Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North of England

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 April 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 101 79
Rank change year-on-year -20 -22 +108
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 243 165 480
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.50% 2.58% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 2.81% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 198 154 397
10th Percentile £41,175 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £69,390 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £67,968
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 14,826 5,866 15,082
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 91.90% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,568 3,770 12,130
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 of England.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 7 April 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
North West -21 116 £50,000 +5.26% 37
Yorkshire -10 101 £60,000 +14.29% 22
North East -8 26 £57,500 +36.09% 8
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 April 2026, 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 of England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 220 (90.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 94 (38.68%) Azure
3 70 (28.81%) Microsoft
4 50 (20.58%) Active Directory
5 46 (18.93%) Windows
6 45 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
7 43 (17.70%) VMware
8 41 (16.87%) PowerShell
9 40 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
10 37 (15.23%) Entra ID
11 36 (14.81%) Firewall
12 35 (14.40%) Windows Server
13 34 (13.99%) Microsoft Intune
14 29 (11.93%) VMware Infrastructure
15 27 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
15 27 (11.11%) ITIL
16 26 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
17 24 (9.88%) AWS
17 24 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (9.88%) Hyper-V
17 24 (9.88%) Mentoring
18 23 (9.47%) Coaching
18 23 (9.47%) DNS
19 20 (8.23%) Bash
20 18 (7.41%) Azure Certification
20 18 (7.41%) Cisco
21 17 (7.00%) Incident Management
21 17 (7.00%) Migration
21 17 (7.00%) Project Delivery
22 16 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 16 (6.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.35%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.06%) IIS
4 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (3.70%) AutoCAD
1 9 (3.70%) SOLIDWORKS
2 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 94 (38.68%) Azure
2 45 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (15.23%) Entra ID
4 24 (9.88%) AWS
5 10 (4.12%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (3.70%) OCI
6 9 (3.70%) SaaS
7 6 (2.47%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.47%) IaaS
8 5 (2.06%) Intacct
9 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.65%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.65%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.82%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (0.82%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.82%) GitHub
10 2 (0.82%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (14.81%) Firewall
2 23 (9.47%) DNS
3 15 (6.17%) DHCP
4 12 (4.94%) VLAN
4 12 (4.94%) WAN
5 11 (4.53%) VPN
6 10 (4.12%) LAN
7 9 (3.70%) VoIP
8 8 (3.29%) DMZ
9 7 (2.88%) SAN
9 7 (2.88%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.06%) NAS
10 5 (2.06%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (2.06%) STUN
11 2 (0.82%) Network Security
11 2 (0.82%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.41%) FTP
12 1 (0.41%) iSCSI
12 1 (0.41%) SSH
12 1 (0.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.70%) GitLab
2 8 (3.29%) Git
3 5 (2.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 34 (13.99%) Social Skills
2 16 (6.58%) Public Sector
3 9 (3.70%) Manufacturing
4 8 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (2.88%) Finance
6 5 (2.06%) Legal
7 4 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.82%) Law
9 1 (0.41%) Banking
9 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.41%) Marketing
9 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.47%) OLE
2 5 (2.06%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.82%) Middleware
4 1 (0.41%) DPDK
4 1 (0.41%) eBPF
4 1 (0.41%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.41%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.41%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.88%) Onboarding
2 6 (2.47%) CCTV
3 5 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.06%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (1.65%) Data Centre
4 4 (1.65%) Social Media
5 3 (1.23%) CMDB
5 3 (1.23%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.82%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.82%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.82%) Replication
7 1 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.41%) Clustering
7 1 (0.41%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.41%) NVMe
7 1 (0.41%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 46 (18.93%) Windows
2 35 (14.40%) Windows Server
3 11 (4.53%) Linux
4 7 (2.88%) Android
4 7 (2.88%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.06%) Debian
5 5 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.65%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.82%) Unix
8 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (90.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 27 (11.11%) ITIL
4 26 (10.70%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (9.88%) Mentoring
6 23 (9.47%) Coaching
7 17 (7.00%) Incident Management
7 17 (7.00%) Migration
7 17 (7.00%) Project Delivery
8 14 (5.76%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (5.35%) Technical Leadership
10 12 (4.94%) Agile
11 11 (4.53%) CI/CD
11 11 (4.53%) Customer Service
11 11 (4.53%) Project Management
11 11 (4.53%) Roadmaps
11 11 (4.53%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (4.12%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 41 (16.87%) PowerShell
2 20 (8.23%) Bash
3 15 (6.17%) SQL
4 9 (3.70%) Python
5 3 (1.23%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 18 (7.41%) Azure Certification
2 16 (6.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (3.70%) Degree
4 9 (3.70%) HNC
4 9 (3.70%) RIBA
5 6 (2.47%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.47%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.06%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.06%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.65%) CCNA
7 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.65%) MCSA
8 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 50 (20.58%) Active Directory
2 29 (11.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (9.88%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.41%) Docker
7 1 (0.41%) Firmware
7 1 (0.41%) KVM
7 1 (0.41%) QEMU
7 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.41%) vSphere
7 1 (0.41%) XenApp
7 1 (0.41%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (13.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.17%) Terraform
3 5 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.65%) Ansible
4 4 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.23%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.23%) VxRail
5 3 (1.23%) WSUS
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) SCCM
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (28.81%) Microsoft
2 43 (17.70%) VMware
3 18 (7.41%) Cisco
4 13 (5.35%) Veeam
5 11 (4.53%) Apple
6 9 (3.70%) Ubiquiti
7 8 (3.29%) Oracle
8 7 (2.88%) Meraki
8 7 (2.88%) Samsung
9 6 (2.47%) Google
10 5 (2.06%) Commvault
10 5 (2.06%) CyberArk
10 5 (2.06%) Sage
11 4 (1.65%) Citrix
11 4 (1.65%) Dell
11 4 (1.65%) IFS
11 4 (1.65%) Zerto
12 3 (1.23%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.23%) HP
12 3 (1.23%) Tenable