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 £61,050 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 105 109
Rank change year-on-year -38 +4 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 117 215 190
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.09% 2.24% 2.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 2.38% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 98 166 158
10th Percentile £40,875 £36,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,050 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.72% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,750 £52,188
90th Percentile £86,076 £67,500 £69,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -3.85%

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 9,501 9,040 7,103
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.44% 94.39% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 5,468 4,350 5,586
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,055 £52,084
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% -3.90% -0.79%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.41%

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 26 December 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 26 December 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 -28 60 £52,500 +16.67% 24
Yorkshire -41 42 £62,500 +31.58% 51
North East +13 15 £65,000 +46.81% 5
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 December 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.

1 106 (90.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (30.77%) Azure
3 26 (22.22%) Windows
4 23 (19.66%) Microsoft
5 22 (18.80%) Windows Server
6 21 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (16.24%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (15.38%) Terraform
9 17 (14.53%) VMware
10 16 (13.68%) DNS
10 16 (13.68%) Kubernetes
10 16 (13.68%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (11.97%) Firewall
11 14 (11.97%) Linux
11 14 (11.97%) Roadmaps
12 13 (11.11%) Active Directory
12 13 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
13 12 (10.26%) DV Cleared
13 12 (10.26%) Mentoring
13 12 (10.26%) OLE
13 12 (10.26%) Security Cleared
14 11 (9.40%) Agile
14 11 (9.40%) Cisco
14 11 (9.40%) Coaching
14 11 (9.40%) PowerShell
14 11 (9.40%) VPN
15 10 (8.55%) DevOps
15 10 (8.55%) Disaster Recovery
15 10 (8.55%) SQL
15 10 (8.55%) 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 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.56%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.71%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.98%) AutoCAD
1 7 (5.98%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.85%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 36 (30.77%) Azure
2 16 (13.68%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.69%) AWS
4 7 (5.98%) IaaS
5 6 (5.13%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.27%) Google Workspace
6 5 (4.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.71%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.71%) PaaS
7 2 (1.71%) SaaS
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.85%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.85%) GCP
8 1 (0.85%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.85%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.68%) DNS
2 14 (11.97%) Firewall
3 11 (9.40%) VPN
4 9 (7.69%) VLAN
5 8 (6.84%) DMZ
6 7 (5.98%) DHCP
7 6 (5.13%) VoIP
7 6 (5.13%) WAN
8 5 (4.27%) STUN
9 4 (3.42%) LAN
9 4 (3.42%) TETRA
10 3 (2.56%) HTTP
10 3 (2.56%) SSL
11 2 (1.71%) Network Security
11 2 (1.71%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
12 1 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.85%) NAS
12 1 (0.85%) SNMP
12 1 (0.85%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Git
1 8 (6.84%) GitLab
General
1 16 (13.68%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 6 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (3.42%) Legal
5 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.56%) Banking
5 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.71%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.71%) Military
7 1 (0.85%) Finance
7 1 (0.85%) Law
7 1 (0.85%) Marketing
7 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.26%) OLE
2 5 (4.27%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.56%) DPDK
3 3 (2.56%) eBPF
4 1 (0.85%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.85%) Middleware
4 1 (0.85%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.85%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.85%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.13%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.42%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.42%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.85%) NVMe
5 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (22.22%) Windows
2 22 (18.80%) Windows Server
3 14 (11.97%) Linux
4 5 (4.27%) Debian
5 3 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.71%) Unix
6 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.85%) Android
7 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.85%) CentOS
7 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (90.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (16.24%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (11.97%) Roadmaps
5 12 (10.26%) Mentoring
6 11 (9.40%) Agile
6 11 (9.40%) Coaching
7 10 (8.55%) DevOps
7 10 (8.55%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (7.69%) High Availability
8 9 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 9 (7.69%) Project Management
9 8 (6.84%) Architecture Roadmap
9 8 (6.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (6.84%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (5.98%) Business Case
10 7 (5.98%) CI/CD
10 7 (5.98%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (5.98%) Manufacturing Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.40%) PowerShell
2 10 (8.55%) SQL
3 5 (4.27%) Python
4 2 (1.71%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (10.26%) DV Cleared
1 12 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (5.98%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (5.98%) HNC
3 7 (5.98%) RIBA
4 5 (4.27%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.42%) AWS Certification
5 4 (3.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (3.42%) CCNA
5 4 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.42%) Degree
6 2 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.85%) CCNP
7 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.85%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.27%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.85%) GDPR
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 13 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (6.84%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.27%) Kamailio
4 4 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.56%) Docker
5 3 (2.56%) KVM
5 3 (2.56%) QEMU
5 3 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.56%) vSphere
6 1 (0.85%) Firmware
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (15.38%) Terraform
2 16 (13.68%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.84%) Ansible
4 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.56%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.71%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.85%) Kibana
Vendors
1 23 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 17 (14.53%) VMware
3 11 (9.40%) Cisco
4 7 (5.98%) Google
5 5 (4.27%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.56%) Citrix
6 3 (2.56%) SaltStack
7 2 (1.71%) Apple
7 2 (1.71%) BMC
7 2 (1.71%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.71%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.71%) Splunk
7 2 (1.71%) Veeam
8 1 (0.85%) IFS
8 1 (0.85%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.85%) Meraki
8 1 (0.85%) New Relic
8 1 (0.85%) Oracle
8 1 (0.85%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.85%) Red Hat