Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the North East

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North East

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North East is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 63 48
Rank change year-on-year -5 -15 +18
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 15 28 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.53% 2.10% 2.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 2.22% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8 21 7
10th Percentile £41,288 £35,000 £35,700
25th Percentile £50,719 £42,238 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -10.00% +27.16%
75th Percentile £56,750 £52,500 £65,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +1.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 860 1,260 524
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.58% 94.59% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 530 686 427
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,960 £29,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £57,188 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the North East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the North East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North East over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the North East

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Tyne and Wear +8 14 £52,000 +17.45% 10
Durham -4 1 £29,500 -41.00%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, 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 North East region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (33.33%) AutoCAD
2 5 (33.33%) Civil 3D
2 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco
4 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) Due Diligence
4 2 (13.33%) Postgraduate
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (6.67%) BCP
5 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity
5 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity Planning
5 1 (6.67%) CCNA
5 1 (6.67%) CCNP
5 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (6.67%) Firewall
5 1 (6.67%) GDPR
5 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (6.67%) LAN
5 1 (6.67%) Network Security
5 1 (6.67%) NIST
5 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Applications
1 5 (33.33%) AutoCAD
1 5 (33.33%) Civil 3D
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
1 1 (6.67%) WLAN
General
1 4 (26.67%) Local Government
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Legal
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (13.33%) NHS
3 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Due Diligence
3 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (6.67%) BCP
4 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (6.67%) SIEM
4 1 (6.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) Postgraduate
2 1 (6.67%) CCNA
2 1 (6.67%) CCNP
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Cisco