Infrastructure Management Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Management
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Infrastructure Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 144 137
Rank change year-on-year +17 -7 +70
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Management 7 15 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.25% 0.54% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.59% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 6
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,125 £55,440
25th Percentile £37,750 £40,313 £56,580
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,250 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% -30.19% +26.19%
75th Percentile £58,125 £76,563 £83,438
90th Percentile £68,000 £81,250 £87,500
North West median annual salary £40,000 £70,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -42.86% +26.26% +5.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Infrastructure Management 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 2,245 2,564 2,087
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 81.49% 93.10% 92.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,306 1,201 1,656
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £34,483
25th Percentile £35,111 £40,000 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,250 £86,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Infrastructure Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Infrastructure Management job vacancy trend in Manchester

Infrastructure Management
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Infrastructure Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Infrastructure Management

Infrastructure Management
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Management in Manchester over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Management in Manchester

Infrastructure Management
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 Management within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 30 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
Stockport - 1 £47,500 -
Infrastructure Management
North West

Infrastructure Management
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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
3 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) NAS
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) VLAN
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) CentOS
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
3 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 1 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) FinOps
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Logistics
4 1 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (14.29%) Storage Management
4 1 (14.29%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
1 1 (14.29%) Firmware
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat