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 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 86 113
Rank change year-on-year -8 +27 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 80 87 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.44% 3.90% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% 4.30% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 71 35 82
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £73,886 £67,968
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -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 5,135 2,022 4,732
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 90.55% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,846 1,247 3,795
10th Percentile £31,125 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,047
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £54,700
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.86% -4.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £82,340
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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -
Salford -7 6 £50,000 -13.04% 1
Bolton +23 3 £50,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 75 (93.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (28.75%) Active Directory
2 23 (28.75%) Azure
3 20 (25.00%) Firewall
3 20 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 19 (23.75%) Windows
5 14 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (17.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (17.50%) Windows Server
6 13 (16.25%) VMware
7 12 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (15.00%) PowerShell
7 12 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (13.75%) Azure Certification
8 11 (13.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (13.75%) Disaster Recovery
8 11 (13.75%) Entra ID
9 10 (12.50%) Cisco
9 10 (12.50%) Customer Service
9 10 (12.50%) DHCP
9 10 (12.50%) DNS
9 10 (12.50%) ITIL
10 9 (11.25%) SaaS
10 9 (11.25%) VMware Infrastructure
11 8 (10.00%) Change Management
11 8 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
11 8 (10.00%) Project Delivery
11 8 (10.00%) Security Cleared
11 8 (10.00%) Ubiquiti

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 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.25%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (28.75%) Azure
2 14 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (13.75%) Entra ID
4 9 (11.25%) SaaS
5 5 (6.25%) Intacct
6 4 (5.00%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.50%) GitHub
8 2 (2.50%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (25.00%) Firewall
2 10 (12.50%) DHCP
2 10 (12.50%) DNS
3 6 (7.50%) SAN
4 5 (6.25%) VLAN
4 5 (6.25%) WAN
5 4 (5.00%) LAN
5 4 (5.00%) Network Security
6 3 (3.75%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (3.75%) Cisco Firepower
6 3 (3.75%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (3.75%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.75%) VoIP
7 2 (2.50%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.50%) VPN
8 1 (1.25%) FTP
8 1 (1.25%) HTTP
8 1 (1.25%) SMTP
8 1 (1.25%) SNMP
8 1 (1.25%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 12 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.00%) Finance
3 7 (8.75%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) Middleware
1 2 (2.50%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.75%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.50%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.75%) Clustering
3 3 (3.75%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (3.75%) Social Media
4 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.25%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.25%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (23.75%) Windows
2 14 (17.50%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (3.75%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.50%) Linux
5 2 (2.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (93.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (13.75%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 10 (12.50%) ITIL
5 8 (10.00%) Change Management
5 8 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (10.00%) Project Delivery
6 7 (8.75%) Mobile Device Management
7 6 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (7.50%) Project Planning
8 5 (6.25%) Business Continuity
8 5 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (6.25%) Multi-Factor Authentication
9 4 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (5.00%) High Availability
9 4 (5.00%) Migration
9 4 (5.00%) Storage Management
10 3 (3.75%) Capacity Planning
10 3 (3.75%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.50%) SQL
3 4 (5.00%) Bicep
3 4 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (17.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (13.75%) Azure Certification
3 8 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.50%) CCNA
4 6 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (7.50%) MCSA
4 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.75%) CCNP
5 3 (3.75%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.75%) Degree
5 3 (3.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (28.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (11.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.25%) Docker
5 1 (1.25%) Firmware
5 1 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.75%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Clustering
3 2 (2.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.25%) VMware
3 10 (12.50%) Cisco
4 8 (10.00%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (6.25%) Sage
6 3 (3.75%) Apple
6 3 (3.75%) Aruba
6 3 (3.75%) HP
6 3 (3.75%) Meraki
7 2 (2.50%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.50%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.50%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.25%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.25%) Veeam
8 1 (1.25%) WatchGuard