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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 66 66
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 +30
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 587 411 376
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.45% 4.29% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 4.87% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 474 120 260
10th Percentile £35,250 £30,275 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £40,750
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% -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 16,979 8,439 10,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.90% 88.03% 79.91%
Number of salaries quoted 12,630 4,065 5,365
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 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -2.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,985 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 8 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 8 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 -7 329 £52,500 +10.53% 162
Yorkshire +54 169 £50,000 -23.08% 82
North East +10 98 £50,000 -5.66% 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 27 (4.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.68%) IIS
3 4 (0.68%) nginx
4 3 (0.51%) Apache
5 2 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.34%) 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 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.85%) AutoCAD
3 4 (0.68%) Civil 3D
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 174 (29.64%) Azure
2 91 (15.50%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (14.48%) AWS
4 68 (11.58%) Entra ID
5 27 (4.60%) AWS CloudFormation
6 24 (4.09%) IaaS
7 22 (3.75%) GCP
7 22 (3.75%) SaaS
8 20 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
9 18 (3.07%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (3.07%) Amazon ECS
9 18 (3.07%) Amazon S3
10 17 (2.90%) OCI
10 17 (2.90%) Serverless
11 16 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 16 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (2.73%) GitHub
12 13 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 12 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 93 (15.84%) Firewall
2 73 (12.44%) DNS
3 51 (8.69%) DHCP
4 39 (6.64%) TCP/IP
5 33 (5.62%) VPN
6 27 (4.60%) WAN
7 22 (3.75%) LAN
8 19 (3.24%) Network Security
8 19 (3.24%) SAN
9 18 (3.07%) VLAN
10 16 (2.73%) Internet
11 15 (2.56%) Wireless
12 13 (2.21%) VoIP
13 11 (1.87%) BGP
13 11 (1.87%) SD-WAN
13 11 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (1.36%) BIG-IP
14 8 (1.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 8 (1.36%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 7 (1.19%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (1.87%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.51%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.34%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.34%) Power BI
5 2 (0.34%) Power Query
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
6 1 (0.17%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (0.17%) OLTP
6 1 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (3.75%) Git
2 14 (2.39%) GitLab
3 13 (2.21%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.21%) JIRA
4 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 67 (11.41%) Social Skills
2 47 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (5.79%) Public Sector
4 23 (3.92%) Finance
5 21 (3.58%) Manufacturing
6 17 (2.90%) Law
7 13 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.53%) Legal
9 6 (1.02%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.85%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.85%) Banking
10 5 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.85%) Local Government
11 4 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (0.68%) Games
12 3 (0.51%) Retail
13 2 (0.34%) Automotive
14 1 (0.17%) Advertising
14 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 397 (67.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 145 (24.70%) Senior
3 130 (22.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 61 (10.39%) IT Engineer
5 58 (9.88%) Cloud Engineer
6 37 (6.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 33 (5.62%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 32 (5.45%) IT Support
9 31 (5.28%) IT Support Engineer
9 31 (5.28%) Support Engineer
10 27 (4.60%) Platform Engineer
11 26 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (4.26%) Security Engineer
13 23 (3.92%) Administrator
13 23 (3.92%) Lead
14 22 (3.75%) AWS Engineer
15 21 (3.58%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 21 (3.58%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
16 20 (3.41%) Analyst
17 19 (3.24%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (10.05%) Terraform
2 10 (1.70%) SAML
3 8 (1.36%) 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%) OAuth2
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%) Node.js
