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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 60 70
Rank change year-on-year +2 +10 -33
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 554 431 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.32% 4.58% 2.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.28% 5.24% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 451 133 270
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,010 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,200 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.09% +29.33% -4.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £67,547
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -4.76%

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 16,892 8,231 11,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.68% 87.43% 78.61%
Number of salaries quoted 12,548 4,100 6,081
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,987 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 19 September 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 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 -7 302 £50,750 -5.58% 141
Yorkshire +47 173 £50,000 -23.08% 66
North East -14 82 £47,000 -15.70% 42
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 22 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.90%) IIS
4 2 (0.36%) Confluence
4 2 (0.36%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.72%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.54%) Civil 3D
4 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 170 (30.69%) Azure
2 91 (16.43%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (13.54%) AWS
4 57 (10.29%) Entra ID
5 24 (4.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 22 (3.97%) Amazon EKS
7 18 (3.25%) OCI
8 17 (3.07%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (3.07%) SaaS
9 16 (2.89%) IaaS
9 16 (2.89%) Serverless
10 15 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
10 15 (2.71%) Amazon S3
11 14 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (2.53%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (2.53%) GitHub
11 14 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (2.35%) GCP
13 9 (1.62%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 90 (16.25%) Firewall
2 66 (11.91%) DNS
3 52 (9.39%) DHCP
4 36 (6.50%) TCP/IP
5 30 (5.42%) VPN
6 28 (5.05%) WAN
7 24 (4.33%) LAN
8 23 (4.15%) SAN
9 18 (3.25%) Network Security
10 16 (2.89%) VLAN
11 15 (2.71%) Wireless
12 13 (2.35%) VoIP
13 10 (1.81%) SD-WAN
13 10 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (1.62%) BGP
15 8 (1.44%) Internet
16 7 (1.26%) NGFW
16 7 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
17 6 (1.08%) OSPF
18 5 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.25%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.18%) Db2
6 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.18%) Metabase
6 1 (0.18%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.18%) OLAP
6 1 (0.18%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (0.18%) OLTP
6 1 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.18%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 12 (2.17%) Git
2 8 (1.44%) Jenkins
2 8 (1.44%) JIRA
3 7 (1.26%) GitLab
4 2 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.18%) JMeter
5 1 (0.18%) Locust
5 1 (0.18%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 60 (10.83%) Social Skills
2 30 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (5.42%) Public Sector
3 23 (4.15%) Finance
4 19 (3.43%) Manufacturing
5 18 (3.25%) Law
6 9 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.26%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.08%) Legal
9 5 (0.90%) Aerospace
9 5 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.90%) Local Government
10 4 (0.72%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (0.72%) Games
11 2 (0.36%) Automotive
11 2 (0.36%) Banking
11 2 (0.36%) Retail
12 1 (0.18%) Advertising
12 1 (0.18%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 381 (68.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 142 (25.63%) Senior
3 126 (22.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 54 (9.75%) IT Engineer
5 52 (9.39%) Cloud Engineer
6 32 (5.78%) Support Engineer
7 31 (5.60%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (5.60%) IT Support
8 30 (5.42%) IT Support Engineer
9 29 (5.23%) Platform Engineer
10 27 (4.87%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 26 (4.69%) Security Engineer
12 24 (4.33%) Administrator
13 23 (4.15%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
14 22 (3.97%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 21 (3.79%) Analyst
15 21 (3.79%) AWS Engineer
15 21 (3.79%) Lead
16 17 (3.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
17 15 (2.71%) Server Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.75%) Terraform
2 8 (1.44%) SAML
3 4 (0.72%) Kafka
3 4 (0.72%) OAuth
3 4 (0.72%) OpenID
4 3 (0.54%) .NET
