02%) ZABBIX
5 1 (1.01%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 24 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 22 (22.22%) VMware
3 12 (12.12%) Cisco
4 6 (6.06%) HP
5 5 (5.05%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (5.05%) Veeam
6 4 (4.04%) Apple
6 4 (4.04%) Aruba
6 4 (4.04%) LogicMonitor
6 4 (4.04%) Meraki
6 4 (4.04%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.02%) Atlassian
7 2 (2.02%) Commvault
7 2 (2.02%) ConnectWise
7 2 (2.02%) Datto
7 2 (2.02%) Dell
7 2 (2.02%) Google
7 2 (2.02%) NetApp
7 2 (2.02%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.02%) Sage