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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 60 68
Rank change year-on-year -2 +8 -51
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 515 457 410
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.26% 4.79% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 5.44% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 431 155 304
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +25.00% -2.65%
75th Percentile £69,695 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £67,968
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 16,052 8,408 11,564
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.31% 88.14% 78.05%
Number of salaries quoted 12,042 4,299 7,111
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,971
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -8.80%

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 29 August 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 29 August 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 -14 276 £50,000 -3.85% 92
Yorkshire +34 169 £50,911 -21.68% 49
North East -16 70 £47,000 -15.70% 24
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 24 (4.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.17%) IIS
4 2 (0.39%) Confluence
4 2 (0.39%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 14 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.58%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.58%) Civil 3D
3 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 157 (30.49%) Azure
2 91 (17.67%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (12.62%) AWS
4 51 (9.90%) Entra ID
5 23 (4.47%) Amazon EKS
6 22 (4.27%) AWS CloudFormation
7 18 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (3.30%) OCI
9 16 (3.11%) Amazon S3
9 16 (3.11%) SaaS
9 16 (3.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 15 (2.91%) Serverless
11 14 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (2.72%) Amazon ECS
11 14 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.52%) IaaS
13 12 (2.33%) GitHub
14 9 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
15 8 (1.55%) Azure AKS
15 8 (1.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 84 (16.31%) Firewall
2 55 (10.68%) DNS
3 46 (8.93%) DHCP
4 33 (6.41%) TCP/IP
5 29 (5.63%) WAN
6 26 (5.05%) LAN
7 25 (4.85%) VPN
8 24 (4.66%) SAN
9 23 (4.47%) Network Security
10 18 (3.50%) VLAN
11 14 (2.72%) VoIP
11 14 (2.72%) Wireless
12 9 (1.75%) SD-WAN
13 8 (1.55%) BGP
14 7 (1.36%) NGFW
14 7 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
15 6 (1.17%) OSPF
16 5 (0.97%) NAS
17 4 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
17 4 (0.78%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.50%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.58%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.39%) 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 (1.55%) Git
2 5 (0.97%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.78%) JIRA
4 3 (0.58%) GitLab
5 2 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.19%) JMeter
6 1 (0.19%) Locust
6 1 (0.19%) PyCharm
6 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (10.87%) Social Skills
2 24 (4.66%) Public Sector
3 23 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.27%) Finance
5 16 (3.11%) Law
6 14 (2.72%) Manufacturing
7 10 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.17%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.97%) Local Government
10 4 (0.78%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (0.78%) Games
10 4 (0.78%) Legal
11 2 (0.39%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.39%) Automotive
11 2 (0.39%) Retail
12 1 (0.19%) Advertising
12 1 (0.19%) Banking
12 1 (0.19%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.19%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 354 (68.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 120 (23.30%) Senior
3 105 (20.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 52 (10.10%) Cloud Engineer
5 48 (9.32%) IT Engineer
6 34 (6.60%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (6.21%) Support Engineer
8 31 (6.02%) IT Support
8 31 (6.02%) Platform Engineer
9 29 (5.63%) IT Support Engineer
10 25 (4.85%) Analyst
11 24 (4.66%) Administrator
12 23 (4.47%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 23 (4.47%) Lead
12 23 (4.47%) Security Engineer
13 22 (4.27%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
13 22 (4.27%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (4.08%) AWS Engineer
15 16 (3.11%) Network Security Analyst
15 16 (3.11%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.71%) Terraform
2 7 (1.36%) SAML
3 4 (0.78%) OAuth
3 4 (0.78%) OpenID
4 3 (0.58%) .NET
4 3 (0.58%) Kafka
4 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.58%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.39%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.39%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.39%) REST
5 2 (0.39%) Web Services
6 1 (0.19%) 802.1X
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
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.21%) Hybrid Cloud
2 31 (6.02%) Driving Licence
3 25 (4.85%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.11%) Linux Command Line
5 13 (2.52%) CCTV
6 10 (1.94%) Cloud Native
6 10 (1.94%) Enterprise Storage
6 10 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.94%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.36%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.17%) Replication
9 5 (0.97%) Clustering
10 4 (0.78%) Social Media
11 3 (0.58%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.58%) PKI
12 2 (0.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.39%) Housing Association
12 2 (0.39%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 124 (24.08%) Windows
2 96 (18.64%) Windows Server
3 59 (11.46%) Linux
4 14 (2.72%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.14%) VMS
6 9 (1.75%) Unix
7 7 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.78%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.58%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.39%) Debian
10 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
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 71 (13.79%) Infrastructure as Code
2 61 (11.84%) Cybersecurity
3 59 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 58 (11.26%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (10.49%) DevOps
6 52 (10.10%) Migration
7 50 (9.71%) CI/CD
7 50 (9.71%) Disaster Recovery
8 48 (9.32%) Platform Engineering
9 47 (9.13%) Project Delivery
10 37 (7.18%) ITIL
11 32 (6.21%) Mentoring
12 28 (5.44%) Infrastructure Automation
13 27 (5.24%) Technical Leadership
14 26 (5.05%) Cloud Security
15 24 (4.66%) Identity Management
16 23 (4.47%) High Availability
17 22 (4.27%) Coaching
18 21 (4.08%) Business Continuity
18 21 (4.08%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (11.26%) PowerShell
2 38 (7.38%) Python
3 34 (6.60%) Bash
4 26 (5.05%) SQL
5 14 (2.72%) Bicep
6 6 (1.17%) VBScript
7 5 (0.97%) Java
8 3 (0.58%) C++
8 3 (0.58%) Go
9 2 (0.39%) Groovy
9 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.39%) VB
10 1 (0.19%) C
10 1 (0.19%) C#
Qualifications
1 36 (6.99%) Security Cleared
2 31 (6.02%) SC Cleared
3 15 (2.91%) Azure Certification
3 15 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (2.91%) DV Cleared
4 12 (2.33%) CCNA
5 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.36%) MCSA
7 5 (0.97%) CCNP
7 5 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (0.78%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.78%) Degree
8 4 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.39%) CCIE
10 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.19%) HP ASE
10 1 (0.19%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (0.97%) QA
4 4 (0.78%) SLA
5 3 (0.58%) NIST
6 2 (0.39%) GDPR
6 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 98 (19.03%) Active Directory
2 56 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (8.54%) Hyper-V
4 38 (7.38%) Docker
5 14 (2.72%) vSphere
6 9 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.36%) Firmware
8 6 (1.17%) BitLocker
8 6 (1.17%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.39%) iptables
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 (9.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (8.16%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.66%) Ansible
4 12 (2.33%) Puppet
5 10 (1.94%) SCCM
6 8 (1.55%) WSUS
7 6 (1.17%) VxRail
8 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (0.78%) Argo
9 4 (0.78%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.78%) Grafana
9 4 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.58%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.39%) Nessus
11 2 (0.39%) SCOM
11 2 (0.39%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 136 (26.41%) Microsoft
2 77 (14.95%) VMware
3 38 (7.38%) Cisco
4 21 (4.08%) Oracle
5 17 (3.30%) Veeam
6 10 (1.94%) HP
6 10 (1.94%) Meraki
7 8 (1.55%) Dell
7 8 (1.55%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.36%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.36%) SonicWALL
9 6 (1.17%) Apple
9 6 (1.17%) Commvault
9 6 (1.17%) F5
9 6 (1.17%) Fortinet
9 6 (1.17%) Google
9 6 (1.17%) Zerto
10 4 (0.78%) Aruba
10 4 (0.78%) Draytek
10 4 (0.78%) SolarWinds