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 £61,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 86 139
Rank change year-on-year -60 +53 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 125 295 153
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.32% 2.42% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 2.56% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 99 231 136
10th Percentile £39,700 £35,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £46,000 £40,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% - -
75th Percentile £68,750 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £81,000 £65,000 £68,125
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +1.38%

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 8,335 11,544 7,142
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.05% 94.55% 96.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,043 6,050 5,437
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £39,375
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 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 25 November 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 25 November 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 -33 74 £53,750 +19.44% 15
Yorkshire -28 35 £65,000 +36.84% 16
North East +8 16 £54,000 +21.35% 7
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 November 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.

1 118 (94.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (28.80%) Windows
3 34 (27.20%) Microsoft
4 33 (26.40%) Azure
5 31 (24.80%) Windows Server
6 25 (20.00%) Linux
7 19 (15.20%) Active Directory
8 18 (14.40%) Kubernetes
8 18 (14.40%) PowerShell
8 18 (14.40%) VMware
9 17 (13.60%) Firewall
10 16 (12.80%) Cisco
10 16 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (12.80%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
12 14 (11.20%) DNS
12 14 (11.20%) DV Cleared
12 14 (11.20%) Hyper-V
12 14 (11.20%) OLE
12 14 (11.20%) Security Cleared
12 14 (11.20%) VPN
13 13 (10.40%) DHCP
14 12 (9.60%) TETRA
15 10 (8.00%) Ansible
15 10 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (8.00%) DevOps
15 10 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
15 10 (8.00%) Python
15 10 (8.00%) VLAN

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 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.40%) IIS
3 3 (2.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (5.60%) AutoCAD
2 4 (3.20%) Civil 3D
2 4 (3.20%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.80%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 33 (26.40%) Azure
2 16 (12.80%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.20%) AWS
4 7 (5.60%) IaaS
5 6 (4.80%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (2.40%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.40%) PaaS
8 2 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.60%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.80%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.80%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.80%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.80%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.80%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.80%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.60%) Firewall
2 14 (11.20%) DNS
2 14 (11.20%) VPN
3 13 (10.40%) DHCP
4 12 (9.60%) TETRA
5 10 (8.00%) VLAN
6 7 (5.60%) VoIP
7 6 (4.80%) WAN
8 5 (4.00%) DMZ
8 5 (4.00%) STUN
8 5 (4.00%) TCP/IP
9 4 (3.20%) LAN
10 2 (1.60%) HTTP
10 2 (1.60%) Network Security
10 2 (1.60%) SSL
11 1 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.80%) NAS
11 1 (0.80%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.80%) SAN
11 1 (0.80%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.60%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.80%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (0.80%) Power BI
2 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 15 (12.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (8.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (4.00%) Aerospace
3 5 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (4.00%) Legal
3 5 (4.00%) Military
4 4 (3.20%) Finance
4 4 (3.20%) Local Government
5 3 (2.40%) Banking
6 2 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.60%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.80%) Law
7 1 (0.80%) Marketing
7 1 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.20%) OLE
2 5 (4.00%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.40%) DPDK
3 3 (2.40%) eBPF
4 1 (0.80%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.80%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.80%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.80%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.00%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.80%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.20%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.40%) NHS
6 2 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.80%) Clustering
7 1 (0.80%) NVMe
7 1 (0.80%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 36 (28.80%) Windows
2 31 (24.80%) Windows Server
3 25 (20.00%) Linux
4 7 (5.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (4.00%) Debian
5 5 (4.00%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.20%) Unix
7 3 (2.40%) CentOS
8 2 (1.60%) VMS
9 1 (0.80%) Android
9 1 (0.80%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.80%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.80%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.80%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (94.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (12.80%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (8.00%) DevOps
3 10 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (7.20%) High Availability
4 9 (7.20%) Mentoring
5 8 (6.40%) Migration
5 8 (6.40%) Project Delivery
5 8 (6.40%) Project Management
5 8 (6.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (5.60%) Containerisation
7 6 (4.80%) CI/CD
7 6 (4.80%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (4.80%) Patch Management
7 6 (4.80%) Virtual Environments
8 5 (4.00%) Network Virtualisation
8 5 (4.00%) Software Licensing
8 5 (4.00%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.40%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.00%) Python
3 9 (7.20%) SQL
4 2 (1.60%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (11.20%) DV Cleared
1 14 (11.20%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.20%) Degree
2 9 (7.20%) Network+ Certification
3 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.60%) AWS Certification
4 7 (5.60%) CCNA
4 7 (5.60%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (3.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.20%) HNC
6 4 (3.20%) RIBA
7 3 (2.40%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.60%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 2 (1.60%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.80%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.80%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.80%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.00%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.40%) GDPR
4 2 (1.60%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.80%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (15.20%) Active Directory
2 15 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (11.20%) Hyper-V
4 7 (5.60%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.80%) vSphere
6 5 (4.00%) Kamailio
6 5 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.40%) Docker
7 3 (2.40%) KVM
7 3 (2.40%) QEMU
8 1 (0.80%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.80%) Postfix
8 1 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (14.40%) Kubernetes
2 10 (8.00%) Ansible
3 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (6.40%) Terraform
4 7 (5.60%) vCenter Server
5 5 (4.00%) FortiGate
6 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 4 (3.20%) SCCM
6 4 (3.20%) SCOM
6 4 (3.20%) WSUS
7 1 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.80%) Kibana
Vendors
1 34 (27.20%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.40%) VMware
3 16 (12.80%) Cisco
4 6 (4.80%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.00%) Google
5 5 (4.00%) Oracle
5 5 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.20%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.40%) SaltStack
8 2 (1.60%) Apple
8 2 (1.60%) Meraki
9 1 (0.80%) Citrix
9 1 (0.80%) IFS
9 1 (0.80%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.80%) NetApp
9 1 (0.80%) New Relic
9 1 (0.80%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.80%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.80%) Samsung
9 1 (0.80%) Ubiquiti