Infrastructure Engineering Job Trends in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 69 66
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 +33
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 592 411 370
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.46% 4.31% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 4.90% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 472 121 256
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +16.85% -3.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £67,968
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% -6.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,056 8,380 10,528
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.00% 87.92% 80.10%
Number of salaries quoted 12,608 4,095 5,174
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,720 £50,309
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -3.16% -8.53%
75th Percentile £74,112 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 October 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 -4 334 £53,250 +12.11% 133
Yorkshire +51 170 £50,000 -23.08% 72
North East -1 97 £50,000 -5.66% 37
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 32 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.68%) Apache
3 4 (0.68%) IIS
3 4 (0.68%) nginx
4 3 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.01%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.84%) Civil 3D
4 3 (0.51%) Revit
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 176 (29.73%) Azure
2 95 (16.05%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (14.86%) AWS
4 70 (11.82%) Entra ID
5 26 (4.39%) AWS CloudFormation
6 24 (4.05%) GCP
6 24 (4.05%) IaaS
7 22 (3.72%) SaaS
8 19 (3.21%) Amazon ECS
8 19 (3.21%) Amazon S3
9 18 (3.04%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (3.04%) Amazon EKS
9 18 (3.04%) Serverless
10 17 (2.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 17 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (2.87%) GitHub
10 17 (2.87%) OCI
11 13 (2.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 12 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 95 (16.05%) Firewall
2 72 (12.16%) DNS
3 50 (8.45%) DHCP
4 41 (6.93%) TCP/IP
5 33 (5.57%) VPN
6 26 (4.39%) WAN
7 21 (3.55%) LAN
8 19 (3.21%) VLAN
9 18 (3.04%) SAN
10 17 (2.87%) Network Security
11 16 (2.70%) Internet
12 15 (2.53%) Wireless
13 14 (2.36%) VoIP
14 11 (1.86%) BGP
14 11 (1.86%) SD-WAN
14 11 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (1.35%) BIG-IP
15 8 (1.35%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
15 8 (1.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 7 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.55%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.51%) Power BI
5 3 (0.51%) Power Query
5 3 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.17%) Db2
6 1 (0.17%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.17%) Metabase
6 1 (0.17%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.17%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (0.17%) OLTP
6 1 (0.17%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (3.89%) Git
2 14 (2.36%) GitLab
3 13 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.20%) JIRA
4 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 66 (11.15%) Social Skills
2 49 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (5.74%) Public Sector
4 23 (3.89%) Finance
5 21 (3.55%) Manufacturing
6 17 (2.87%) Law
7 14 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.52%) Legal
9 7 (1.18%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.84%) Banking
10 5 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.84%) Local Government
11 4 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (0.68%) Games
11 4 (0.68%) Retail
12 2 (0.34%) Automotive
13 1 (0.17%) Advertising
13 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.17%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 398 (67.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 146 (24.66%) Senior
3 131 (22.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 65 (10.98%) IT Engineer
5 58 (9.80%) Cloud Engineer
6 37 (6.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 34 (5.74%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 34 (5.74%) IT Support
8 33 (5.57%) IT Support Engineer
8 33 (5.57%) Support Engineer
9 27 (4.56%) DevOps Engineer
9 27 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
9 27 (4.56%) Security Engineer
10 25 (4.22%) Lead
11 23 (3.89%) Administrator
11 23 (3.89%) AWS Engineer
12 21 (3.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 21 (3.55%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 21 (3.55%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
13 18 (3.04%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (10.47%) Terraform
2 10 (1.69%) SAML
3 9 (1.52%) Kafka
4 4 (0.68%) OAuth
4 4 (0.68%) OpenID
5 3 (0.51%) .NET
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
5 3 (0.51%) Node.js
5 3 (0.51%) OAuth2
5 3 (0.51%) React
6 2 (0.34%) REST
