Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineering
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 82 36
Rank change year-on-year +18 -46 +91
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 120 156 321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 4.86% 2.67% 7.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.22% 3.19% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 53 126 95
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,053 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% +18.19%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £75,000 £76,250
North West median annual salary £53,750 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +13.16% - +5.56%

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 2,297 4,888 4,112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 93.00% 83.56% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,324 3,477 2,516
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £33,375
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,159 £57,905
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% -8.20% +5.28%
75th Percentile £73,563 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,550 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in Manchester.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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
Oldham - 4 £43,500 - 3
Bury +3 3 - - 1
Cheadle - 3 - - 1
Sale - 3 - -
Altrincham -5 2 - - 2
Bolton -7 2 - - 1
Stalybridge - 2 - -
Stockport - 2 - - 1
Wigan - 2 - - 2
Ashton-under-Lyne - 2 - - 2
Dukinfield - 2 - -
Heywood - 2 - -
Salford +11 1 £57,500 -20.69%
Littleborough - 1 - -
Rochdale - 1 - -
Infrastructure Engineering
North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (9.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (7.50%) IIS
3 5 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.00%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 40 (33.33%) Azure
2 12 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (9.17%) AWS
4 8 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 7 (5.83%) SaaS
6 6 (5.00%) GCP
7 3 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.50%) GitHub
7 3 (2.50%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.50%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.67%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.83%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.83%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.83%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (39.17%) VPN
2 43 (35.83%) Cisco IOS
3 15 (12.50%) DNS
4 14 (11.67%) DHCP
5 8 (6.67%) TETRA
6 7 (5.83%) Firewall
7 5 (4.17%) NAS
7 5 (4.17%) SAN
7 5 (4.17%) VSAN
7 5 (4.17%) WAN
8 3 (2.50%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.67%) Network Security
10 1 (0.83%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.83%) LAN
10 1 (0.83%) OSPF
10 1 (0.83%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.00%) Data Hub
2 6 (5.00%) SQL CLR
3 5 (4.17%) MongoDB
3 5 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.50%) Metadata
4 3 (2.50%) Power BI
4 3 (2.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.17%) Oracle Forms
General
1 43 (35.83%) Analytical Skills
1 43 (35.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 32 (26.67%) Finance
3 21 (17.50%) Social Skills
4 12 (10.00%) Banking
5 6 (5.00%) Back Office
6 4 (3.33%) Legal
6 4 (3.33%) Local Government
7 2 (1.67%) Games
7 2 (1.67%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 98 (81.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 31 (25.83%) Senior
3 26 (21.67%) Cloud Engineer
4 25 (20.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (9.17%) Principal Engineer
7 10 (8.33%) Civil Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) Security Engineer
8 9 (7.50%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 8 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (6.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 8 (6.67%) Design Engineer
9 8 (6.67%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
9 8 (6.67%) Senior Design Engineer
10 5 (4.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (3.33%) Development Engineer
12 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
12 3 (2.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 3 (2.50%) Senior SQL Developer
12 3 (2.50%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (35.83%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (5.83%) ARM Templates
3 5 (4.17%) Middleware
4 4 (3.33%) OLE
5 3 (2.50%) .NET
5 3 (2.50%) .NET Core
5 3 (2.50%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.50%) Dapper ORM
5 3 (2.50%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.83%) OpenCL
6 1 (0.83%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (35.83%) Cyberattack
2 13 (10.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 8 (6.67%) Public Cloud
3 8 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 7 (5.83%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.83%) Product Ownership
5 6 (5.00%) Private Cloud
6 4 (3.33%) Clustering
6 4 (3.33%) Driving Licence
6 4 (3.33%) NHS
7 3 (2.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.83%) CUDA
8 1 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.83%) PKI
8 1 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 70 (58.33%) Linux
2 68 (56.67%) Windows
3 43 (35.83%) Android
4 18 (15.00%) Windows Server
5 7 (5.83%) CentOS
5 7 (5.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.33%) Ubuntu
6 4 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.50%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.50%) Unix
8 2 (1.67%) Debian
8 2 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.83%) VMS
9 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (51.67%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (50.83%) DevOps
3 44 (36.67%) Task Automation
4 43 (35.83%) Line Management
4 43 (35.83%) Mathematics
4 43 (35.83%) Platform Engineering
4 43 (35.83%) Risk Management
4 43 (35.83%) Storage Management
5 16 (13.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 13 (10.83%) Mentoring
7 11 (9.17%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (9.17%) Fintech
7 11 (9.17%) Infrastructure Automation
8 10 (8.33%) Cloud Security
9 8 (6.67%) Agile
10 7 (5.83%) Configuration Management
10 7 (5.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (5.83%) Migration
10 7 (5.83%) Project Delivery
10 7 (5.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 54 (45.00%) PowerShell
2 46 (38.33%) Bash
3 45 (37.50%) Python
4 12 (10.00%) SQL
5 3 (2.50%) C#
5 3 (2.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 11 (9.17%) Degree
3 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.17%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (2.50%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.50%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.50%) Linux+ Certification
5 3 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (2.50%) RHCE
6 2 (1.67%) CEH
6 2 (1.67%) Postgraduate
6 2 (1.67%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.83%) CISSP
7 1 (0.83%) GCIA
7 1 (0.83%) GCIH
7 1 (0.83%) MCITP
7 1 (0.83%) MCSA
7 1 (0.83%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.33%) GDPR
2 3 (2.50%) HIPAA
2 3 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.67%) NIST
4 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.83%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (41.67%) VMware NSX
2 49 (40.83%) Hyper-V
3 46 (38.33%) Docker
4 45 (37.50%) vSphere
5 16 (13.33%) Active Directory
6 13 (10.83%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (2.50%) Dovecot
8 3 (2.50%) Postfix
9 2 (1.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 63 (52.50%) Terraform
2 50 (41.67%) Ansible
3 11 (9.17%) Kubernetes
4 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (4.17%) Progress Chef
6 3 (2.50%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (2.50%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.83%) Nessus
7 1 (0.83%) SCCM
7 1 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (38.33%) Cisco
2 44 (36.67%) Splunk
3 43 (35.83%) 3PAR
3 43 (35.83%) Juniper
4 33 (27.50%) Microsoft
5 24 (20.00%) VMware
6 6 (5.00%) Google
7 5 (4.17%) Oracle
7 5 (4.17%) Veeam
8 4 (3.33%) Red Hat
9 3 (2.50%) Fortinet
9 3 (2.50%) Okta
9 3 (2.50%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.83%) Apple
10 1 (0.83%) Facebook
10 1 (0.83%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.83%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.83%) Tenable