4 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.54%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.36%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.36%) REST
5 2 (0.36%) Web Services
6 1 (0.18%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.18%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.18%) NumPy
6 1 (0.18%) Pandas
6 1 (0.18%) pgvector
6 1 (0.18%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.14%) Driving Licence
1 34 (6.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 31 (5.60%) Data Centre
3 20 (3.61%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (2.71%) CCTV
5 13 (2.35%) Security Posture
6 11 (1.99%) Cloud Native
6 11 (1.99%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.62%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.90%) Clustering
9 5 (0.90%) PKI
9 5 (0.90%) Replication
10 3 (0.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.54%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.54%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.54%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.36%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 133 (24.01%) Windows
2 98 (17.69%) Windows Server
3 71 (12.82%) Linux
4 13 (2.35%) Unix
5 12 (2.17%) VMS
6 11 (1.99%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.72%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.72%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.72%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.36%) Debian
10 1 (0.18%) Android
10 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Solaris
10 1 (0.18%) SUSE
10 1 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (15.16%) Infrastructure as Code
2 71 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 67 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (11.73%) DevOps
5 64 (11.55%) CI/CD
6 59 (10.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 55 (9.93%) Platform Engineering
8 54 (9.75%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (9.75%) Migration
9 53 (9.57%) Project Delivery
10 43 (7.76%) Mentoring
11 40 (7.22%) ITIL
12 33 (5.96%) Cloud Security
12 33 (5.96%) Infrastructure Automation
13 31 (5.60%) Technical Leadership
14 28 (5.05%) Coaching
15 27 (4.87%) Agile
16 25 (4.51%) Business Continuity
16 25 (4.51%) Identity Access Management
17 24 (4.33%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (11.19%) PowerShell
2 44 (7.94%) Python
3 36 (6.50%) Bash
4 28 (5.05%) SQL
5 15 (2.71%) Bicep
6 7 (1.26%) VBScript
7 5 (0.90%) Java
8 4 (0.72%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.54%) C++
9 3 (0.54%) Go
10 2 (0.36%) ActionScript
10 2 (0.36%) Groovy
10 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.36%) VB
11 1 (0.18%) C
11 1 (0.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 47 (8.48%) Security Cleared
2 36 (6.50%) SC Cleared
3 20 (3.61%) DV Cleared
4 16 (2.89%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.99%) CCNA
8 8 (1.44%) Degree
9 7 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (0.90%) CCNP
11 4 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.72%) MCSA
11 4 (0.72%) MCSE
11 4 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.36%) CCIE
12 2 (0.36%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.18%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.44%) SLA
4 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (0.90%) QA
5 3 (0.54%) NIST
6 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (18.59%) Active Directory
2 62 (11.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (7.40%) Docker
3 41 (7.40%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.07%) vSphere
5 13 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.26%) Firmware
7 6 (1.08%) BitLocker
7 6 (1.08%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.36%) iptables
10 2 (0.36%) UAG
11 1 (0.18%) Ceph
11 1 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.18%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (8.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (7.58%) Kubernetes
3 25 (4.51%) Ansible
4 15 (2.71%) SCCM
5 12 (2.17%) Puppet
6 9 (1.62%) WSUS
7 7 (1.26%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.08%) VxRail
9 5 (0.90%) Grafana
9 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.72%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.72%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.54%) Argo
11 3 (0.54%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.36%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.36%) SCOM
12 2 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 148 (26.71%) Microsoft
2 81 (14.62%) VMware
3 40 (7.22%) Cisco
4 22 (3.97%) Oracle
5 19 (3.43%) Veeam
6 12 (2.17%) Google
7 10 (1.81%) F5
7 10 (1.81%) Fortinet
7 10 (1.81%) HP
8 9 (1.62%) SonicWALL
9 8 (1.44%) Dell
9 8 (1.44%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 7 (1.26%) Meraki
10 7 (1.26%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.08%) Commvault
11 6 (1.08%) Draytek
11 6 (1.08%) Zerto
12 5 (0.90%) Arista
13 4 (0.72%) iManage