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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 62 71
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 -40
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 533 435 386
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.27% 4.62% 2.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% 5.29% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 442 135 272
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -4.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £67,921
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 16,511 8,230 11,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.39% 87.49% 78.13%
Number of salaries quoted 12,341 4,109 6,234
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,221
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,136 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.26% -3.73% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £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 13 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 13 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 -9 290 £50,000 -6.98% 91
Yorkshire +43 168 £50,161 -22.83% 43
North East -9 75 £47,000 -15.70% 33
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 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.94%) IIS
4 2 (0.38%) Confluence
4 2 (0.38%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.75%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.56%) Civil 3D
4 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 161 (30.21%) Azure
2 91 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (12.57%) AWS
4 55 (10.32%) Entra ID
5 22 (4.13%) Amazon EKS
5 22 (4.13%) AWS CloudFormation
6 17 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
6 17 (3.19%) SaaS
7 16 (3.00%) OCI
8 15 (2.81%) Amazon S3
8 15 (2.81%) Serverless
8 15 (2.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 14 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 14 (2.63%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (2.63%) IaaS
10 11 (2.06%) GitHub
11 8 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (1.50%) GCP
11 8 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 86 (16.14%) Firewall
2 62 (11.63%) DNS
3 52 (9.76%) DHCP
4 35 (6.57%) TCP/IP
5 28 (5.25%) VPN
5 28 (5.25%) WAN
6 24 (4.50%) LAN
7 23 (4.32%) SAN
8 17 (3.19%) Network Security
8 17 (3.19%) VLAN
9 15 (2.81%) Wireless
10 14 (2.63%) VoIP
11 10 (1.88%) SD-WAN
12 9 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (1.50%) BGP
14 7 (1.31%) NGFW
14 7 (1.31%) Structured Cabling
15 6 (1.13%) OSPF
16 5 (0.94%) NAS
17 4 (0.75%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (1.88%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.56%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.38%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.19%) Db2
6 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.19%) Metabase
6 1 (0.19%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.19%) OLAP
6 1 (0.19%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (0.19%) OLTP
6 1 (0.19%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.19%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (1.50%) Git
2 6 (1.13%) JIRA
3 5 (0.94%) GitLab
3 5 (0.94%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.19%) JMeter
5 1 (0.19%) Locust
5 1 (0.19%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (10.51%) Social Skills
2 26 (4.88%) Public Sector
3 25 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.32%) Finance
5 18 (3.38%) Law
6 16 (3.00%) Manufacturing
7 9 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.31%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.94%) Aerospace
9 5 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.94%) Legal
9 5 (0.94%) Local Government
10 4 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (0.75%) Games
11 2 (0.38%) Automotive
11 2 (0.38%) Retail
12 1 (0.19%) Advertising
12 1 (0.19%) Banking
12 1 (0.19%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 372 (69.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 138 (25.89%) Senior
3 122 (22.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 50 (9.38%) IT Engineer
5 48 (9.01%) Cloud Engineer
6 33 (6.19%) Support Engineer
7 31 (5.82%) IT Support
8 30 (5.63%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
9 27 (5.07%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (4.50%) Administrator
10 24 (4.50%) Security Engineer
11 23 (4.32%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (4.13%) Analyst
12 22 (4.13%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
13 20 (3.75%) AWS Engineer
13 20 (3.75%) Lead
14 19 (3.56%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 16 (3.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 15 (2.81%) Server Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (9.57%) Terraform
2 8 (1.50%) SAML
3 4 (0.75%) OAuth
3 4 (0.75%) OpenID
4 3 (0.56%) .NET
4 3 (0.56%) Kafka
