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 £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 107 149
Rank change year-on-year +37 +42 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 389 271 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.13% 1.92% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.75% 2.02% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 101 203 158
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £32,140
25th Percentile £45,375 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% +2.27% -1.12%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -1.96%

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 8,184 13,389 8,259
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.99% 95.01% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,382 7,970 6,278
10th Percentile £26,000 £29,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -5.66% +1.92%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer 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 September 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 18 September 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 +53 333 £53,750 +19.44% 34
Yorkshire -14 38 £65,000 +44.44% 19
North East +9 18 £52,000 +15.56% 10
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 385 (98.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 287 (73.78%) Windows
3 281 (72.24%) Linux
4 271 (69.67%) PowerShell
5 266 (68.38%) Cisco
5 266 (68.38%) Ansible
6 265 (68.12%) DevOps
6 265 (68.12%) VPN
7 262 (67.35%) Hyper-V
7 262 (67.35%) Problem-Solving
7 262 (67.35%) Terraform
8 261 (67.10%) Python
9 258 (66.32%) vSphere
10 256 (65.81%) Storage Management
11 254 (65.30%) Docker
12 253 (65.04%) Bash
12 253 (65.04%) VMware NSX
13 252 (64.78%) Task Automation
14 251 (64.52%) Elastic Stack
14 251 (64.52%) Cyberattack
14 251 (64.52%) 3PAR
14 251 (64.52%) Splunk
14 251 (64.52%) Line Management
14 251 (64.52%) Analytical Skills
14 251 (64.52%) Juniper
14 251 (64.52%) Risk Management
14 251 (64.52%) Android
14 251 (64.52%) Mathematics
14 251 (64.52%) Cisco IOS
14 251 (64.52%) Inclusion and Diversity

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.54%) IIS
1 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (1.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.51%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (1.54%) AutoCAD
2 5 (1.29%) Civil 3D
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 43 (11.05%) Azure
2 14 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (2.57%) AWS
4 6 (1.54%) Entra ID
4 6 (1.54%) IaaS
5 5 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (0.51%) GCP
6 2 (0.51%) Nutanix
6 2 (0.51%) OneDrive
6 2 (0.51%) PaaS
7 1 (0.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.26%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.26%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.26%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.26%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.26%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 265 (68.12%) VPN
2 251 (64.52%) Cisco IOS
3 20 (5.14%) DNS
4 18 (4.63%) DHCP
5 17 (4.37%) Firewall
6 16 (4.11%) TETRA
7 10 (2.57%) VLAN
8 6 (1.54%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.54%) VoIP
9 5 (1.29%) DMZ
9 5 (1.29%) STUN
9 5 (1.29%) WAN
10 4 (1.03%) LAN
10 4 (1.03%) Network Security
11 2 (0.51%) HTTP
11 2 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.51%) NetScaler
11 2 (0.51%) SSL
12 1 (0.26%) SAN
12 1 (0.26%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.80%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.26%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (0.26%) Power BI
2 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 251 (64.52%) Analytical Skills
1 251 (64.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (2.57%) Local Government
2 10 (2.57%) Social Skills
3 8 (2.06%) Finance
3 8 (2.06%) Manufacturing
4 6 (1.54%) Legal
5 5 (1.29%) Aerospace
5 5 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (1.29%) Military
6 4 (1.03%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.51%) Banking
7 2 (0.51%) Games
7 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.26%) Law
8 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (64.52%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (3.60%) OLE
3 6 (1.54%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.29%) FreeSWITCH
5 2 (0.51%) DPDK
5 2 (0.51%) eBPF
6 1 (0.26%) OpenCL
6 1 (0.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 251 (64.52%) Cyberattack
2 10 (2.57%) Data Centre
2 10 (2.57%) Driving Licence
2 10 (2.57%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (1.54%) NHS
4 4 (1.03%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.03%) Clustering
5 2 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.26%) CUDA
6 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.26%) PKI
6 1 (0.26%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 287 (73.78%) Windows
2 281 (72.24%) Linux
3 251 (64.52%) Android
4 33 (8.48%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.54%) CentOS
6 6 (1.54%) Debian
7 5 (1.29%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (1.03%) Unix
9 3 (0.77%) VMS
10 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (98.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 265 (68.12%) DevOps
3 262 (67.35%) Problem-Solving
4 256 (65.81%) Storage Management
5 252 (64.78%) Task Automation
6 251 (64.52%) Line Management
6 251 (64.52%) Mathematics
6 251 (64.52%) Platform Engineering
6 251 (64.52%) Risk Management
7 15 (3.86%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (3.34%) Mentoring
9 10 (2.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (2.57%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (2.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (2.31%) High Availability
10 9 (2.31%) Infrastructure Automation
11 8 (2.06%) Infrastructure as Code
11 8 (2.06%) Migration
11 8 (2.06%) Patch Management
12 7 (1.80%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 271 (69.67%) PowerShell
2 261 (67.10%) Python
3 253 (65.04%) Bash
4 9 (2.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (3.08%) DV Cleared
1 12 (3.08%) Security Cleared
2 10 (2.57%) Degree
3 9 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
4 7 (1.80%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.54%) AWS Certification
5 6 (1.54%) CCNA
5 6 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.03%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.51%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 2 (0.51%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.26%) CCNP
9 1 (0.26%) CEH
9 1 (0.26%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.26%) MCSA
9 1 (0.26%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.29%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.03%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.03%) GDPR
5 3 (0.77%) NIST
6 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 262 (67.35%) Hyper-V
2 258 (66.32%) vSphere
3 254 (65.30%) Docker
4 253 (65.04%) VMware NSX
5 27 (6.94%) Active Directory
6 14 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.29%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.51%) KVM
10 2 (0.51%) QEMU
11 1 (0.26%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.26%) NFS
11 1 (0.26%) Postfix
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.26%) XenApp
11 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 266 (68.38%) Ansible
2 262 (67.35%) Terraform
3 13 (3.34%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.80%) vCenter Server
5 6 (1.54%) SCCM
6 5 (1.29%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 5 (1.29%) SCOM
6 5 (1.29%) WSUS
7 4 (1.03%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 266 (68.38%) Cisco
2 251 (64.52%) 3PAR
2 251 (64.52%) Juniper
2 251 (64.52%) Splunk
3 40 (10.28%) Microsoft
4 19 (4.88%) VMware
5 7 (1.80%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.29%) Fortinet
6 5 (1.29%) Oracle
6 5 (1.29%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.77%) Google
8 2 (0.51%) Citrix
8 2 (0.51%) NetApp
8 2 (0.51%) SaltStack
9 1 (0.26%) Apple
9 1 (0.26%) Commvault
9 1 (0.26%) Meraki
9 1 (0.26%) Okta
9 1 (0.26%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.26%) Rapid7