Infrastructure Support Engineer Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Infrastructure Support Engineer salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 65 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.16% 0.19% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.19% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £47,500 £38,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 612 517 536
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.99% 97.18% 97.99%
Number of salaries quoted 480 212 470
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,688 £37,531
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,750 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,569 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Infrastructure Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support Engineer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Infrastructure Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Infrastructure Support Engineer 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Infrastructure Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FreeSWITCH
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (100.00%) STUN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Infrastructure Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DMZ
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (100.00%) STUN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) FreeSWITCH
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Debian
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft