Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Manchester is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 78 116
Rank change year-on-year +6 +38 +14
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 157 83 65
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.04% 3.55% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 3.91% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 122 27 48
10th Percentile £40,125 £35,500 £36,600
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +37.50% -28.57%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,125 £50,163
90th Percentile £94,750 £67,000 £59,150
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 7,199 2,121 3,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 90.60% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,404 1,277 1,897
10th Percentile £33,150 £28,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £84,300
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 14 October 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 14 October 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 - 11 £40,000 - 4
Stockport -1 3 - - 1
Oldham +1 1 - - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 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.

1 149 (94.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (28.66%) Security Cleared
3 33 (21.02%) Linux
4 32 (20.38%) Azure
5 31 (19.75%) VMware
6 30 (19.11%) Microsoft
7 29 (18.47%) SC Cleared
8 28 (17.83%) VMware Infrastructure
9 27 (17.20%) Windows
10 23 (14.65%) Infrastructure as Code
11 22 (14.01%) DV Cleared
12 17 (10.83%) Python
13 16 (10.19%) DNS
13 16 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (9.55%) AWS
14 15 (9.55%) Disaster Recovery
14 15 (9.55%) PowerShell
15 13 (8.28%) Active Directory
15 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure Automation
15 13 (8.28%) Windows Server
16 12 (7.64%) Bash
16 12 (7.64%) Firewall
16 12 (7.64%) ITIL
16 12 (7.64%) Project Delivery
16 12 (7.64%) Storage Management
17 10 (6.37%) Cisco
17 10 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
17 10 (6.37%) Microsoft Certification
17 10 (6.37%) SAN
17 10 (6.37%) Technical Leadership

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 (0.64%) Confluence
1 1 (0.64%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (1.91%) AutoCAD
1 3 (1.91%) Civil 3D
2 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.38%) Azure
2 15 (9.55%) AWS
3 7 (4.46%) Azure Monitor
3 7 (4.46%) IaaS
4 3 (1.91%) GitHub
4 3 (1.91%) PaaS
4 3 (1.91%) SaaS
5 2 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (1.27%) Google Workspace
5 2 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.27%) Rubrik
6 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.19%) DNS
2 12 (7.64%) Firewall
3 10 (6.37%) SAN
4 8 (5.10%) Network Security
5 7 (4.46%) DHCP
6 6 (3.82%) VPN
7 4 (2.55%) BIG-IP
7 4 (2.55%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (2.55%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (2.55%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 4 (2.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 2 (1.27%) CTI
8 2 (1.27%) NetScaler
8 2 (1.27%) NX-OS
9 1 (0.64%) LAN
9 1 (0.64%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.46%) JIRA
2 5 (3.18%) GitLab
3 3 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.64%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.64%) Git
General
1 11 (7.01%) Social Skills
2 7 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.82%) Public Sector
4 4 (2.55%) Finance
5 3 (1.91%) Aerospace
5 3 (1.91%) Local Government
6 2 (1.27%) Automotive
6 2 (1.27%) Law
6 2 (1.27%) Legal
7 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.37%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.83%) Data Centre
2 16 (10.19%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.37%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.18%) Private Cloud
4 5 (3.18%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.55%) Clustering
5 4 (2.55%) Online Gambling
5 4 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.55%) Replication
6 3 (1.91%) CSOC
6 3 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.91%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.27%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.27%) IoT
7 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.27%) PKI
7 2 (1.27%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.64%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 33 (21.02%) Linux
2 27 (17.20%) Windows
3 13 (8.28%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.55%) macOS
5 3 (1.91%) VMS
6 2 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.27%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (94.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (14.65%) Infrastructure as Code
3 16 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (9.55%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure Automation
6 12 (7.64%) ITIL
6 12 (7.64%) Project Delivery
6 12 (7.64%) Storage Management
7 10 (6.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (6.37%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (5.73%) BCP
8 9 (5.73%) Business Continuity
8 9 (5.73%) Business Continuity Planning
9 8 (5.10%) Agile
9 8 (5.10%) CI/CD
9 8 (5.10%) Cloud Security
9 8 (5.10%) Virtual Environments
10 7 (4.46%) Coaching
10 7 (4.46%) Platform Engineering
10 7 (4.46%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.83%) Python
2 15 (9.55%) PowerShell
3 12 (7.64%) Bash
4 5 (3.18%) SQL
5 4 (2.55%) Java
6 3 (1.91%) ActionScript
7 2 (1.27%) Go
8 1 (0.64%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 45 (28.66%) Security Cleared
2 29 (18.47%) SC Cleared
3 22 (14.01%) DV Cleared
4 10 (6.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (3.82%) CCNA
6 6 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.18%) Azure Certification
7 5 (3.18%) Degree
7 5 (3.18%) MCSA
7 5 (3.18%) MCSE
8 4 (2.55%) CCNP
9 3 (1.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.64%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.73%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (17.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (8.28%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.82%) Firmware
3 6 (3.82%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (3.82%) vSphere
4 5 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.18%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.27%) UAG
6 1 (0.64%) MetaFrame
6 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.64%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (5.73%) Ansible
2 6 (3.82%) vCenter Server
3 5 (3.18%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.18%) SCCM
4 4 (2.55%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (2.55%) Puppet
5 3 (1.91%) WSUS
6 2 (1.27%) AirWatch
6 2 (1.27%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.27%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 31 (19.75%) VMware
2 30 (19.11%) Microsoft
3 10 (6.37%) Cisco
4 7 (4.46%) HP
5 6 (3.82%) F5
6 5 (3.18%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.18%) Veeam
7 4 (2.55%) Aruba
7 4 (2.55%) Google
7 4 (2.55%) LogicMonitor
7 4 (2.55%) YouTube
8 3 (1.91%) Dell
8 3 (1.91%) NetApp
8 3 (1.91%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.91%) Thales
9 2 (1.27%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.27%) Commvault
9 2 (1.27%) MEDITECH
9 2 (1.27%) Oracle
9 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds