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 £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 109 83
Rank change year-on-year -42 -26 +101
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 113 196 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.06% 2.16% 3.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% 2.29% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 96 148 223
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,125 £39,750 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £86,253 £67,640 £69,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -3.85%

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 9,424 8,550 8,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.56% 94.06% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,469 4,023 6,549
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,483 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £81,713 £80,000 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

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 12 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 12 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 -18 56 £50,000 +11.11% 16
Yorkshire -28 48 £60,000 +23.08% 28
North East +2 9 £82,511 +86.36% 7
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 100 (88.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (37.17%) Azure
3 27 (23.89%) Microsoft
4 24 (21.24%) Windows
5 23 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (18.58%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (16.81%) VMware
7 19 (16.81%) Windows Server
8 18 (15.93%) Terraform
9 16 (14.16%) DNS
9 16 (14.16%) Kubernetes
10 14 (12.39%) Active Directory
10 14 (12.39%) Firewall
10 14 (12.39%) Project Delivery
10 14 (12.39%) Roadmaps
10 14 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
11 13 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (11.50%) PowerShell
12 12 (10.62%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (10.62%) Mentoring
13 11 (9.73%) Agile
13 11 (9.73%) Coaching
13 11 (9.73%) Linux
14 10 (8.85%) AWS
14 10 (8.85%) DevOps
14 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Intune
14 10 (8.85%) Project Management
14 10 (8.85%) SQL
14 10 (8.85%) SQL Server

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 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.31%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.65%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (7.08%) AutoCAD
1 8 (7.08%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.88%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 42 (37.17%) Azure
2 21 (18.58%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (8.85%) AWS
4 9 (7.96%) Entra ID
5 6 (5.31%) Google Workspace
5 6 (5.31%) IaaS
6 4 (3.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.65%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.65%) SaaS
8 2 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.77%) iPaaS
8 2 (1.77%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.77%) PaaS
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.88%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.88%) GCP
9 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.16%) DNS
2 14 (12.39%) Firewall
3 9 (7.96%) VPN
4 8 (7.08%) DHCP
4 8 (7.08%) VLAN
5 7 (6.19%) DMZ
6 5 (4.42%) VoIP
6 5 (4.42%) WAN
7 4 (3.54%) STUN
8 3 (2.65%) HTTP
8 3 (2.65%) LAN
8 3 (2.65%) SSL
9 2 (1.77%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.77%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.88%) FTP
10 1 (0.88%) NAS
10 1 (0.88%) Network Security
10 1 (0.88%) SNMP
10 1 (0.88%) SSH
10 1 (0.88%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Git
1 8 (7.08%) GitLab
General
1 17 (15.04%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.96%) Manufacturing
3 6 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (4.42%) Legal
5 4 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Banking
7 1 (0.88%) Finance
7 1 (0.88%) Law
7 1 (0.88%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.31%) OLE
2 4 (3.54%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.65%) DPDK
3 3 (2.65%) eBPF
4 2 (1.77%) Middleware
5 1 (0.88%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.88%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.88%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.88%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.42%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.54%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.65%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.88%) CMDB
5 1 (0.88%) NVMe
5 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (21.24%) Windows
2 19 (16.81%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.73%) Linux
4 4 (3.54%) Debian
5 2 (1.77%) Unix
6 1 (0.88%) Android
6 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.88%) CentOS
6 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (88.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (18.58%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (12.39%) Project Delivery
4 14 (12.39%) Roadmaps
5 13 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (10.62%) Disaster Recovery
6 12 (10.62%) Mentoring
7 11 (9.73%) Agile
7 11 (9.73%) Coaching
8 10 (8.85%) DevOps
8 10 (8.85%) Project Management
9 9 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (7.96%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (7.08%) Architecture Roadmap
10 8 (7.08%) Business Case
10 8 (7.08%) Facilities Management
10 8 (7.08%) ITIL
10 8 (7.08%) Manufacturing Engineering
10 8 (7.08%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.50%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.85%) SQL
3 5 (4.42%) Python
4 4 (3.54%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (7.08%) BPSS Clearance
1 8 (7.08%) HNC
1 8 (7.08%) RIBA
2 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (5.31%) Azure Certification
3 6 (5.31%) DV Cleared
3 6 (5.31%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.42%) AWS Certification
4 5 (4.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 3 (2.65%) Degree
6 1 (0.88%) CCNA
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.88%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (3.54%) ISO 9001
1 4 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (12.39%) Active Directory
1 14 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (7.08%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.54%) Kamailio
4 3 (2.65%) Docker
4 3 (2.65%) KVM
4 3 (2.65%) QEMU
4 3 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.88%) Firmware
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (15.93%) Terraform
2 16 (14.16%) Kubernetes
3 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (7.08%) Ansible
5 2 (1.77%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.88%) Kibana
6 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (23.89%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.81%) VMware
3 8 (7.08%) Google
4 5 (4.42%) Cisco
4 5 (4.42%) Veeam
5 4 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.65%) Citrix
6 3 (2.65%) SaltStack
7 2 (1.77%) Apple
7 2 (1.77%) BMC
7 2 (1.77%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.77%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.77%) IFS
7 2 (1.77%) Oracle
7 2 (1.77%) Splunk
8 1 (0.88%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.88%) New Relic
8 1 (0.88%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.88%) Samsung
8 1 (0.88%) Ubiquiti