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 21 June 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 67 79
Rank change year-on-year -33 +12 +91
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 308 400 545
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.53% 4.79% 2.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 5.43% 2.87%
Number of salaries quoted 249 121 453
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £67,968
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -

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 18,983 7,372 19,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 88.29% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 13,830 3,765 14,637
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 -48 159 £50,000 -3.85% 30
Yorkshire +27 119 £51,500 -20.77% 14
North East -32 30 £45,000 -13.46% 9
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 June 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.

1 290 (94.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 118 (38.31%) Azure
3 87 (28.25%) Microsoft
4 69 (22.40%) Active Directory
5 62 (20.13%) Windows
6 59 (19.16%) VMware
7 55 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
8 53 (17.21%) PowerShell
9 51 (16.56%) Firewall
10 48 (15.58%) Windows Server
11 46 (14.94%) Entra ID
12 44 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
13 40 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
14 39 (12.66%) Microsoft Intune
15 33 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (9.09%) Cisco
18 27 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
18 27 (8.77%) Hyper-V
19 26 (8.44%) ITIL
20 25 (8.12%) DHCP
20 25 (8.12%) DNS
20 25 (8.12%) Migration
21 23 (7.47%) AWS
22 21 (6.82%) Bash
22 21 (6.82%) Project Delivery
23 20 (6.49%) SQL
23 20 (6.49%) Veeam
24 19 (6.17%) Azure Certification
24 19 (6.17%) LAN

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 14 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.90%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.27%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.30%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.30%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 118 (38.31%) Azure
2 55 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (14.94%) Entra ID
4 23 (7.47%) AWS
5 13 (4.22%) OCI
6 12 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (3.25%) SaaS
8 8 (2.60%) IaaS
9 5 (1.62%) Intacct
10 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.97%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.97%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.97%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.97%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.97%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.97%) PaaS
12 2 (0.65%) GitHub
12 2 (0.65%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.65%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 51 (16.56%) Firewall
2 25 (8.12%) DHCP
2 25 (8.12%) DNS
3 19 (6.17%) LAN
4 18 (5.84%) VPN
5 17 (5.52%) SAN
5 17 (5.52%) WAN
6 16 (5.19%) VLAN
7 12 (3.90%) TCP/IP
8 8 (2.60%) VoIP
9 7 (2.27%) NAS
10 5 (1.62%) DMZ
10 5 (1.62%) Network Security
10 5 (1.62%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (1.62%) STUN
11 4 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.30%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (1.30%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (0.97%) NGFW
13 2 (0.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.90%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (1.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (0.97%) GitLab
General
1 38 (12.34%) Social Skills
2 21 (6.82%) Public Sector
3 18 (5.84%) Finance
4 9 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.62%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.30%) Fire and Rescue
8 4 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.65%) Law
9 2 (0.65%) Legal
10 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.62%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (0.65%) Middleware
4 1 (0.32%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.32%) Flash
4 1 (0.32%) OAuth
4 1 (0.32%) OpenID
4 1 (0.32%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.19%) Driving Licence
2 15 (4.87%) Data Centre
3 14 (4.55%) CCTV
4 13 (4.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (2.60%) Enterprise Storage
5 8 (2.60%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.62%) Clustering
6 5 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.62%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.30%) Replication
8 3 (0.97%) CMDB
8 3 (0.97%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.97%) Social Media
9 1 (0.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.32%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.32%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (20.13%) Windows
2 48 (15.58%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.90%) Linux
4 7 (2.27%) VMS
5 6 (1.95%) Android
5 6 (1.95%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.62%) Debian
7 4 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.97%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (94.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
3 33 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (8.44%) ITIL
7 25 (8.12%) Migration
8 21 (6.82%) Project Delivery
9 17 (5.52%) Incident Management
10 14 (4.55%) Coaching
10 14 (4.55%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (4.55%) Mentoring
11 13 (4.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 12 (3.90%) Customer Service
12 12 (3.90%) High Availability
13 11 (3.57%) Platform Engineering
13 11 (3.57%) Root Cause Analysis
14 10 (3.25%) Data Loss Prevention
14 10 (3.25%) Technical Leadership
14 10 (3.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 53 (17.21%) PowerShell
2 21 (6.82%) Bash
3 20 (6.49%) SQL
4 9 (2.92%) Python
5 5 (1.62%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 19 (6.17%) Azure Certification
2 16 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.57%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.60%) Degree
5 7 (2.27%) CCNA
5 7 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.27%) MCSA
6 6 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.62%) HNC
7 5 (1.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.30%) CCNP
8 4 (1.30%) RIBA
9 3 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.32%) HND
11 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (0.97%) NIST
4 2 (0.65%) GDPR
4 2 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (22.40%) Active Directory
2 44 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (8.77%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.30%) vSphere
6 3 (0.97%) Firmware
7 2 (0.65%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.32%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.32%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 39 (12.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (1.95%) Terraform
2 6 (1.95%) VxRail
2 6 (1.95%) WSUS
3 5 (1.62%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (0.97%) Ansible
5 3 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.65%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.32%) SCCM
7 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 87 (28.25%) Microsoft
2 59 (19.16%) VMware
3 28 (9.09%) Cisco
4 20 (6.49%) Veeam
5 12 (3.90%) HP
6 11 (3.57%) Oracle
7 10 (3.25%) Commvault
8 9 (2.92%) Apple
8 9 (2.92%) Dell
8 9 (2.92%) Meraki
9 8 (2.60%) Ubiquiti
10 7 (2.27%) Zerto
11 6 (1.95%) Samsung
11 6 (1.95%) Tenable
12 5 (1.62%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.62%) Sage
13 4 (1.30%) Aruba
14 3 (0.97%) Google
14 3 (0.97%) IFS
14 3 (0.97%) NetApp