Infrastructure Engineering Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineering
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 81 105
Rank change year-on-year 0 +24 +7
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 50 85 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.03% 2.67% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.97% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 41 61 34
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £42,950
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -17.05% +8.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £73,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £89,375
North West median annual salary £53,750 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +19.44% -5.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,097 2,866 2,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 85.31% 89.96% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 1,381 1,698
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.60% +5.53%
75th Percentile £71,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,369 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.67% -6.60% +2.33%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 December 2025. 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
Altrincham -4 2 £62,500 +25.00%
Bolton +11 1 £47,500 -
Stockport +5 1 £47,500 -
Salford - 1 £70,079 - 1
Infrastructure Engineering
North West

Infrastructure Engineering
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 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.00%) Azure
2 11 (22.00%) IaaS
3 10 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 9 (18.00%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (14.00%) AWS
6 5 (10.00%) SaaS
6 5 (10.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 4 (8.00%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (8.00%) Amazon S3
8 3 (6.00%) Azure AKS
8 3 (6.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (6.00%) GitHub
8 3 (6.00%) PaaS
9 2 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (4.00%) Azure Functions
9 2 (4.00%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (4.00%) Azure Storage
9 2 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (4.00%) Serverless
10 1 (2.00%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (22.00%) VLAN
1 11 (22.00%) VPN
2 10 (20.00%) Firewall
3 6 (12.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (12.00%) VoIP
4 5 (10.00%) DMZ
4 5 (10.00%) SSL
4 5 (10.00%) STUN
4 5 (10.00%) TETRA
5 2 (4.00%) Network Security
6 1 (2.00%) DHCP
6 1 (2.00%) DNS
6 1 (2.00%) LAN
6 1 (2.00%) NAS
6 1 (2.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.00%) MongoDB
2 3 (6.00%) MySQL
3 1 (2.00%) Data Hub
3 1 (2.00%) DynamoDB
3 1 (2.00%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (2.00%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.00%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Git
2 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.00%) GitLab
2 1 (2.00%) JMeter
2 1 (2.00%) Locust
General
1 16 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Finance
4 2 (4.00%) Legal
4 2 (4.00%) Local Government
4 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Retail
5 1 (2.00%) Back Office
5 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.00%) Marketing
5 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (64.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (22.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 11 (22.00%) Senior
3 9 (18.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (14.00%) Principal Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Applications Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Applications Support
6 6 (12.00%) Applications Support Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Support Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Technician
7 5 (10.00%) Design Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
7 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) Senior Design Engineer
7 5 (10.00%) Support Technician
8 2 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.00%) OLE
2 5 (10.00%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (6.00%) .NET
4 2 (4.00%) ARM Templates
4 2 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (4.00%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (4.00%) WCF
5 1 (2.00%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.00%) Dapper ORM
5 1 (2.00%) Entity Framework
5 1 (2.00%) Gherkin
5 1 (2.00%) Middleware
5 1 (2.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.00%) NHS
4 2 (4.00%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.00%) Social Media
5 1 (2.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (44.00%) Windows
2 17 (34.00%) Windows Server
3 14 (28.00%) Linux
4 5 (10.00%) Debian
5 4 (8.00%) VMS
6 2 (4.00%) CentOS
6 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
6 2 (4.00%) Unix
7 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.00%) Ubuntu
7 1 (2.00%) Windows 10
7 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) DevOps
2 11 (22.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (18.00%) Containerisation
3 9 (18.00%) High Availability
3 9 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (16.00%) CI/CD
4 8 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (14.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 6 (12.00%) Customer Service
6 6 (12.00%) Information Security
6 6 (12.00%) Service Delivery
7 5 (10.00%) Data Protection
7 5 (10.00%) Information Security Management
7 5 (10.00%) ISMS
7 5 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (10.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 5 (10.00%) Security Management
7 5 (10.00%) Software Licensing
7 5 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) SQL
2 6 (12.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (12.00%) Python
3 2 (4.00%) Bash
3 2 (4.00%) Bicep
3 2 (4.00%) Java
4 1 (2.00%) C#
4 1 (2.00%) Go
4 1 (2.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) Degree
2 8 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (14.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (12.00%) CCNA
4 6 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (12.00%) DBS Check
5 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.00%) CEH
7 1 (2.00%) CISSP
7 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.00%) GCIA
7 1 (2.00%) GCIH
7 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.00%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (2.00%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (10.00%) ISO 9001
3 2 (4.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.00%) GDPR
3 2 (4.00%) NIST
4 1 (2.00%) HIPAA
4 1 (2.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.00%) QA
4 1 (2.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (14.00%) Docker
3 5 (10.00%) Kamailio
4 3 (6.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (6.00%) VMware NSX
4 3 (6.00%) vSphere
5 2 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.00%) Dovecot
6 1 (2.00%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) Kubernetes
2 8 (16.00%) Terraform
3 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (10.00%) Autotask
5 4 (8.00%) Ansible
6 1 (2.00%) FortiGate
6 1 (2.00%) Grafana
6 1 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (2.00%) Nessus
6 1 (2.00%) Rancher
Vendors
1 15 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.00%) VMware
3 5 (10.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (6.00%) Google
4 3 (6.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco
5 2 (4.00%) Rapid7
6 1 (2.00%) Apple
6 1 (2.00%) Dell
6 1 (2.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.00%) Meraki
6 1 (2.00%) Okta
6 1 (2.00%) Ping Identity
6 1 (2.00%) Proofpoint
6 1 (2.00%) Splunk
6 1 (2.00%) Tenable
6 1 (2.00%) Ubiquiti