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 £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 68 112
Rank change year-on-year -30 +44 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 391 389 275
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.64% 4.13% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 4.75% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 326 101 205
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +24.44% +1.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -

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 22,316 8,194 13,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.38% 87.04% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 16,227 4,397 7,959
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,600
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -39 201 £55,000 +2.33% 89
Yorkshire +35 128 £51,500 -20.77% 32
North East -28 62 £45,000 -13.46% 28
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 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.

1 381 (97.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 104 (26.60%) Azure
3 91 (23.27%) Microsoft
4 86 (21.99%) Windows
5 62 (15.86%) Windows Server
6 61 (15.60%) VMware
7 59 (15.09%) Active Directory
8 52 (13.30%) Firewall
8 52 (13.30%) VMware Infrastructure
9 47 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
10 45 (11.51%) Linux
11 43 (11.00%) Project Delivery
12 41 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (10.23%) DNS
14 39 (9.97%) Infrastructure as Code
14 39 (9.97%) PowerShell
15 38 (9.72%) AWS
16 36 (9.21%) DHCP
16 36 (9.21%) Disaster Recovery
17 35 (8.95%) Security Cleared
18 32 (8.18%) Problem-Solving
19 30 (7.67%) Entra ID
20 27 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
21 25 (6.39%) SC Cleared
22 23 (5.88%) ITIL
22 23 (5.88%) Mentoring
22 23 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
23 22 (5.63%) Cisco
23 22 (5.63%) Hyper-V
23 22 (5.63%) Migration

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 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.28%) IIS
3 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.77%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.77%) Civil 3D
3 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 104 (26.60%) Azure
2 47 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (9.72%) AWS
4 30 (7.67%) Entra ID
5 18 (4.60%) OCI
6 13 (3.32%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (2.56%) IaaS
8 9 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (1.79%) Azure AKS
11 6 (1.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (1.53%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (1.53%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (1.53%) Serverless
11 6 (1.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (1.28%) PaaS
13 4 (1.02%) SaaS
14 3 (0.77%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 52 (13.30%) Firewall
2 40 (10.23%) DNS
3 36 (9.21%) DHCP
4 21 (5.37%) VPN
5 18 (4.60%) LAN
5 18 (4.60%) SAN
6 16 (4.09%) WAN
7 15 (3.84%) TCP/IP
8 8 (2.05%) VLAN
9 7 (1.79%) Network Security
10 5 (1.28%) NAS
11 4 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (1.02%) Wireless
12 3 (0.77%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.77%) NGFW
12 3 (0.77%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.51%) NetScaler
13 2 (0.51%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.81%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.26%) Db2
Development Applications
1 5 (1.28%) GitLab
2 4 (1.02%) JIRA
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (7.42%) Social Skills
2 28 (7.16%) Public Sector
3 16 (4.09%) Finance
3 16 (4.09%) Manufacturing
4 15 (3.84%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (2.81%) Law
6 6 (1.53%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.02%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.02%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (0.77%) Local Government
9 2 (0.51%) Automotive
9 2 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.26%) Advertising
10 1 (0.26%) Banking
10 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Games
10 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.26%) Legal
10 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.86%) Terraform
2 4 (1.02%) OAuth
2 4 (1.02%) OpenID
2 4 (1.02%) SAML
3 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.77%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.26%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.26%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.12%) Data Centre
2 19 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (4.60%) Driving Licence
4 12 (3.07%) Security Posture
5 11 (2.81%) Enterprise Storage
6 9 (2.30%) CCTV
6 9 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (2.05%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.79%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.28%) Clustering
10 5 (1.28%) PKI
11 4 (1.02%) Replication
12 3 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.77%) Private Cloud
13 2 (0.51%) CSOC
13 2 (0.51%) Fat Client
13 2 (0.51%) IoT
13 2 (0.51%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.51%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 86 (21.99%) Windows
2 62 (15.86%) Windows Server
3 45 (11.51%) Linux
4 12 (3.07%) Unix
4 12 (3.07%) VMS
5 3 (0.77%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.51%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (97.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (11.00%) Project Delivery
3 41 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 39 (9.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 36 (9.21%) Disaster Recovery
6 32 (8.18%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (5.88%) ITIL
8 23 (5.88%) Mentoring
9 22 (5.63%) Migration
10 20 (5.12%) CI/CD
10 20 (5.12%) Coaching
11 19 (4.86%) Identity Access Management
11 19 (4.86%) Technical Leadership
12 16 (4.09%) Agile
12 16 (4.09%) Platform Engineering
13 15 (3.84%) DevOps
13 15 (3.84%) Storage Management
14 14 (3.58%) Infrastructure Automation
15 12 (3.07%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.97%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.12%) Python
3 18 (4.60%) Bash
4 14 (3.58%) SQL
5 7 (1.79%) Bicep
6 2 (0.51%) Java
7 1 (0.26%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.26%) C
7 1 (0.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 35 (8.95%) Security Cleared
2 25 (6.39%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.35%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.05%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.79%) CCNA
6 7 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.79%) Degree
7 6 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (1.28%) CCNP
9 4 (1.02%) MCSA
9 4 (1.02%) MCSE
10 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.26%) HNC
11 1 (0.26%) HND
11 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (2.05%) SLA
2 5 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (0.77%) NIST
4 2 (0.51%) GDPR
System Software
1 59 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 52 (13.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.63%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.56%) vSphere
5 7 (1.79%) Docker
5 7 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.53%) Firmware
7 4 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.51%) UAG
9 2 (0.51%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.26%) Ceph
10 1 (0.26%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.30%) Ansible
3 9 (2.30%) WSUS
4 8 (2.05%) SCCM
5 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (1.28%) VxRail
6 3 (0.77%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.51%) AirWatch
7 2 (0.51%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.51%) SCOM
7 2 (0.51%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.26%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.26%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (23.27%) Microsoft
2 61 (15.60%) VMware
3 22 (5.63%) Cisco
4 21 (5.37%) Oracle
5 17 (4.35%) Veeam
6 10 (2.56%) HP
7 7 (1.79%) Dell
7 7 (1.79%) Meraki
8 6 (1.53%) Commvault
9 5 (1.28%) Zerto
10 4 (1.02%) Aruba
10 4 (1.02%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.02%) Google
10 4 (1.02%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (1.02%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.02%) Tenable
11 3 (0.77%) CyberArk
11 3 (0.77%) F5
11 3 (0.77%) NetApp
11 3 (0.77%) Red Hat