Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Manchester is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 70 121
Rank change year-on-year -8 +51 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 137 88 60
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.81% 3.75% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.93% 4.13% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 114 28 43
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £39,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +40.63% -20.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,813 £55,000
90th Percentile £94,250 £66,500 £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 7,081 2,130 3,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 90.75% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,418 1,270 2,103
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,500 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -3.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £79,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £87,050 £82,500
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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -15 10 £40,000 -30.43% 4
Stockport 0 2 - - 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 23 September 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.

1 132 (96.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (27.01%) Security Cleared
3 32 (23.36%) Azure
4 30 (21.90%) Microsoft
5 29 (21.17%) VMware
6 28 (20.44%) VMware Infrastructure
7 26 (18.98%) Linux
7 26 (18.98%) SC Cleared
7 26 (18.98%) Windows
8 17 (12.41%) DV Cleared
8 17 (12.41%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (11.68%) Active Directory
10 15 (10.95%) Windows Server
11 14 (10.22%) DNS
12 13 (9.49%) AWS
12 13 (9.49%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (9.49%) PowerShell
12 13 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (9.49%) Project Delivery
13 12 (8.76%) Firewall
13 12 (8.76%) Python
13 12 (8.76%) SAN
13 12 (8.76%) Storage Management
14 10 (7.30%) Cisco
14 10 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (7.30%) DHCP
14 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (6.57%) ITIL
16 8 (5.84%) SLA
16 8 (5.84%) Virtual Environments

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 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.19%) AutoCAD
1 3 (2.19%) Civil 3D
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 32 (23.36%) Azure
2 13 (9.49%) AWS
3 5 (3.65%) Azure Monitor
3 5 (3.65%) IaaS
4 4 (2.92%) SaaS
5 3 (2.19%) GitHub
5 3 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (2.19%) PaaS
6 2 (1.46%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.46%) Rubrik
7 1 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.22%) DNS
2 12 (8.76%) Firewall
2 12 (8.76%) SAN
3 10 (7.30%) DHCP
4 5 (3.65%) Network Security
5 4 (2.92%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (2.92%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (2.92%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (2.92%) VPN
6 2 (1.46%) CTI
6 2 (1.46%) NetScaler
6 2 (1.46%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.73%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.73%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.73%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.73%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.65%) JIRA
2 2 (1.46%) GitLab
3 1 (0.73%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.73%) Git
3 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (8.03%) Public Sector
2 8 (5.84%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.92%) Finance
5 3 (2.19%) Local Government
6 2 (1.46%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.46%) Automotive
6 2 (1.46%) Law
6 2 (1.46%) Legal
7 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.65%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.68%) Driving Licence
2 14 (10.22%) Data Centre
3 10 (7.30%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (2.92%) Clustering
4 4 (2.92%) Replication
5 3 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (2.19%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.46%) CSOC
6 2 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.46%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.46%) IoT
6 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.46%) PKI
6 2 (1.46%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.46%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.73%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.98%) Linux
1 26 (18.98%) Windows
2 15 (10.95%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.92%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.19%) VMS
5 2 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.46%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.46%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (96.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (12.41%) Infrastructure as Code
3 13 (9.49%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (9.49%) Project Delivery
4 12 (8.76%) Storage Management
5 10 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (6.57%) ITIL
7 8 (5.84%) Virtual Environments
8 7 (5.11%) BCP
8 7 (5.11%) Business Continuity
8 7 (5.11%) Business Continuity Planning
8 7 (5.11%) Infrastructure Automation
9 6 (4.38%) Agile
9 6 (4.38%) Change Management
9 6 (4.38%) Load Balancing
9 6 (4.38%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (4.38%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 5 (3.65%) Problem Management
10 5 (3.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.49%) PowerShell
2 12 (8.76%) Python
3 7 (5.11%) SQL
4 5 (3.65%) Bash
5 4 (2.92%) Bicep
6 2 (1.46%) Java
7 1 (0.73%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 37 (27.01%) Security Cleared
2 26 (18.98%) SC Cleared
3 17 (12.41%) DV Cleared
4 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.38%) Azure Certification
5 6 (4.38%) CCNA
5 6 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (4.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (2.92%) CCNP
6 4 (2.92%) Degree
6 4 (2.92%) MCSA
6 4 (2.92%) MCSE
7 2 (1.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.84%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (20.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (11.68%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.38%) Firmware
3 6 (4.38%) vSphere
4 5 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.19%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.46%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.46%) UAG
6 2 (1.46%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.73%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.73%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.65%) Ansible
1 5 (3.65%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.65%) SCCM
2 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (2.92%) vCenter Server
3 3 (2.19%) WSUS
4 2 (1.46%) AirWatch
4 2 (1.46%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (1.46%) Puppet
4 2 (1.46%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 29 (21.17%) VMware
3 10 (7.30%) Cisco
4 6 (4.38%) HP
5 5 (3.65%) Veeam
6 4 (2.92%) Aruba
6 4 (2.92%) Google
6 4 (2.92%) LogicMonitor
6 4 (2.92%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.19%) F5
7 3 (2.19%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.46%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.46%) Commvault
8 2 (1.46%) ConnectWise
8 2 (1.46%) Dell
8 2 (1.46%) MEDITECH
8 2 (1.46%) NetApp
8 2 (1.46%) Oracle
8 2 (1.46%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.46%) SolarWinds