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 26 January 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 107 76
Rank change year-on-year -35 -31 +96
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 126 198 355
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.10% 2.22% 3.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 2.38% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 108 150 308
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,125 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £44,274
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +7.29% -1.61%
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £86,076 £72,639 £69,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.19% +6.60% -3.05%

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 10,184 8,325 10,418
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.91% 93.55% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,041 3,910 8,501
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £66,137
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,300 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 January 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 26 January 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 -27 60 £50,000 +11.11% 25
Yorkshire -22 56 £60,000 +20.00% 28
North East +1 10 £73,755 +89.27% 14
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 January 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.

1 110 (87.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (38.10%) Azure
3 30 (23.81%) Microsoft
4 26 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (20.63%) Windows
5 25 (19.84%) Microsoft 365
6 22 (17.46%) Active Directory
7 21 (16.67%) PowerShell
8 20 (15.87%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (15.08%) VMware
10 18 (14.29%) Firewall
10 18 (14.29%) Terraform
11 17 (13.49%) Windows Server
12 16 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (12.70%) DNS
12 16 (12.70%) Entra ID
12 16 (12.70%) Kubernetes
12 16 (12.70%) Mentoring
12 16 (12.70%) Project Delivery
13 15 (11.90%) Coaching
13 15 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
14 14 (11.11%) AWS
14 14 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
15 13 (10.32%) Microsoft Intune
16 12 (9.52%) ITIL
16 12 (9.52%) Roadmaps
16 12 (9.52%) SQL
16 12 (9.52%) SQL Server
17 11 (8.73%) Agile
17 11 (8.73%) DevOps

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 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.35%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.38%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.79%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (7.14%) AutoCAD
1 9 (7.14%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.79%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 4 (3.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 48 (38.10%) Azure
2 25 (19.84%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (12.70%) Entra ID
4 14 (11.11%) AWS
5 6 (4.76%) Google Workspace
5 6 (4.76%) IaaS
6 5 (3.97%) SaaS
7 4 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (3.17%) Mimecast
7 4 (3.17%) OCI
8 3 (2.38%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.38%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.59%) Intacct
9 2 (1.59%) iPaaS
9 2 (1.59%) PaaS
10 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.29%) Firewall
2 16 (12.70%) DNS
3 9 (7.14%) VPN
4 8 (6.35%) DHCP
4 8 (6.35%) VLAN
5 7 (5.56%) DMZ
6 5 (3.97%) VoIP
6 5 (3.97%) WAN
7 4 (3.17%) STUN
8 3 (2.38%) HTTP
8 3 (2.38%) LAN
8 3 (2.38%) SSL
9 2 (1.59%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.59%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.79%) NAS
10 1 (0.79%) Network Security
10 1 (0.79%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.79%) SNMP
10 1 (0.79%) SSH
10 1 (0.79%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Git
1 8 (6.35%) GitLab
2 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 21 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.94%) Manufacturing
3 6 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (3.97%) Legal
5 4 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.17%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.38%) Banking
6 3 (2.38%) Finance
7 1 (0.79%) Law
7 1 (0.79%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.76%) OLE
2 4 (3.17%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (2.38%) DPDK
3 3 (2.38%) eBPF
4 2 (1.59%) Middleware
5 1 (0.79%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.79%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.79%) RESTCONF
5 1 (0.79%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.76%) Driving Licence
1 6 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.17%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.17%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (2.38%) CMDB
3 3 (2.38%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.59%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.79%) NVMe
5 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 26 (20.63%) Windows
2 17 (13.49%) Windows Server
3 11 (8.73%) Linux
4 4 (3.17%) Debian
5 2 (1.59%) Unix
6 1 (0.79%) Android
6 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.79%) CentOS
6 1 (0.79%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (87.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (15.87%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (12.70%) Mentoring
4 16 (12.70%) Project Delivery
5 15 (11.90%) Coaching
5 15 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
6 12 (9.52%) ITIL
6 12 (9.52%) Roadmaps
7 11 (8.73%) Agile
7 11 (8.73%) DevOps
7 11 (8.73%) Infrastructure as Code
7 11 (8.73%) Project Management
7 11 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (7.94%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (7.14%) Business Case
9 9 (7.14%) Facilities Management
9 9 (7.14%) Manufacturing Engineering
10 8 (6.35%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 12 (9.52%) SQL
3 10 (7.94%) Bash
4 6 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (7.14%) Azure Certification
1 9 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
1 9 (7.14%) HNC
1 9 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (7.14%) RIBA
2 6 (4.76%) DV Cleared
2 6 (4.76%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.97%) AWS Certification
3 5 (3.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 5 (3.97%) Degree
4 1 (0.79%) CCNA
4 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.79%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.38%) ISO 9001
2 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (17.46%) Active Directory
2 14 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.35%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.17%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.38%) Docker
5 3 (2.38%) Kamailio
5 3 (2.38%) KVM
5 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.38%) QEMU
5 3 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.79%) Firmware
6 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.79%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (14.29%) Terraform
2 16 (12.70%) Kubernetes
3 13 (10.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (6.35%) Ansible
5 4 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.59%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.79%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.79%) Kibana
7 1 (0.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.08%) VMware
3 6 (4.76%) Cisco
3 6 (4.76%) Google
4 5 (3.97%) Veeam
5 4 (3.17%) CyberArk
5 4 (3.17%) IFS
5 4 (3.17%) Oracle
6 3 (2.38%) Citrix
6 3 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.38%) SaltStack
6 3 (2.38%) Ubiquiti
7 2 (1.59%) Apple
7 2 (1.59%) BMC
7 2 (1.59%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.59%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.59%) Sage
7 2 (1.59%) Splunk
8 1 (0.79%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.79%) LogRhythm