Lead Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Lead Infrastructure Engineer salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Infrastructure Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £80,015 - -
25th Percentile £81,884 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £85,626 - -
90th Percentile £86,002 - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 529 696 278
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.89% 97.75% 96.53%
Number of salaries quoted 377 339 242
10th Percentile £26,150 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,875 £38,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £91,000 £77,375
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,056
% change year-on-year -10.00% -0.11% -8.99%

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

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

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Lead Infrastructure 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 Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Terraform

Lead Infrastructure 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 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform