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 citing Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	55	55	64
Rank change year-on-year	0	+9	+28
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering	629	404	366
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	2.60%	4.42%	2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.65%	5.10%	3.58%
Number of salaries quoted	486	119	256
10^th Percentile	£36,250	£34,500	£36,250
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£39,125	£40,988
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£51,500	£53,750	£46,000
Median % change year-on-year	-4.19%	+16.85%	-3.16%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£67,500	£55,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£77,500	£67,968
England median annual salary	£60,000	£60,000	£50,948
% change year-on-year	-	+17.77%	-5.65%

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 citing process or methodology skills in the North of England.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	17,247	7,915	10,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	71.34%	86.69%	80.39%
Number of salaries quoted	12,735	4,139	4,910
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,250	£30,750
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£31,750	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£48,500	£52,000
Median % change year-on-year	+13.40%	-6.73%	-5.45%
75^th Percentile	£74,985	£64,875	£65,603
90^th 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%	-

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 Salary Trend in the North of England

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 23 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 23 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North West	-21	353	£55,000	+12.82%	120
Yorkshire	+63	179	£50,000	-23.08%	54
North East	+10	106	£50,000	-7.41%	31
Infrastructure Engineering England

Infrastructure Engineering Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, job vacancies citing Infrastructure Engineering also mentioned 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 citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	28.6%	180
2	Microsoft	26.7%	168
3	Windows	22.4%	141
4	Active Directory	17.5%	110
4	Infrastructure as Code	17.5%	110
6	Microsoft 365	16.4%	103
7	DevOps	15.6%	98
7	Windows Server	15.6%	98
9	Firewall	15.1%	95
10	Problem-Solving	14.8%	93
11	Linux	14.6%	92
12	AWS	14.1%	89
13	CI/CD	13.8%	87
14	Continuous Improvement	13.7%	86
15	VMware	13.0%	82
16	Security Cleared	12.2%	77
17	Entra ID	11.9%	75
18	Platform Engineering	11.6%	73
19	DNS	11.1%	70
20	PowerShell	10.8%	68
21	Terraform	10.7%	67
22	Disaster Recovery	9.9%	62
22	VMware Infrastructure	9.9%	62
24	Cybersecurity	9.7%	61
25	Python	9.5%	60
25	SC Cleared	9.5%	60
27	Project Delivery	9.2%	58
28	Mentoring	9.1%	57
29	Microsoft Intune	8.9%	56
30	Docker	8.6%	54

Infrastructure Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Infrastructure as Code	17.5%	110
2	DevOps	15.6%	98
3	Problem-Solving	14.8%	93
4	CI/CD	13.8%	87
5	Continuous Improvement	13.7%	86
6	Platform Engineering	11.6%	73
7	Disaster Recovery	9.9%	62
8	Cybersecurity	9.7%	61
9	Project Delivery	9.2%	58
10	Mentoring	9.1%	57
11	Infrastructure Automation	8.4%	53
12	Migration	8.3%	52
13	Cloud Security	7.9%	50
14	ITIL	7.8%	49
15	Technical Leadership	7.5%	47
16	Agile	6.4%	40
17	Coaching	5.1%	32
18	AI	4.3%	27
18	Identity Access Management	4.3%	27
20	Business Continuity	4.1%	26