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 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 93 132
Rank change year-on-year -47 +39 +28
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 127 281 169
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.32% 2.30% 2.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 2.43% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 98 217 142
10th Percentile £39,550 £35,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £45,875 £40,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £52,188
90th Percentile £81,500 £65,000 £68,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +0.96%

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 8,409 11,571 7,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.62% 94.74% 96.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5,046 6,033 5,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -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 18 November 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 18 November 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 -36 75 £53,750 +19.44% 26
Yorkshire -32 34 £65,000 +36.84% 14
North East -1 18 £53,000 +17.78% 6
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 November 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.

1 120 (94.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (28.35%) Windows
3 34 (26.77%) Microsoft
4 33 (25.98%) Azure
5 31 (24.41%) Windows Server
6 25 (19.69%) Linux
7 19 (14.96%) Active Directory
8 18 (14.17%) Kubernetes
8 18 (14.17%) PowerShell
8 18 (14.17%) VMware
9 17 (13.39%) Firewall
10 16 (12.60%) Cisco
10 16 (12.60%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (12.60%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (11.81%) VMware Infrastructure
12 14 (11.02%) DNS
12 14 (11.02%) Hyper-V
12 14 (11.02%) VPN
13 13 (10.24%) DHCP
13 13 (10.24%) Mentoring
14 12 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (9.45%) DV Cleared
14 12 (9.45%) OLE
14 12 (9.45%) Security Cleared
14 12 (9.45%) TETRA
15 11 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
16 10 (7.87%) Ansible
16 10 (7.87%) DevOps
16 10 (7.87%) Disaster Recovery

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 6 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.36%) IIS
3 3 (2.36%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (7.09%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.72%) Civil 3D
3 4 (3.15%) SOLIDWORKS
4 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 33 (25.98%) Azure
2 16 (12.60%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.09%) AWS
4 7 (5.51%) IaaS
5 6 (4.72%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (2.36%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.36%) PaaS
8 2 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.57%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.57%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.79%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.79%) GCP
9 1 (0.79%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.39%) Firewall
2 14 (11.02%) DNS
2 14 (11.02%) VPN
3 13 (10.24%) DHCP
4 12 (9.45%) TETRA
5 10 (7.87%) VLAN
6 7 (5.51%) VoIP
7 6 (4.72%) WAN
8 5 (3.94%) DMZ
8 5 (3.94%) STUN
8 5 (3.94%) TCP/IP
9 4 (3.15%) LAN
10 2 (1.57%) HTTP
10 2 (1.57%) Network Security
10 2 (1.57%) SSL
11 1 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.79%) NAS
11 1 (0.79%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.79%) SAN
11 1 (0.79%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.79%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (0.79%) Power BI
2 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 16 (12.60%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.87%) Manufacturing
3 8 (6.30%) Legal
4 7 (5.51%) Finance
4 7 (5.51%) Local Government
5 5 (3.94%) Aerospace
5 5 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.94%) Military
6 4 (3.15%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.36%) Banking
8 2 (1.57%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Marketing
9 1 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.45%) OLE
2 5 (3.94%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.36%) DPDK
3 3 (2.36%) eBPF
4 1 (0.79%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.79%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.79%) RESTCONF
4 1 (0.79%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.87%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.72%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.72%) NHS
3 5 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (3.15%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.79%) Clustering
6 1 (0.79%) NVMe
6 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 36 (28.35%) Windows
2 31 (24.41%) Windows Server
3 25 (19.69%) Linux
4 7 (5.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (3.94%) Debian
5 5 (3.94%) Mac OS
5 5 (3.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (3.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.15%) Unix
7 3 (2.36%) CentOS
8 2 (1.57%) VMS
9 1 (0.79%) Android
9 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (94.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (12.60%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (10.24%) Mentoring
4 12 (9.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (8.66%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (7.87%) DevOps
6 10 (7.87%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (7.87%) Project Delivery
6 10 (7.87%) Project Management
7 9 (7.09%) High Availability
8 8 (6.30%) Migration
9 7 (5.51%) Containerisation
10 6 (4.72%) CI/CD
10 6 (4.72%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (4.72%) Patch Management
10 6 (4.72%) Virtual Environments
11 5 (3.94%) Network Virtualisation
11 5 (3.94%) Preventative Maintenance
11 5 (3.94%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.17%) PowerShell
2 10 (7.87%) Python
3 9 (7.09%) SQL
4 2 (1.57%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (9.45%) DV Cleared
1 12 (9.45%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.09%) Degree
2 9 (7.09%) Network+ Certification
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.51%) AWS Certification
4 7 (5.51%) CCNA
4 7 (5.51%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (3.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (3.15%) HNC
6 4 (3.15%) Postgraduate
6 4 (3.15%) RIBA
7 3 (2.36%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.57%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.79%) CCNP
9 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.79%) MCSA
9 1 (0.79%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.94%) ISO 9001
3 4 (3.15%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.36%) GDPR
5 2 (1.57%) NIST
6 1 (0.79%) HIPAA
System Software
1 19 (14.96%) Active Directory
2 15 (11.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (11.02%) Hyper-V
4 7 (5.51%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.72%) vSphere
6 5 (3.94%) Kamailio
6 5 (3.94%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.36%) Docker
7 3 (2.36%) KVM
7 3 (2.36%) QEMU
8 1 (0.79%) Dovecot
8 1 (0.79%) Postfix
8 1 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (14.17%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.87%) Ansible
3 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (6.30%) Terraform
4 7 (5.51%) vCenter Server
5 5 (3.94%) FortiGate
6 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 4 (3.15%) SCCM
6 4 (3.15%) SCOM
6 4 (3.15%) WSUS
7 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.79%) Kibana
Vendors
1 34 (26.77%) Microsoft
2 18 (14.17%) VMware
3 16 (12.60%) Cisco
4 6 (4.72%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.94%) Google
5 5 (3.94%) Oracle
5 5 (3.94%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.15%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.36%) SaltStack
8 2 (1.57%) Apple
8 2 (1.57%) Meraki
9 1 (0.79%) Citrix
9 1 (0.79%) IFS
9 1 (0.79%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.79%) NetApp
9 1 (0.79%) New Relic
9 1 (0.79%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.79%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.79%) Samsung
9 1 (0.79%) Ubiquiti