Infrastructure Manager Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in Manchester is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 150 140
Rank change year-on-year +17 -10 +99
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 2 5 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.072% 0.18% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.19% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 7
10th Percentile - - £49,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £53,345
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +30.77% +0.80%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile - - £73,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.79% +0.80%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 2,459 2,578 2,159
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.97% 93.98% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 1,248 1,730
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,375 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -0.47%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in Manchester

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in Manchester

Infrastructure Manager
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 Manager within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Altrincham - 2 £62,500 -
Infrastructure Manager
North West

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Infrastructure Manager job roles required 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 job ads across the Manchester region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft