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 11 November 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 76 113
Rank change year-on-year +9 +37 +12
Permanent Infrastructure Engineer jobs 182 62 65
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.33% 2.54% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% 2.77% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 134 26 49
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,500 £36,650
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £72,404 £63,438 £52,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £67,500 £56,600
North West median annual salary £60,000 £53,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.63% +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 adverts in Manchester matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
11 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in Manchester matching a recognised job title 7,277 2,241 3,435
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 93.21% 91.96% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 5,302 1,454 1,717
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -5.45% -5.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £83,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £48,990 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.27% -2.02% -9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Infrastructure Engineer job postings 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 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 November 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 Infrastructure Engineer jobs within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Salford - 11 £40,000 - 1
Stockport -10 5 - - 1
Rochdale 0 2 £50,000 -
Oldham -5 1 - - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 2026, Infrastructure Engineer job ads cited 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 Infrastructure Engineer job ads across the Manchester region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Infrastructure Engineering94.0%171
2Security Cleared28.0%51
3Linux23.1%42
4Azure18.1%33
4Microsoft18.1%33
6VMware17.6%32
7Windows17.0%31
8DV Cleared15.9%29
8VMware Infrastructure15.9%29
10Infrastructure as Code15.4%28
10SC Cleared15.4%28
12PowerShell11.5%21
13Python9.9%18
14Disaster Recovery9.3%17
14Infrastructure Automation9.3%17
14Windows Server9.3%17
17Bash8.8%16
18Active Directory8.2%15
18AWS8.2%15
18DNS8.2%15
18Firewall8.2%15
18Problem-Solving8.2%15
23ITIL7.7%14
23Terraform7.7%14
25Ansible7.1%13
26Project Delivery6.6%12
26Technical Leadership6.6%12
28Cloud Operations6.0%11
28F56.0%11
28Microsoft Certification6.0%11

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Infrastructure Engineer39.0%71
2Automation Engineer15.4%28
3Cloud Infrastructure Engineer11.0%20
4Linux Infrastructure Engineer10.4%19
5Senior Linux Engineer7.7%14
6Senior Cloud Engineer7.1%13
7Cloud Automation Engineer6.0%11
7PLC Engineer6.0%11
7Senior Automation Engineer6.0%11
10SAN Engineer3.3%6
10Site Engineer3.3%6
12VMware Infrastructure Engineer2.2%4
12Windows Infrastructure Engineer2.2%4
14Infrastructure Design Engineer1.6%3
14Network Infrastructure Engineer1.6%3
162nd Line Engineer1.1%2
16Artificial Intelligence Engineer1.1%2
16AWS Infrastructure Engineer1.1%2
16DevOps Engineer1.1%2
16Infrastructure Operations Engineer1.1%2
35 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in Manchester