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 £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 December 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 93 135
Rank change year-on-year -58 +42 +26
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 121 262 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.21% 2.41% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 2.56% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 95 201 138
10th Percentile £40,500 £35,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,716 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £64,491 £69,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +0.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,691 10,241 6,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.83% 94.14% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,894 5,323 5,309
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,800 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 9 December 2025.

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 9 December 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
North West -29 70 £53,750 +20.42% 40
Yorkshire -45 37 £70,000 +40.00% 49
North East +1 14 £65,000 +46.81% 11
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 December 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 of England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 112 (92.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (28.93%) Azure
3 33 (27.27%) Windows
4 31 (25.62%) Microsoft
5 28 (23.14%) Windows Server
6 22 (18.18%) Linux
7 18 (14.88%) Active Directory
7 18 (14.88%) Kubernetes
7 18 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (14.05%) Cybersecurity
8 17 (14.05%) PowerShell
9 16 (13.22%) DV Cleared
9 16 (13.22%) Firewall
9 16 (13.22%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (13.22%) OLE
9 16 (13.22%) Security Cleared
9 16 (13.22%) VMware
10 15 (12.40%) DNS
11 14 (11.57%) Cisco
11 14 (11.57%) Hyper-V
11 14 (11.57%) VMware Infrastructure
12 13 (10.74%) Terraform
13 12 (9.92%) VPN
14 11 (9.09%) Ansible
14 11 (9.09%) Mentoring
15 10 (8.26%) AWS
15 10 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (8.26%) DevOps
15 10 (8.26%) DHCP
15 10 (8.26%) Project Delivery

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 (4.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.48%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.65%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.79%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.96%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (1.65%) Civil 3D
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 35 (28.93%) Azure
2 16 (13.22%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.26%) AWS
4 7 (5.79%) IaaS
5 6 (4.96%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (2.48%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.48%) PaaS
8 2 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.65%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.83%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.83%) GCP
9 1 (0.83%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.83%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.83%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.83%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.22%) Firewall
2 15 (12.40%) DNS
3 12 (9.92%) VPN
4 10 (8.26%) DHCP
4 10 (8.26%) TETRA
4 10 (8.26%) VLAN
5 7 (5.79%) VoIP
6 6 (4.96%) DMZ
6 6 (4.96%) WAN
7 5 (4.13%) STUN
8 4 (3.31%) LAN
9 3 (2.48%) TCP/IP
10 2 (1.65%) HTTP
10 2 (1.65%) Network Security
10 2 (1.65%) SSL
11 1 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.83%) NAS
11 1 (0.83%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.83%) SAN
11 1 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (0.83%) Power BI
2 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.31%) Git
1 4 (3.31%) GitLab
General
1 15 (12.40%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.92%) Manufacturing
3 5 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (4.13%) Legal
4 4 (3.31%) Aerospace
4 4 (3.31%) Finance
4 4 (3.31%) Local Government
4 4 (3.31%) Military
5 3 (2.48%) Banking
6 2 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.65%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.83%) Law
7 1 (0.83%) Marketing
7 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.22%) OLE
2 5 (4.13%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.48%) DPDK
3 3 (2.48%) eBPF
4 1 (0.83%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.83%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.83%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.83%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.61%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.96%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.13%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.31%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.48%) NHS
6 2 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.83%) NVMe
7 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.83%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 33 (27.27%) Windows
2 28 (23.14%) Windows Server
3 22 (18.18%) Linux
4 5 (4.13%) Debian
4 5 (4.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.48%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.48%) Unix
7 2 (1.65%) CentOS
7 2 (1.65%) VMS
8 1 (0.83%) Android
8 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.83%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (92.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (14.05%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 10 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (8.26%) DevOps
5 10 (8.26%) Project Delivery
5 10 (8.26%) Project Management
5 10 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (7.44%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (7.44%) High Availability
6 9 (7.44%) Roadmaps
7 8 (6.61%) Coaching
7 8 (6.61%) Containerisation
8 7 (5.79%) Agile
8 7 (5.79%) CI/CD
8 7 (5.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (5.79%) Migration
9 6 (4.96%) Facilities Management
9 6 (4.96%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.05%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.26%) Python
2 10 (8.26%) SQL
3 2 (1.65%) Bash
Qualifications
1 16 (13.22%) DV Cleared
1 16 (13.22%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.61%) Degree
3 7 (5.79%) AWS Certification
3 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (4.96%) CCNA
4 6 (4.96%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (4.96%) HNC
4 6 (4.96%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (4.96%) RIBA
5 4 (3.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (3.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (2.48%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.65%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 2 (1.65%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.83%) CCNP
8 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.83%) MCSA
8 1 (0.83%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.13%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.48%) GDPR
4 2 (1.65%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.65%) NIST
5 1 (0.83%) HIPAA
System Software
1 18 (14.88%) Active Directory
2 14 (11.57%) Hyper-V
2 14 (11.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.96%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (4.13%) Kamailio
4 5 (4.13%) vSphere
5 4 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.48%) Docker
6 3 (2.48%) KVM
6 3 (2.48%) QEMU
7 1 (0.83%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.83%) Postfix
7 1 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (14.88%) Kubernetes
2 13 (10.74%) Terraform
3 11 (9.09%) Ansible
4 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (4.96%) vCenter Server
5 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 4 (3.31%) SCCM
5 4 (3.31%) SCOM
5 4 (3.31%) WSUS
6 3 (2.48%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.83%) Kibana
Vendors
1 31 (25.62%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.22%) VMware
3 14 (11.57%) Cisco
4 6 (4.96%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.13%) Google
5 5 (4.13%) Oracle
5 5 (4.13%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.48%) SaltStack
7 2 (1.65%) Apple
7 2 (1.65%) Citrix
7 2 (1.65%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.65%) Meraki
8 1 (0.83%) BMC
8 1 (0.83%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.83%) IFS
8 1 (0.83%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.83%) NetApp
8 1 (0.83%) New Relic
8 1 (0.83%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.83%) Splunk