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.56%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.38%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.38%) REST
5 2 (0.38%) Web Services
6 1 (0.19%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.19%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.19%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.19%) NumPy
6 1 (0.19%) Pandas
6 1 (0.19%) pgvector
6 1 (0.19%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.19%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.38%) Driving Licence
2 32 (6.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (5.44%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.00%) Linux Command Line
5 14 (2.63%) CCTV
6 12 (2.25%) Security Posture
7 11 (2.06%) Enterprise Storage
8 10 (1.88%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.88%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.31%) Public Cloud
10 5 (0.94%) Clustering
10 5 (0.94%) PKI
10 5 (0.94%) Replication
11 3 (0.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.56%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.56%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.38%) CSOC
12 2 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 130 (24.39%) Windows
2 97 (18.20%) Windows Server
3 65 (12.20%) Linux
4 13 (2.44%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.06%) Unix
5 11 (2.06%) VMS
6 7 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.75%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.75%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.56%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.38%) Debian
11 1 (0.19%) Android
11 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.19%) Solaris
11 1 (0.19%) SUSE
11 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (13.88%) Infrastructure as Code
2 65 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 62 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (10.88%) DevOps
5 55 (10.32%) Cybersecurity
6 54 (10.13%) CI/CD
6 54 (10.13%) Disaster Recovery
6 54 (10.13%) Migration
7 53 (9.94%) Project Delivery
8 46 (8.63%) Platform Engineering
9 39 (7.32%) ITIL
10 34 (6.38%) Mentoring
11 31 (5.82%) Infrastructure Automation
12 29 (5.44%) Technical Leadership
13 27 (5.07%) Cloud Security
14 25 (4.69%) Coaching
15 24 (4.50%) Business Continuity
15 24 (4.50%) Identity Management
16 23 (4.32%) Identity Access Management
17 22 (4.13%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.44%) PowerShell
2 40 (7.50%) Python
3 34 (6.38%) Bash
4 28 (5.25%) SQL
5 14 (2.63%) Bicep
6 7 (1.31%) VBScript
7 5 (0.94%) Java
8 3 (0.56%) C++
8 3 (0.56%) Go
9 2 (0.38%) Groovy
9 2 (0.38%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.38%) VB
10 1 (0.19%) C
10 1 (0.19%) C#
Qualifications
1 44 (8.26%) Security Cleared
2 33 (6.19%) SC Cleared
3 20 (3.75%) DV Cleared
4 16 (3.00%) Azure Certification
5 15 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (2.25%) CCNA
8 9 (1.69%) Degree
9 7 (1.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (0.94%) CCNP
10 5 (0.94%) MCSA
11 4 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.75%) MCSE
11 4 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.38%) CCIE
12 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.19%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.50%) SLA
4 5 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (0.94%) QA
5 3 (0.56%) NIST
6 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.38%) GDPR
7 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 101 (18.95%) Active Directory
2 62 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (8.07%) Hyper-V
4 37 (6.94%) Docker
5 17 (3.19%) vSphere
6 12 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.31%) Firmware
7 7 (1.31%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.13%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.38%) iptables
11 2 (0.38%) UAG
12 1 (0.19%) Ceph
12 1 (0.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.19%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 49 (9.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 25 (4.69%) Ansible
4 13 (2.44%) SCCM
5 12 (2.25%) Puppet
6 8 (1.50%) WSUS
7 6 (1.13%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.13%) VxRail
8 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.75%) Grafana
9 4 (0.75%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.56%) Argo
10 3 (0.56%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.56%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.38%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.38%) SCOM
11 2 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 142 (26.64%) Microsoft
2 82 (15.38%) VMware
3 39 (7.32%) Cisco
4 21 (3.94%) Oracle
5 17 (3.19%) Veeam
6 10 (1.88%) HP
7 9 (1.69%) Fortinet
7 9 (1.69%) SonicWALL
8 8 (1.50%) Dell
8 8 (1.50%) F5
8 8 (1.50%) Google
8 8 (1.50%) Meraki
8 8 (1.50%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.31%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.31%) SolarWinds
10 6 (1.13%) Commvault
10 6 (1.13%) Draytek
10 6 (1.13%) Zerto
11 4 (0.75%) Apple
11 4 (0.75%) Red Hat