7 1 (0.17%) NumPy
7 1 (0.17%) Pandas
7 1 (0.17%) pgvector
7 1 (0.17%) PostGIS
7 1 (0.17%) React
7 1 (0.17%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.30%) Data Centre
2 35 (5.96%) Driving Licence
3 32 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 28 (4.77%) Linux Command Line
5 15 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.56%) Security Posture
6 14 (2.39%) CCTV
6 14 (2.39%) Public Cloud
7 11 (1.87%) Cloud Native
7 11 (1.87%) Enterprise Storage
8 10 (1.70%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.02%) Private Cloud
10 5 (0.85%) Clustering
10 5 (0.85%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.85%) PKI
10 5 (0.85%) Replication
11 3 (0.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (0.51%) Online Gambling
11 3 (0.51%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.51%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 136 (23.17%) Windows
2 97 (16.52%) Windows Server
3 83 (14.14%) Linux
4 12 (2.04%) Unix
5 11 (1.87%) VMS
6 9 (1.53%) Windows 10
7 7 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.85%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.68%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.68%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.34%) Debian
11 1 (0.17%) Android
11 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.17%) SUSE
11 1 (0.17%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (17.72%) Infrastructure as Code
2 85 (14.48%) DevOps
3 83 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 82 (13.97%) CI/CD
5 81 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
6 68 (11.58%) Platform Engineering
7 62 (10.56%) Disaster Recovery
8 56 (9.54%) Project Delivery
9 55 (9.37%) Mentoring
10 54 (9.20%) Migration
11 51 (8.69%) Cybersecurity
12 47 (8.01%) Infrastructure Automation
13 44 (7.50%) Cloud Security
13 44 (7.50%) ITIL
14 41 (6.98%) Technical Leadership
15 40 (6.81%) Agile
16 31 (5.28%) Coaching
17 27 (4.60%) Business Continuity
18 26 (4.43%) Containerisation
18 26 (4.43%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (10.39%) PowerShell
2 53 (9.03%) Python
3 40 (6.81%) Bash
4 30 (5.11%) SQL
5 12 (2.04%) Shell Script
6 10 (1.70%) Bicep
7 7 (1.19%) ActionScript
7 7 (1.19%) VBScript
8 6 (1.02%) Java
9 4 (0.68%) Go
10 3 (0.51%) C++
10 3 (0.51%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.34%) Groovy
11 2 (0.34%) VB
12 1 (0.17%) C
12 1 (0.17%) C#
12 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 65 (11.07%) Security Cleared
2 50 (8.52%) SC Cleared
3 24 (4.09%) DV Cleared
4 15 (2.56%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (2.21%) Degree
6 13 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.87%) CCNA
8 7 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (0.85%) CCNP
10 4 (0.68%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.68%) MCSA
10 4 (0.68%) MCSE
10 4 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.51%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.34%) CCIE
12 2 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.17%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (1.70%) SLA
3 5 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.68%) QA
5 3 (0.51%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.51%) NIST
6 2 (0.34%) GDPR
7 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 105 (17.89%) Active Directory
2 57 (9.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (8.18%) Docker
4 35 (5.96%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.90%) vSphere
6 13 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.36%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.19%) Firmware
9 6 (1.02%) BitLocker
9 6 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.34%) iptables
11 2 (0.34%) UAG
12 1 (0.17%) Ceph
12 1 (0.17%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.17%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (9.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (7.16%) Kubernetes
3 30 (5.11%) Ansible
4 16 (2.73%) SCCM
5 15 (2.56%) Puppet
6 11 (1.87%) FortiGate
7 8 (1.36%) WSUS
8 7 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.02%) Grafana
9 6 (1.02%) Prometheus
10 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (0.85%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.85%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.85%) VxRail
11 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.34%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.34%) SCOM
12 2 (0.34%) SolarWinds Orion
12 2 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 154 (26.24%) Microsoft
2 77 (13.12%) VMware
3 44 (7.50%) Cisco
4 21 (3.58%) Google
4 21 (3.58%) Oracle
5 20 (3.41%) Veeam
6 16 (2.73%) F5
7 12 (2.04%) Fortinet
8 9 (1.53%) HP
8 9 (1.53%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.53%) SonicWALL
9 8 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.36%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.19%) Arista
10 7 (1.19%) Dell
11 6 (1.02%) Apple
11 6 (1.02%) Aruba
11 6 (1.02%) BMC
11 6 (1.02%) Draytek
11 6 (1.02%) Meraki