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 £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 108 81
Rank change year-on-year -12 -27 +110
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 204 157 475
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.36% 2.49% 3.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 2.70% 3.22%
Number of salaries quoted 171 151 397
10th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,108 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £67,968
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 13,692 5,817 14,755
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.95% 92.26% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 8,725 3,668 11,873
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £84,580 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -25 95 £50,000 +5.26% 37
Yorkshire -17 87 £57,500 +9.52% 22
North East -14 22 £50,000 +25.00% 8
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 March 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.

1 181 (88.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 82 (40.20%) Azure
3 60 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 45 (22.06%) Active Directory
5 39 (19.12%) Windows
6 38 (18.63%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (17.65%) Entra ID
8 35 (17.16%) PowerShell
8 35 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (16.18%) Microsoft Intune
10 32 (15.69%) VMware
11 29 (14.22%) Firewall
12 28 (13.73%) Windows Server
13 26 (12.75%) ITIL
14 25 (12.25%) Disaster Recovery
15 24 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
16 23 (11.27%) AWS
16 23 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (11.27%) Mentoring
17 22 (10.78%) Coaching
17 22 (10.78%) VMware Infrastructure
18 20 (9.80%) Bash
19 18 (8.82%) Hyper-V
20 17 (8.33%) Azure Certification
20 17 (8.33%) DNS
20 17 (8.33%) Incident Management
21 16 (7.84%) Cisco
21 16 (7.84%) Project Delivery
22 15 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
22 15 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange

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 15 (7.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.37%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.96%) IIS
4 1 (0.49%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (4.41%) AutoCAD
1 9 (4.41%) SOLIDWORKS
2 5 (2.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.49%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 82 (40.20%) Azure
2 38 (18.63%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (17.65%) Entra ID
4 23 (11.27%) AWS
5 10 (4.90%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (3.92%) OCI
6 8 (3.92%) SaaS
7 6 (2.94%) Google Workspace
7 6 (2.94%) IaaS
8 5 (2.45%) Intacct
9 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (1.96%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.96%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.98%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.49%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.49%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.49%) PaaS
11 1 (0.49%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (14.22%) Firewall
2 17 (8.33%) DNS
3 12 (5.88%) VLAN
4 10 (4.90%) VPN
4 10 (4.90%) WAN
5 9 (4.41%) DHCP
5 9 (4.41%) VoIP
6 8 (3.92%) DMZ
6 8 (3.92%) LAN
7 5 (2.45%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (2.45%) STUN
7 5 (2.45%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.96%) NAS
8 4 (1.96%) SAN
9 2 (0.98%) Network Security
9 2 (0.98%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.49%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.49%) SSH
10 1 (0.49%) SSL
10 1 (0.49%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (3.92%) Git
1 8 (3.92%) GitLab
2 5 (2.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 32 (15.69%) Social Skills
2 11 (5.39%) Public Sector
3 9 (4.41%) Manufacturing
4 8 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (3.43%) Finance
6 6 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.45%) Legal
8 4 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.49%) Banking
9 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.49%) Law
9 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.94%) OLE
2 5 (2.45%) FreeSWITCH
3 2 (0.98%) Middleware
4 1 (0.49%) DPDK
4 1 (0.49%) eBPF
4 1 (0.49%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.49%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.49%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.43%) Onboarding
2 5 (2.45%) CCTV
2 5 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (2.45%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (1.96%) Social Media
4 3 (1.47%) CMDB
4 3 (1.47%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.47%) Driving Licence
5 2 (0.98%) Cloud Native
5 2 (0.98%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.98%) Replication
6 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.49%) Clustering
6 1 (0.49%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.49%) NVMe
6 1 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 39 (19.12%) Windows
2 28 (13.73%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.92%) Linux
4 7 (3.43%) Android
4 7 (3.43%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.45%) Debian
5 5 (2.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (1.96%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.98%) Unix
8 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (88.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (17.16%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (12.75%) ITIL
4 25 (12.25%) Disaster Recovery
5 24 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (11.27%) Mentoring
7 22 (10.78%) Coaching
8 17 (8.33%) Incident Management
9 16 (7.84%) Project Delivery
10 15 (7.35%) Migration
11 12 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
12 11 (5.39%) Agile
12 11 (5.39%) Project Management
12 11 (5.39%) Roadmaps
12 11 (5.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (4.90%) Cloud Security
13 10 (4.90%) Identity Management
13 10 (4.90%) Security Architecture
13 10 (4.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.16%) PowerShell
2 20 (9.80%) Bash
3 12 (5.88%) SQL
4 6 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 15 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (4.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (4.41%) Degree
4 9 (4.41%) HNC
4 9 (4.41%) RIBA
5 6 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.94%) Security Cleared
6 5 (2.45%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.96%) CCNA
7 4 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.96%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.96%) MCSA
8 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (22.06%) Active Directory
2 22 (10.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (8.82%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.49%) Docker
7 1 (0.49%) Firmware
7 1 (0.49%) KVM
7 1 (0.49%) QEMU
7 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.49%) vSphere
7 1 (0.49%) XenApp
7 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 33 (16.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (6.86%) Terraform
3 12 (5.88%) Kubernetes
4 5 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.47%) Ansible
6 3 (1.47%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.98%) VxRail
7 2 (0.98%) WSUS
8 1 (0.49%) Kibana
8 1 (0.49%) SCCM
8 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 32 (15.69%) VMware
3 16 (7.84%) Cisco
4 12 (5.88%) Veeam
5 11 (5.39%) Apple
6 9 (4.41%) Ubiquiti
7 7 (3.43%) Oracle
7 7 (3.43%) Samsung
8 6 (2.94%) Google
8 6 (2.94%) Meraki
9 5 (2.45%) CyberArk
9 5 (2.45%) Sage
10 4 (1.96%) Citrix
10 4 (1.96%) Commvault
10 4 (1.96%) IFS
11 3 (1.47%) Dell
11 3 (1.47%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.47%) Zerto
12 2 (0.98%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.98%) Tenable