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 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 71 118
Rank change year-on-year 0 +47 +14
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 156 84 66
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.04% 3.54% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.18% 3.90% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 125 27 48
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £37,275
25th Percentile £47,500 £39,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +37.50% -20.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £94,000 £67,000 £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 7,163 2,154 3,731
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 90.69% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5,406 1,270 1,987
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £32,650
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 £79,688 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,125 £83,600
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 7 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 7 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 -3 2 - - 2
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 7 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 (95.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (25.64%) Security Cleared
3 32 (20.51%) Azure
4 31 (19.87%) Microsoft
5 30 (19.23%) Linux
5 30 (19.23%) VMware
6 27 (17.31%) SC Cleared
6 27 (17.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 27 (17.31%) Windows
7 22 (14.10%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (12.18%) DV Cleared
9 17 (10.90%) DNS
9 17 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (10.26%) Python
11 15 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (8.97%) Active Directory
12 14 (8.97%) AWS
12 14 (8.97%) PowerShell
13 13 (8.33%) Windows Server
14 12 (7.69%) Firewall
14 12 (7.69%) Project Delivery
14 12 (7.69%) Storage Management
15 11 (7.05%) Infrastructure Automation
15 11 (7.05%) SAN
16 10 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
16 10 (6.41%) ITIL
17 9 (5.77%) Agile
17 9 (5.77%) Bash
17 9 (5.77%) BCP
17 9 (5.77%) Business Continuity

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 (1.92%) AutoCAD
1 3 (1.92%) Civil 3D
2 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.51%) Azure
2 14 (8.97%) AWS
3 7 (4.49%) Azure Monitor
3 7 (4.49%) IaaS
4 4 (2.56%) GitHub
5 3 (1.92%) PaaS
5 3 (1.92%) SaaS
6 2 (1.28%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.28%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.64%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.90%) DNS
2 12 (7.69%) Firewall
3 11 (7.05%) SAN
4 8 (5.13%) DHCP
4 8 (5.13%) Network Security
5 6 (3.85%) VPN
6 4 (2.56%) BIG-IP
6 4 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (2.56%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (2.56%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 4 (2.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (1.28%) CTI
7 2 (1.28%) NetScaler
7 2 (1.28%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.64%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.92%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.49%) JIRA
2 4 (2.56%) GitLab
3 3 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.64%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.64%) Git
General
1 11 (7.05%) Social Skills
2 8 (5.13%) Public Sector
3 7 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.56%) Finance
5 3 (1.92%) Local Government
6 2 (1.28%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.28%) Automotive
6 2 (1.28%) Law
6 2 (1.28%) Legal
7 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.49%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.90%) Data Centre
2 16 (10.26%) Driving Licence
3 10 (6.41%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.21%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.56%) Clustering
5 4 (2.56%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.56%) Replication
6 3 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.92%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.28%) CSOC
7 2 (1.28%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.28%) IoT
7 2 (1.28%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.28%) Online Gambling
7 2 (1.28%) PKI
7 2 (1.28%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (19.23%) Linux
2 27 (17.31%) Windows
3 13 (8.33%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.56%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.92%) VMS
6 2 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.28%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (95.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (14.10%) Infrastructure as Code
3 17 (10.90%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (9.62%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 12 (7.69%) Storage Management
6 11 (7.05%) Infrastructure Automation
7 10 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (6.41%) ITIL
8 9 (5.77%) Agile
8 9 (5.77%) BCP
8 9 (5.77%) Business Continuity
8 9 (5.77%) Business Continuity Planning
9 8 (5.13%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (5.13%) Virtual Environments
10 7 (4.49%) CI/CD
10 7 (4.49%) Cloud Security
11 6 (3.85%) Cloud Operations
11 6 (3.85%) Coaching
11 6 (3.85%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.26%) Python
2 14 (8.97%) PowerShell
3 9 (5.77%) Bash
4 6 (3.85%) SQL
5 3 (1.92%) ActionScript
5 3 (1.92%) Java
6 2 (1.28%) Bicep
7 1 (0.64%) Go
Qualifications
1 40 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 19 (12.18%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.85%) CCNA
5 6 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (3.21%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.56%) CCNP
7 4 (2.56%) Degree
7 4 (2.56%) MCSA
7 4 (2.56%) MCSE
8 2 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.13%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (17.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (8.97%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.85%) Firmware
3 6 (3.85%) vSphere
4 5 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.92%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.28%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.28%) UAG
8 1 (0.64%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.64%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (4.49%) Ansible
2 5 (3.21%) SCCM
2 5 (3.21%) vCenter Server
3 4 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (1.92%) Puppet
4 3 (1.92%) WSUS
5 2 (1.28%) AirWatch
5 2 (1.28%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.28%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.28%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 31 (19.87%) Microsoft
2 30 (19.23%) VMware
3 9 (5.77%) Cisco
4 6 (3.85%) F5
4 6 (3.85%) HP
5 5 (3.21%) Fortinet
5 5 (3.21%) Veeam
6 4 (2.56%) Aruba
6 4 (2.56%) Google
6 4 (2.56%) LogicMonitor
6 4 (2.56%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.92%) YouTube
8 2 (1.28%) Commvault
8 2 (1.28%) ConnectWise
8 2 (1.28%) Datto
8 2 (1.28%) FIS
8 2 (1.28%) MEDITECH
8 2 (1.28%) NetApp
8 2 (1.28%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.28%) Thales