Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North of England

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North of England is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 July 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 87 174
Rank change year-on-year +2 +87 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 424 431 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.18% 2.41% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.69% 2.54% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 137 363 208
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £32,200
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,625 £35,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,968 £61,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year +15.00% -0.50% +0.50%

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 11,493 16,994 12,131
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.23% 95.21% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 6,077 12,328 7,637
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,250 £36,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.26% +9.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer 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 20 July 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 20 July 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 +28 355 £52,000 +15.56% 43
Yorkshire -19 48 £65,000 +44.44% 16
North East -12 21 £52,000 +15.56% 12
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 July 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.

1 420 (99.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 294 (69.34%) Windows
3 286 (67.45%) Linux
4 275 (64.86%) PowerShell
5 274 (64.62%) Cisco
6 272 (64.15%) Problem-Solving
7 268 (63.21%) Hyper-V
8 265 (62.50%) VPN
9 264 (62.26%) Ansible
9 264 (62.26%) DevOps
10 262 (61.79%) Terraform
11 261 (61.56%) Python
12 258 (60.85%) vSphere
13 256 (60.38%) Storage Management
14 255 (60.14%) VMware NSX
14 255 (60.14%) Bash
15 254 (59.91%) Docker
16 253 (59.67%) Analytical Skills
16 253 (59.67%) Risk Management
17 252 (59.43%) Task Automation
17 252 (59.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 251 (59.20%) Platform Engineering
18 251 (59.20%) Cyberattack
18 251 (59.20%) Elastic Stack
18 251 (59.20%) Juniper
18 251 (59.20%) Line Management
18 251 (59.20%) Splunk
18 251 (59.20%) 3PAR
18 251 (59.20%) Android
18 251 (59.20%) Mathematics

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 15 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.89%) IIS
4 3 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.71%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (4.01%) AutoCAD
2 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 42 (9.91%) Azure
2 18 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (3.07%) AWS
4 11 (2.59%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.18%) IaaS
7 4 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (0.94%) OneDrive
7 4 (0.94%) SaaS
8 3 (0.71%) GCP
9 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.47%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.47%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.47%) PaaS
9 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.24%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.24%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.24%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 265 (62.50%) VPN
2 251 (59.20%) Cisco IOS
3 24 (5.66%) DNS
4 21 (4.95%) DHCP
5 19 (4.48%) Firewall
6 16 (3.77%) TETRA
7 7 (1.65%) Network Security
8 6 (1.42%) LAN
8 6 (1.42%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.42%) VLAN
8 6 (1.42%) WAN
9 5 (1.18%) SAN
9 5 (1.18%) SMTP
10 4 (0.94%) NAS
11 3 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.71%) Skype
11 3 (0.71%) VoIP
12 2 (0.47%) Internet
12 2 (0.47%) STUN
12 2 (0.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.42%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.24%) Power BI
3 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.24%) Git
2 1 (0.24%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.24%) Selenium
General
1 253 (59.67%) Analytical Skills
2 252 (59.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (5.19%) Social Skills
4 19 (4.48%) Finance
5 10 (2.36%) Local Government
6 6 (1.42%) Legal
6 6 (1.42%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.18%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.18%) Military
7 5 (1.18%) Public Sector
8 4 (0.94%) Banking
9 3 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.71%) Retail
10 2 (0.47%) Games
10 2 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (59.20%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (3.30%) OLE
3 5 (1.18%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.47%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (0.47%) Middleware
5 1 (0.24%) OpenCL
5 1 (0.24%) REST
5 1 (0.24%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 251 (59.20%) Cyberattack
2 19 (4.48%) Data Centre
3 10 (2.36%) Driving Licence
3 10 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (1.42%) NHS
5 5 (1.18%) Cloud Native
6 4 (0.94%) Clustering
7 2 (0.47%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.24%) CCTV
8 1 (0.24%) CUDA
8 1 (0.24%) EMC VMAX
8 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.24%) PKI
8 1 (0.24%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.24%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.24%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.24%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 294 (69.34%) Windows
2 286 (67.45%) Linux
3 251 (59.20%) Android
4 34 (8.02%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.36%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (1.65%) CentOS
7 6 (1.42%) Unix
7 6 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.18%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.94%) Debian
9 4 (0.94%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.71%) VMS
11 2 (0.47%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.24%) AIX
12 1 (0.24%) Solaris
12 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (99.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 272 (64.15%) Problem-Solving
3 264 (62.26%) DevOps
4 256 (60.38%) Storage Management
5 253 (59.67%) Risk Management
6 252 (59.43%) Task Automation
7 251 (59.20%) Line Management
7 251 (59.20%) Mathematics
7 251 (59.20%) Platform Engineering
8 24 (5.66%) Mentoring
9 17 (4.01%) ITIL
10 14 (3.30%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (2.83%) Migration
11 12 (2.83%) Project Delivery
12 10 (2.36%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (2.36%) Project Management
12 10 (2.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (2.12%) Infrastructure Automation
14 8 (1.89%) Containerisation
14 8 (1.89%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 275 (64.86%) PowerShell
2 261 (61.56%) Python
3 255 (60.14%) Bash
4 8 (1.89%) SQL
5 1 (0.24%) Bicep
5 1 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 26 (6.13%) Degree
2 25 (5.90%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.48%) DV Cleared
4 15 (3.54%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.59%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (1.89%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.65%) CCNA
8 7 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.42%) RIBA
10 4 (0.94%) Postgraduate
11 3 (0.71%) Linux+ Certification
11 3 (0.71%) RHCE
12 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.47%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.24%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.24%) CEH
13 1 (0.24%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.42%) GDPR
3 5 (1.18%) NIST
4 4 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.71%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.47%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 268 (63.21%) Hyper-V
2 258 (60.85%) vSphere
3 255 (60.14%) VMware NSX
4 254 (59.91%) Docker
5 35 (8.25%) Active Directory
6 18 (4.25%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.71%) Dovecot
8 3 (0.71%) Postfix
9 2 (0.47%) Kamailio
10 1 (0.24%) NFS
10 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.24%) XenApp
10 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 264 (62.26%) Ansible
2 262 (61.79%) Terraform
3 11 (2.59%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.65%) SCCM
6 6 (1.42%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 5 (1.18%) SCOM
7 5 (1.18%) WSUS
8 4 (0.94%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.71%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.24%) Puppet
10 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.24%) vRealize
Vendors
1 274 (64.62%) Cisco
2 251 (59.20%) 3PAR
2 251 (59.20%) Juniper
2 251 (59.20%) Splunk
3 50 (11.79%) Microsoft
4 28 (6.60%) VMware
5 9 (2.12%) Red Hat
6 7 (1.65%) Oracle
7 5 (1.18%) Fortinet
8 4 (0.94%) Google
9 3 (0.71%) Okta
9 3 (0.71%) Ping Identity
10 2 (0.47%) Citrix
10 2 (0.47%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.47%) IronPort
10 2 (0.47%) NetApp
10 2 (0.47%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.47%) Tenable
10 2 (0.47%) Veeam
10 2 (0.47%) Veritas