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 £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 October 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 68 98
Rank change year-on-year -17 +30 +46
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 435 366 265
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.81% 4.05% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 4.62% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 355 86 201
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £45,094 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +21.11% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -4.76%

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.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 22,198 7,920 12,116
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 87.67% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16,167 4,369 6,522
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.21% -6.96% -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 19 October 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 19 October 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 -46 239 £55,000 +2.33% 72
Yorkshire +47 117 £51,500 -20.77% 22
North East -2 79 £48,445 -6.84% 21
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 October 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Infrastructure Engineering96.8%421
2Azure21.4%93
3Microsoft20.0%87
4Windows19.3%84
5Security Cleared13.6%59
6Active Directory12.9%56
7VMware12.6%55
7Windows Server12.6%55
9Linux12.4%54
10Infrastructure as Code12.2%53
11VMware Infrastructure11.0%48
12Project Delivery10.8%47
13Microsoft 36510.3%45
14Continuous Improvement10.1%44
14Firewall10.1%44
16SC Cleared9.9%43
17PowerShell9.7%42
18AWS9.4%41
19Disaster Recovery8.7%38
20DNS8.3%36
21Technical Leadership8.0%35
22Entra ID7.8%34
23Problem-Solving7.6%33
24Cybersecurity7.4%32
25Mentoring6.4%28
26DHCP6.2%27
26Python6.2%27
28Bash5.7%25
28Coaching5.7%25
28DevOps5.7%25

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Infrastructure Engineer33.6%146
2Cloud Infrastructure Engineer9.9%43
3IT Infrastructure Engineer8.5%37
4Infrastructure Security Engineer4.8%21
4Lead Infrastructure Engineer4.8%21
6Automation Engineer4.6%20
7Linux Infrastructure Engineer3.4%15
8Senior Cloud Engineer3.0%13
9Senior Linux Engineer2.3%10
10AWS Infrastructure Engineer2.1%9
10Cloud Platform Engineer2.1%9
10Electrical Engineer2.1%9
10Infrastructure Design Engineer2.1%9
10Lead Cloud Engineer2.1%9
10Oracle Infrastructure Engineer2.1%9
10PLC Engineer2.1%9
17Cloud Automation Engineer1.6%7
17Senior Automation Engineer1.6%7
192nd Line Engineer1.4%6
19Network Infrastructure Engineer1.4%6
114 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in the North of England