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 £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 January 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 109 87
Rank change year-on-year -40 -22 +81
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 116 196 279
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.05% 2.16% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 2.30% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 99 147 234
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,563 £40,000 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,750 £52,188
90th Percentile £86,253 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.27% +5.50% -3.05%

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 9,817 8,531 8,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.80% 93.82% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,760 4,026 7,068
10th Percentile £28,091 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,094 £40,000 £37,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,308 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,550 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -7.39%

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 18 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 18 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 -40 57 £50,000 +11.11% 17
Yorkshire -24 50 £60,000 +20.00% 31
North East +1 9 £82,511 +106.28% 13
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 (87.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (37.07%) Azure
3 28 (24.14%) Microsoft
4 25 (21.55%) Windows
5 24 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (18.10%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (16.38%) VMware
9 18 (15.52%) Terraform
9 18 (15.52%) Windows Server
10 16 (13.79%) DNS
10 16 (13.79%) Kubernetes
11 15 (12.93%) Active Directory
11 15 (12.93%) Firewall
11 15 (12.93%) Project Delivery
12 14 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (12.07%) PowerShell
12 14 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
13 13 (11.21%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (11.21%) Roadmaps
14 12 (10.34%) Mentoring
15 11 (9.48%) Agile
15 11 (9.48%) Coaching
15 11 (9.48%) DevOps
15 11 (9.48%) Linux
15 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Intune
15 11 (9.48%) SQL
15 11 (9.48%) SQL Server
16 10 (8.62%) AWS
16 10 (8.62%) Entra ID

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 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.03%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.59%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.86%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (6.90%) AutoCAD
1 8 (6.90%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.86%) Civil 3D
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 43 (37.07%) Azure
2 23 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.62%) AWS
3 10 (8.62%) Entra ID
4 6 (5.17%) Google Workspace
4 6 (5.17%) IaaS
5 4 (3.45%) SaaS
5 4 (3.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (2.59%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (2.59%) Mimecast
6 3 (2.59%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.72%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.72%) PaaS
8 1 (0.86%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.86%) GCP
8 1 (0.86%) Intacct
8 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.79%) DNS
2 15 (12.93%) Firewall
3 9 (7.76%) VPN
4 8 (6.90%) DHCP
4 8 (6.90%) VLAN
5 7 (6.03%) DMZ
6 5 (4.31%) VoIP
6 5 (4.31%) WAN
7 4 (3.45%) STUN
8 3 (2.59%) HTTP
8 3 (2.59%) LAN
8 3 (2.59%) SSL
9 2 (1.72%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.72%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.86%) FTP
10 1 (0.86%) NAS
10 1 (0.86%) Network Security
10 1 (0.86%) SNMP
10 1 (0.86%) SSH
10 1 (0.86%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.48%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.90%) Git
1 8 (6.90%) GitLab
General
1 19 (16.38%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.76%) Manufacturing
3 6 (5.17%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.31%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.31%) Legal
5 4 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.59%) Banking
7 2 (1.72%) Finance
8 1 (0.86%) Law
8 1 (0.86%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.17%) OLE
2 4 (3.45%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.59%) DPDK
3 3 (2.59%) eBPF
4 2 (1.72%) Middleware
5 1 (0.86%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.86%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.86%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.86%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.17%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.45%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.72%) CMDB
4 2 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.72%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.86%) NVMe
5 1 (0.86%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.86%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.55%) Windows
2 18 (15.52%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.48%) Linux
4 4 (3.45%) Debian
5 2 (1.72%) Unix
6 1 (0.86%) Android
6 1 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.86%) CentOS
6 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (87.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (18.10%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (12.93%) Project Delivery
5 14 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (11.21%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (11.21%) Roadmaps
7 12 (10.34%) Mentoring
8 11 (9.48%) Agile
8 11 (9.48%) Coaching
8 11 (9.48%) DevOps
9 10 (8.62%) ITIL
9 10 (8.62%) Project Management
9 10 (8.62%) Technical Leadership
10 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (6.90%) Architecture Roadmap
11 8 (6.90%) Business Case
11 8 (6.90%) Facilities Management
11 8 (6.90%) Manufacturing Engineering
11 8 (6.90%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 14 (12.07%) PowerShell
2 11 (9.48%) SQL
3 5 (4.31%) Python
4 4 (3.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (6.90%) HNC
1 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (6.90%) RIBA
2 7 (6.03%) Azure Certification
3 6 (5.17%) DV Cleared
3 6 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.31%) AWS Certification
4 5 (4.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (3.45%) Degree
6 1 (0.86%) CCNA
6 1 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.86%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.86%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.31%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.45%) ISO 9001
2 4 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 15 (12.93%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.90%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.45%) Kamailio
5 3 (2.59%) Docker
5 3 (2.59%) KVM
5 3 (2.59%) QEMU
5 3 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.59%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.86%) Firmware
7 1 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (15.52%) Terraform
2 16 (13.79%) Kubernetes
3 11 (9.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (6.90%) Ansible
5 2 (1.72%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.86%) Kibana
6 1 (0.86%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.38%) VMware
3 7 (6.03%) Google
4 5 (4.31%) Cisco
4 5 (4.31%) Veeam
5 4 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.59%) Citrix
6 3 (2.59%) IFS
6 3 (2.59%) Oracle
6 3 (2.59%) SaltStack
7 2 (1.72%) Apple
7 2 (1.72%) BMC
7 2 (1.72%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.72%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.72%) Splunk
7 2 (1.72%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (0.86%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.86%) New Relic
8 1 (0.86%) Sage
8 1 (0.86%) Samsung