6 2 (0.34%) Web Services
7 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.17%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.17%) NumPy
7 1 (0.17%) Pandas
7 1 (0.17%) pgvector
7 1 (0.17%) PostGIS
7 1 (0.17%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.42%) Driving Licence
2 37 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 29 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 28 (4.73%) Linux Command Line
5 15 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.53%) Security Posture
6 14 (2.36%) CCTV
6 14 (2.36%) Public Cloud
7 11 (1.86%) Cloud Native
7 11 (1.86%) Enterprise Storage
8 10 (1.69%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.01%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.01%) Private Cloud
10 5 (0.84%) Clustering
10 5 (0.84%) PKI
10 5 (0.84%) Replication
11 4 (0.68%) Online Gambling
12 3 (0.51%) Cyber Defence
12 3 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 138 (23.31%) Windows
2 96 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 84 (14.19%) Linux
4 12 (2.03%) Unix
5 11 (1.86%) VMS
6 10 (1.69%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.84%) macOS
10 4 (0.68%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.68%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.34%) Debian
12 1 (0.17%) Android
12 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.17%) SUSE
12 1 (0.17%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (17.74%) Infrastructure as Code
2 90 (15.20%) DevOps
3 85 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 84 (14.19%) CI/CD
5 83 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (12.16%) Platform Engineering
7 61 (10.30%) Disaster Recovery
8 57 (9.63%) Project Delivery
9 55 (9.29%) Mentoring
10 53 (8.95%) Cybersecurity
11 52 (8.78%) Migration
12 50 (8.45%) Infrastructure Automation
13 47 (7.94%) Cloud Security
14 46 (7.77%) ITIL
15 44 (7.43%) Technical Leadership
16 38 (6.42%) Agile
17 31 (5.24%) Coaching
18 27 (4.56%) Identity Access Management
19 26 (4.39%) Containerisation
19 26 (4.39%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 63 (10.64%) PowerShell
2 58 (9.80%) Python
3 42 (7.09%) Bash
4 31 (5.24%) SQL
5 12 (2.03%) Shell Script
6 10 (1.69%) Bicep
7 7 (1.18%) ActionScript
7 7 (1.18%) Java
7 7 (1.18%) VBScript
8 5 (0.84%) Go
8 5 (0.84%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.51%) C++
9 3 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.51%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.34%) Groovy
10 2 (0.34%) VB
11 1 (0.17%) C
11 1 (0.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 69 (11.66%) Security Cleared
2 52 (8.78%) SC Cleared
3 26 (4.39%) DV Cleared
4 17 (2.87%) Degree
5 15 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.86%) CCNA
9 7 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (0.84%) CCNP
10 5 (0.84%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.68%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.68%) MCSA
11 4 (0.68%) MCSE
11 4 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.34%) CCIE
12 2 (0.34%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (1.86%) SLA
3 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (0.68%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.68%) QA
4 3 (0.51%) NIST
5 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.17%) GDPR
5 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 107 (18.07%) Active Directory
2 58 (9.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (8.61%) Docker
4 35 (5.91%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.87%) vSphere
6 12 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.52%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.18%) Firmware
8 7 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (1.01%) BitLocker
9 6 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.34%) iptables
10 2 (0.34%) UAG
11 1 (0.17%) Ceph
11 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.17%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (8.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (7.43%) Kubernetes
3 29 (4.90%) Ansible
4 16 (2.70%) Puppet
4 16 (2.70%) SCCM
5 11 (1.86%) FortiGate
6 8 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.35%) WSUS
7 6 (1.01%) Grafana
7 6 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.01%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (0.84%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.84%) VxRail
9 3 (0.51%) Autotask
9 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.34%) AirWatch
10 2 (0.34%) Argo
10 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.34%) SCOM
Vendors
1 161 (27.20%) Microsoft
2 79 (13.34%) VMware
3 45 (7.60%) Cisco
4 23 (3.89%) Google
4 23 (3.89%) Veeam
5 21 (3.55%) Oracle
6 16 (2.70%) F5
7 12 (2.03%) Fortinet
8 11 (1.86%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.52%) HP
9 9 (1.52%) SonicWALL
10 8 (1.35%) Apple
10 8 (1.35%) SolarWinds
11 7 (1.18%) Arista
11 7 (1.18%) BMC
11 7 (1.18%) Dell
11 7 (1.18%) ServiceNow
12 6 (1.01%) Aruba
12 6 (1.01%) Databricks
12 6 (1.01%) Meraki