Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North of England

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North of England is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 86 195
Rank change year-on-year -11 +109 -31
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 374 486 289
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.26% 2.74% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.56% 2.89% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 104 396 242
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £32,775
25th Percentile £41,125 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £52,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,968 £59,875
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -

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 10,505 16,823 15,065
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.55% 94.99% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5,429 13,008 8,067
10th Percentile £25,447 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer 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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +8 329 £51,000 +13.33% 110
Yorkshire -37 35 £61,250 +38.34% 46
North East -14 10 £48,250 +8.98% 31
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 373 (99.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 286 (76.47%) Windows
3 275 (73.53%) Linux
4 272 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
5 269 (71.93%) Cisco
6 266 (71.12%) Terraform
7 265 (70.86%) PowerShell
7 265 (70.86%) Hyper-V
8 262 (70.05%) Ansible
8 262 (70.05%) DevOps
9 258 (68.98%) VMware NSX
10 257 (68.72%) VPN
11 256 (68.45%) Python
12 254 (67.91%) Bash
13 253 (67.65%) vSphere
13 253 (67.65%) Docker
13 253 (67.65%) Analytical Skills
13 253 (67.65%) Risk Management
14 252 (67.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 251 (67.11%) Platform Engineering
15 251 (67.11%) Task Automation
15 251 (67.11%) Elastic Stack
15 251 (67.11%) Storage Management
15 251 (67.11%) Cisco IOS
15 251 (67.11%) Juniper
15 251 (67.11%) Line Management
15 251 (67.11%) Cyberattack
15 251 (67.11%) 3PAR
15 251 (67.11%) Splunk
15 251 (67.11%) Android

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.60%) IIS
4 3 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.80%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (4.81%) AutoCAD
2 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 37 (9.89%) Azure
2 23 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (2.41%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.14%) AWS
5 7 (1.87%) SaaS
6 6 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.60%) GCP
7 5 (1.34%) IaaS
7 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (0.80%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.80%) PaaS
8 3 (0.80%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.53%) Cloudflare
9 2 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.53%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.53%) Nutanix
9 2 (0.53%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.53%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.53%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.27%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 257 (68.72%) VPN
2 251 (67.11%) Cisco IOS
3 23 (6.15%) DNS
4 20 (5.35%) DHCP
5 17 (4.55%) Firewall
6 10 (2.67%) SAN
7 9 (2.41%) SMTP
8 7 (1.87%) LAN
8 7 (1.87%) NAS
9 6 (1.60%) Network Security
10 5 (1.34%) DKIM
10 5 (1.34%) DMARC
10 5 (1.34%) DNSSEC
10 5 (1.34%) Internet
10 5 (1.34%) VLAN
10 5 (1.34%) VSAN
11 4 (1.07%) IPv4
11 4 (1.07%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.07%) TETRA
12 3 (0.80%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.34%) MongoDB
2 5 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.53%) Power BI
3 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.27%) Git
2 1 (0.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.27%) Selenium
2 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 253 (67.65%) Analytical Skills
2 252 (67.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (6.95%) Finance
4 24 (6.42%) Social Skills
5 9 (2.41%) Banking
6 7 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (1.60%) Local Government
7 6 (1.60%) Retail
8 4 (1.07%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.80%) Legal
9 3 (0.80%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.53%) Games
10 2 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (67.11%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (1.34%) ARM Templates
2 5 (1.34%) Middleware
3 4 (1.07%) OLE
4 2 (0.53%) REST
5 1 (0.27%) OpenCL
5 1 (0.27%) SAML
5 1 (0.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 251 (67.11%) Cyberattack
2 19 (5.08%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.34%) Cloud Native
5 3 (0.80%) Clustering
5 3 (0.80%) Driving Licence
5 3 (0.80%) NHS
6 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.53%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.53%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.27%) CCTV
7 1 (0.27%) CUDA
7 1 (0.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.27%) EMC VMAX
7 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.27%) PKI
7 1 (0.27%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 286 (76.47%) Windows
2 275 (73.53%) Linux
3 251 (67.11%) Android
4 16 (4.28%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.34%) CentOS
5 5 (1.34%) Unix
6 4 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.80%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.53%) Debian
8 2 (0.53%) VMS
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.27%) AIX
9 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.27%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (99.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 272 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
3 262 (70.05%) DevOps
4 253 (67.65%) Risk Management
5 251 (67.11%) Line Management
5 251 (67.11%) Mathematics
5 251 (67.11%) Platform Engineering
5 251 (67.11%) Storage Management
5 251 (67.11%) Task Automation
6 20 (5.35%) Mentoring
7 16 (4.28%) ITIL
8 14 (3.74%) Project Delivery
9 13 (3.48%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (2.67%) Project Management
11 8 (2.14%) Infrastructure Automation
12 7 (1.87%) Business Continuity
12 7 (1.87%) Commercial Awareness
12 7 (1.87%) Customer Service
12 7 (1.87%) Infrastructure as Code
12 7 (1.87%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 265 (70.86%) PowerShell
2 256 (68.45%) Python
3 254 (67.91%) Bash
4 10 (2.67%) SQL
5 2 (0.53%) Bicep
6 1 (0.27%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (6.15%) Degree
2 16 (4.28%) SC Cleared
2 16 (4.28%) Security Cleared
3 13 (3.48%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.41%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.87%) RIBA
7 6 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.53%) CCNA
9 2 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.53%) Linux+ Certification
9 2 (0.53%) MCSA
9 2 (0.53%) MCSE
9 2 (0.53%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.53%) RHCE
10 1 (0.27%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.27%) CEH
10 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.27%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.80%) GDPR
2 3 (0.80%) NIST
3 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 265 (70.86%) Hyper-V
2 258 (68.98%) VMware NSX
3 253 (67.65%) Docker
3 253 (67.65%) vSphere
4 27 (7.22%) Active Directory
5 12 (3.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.53%) Dovecot
7 2 (0.53%) Postfix
7 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.27%) NFS
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.27%) XenApp
8 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 266 (71.12%) Terraform
2 262 (70.05%) Ansible
3 9 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.14%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.60%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.80%) SCCM
7 2 (0.53%) WSUS
8 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.27%) Puppet
8 1 (0.27%) SCOM
8 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 269 (71.93%) Cisco
2 251 (67.11%) 3PAR
2 251 (67.11%) Juniper
2 251 (67.11%) Splunk
3 41 (10.96%) Microsoft
4 27 (7.22%) VMware
5 9 (2.41%) Veeam
6 6 (1.60%) Google
6 6 (1.60%) Oracle
7 5 (1.34%) IronPort
7 5 (1.34%) Meraki
7 5 (1.34%) Veritas
8 4 (1.07%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.80%) Sophos
9 3 (0.80%) Synology
10 2 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.53%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.53%) Okta
10 2 (0.53%) Ping Identity
10 2 (0.53%) Tenable