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 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 103 141
Rank change year-on-year +39 +38 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 364 267 174
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.99% 2.12% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.50% 2.23% 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 86 204 146
10th Percentile £37,125 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,375 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +1.80%

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 8,085 11,975 7,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.59% 95.02% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,515 6,409 5,964
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £29,825
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £54,377
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -8.05% +3.57%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 25 October 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 25 October 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 +47 319 £53,750 +19.44% 33
Yorkshire -29 30 £65,000 +44.44% 18
North East +3 15 £52,000 +15.56% 16
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, 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.

1 360 (98.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 286 (78.57%) Windows
3 279 (76.65%) Linux
4 270 (74.18%) PowerShell
5 266 (73.08%) Cisco
6 264 (72.53%) Ansible
6 264 (72.53%) VPN
7 263 (72.25%) Hyper-V
8 262 (71.98%) DevOps
8 262 (71.98%) Python
9 261 (71.70%) Problem-Solving
10 260 (71.43%) Terraform
11 257 (70.60%) vSphere
12 256 (70.33%) Storage Management
13 254 (69.78%) Docker
14 253 (69.51%) Bash
15 252 (69.23%) Task Automation
15 252 (69.23%) VMware NSX
16 251 (68.96%) 3PAR
16 251 (68.96%) Android
16 251 (68.96%) Cisco IOS
16 251 (68.96%) Elastic Stack
16 251 (68.96%) Juniper
16 251 (68.96%) Line Management
16 251 (68.96%) Mathematics
16 251 (68.96%) Platform Engineering
16 251 (68.96%) Risk Management
16 251 (68.96%) Splunk
17 35 (9.62%) Azure
18 33 (9.07%) Microsoft

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 4 (1.10%) IIS
1 4 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.82%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (1.65%) AutoCAD
1 6 (1.65%) Civil 3D
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.62%) Azure
2 12 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (2.47%) AWS
4 6 (1.65%) IaaS
5 5 (1.37%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (0.82%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.55%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.55%) OneDrive
7 2 (0.55%) PaaS
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.27%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.27%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.27%) GCP
8 1 (0.27%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.27%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.27%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 264 (72.53%) VPN
2 251 (68.96%) Cisco IOS
3 18 (4.95%) DNS
4 17 (4.67%) DHCP
5 14 (3.85%) Firewall
6 12 (3.30%) TETRA
7 10 (2.75%) VLAN
8 6 (1.65%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.65%) VoIP
9 5 (1.37%) DMZ
9 5 (1.37%) STUN
9 5 (1.37%) WAN
10 4 (1.10%) LAN
11 2 (0.55%) HTTP
11 2 (0.55%) Network Security
11 2 (0.55%) SSL
12 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.27%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.27%) SAN
12 1 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (0.27%) Power BI
2 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 251 (68.96%) Analytical Skills
1 251 (68.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (2.47%) Social Skills
3 7 (1.92%) Finance
3 7 (1.92%) Legal
3 7 (1.92%) Local Government
3 7 (1.92%) Manufacturing
4 5 (1.37%) Aerospace
4 5 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (1.37%) Military
5 4 (1.10%) Public Sector
6 3 (0.82%) Banking
7 1 (0.27%) Games
7 1 (0.27%) Law
7 1 (0.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.27%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (68.96%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (2.75%) OLE
3 5 (1.37%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
4 3 (0.82%) DPDK
4 3 (0.82%) eBPF
5 1 (0.27%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.27%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.27%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 251 (68.96%) Cyberattack
2 10 (2.75%) Driving Licence
3 7 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (1.65%) NHS
5 5 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.10%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.82%) Clustering
8 2 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.27%) NVMe
Operating Systems
1 286 (78.57%) Windows
2 279 (76.65%) Linux
3 251 (68.96%) Android
4 31 (8.52%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (1.37%) CentOS
6 5 (1.37%) Debian
6 5 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.10%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.10%) Unix
8 3 (0.82%) VMS
9 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (98.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 262 (71.98%) DevOps
3 261 (71.70%) Problem-Solving
4 256 (70.33%) Storage Management
5 252 (69.23%) Task Automation
6 251 (68.96%) Line Management
6 251 (68.96%) Mathematics
6 251 (68.96%) Platform Engineering
6 251 (68.96%) Risk Management
7 14 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (3.57%) Mentoring
9 10 (2.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (2.20%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (2.20%) High Availability
10 8 (2.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (1.92%) Containerisation
11 7 (1.92%) Migration
12 6 (1.65%) Infrastructure as Code
12 6 (1.65%) Patch Management
12 6 (1.65%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 270 (74.18%) PowerShell
2 262 (71.98%) Python
3 253 (69.51%) Bash
4 9 (2.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (2.75%) DV Cleared
1 10 (2.75%) Security Cleared
2 9 (2.47%) Network+ Certification
3 7 (1.92%) AWS Certification
3 7 (1.92%) Degree
4 6 (1.65%) CCNA
4 6 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (1.10%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.10%) Postgraduate
7 3 (0.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.27%) CCNP
9 1 (0.27%) HNC
9 1 (0.27%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.27%) RHCE
9 1 (0.27%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.37%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.10%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.82%) GDPR
5 2 (0.55%) NIST
6 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
System Software
1 263 (72.25%) Hyper-V
2 257 (70.60%) vSphere
3 254 (69.78%) Docker
4 252 (69.23%) VMware NSX
5 22 (6.04%) Active Directory
6 13 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.37%) Kamailio
8 5 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.82%) KVM
9 3 (0.82%) QEMU
10 1 (0.27%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.27%) Postfix
10 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 264 (72.53%) Ansible
2 260 (71.43%) Terraform
3 14 (3.85%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.92%) vCenter Server
5 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 5 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.37%) SCCM
5 5 (1.37%) SCOM
5 5 (1.37%) WSUS
6 4 (1.10%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 266 (73.08%) Cisco
2 251 (68.96%) 3PAR
2 251 (68.96%) Juniper
2 251 (68.96%) Splunk
3 33 (9.07%) Microsoft
4 18 (4.95%) VMware
5 7 (1.92%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.37%) Oracle
6 5 (1.37%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.10%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.82%) Google
8 3 (0.82%) SaltStack
9 1 (0.27%) Citrix
9 1 (0.27%) Meraki
9 1 (0.27%) NetApp
9 1 (0.27%) Okta
9 1 (0.27%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.27%) Rapid7