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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 66 83
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 +24
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 194 100 109
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.54% 4.22% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% 4.73% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 150 38 68
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,313 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +8.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,250 £70,000 £70,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +3.26% -6.60%

All Process & 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 5,821 2,115 3,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 76.15% 89.17% 84.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,371 1,188 1,652
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £52,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.31% -5.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £84,750
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%

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 5 October 2026.

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 5 October 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 - 21 £45,000 - 4
Stockport +3 8 £72,500 +52.63% 4
Sale +4 2 £62,500 -
Bury +5 1 £40,000 -
Bolton +4 1 £35,000 - 6
Oldham +1 1 - - 4
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 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) Apache
3 1 (0.52%) Apache Superset
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.52%) Jupyter
Applications
1 4 (2.06%) AutoCAD
2 3 (1.55%) Civil 3D
3 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.52%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 56 (28.87%) Azure
2 22 (11.34%) AWS
3 13 (6.70%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.19%) IaaS
5 11 (5.67%) Entra ID
6 10 (5.15%) SaaS
7 8 (4.12%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (4.12%) GCP
7 8 (4.12%) GitHub
8 3 (1.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (1.55%) PaaS
9 2 (1.03%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.03%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.03%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.03%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.52%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.52%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.86%) Firewall
2 22 (11.34%) DNS
3 15 (7.73%) SAN
4 12 (6.19%) DHCP
5 10 (5.15%) Network Security
6 8 (4.12%) VPN
7 7 (3.61%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (3.61%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (2.58%) BGP
8 5 (2.58%) BIG-IP
8 5 (2.58%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 5 (2.58%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 5 (2.58%) WAN
9 4 (2.06%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (2.06%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.55%) Ethernet VPN
10 3 (1.55%) HSRP
10 3 (1.55%) MPLS
10 3 (1.55%) VRRP
10 3 (1.55%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.06%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.52%) Metabase
3 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.52%) OLAP
3 1 (0.52%) OLAP Cube
3 1 (0.52%) OLTP
3 1 (0.52%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (0.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (5.67%) JIRA
2 5 (2.58%) Git
2 5 (2.58%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.55%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) Artifactory
General
1 27 (13.92%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (4.12%) Public Sector
4 7 (3.61%) Finance
5 5 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.06%) Legal
7 3 (1.55%) Local Government
8 2 (1.03%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.03%) Automotive
8 2 (1.03%) Banking
8 2 (1.03%) Law
8 2 (1.03%) Retail
9 1 (0.52%) Games
9 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.52%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 143 (73.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 59 (30.41%) Senior
3 58 (29.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (6.70%) Linux Engineer
4 13 (6.70%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (6.19%) Cloud Engineer
6 11 (5.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (5.15%) Lead
8 9 (4.64%) Design Engineer
8 9 (4.64%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
9 8 (4.12%) Senior Linux Engineer
10 7 (3.61%) Administrator
10 7 (3.61%) Electrical Engineer
10 7 (3.61%) IT Support
10 7 (3.61%) Server Administrator
10 7 (3.61%) VMware Engineer
11 6 (3.09%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (3.09%) SAN Engineer
11 6 (3.09%) Site Engineer
11 6 (3.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.73%) Terraform
2 2 (1.03%) .NET
2 2 (1.03%) REST
2 2 (1.03%) SAML
3 1 (0.52%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.52%) Kafka
3 1 (0.52%) Node.js
3 1 (0.52%) NumPy
3 1 (0.52%) Pandas
3 1 (0.52%) pgvector
3 1 (0.52%) PostGIS
3 1 (0.52%) React
3 1 (0.52%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.82%) Data Centre
2 18 (9.28%) Driving Licence
3 10 (5.15%) Enterprise Storage
4 6 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.09%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.58%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.58%) Replication
6 4 (2.06%) Clustering
6 4 (2.06%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.06%) Private Cloud
7 3 (1.55%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.55%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.03%) CSOC
8 2 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.03%) Fat Client
8 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.03%) IoT
8 2 (1.03%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.03%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.07%) Windows
2 36 (18.56%) Linux
3 21 (10.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.06%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.55%) VMS
5 3 (1.55%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.03%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.52%) SUSE
7 1 (0.52%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (15.46%) Infrastructure as Code
3 23 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (11.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (10.82%) CI/CD
5 18 (9.28%) ITIL
6 17 (8.76%) DevOps
7 16 (8.25%) Business Continuity
7 16 (8.25%) Platform Engineering
7 16 (8.25%) Storage Management
8 15 (7.73%) Agile
8 15 (7.73%) AI
8 15 (7.73%) Cloud Security
8 15 (7.73%) Mentoring
8 15 (7.73%) Technical Leadership
9 14 (7.22%) Infrastructure Automation
9 14 (7.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (6.70%) Project Delivery
11 12 (6.19%) BCP
11 12 (6.19%) Business Continuity Planning
Programming Languages
1 25 (12.89%) Python
2 20 (10.31%) PowerShell
3 13 (6.70%) Bash
4 11 (5.67%) SQL
5 5 (2.58%) ActionScript
6 4 (2.06%) Bicep
6 4 (2.06%) Go
6 4 (2.06%) Java
7 3 (1.55%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.03%) C++
9 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.52%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (20.62%) Security Cleared
2 27 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.28%) DV Cleared
4 10 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.12%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (4.12%) Degree
6 7 (3.61%) Azure Certification
6 7 (3.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (3.09%) CCNA
8 4 (2.06%) CCNP
8 4 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (2.06%) MCSA
8 4 (2.06%) MCSE
9 2 (1.03%) CCIE
9 2 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.52%) HP ASE
10 1 (0.52%) RIBA
10 1 (0.52%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.64%) SLA
2 3 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.55%) QA
3 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
System Software
1 29 (14.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (13.40%) Active Directory
3 9 (4.64%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.61%) Firmware
4 7 (3.61%) vSphere
5 6 (3.09%) Docker
6 5 (2.58%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.55%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.55%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.03%) UAG
9 1 (0.52%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (0.52%) MetaFrame
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (6.70%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.12%) Ansible
3 7 (3.61%) FortiGate
4 6 (3.09%) SCCM
5 5 (2.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Clustering
6 4 (2.06%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.55%) Grafana
7 3 (1.55%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.55%) WSUS
8 2 (1.03%) AirWatch
8 2 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.03%) Puppet
8 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.03%) SolarWinds Orion
8 2 (1.03%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.52%) Autotask
9 1 (0.52%) VxRail
Vendors
1 48 (24.74%) Microsoft
2 37 (19.07%) VMware
3 14 (7.22%) Cisco
4 10 (5.15%) Google
5 9 (4.64%) F5
6 8 (4.12%) Veeam
7 6 (3.09%) HP
8 5 (2.58%) Aruba
8 5 (2.58%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.06%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (2.06%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.06%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.55%) Apple
10 3 (1.55%) Arista
10 3 (1.55%) Datto
10 3 (1.55%) Dell
10 3 (1.55%) Oracle
10 3 (1.55%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.55%) YouTube
10 3 (1.55%) Zscaler