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 £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 108 102
Rank change year-on-year -45 -6 +63
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 113 209 209
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.07% 2.22% 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 2.36% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 95 160 175
10th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,375 £39,750 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.87% +1.11% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £86,253 £67,547 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -3.85%

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 9,353 8,853 7,245
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.61% 94.16% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,352 4,241 5,727
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,398
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,055 £51,498
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -2.80% -1.91%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,964 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

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 2 January 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 2 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
North West -25 58 £50,000 +11.11% 16
Yorkshire -29 44 £62,500 +31.58% 37
North East +2 11 £82,511 +86.36% 7
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 January 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.

1 102 (90.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (34.51%) Azure
3 26 (23.01%) Windows
4 25 (22.12%) Microsoft
5 22 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (19.47%) Windows Server
6 21 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (16.81%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (16.81%) VMware
8 18 (15.93%) Terraform
9 17 (15.04%) DNS
10 16 (14.16%) Kubernetes
11 15 (13.27%) Active Directory
12 14 (12.39%) Firewall
12 14 (12.39%) Roadmaps
12 14 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
13 13 (11.50%) Linux
13 13 (11.50%) PowerShell
14 12 (10.62%) Mentoring
15 11 (9.73%) Agile
15 11 (9.73%) Coaching
15 11 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (9.73%) Disaster Recovery
16 10 (8.85%) AWS
16 10 (8.85%) DevOps
16 10 (8.85%) Project Delivery
16 10 (8.85%) SQL
16 10 (8.85%) SQL Server
16 10 (8.85%) VPN
17 9 (7.96%) High Availability

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 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.65%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.77%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (6.19%) AutoCAD
1 7 (6.19%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.88%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 39 (34.51%) Azure
2 19 (16.81%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.85%) AWS
4 8 (7.08%) Entra ID
5 7 (6.19%) IaaS
6 6 (5.31%) Google Workspace
7 5 (4.42%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (2.65%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.65%) SaaS
9 2 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.77%) iPaaS
9 2 (1.77%) PaaS
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.88%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.88%) GCP
10 1 (0.88%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.04%) DNS
2 14 (12.39%) Firewall
3 10 (8.85%) VPN
4 9 (7.96%) VLAN
5 8 (7.08%) DHCP
5 8 (7.08%) DMZ
6 6 (5.31%) VoIP
7 5 (4.42%) STUN
7 5 (4.42%) WAN
8 4 (3.54%) TETRA
9 3 (2.65%) HTTP
9 3 (2.65%) LAN
9 3 (2.65%) SSL
10 2 (1.77%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.77%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.88%) FTP
11 1 (0.88%) SMTP
11 1 (0.88%) SNMP
11 1 (0.88%) SSH
11 1 (0.88%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Git
1 8 (7.08%) GitLab
General
1 17 (15.04%) Social Skills
2 8 (7.08%) Manufacturing
3 7 (6.19%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.42%) Legal
5 4 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Banking
7 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.88%) Finance
7 1 (0.88%) Law
7 1 (0.88%) Marketing
7 1 (0.88%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.19%) OLE
2 5 (4.42%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.65%) DPDK
3 3 (2.65%) eBPF
4 2 (1.77%) Middleware
5 1 (0.88%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.88%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.88%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.88%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.42%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.54%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.65%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.88%) NVMe
5 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (23.01%) Windows
2 22 (19.47%) Windows Server
3 13 (11.50%) Linux
4 5 (4.42%) Debian
5 2 (1.77%) Unix
5 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.88%) Android
6 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.88%) CentOS
6 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (90.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (12.39%) Roadmaps
5 12 (10.62%) Mentoring
6 11 (9.73%) Agile
6 11 (9.73%) Coaching
6 11 (9.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (9.73%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (8.85%) DevOps
7 10 (8.85%) Project Delivery
8 9 (7.96%) High Availability
8 9 (7.96%) Project Management
9 8 (7.08%) Architecture Roadmap
9 8 (7.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (6.19%) Business Case
10 7 (6.19%) CI/CD
10 7 (6.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (6.19%) Manufacturing Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.50%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.85%) SQL
3 5 (4.42%) Python
4 3 (2.65%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (6.19%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (6.19%) DV Cleared
2 7 (6.19%) HNC
2 7 (6.19%) RIBA
2 7 (6.19%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.31%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.42%) AWS Certification
4 5 (4.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 3 (2.65%) Degree
6 2 (1.77%) CCNA
6 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.88%) MCSA
7 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (4.42%) ISO 9001
1 5 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (13.27%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.96%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.42%) Kamailio
5 4 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.65%) Docker
6 3 (2.65%) KVM
6 3 (2.65%) QEMU
7 2 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.77%) vSphere
8 1 (0.88%) Firmware
8 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (15.93%) Terraform
2 16 (14.16%) Kubernetes
3 9 (7.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (7.08%) Ansible
5 2 (1.77%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.77%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.88%) Kibana
Vendors
1 25 (22.12%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.81%) VMware
3 8 (7.08%) Cisco
3 8 (7.08%) Google
4 5 (4.42%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.65%) Citrix
5 3 (2.65%) SaltStack
5 3 (2.65%) Veeam
6 2 (1.77%) Apple
6 2 (1.77%) BMC
6 2 (1.77%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.77%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.77%) Splunk
7 1 (0.88%) IFS
7 1 (0.88%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.88%) Meraki
7 1 (0.88%) New Relic
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle
7 1 (0.88%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.88%) Red Hat