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 2 June 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 86 107
Rank change year-on-year -11 +21 +41
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 84 85 111
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.40% 3.84% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 4.20% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 75 32 92
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £49,128
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +22.13% +3.43%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £64,063
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,886 £67,968
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +13.33% -4.26%

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 5,604 2,023 5,131
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.21% 91.41% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,251 1,171 4,022
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £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 £76,840 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £80,392
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 2 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 2 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 -7 6 £50,000 -13.04% 2
Bolton +21 3 £50,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 79 (94.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (32.14%) Azure
3 26 (30.95%) Active Directory
4 23 (27.38%) Microsoft
5 22 (26.19%) Firewall
5 22 (26.19%) Windows
6 17 (20.24%) Windows Server
7 16 (19.05%) VMware
8 15 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (14.29%) Azure Certification
11 12 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
11 12 (14.29%) PowerShell
11 12 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
12 11 (13.10%) Cisco
12 11 (13.10%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (13.10%) Entra ID
13 10 (11.90%) Customer Service
13 10 (11.90%) DHCP
13 10 (11.90%) DNS
13 10 (11.90%) ITIL
14 9 (10.71%) Change Management
14 9 (10.71%) Project Delivery
14 9 (10.71%) SaaS
14 9 (10.71%) SC Cleared
14 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
15 8 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
15 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange

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 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.19%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 27 (32.14%) Azure
2 14 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (13.10%) Entra ID
4 9 (10.71%) SaaS
5 5 (5.95%) Intacct
6 4 (4.76%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.38%) AWS
8 2 (2.38%) GitHub
8 2 (2.38%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.19%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 22 (26.19%) Firewall
2 10 (11.90%) DHCP
2 10 (11.90%) DNS
3 8 (9.52%) SAN
4 5 (5.95%) Network Security
4 5 (5.95%) VLAN
4 5 (5.95%) WAN
5 4 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (4.76%) LAN
6 3 (3.57%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.57%) VoIP
6 3 (3.57%) VPN
7 2 (2.38%) SD-WAN
8 1 (1.19%) FTP
8 1 (1.19%) HTTP
8 1 (1.19%) SMTP
8 1 (1.19%) SNMP
8 1 (1.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 12 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.52%) Finance
3 7 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.90%) Data Centre
2 9 (10.71%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.95%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (4.76%) Clustering
5 3 (3.57%) Social Media
6 2 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.38%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.19%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.19%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (26.19%) Windows
2 17 (20.24%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (3.57%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.38%) Linux
5 2 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (94.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (11.90%) Customer Service
4 10 (11.90%) ITIL
5 9 (10.71%) Change Management
5 9 (10.71%) Project Delivery
6 8 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
8 6 (7.14%) Business Continuity
8 6 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (7.14%) Project Planning
8 6 (7.14%) Storage Management
9 5 (5.95%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (5.95%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 4 (4.76%) Application Security
10 4 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (4.76%) Migration
10 4 (4.76%) Network Design
10 4 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 8 (9.52%) SQL
3 4 (4.76%) Bicep
3 4 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (17.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 9 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 7 (8.33%) CCNA
4 7 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (8.33%) MCSA
5 4 (4.76%) CCNP
5 4 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (3.57%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.57%) Degree
7 1 (1.19%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (30.95%) Active Directory
2 12 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.38%) Firmware
6 1 (1.19%) Docker
6 1 (1.19%) MetaFrame
6 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.19%) vSphere
6 1 (1.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (3.57%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (3.57%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.38%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (27.38%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.05%) VMware
3 11 (13.10%) Cisco
4 8 (9.52%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (5.95%) Sage
6 4 (4.76%) Aruba
6 4 (4.76%) HP
7 3 (3.57%) Apple
7 3 (3.57%) Meraki
8 2 (2.38%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.38%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.38%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.19%) Citrix
9 1 (1.19%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (1.19%) Veeam
9 1 (1.19%) WatchGuard