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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 68 36
Rank change year-on-year +7 -32 +63
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 432 384 590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.59% 2.72% 6.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.25% 3.47% 6.98%
Number of salaries quoted 133 268 228
10th Percentile £35,500 £35,000 £32,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,200 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.33% -4.26% +4.44%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,640 £69,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +0.96%

All Process and 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 8,225 11,058 8,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 87.43% 78.47% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,089 6,080 6,151
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £39,390 £40,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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 +23 359 £53,750 +19.44% 58
Yorkshire -32 52 £65,000 +41.30% 35
North East +5 21 £55,750 +23.89% 16
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.08%) IIS
3 7 (1.62%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.39%) AutoCAD
3 5 (1.16%) Civil 3D
4 1 (0.23%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 72 (16.67%) Azure
2 24 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (4.86%) AWS
4 11 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (2.31%) IaaS
6 8 (1.85%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.62%) GCP
7 7 (1.62%) SaaS
8 5 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.16%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (0.93%) GitHub
10 3 (0.69%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.69%) PaaS
11 2 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.46%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.46%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.46%) Serverless
12 1 (0.23%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.23%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.23%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 268 (62.04%) VPN
2 251 (58.10%) Cisco IOS
3 27 (6.25%) DNS
4 25 (5.79%) DHCP
5 20 (4.63%) Firewall
6 18 (4.17%) VLAN
7 16 (3.70%) TETRA
8 9 (2.08%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.16%) DMZ
9 5 (1.16%) Network Security
9 5 (1.16%) SSL
9 5 (1.16%) STUN
9 5 (1.16%) VoIP
9 5 (1.16%) WAN
10 4 (0.93%) LAN
11 2 (0.46%) HTTP
11 2 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.46%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.23%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.94%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.39%) Data Hub
2 6 (1.39%) SQL CLR
3 4 (0.93%) Power BI
3 4 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.69%) Metadata
4 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.23%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (1.16%) GitLab
2 1 (0.23%) Git
2 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 257 (59.49%) Analytical Skills
2 251 (58.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (6.25%) Social Skills
4 18 (4.17%) Finance
5 10 (2.31%) Local Government
6 6 (1.39%) Back Office
6 6 (1.39%) Legal
6 6 (1.39%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.16%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.16%) Military
8 4 (0.93%) Banking
8 4 (0.93%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.46%) Games
9 2 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.23%) Advertising
10 1 (0.23%) Law
Job Titles
1 385 (89.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (12.73%) Senior
3 47 (10.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 32 (7.41%) Support Engineer
5 27 (6.25%) Principal Engineer
6 24 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support
6 24 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 23 (5.32%) Cloud Engineer
8 19 (4.40%) Civil Engineer
9 16 (3.70%) Design Engineer
9 16 (3.70%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
9 16 (3.70%) Senior Design Engineer
10 14 (3.24%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (2.31%) Development Engineer
11 10 (2.31%) Lead
11 10 (2.31%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 9 (2.08%) Applications Support
12 9 (2.08%) Azure Engineer
13 8 (1.85%) Network Engineer
13 8 (1.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (58.10%) Elastic Stack
2 15 (3.47%) OLE
3 8 (1.85%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.39%) .NET
5 5 (1.16%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.16%) FreeSWITCH
6 4 (0.93%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.69%) Dapper ORM
7 3 (0.69%) Entity Framework
7 3 (0.69%) YAML
8 2 (0.46%) DPDK
8 2 (0.46%) eBPF
9 1 (0.23%) ADO
9 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (0.23%) Blazor
9 1 (0.23%) Middleware
9 1 (0.23%) OpenCL
9 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 251 (58.10%) Cyberattack
2 16 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (3.01%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.55%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.31%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.62%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.39%) NHS
7 6 (1.39%) Private Cloud
8 4 (0.93%) Clustering
9 3 (0.69%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.69%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.69%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.46%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.23%) CUDA
11 1 (0.23%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.23%) Security Operations Centre
11 1 (0.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 294 (68.06%) Windows
2 287 (66.44%) Linux
3 251 (58.10%) Android
4 40 (9.26%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.39%) CentOS
7 6 (1.39%) Debian
8 5 (1.16%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.16%) Unix
8 5 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.69%) VMS
10 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (64.35%) DevOps
2 267 (61.81%) Problem-Solving
3 257 (59.49%) Storage Management
4 255 (59.03%) Line Management
5 254 (58.80%) Platform Engineering
6 252 (58.33%) Risk Management
6 252 (58.33%) Task Automation
7 251 (58.10%) Mathematics
8 22 (5.09%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (4.86%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (4.40%) Mentoring
11 16 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (3.47%) High Availability
13 14 (3.24%) CI/CD
14 12 (2.78%) Agile
15 11 (2.55%) Infrastructure Automation
15 11 (2.55%) Migration
16 10 (2.31%) Containerisation
16 10 (2.31%) Disaster Recovery
16 10 (2.31%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 277 (64.12%) PowerShell
2 266 (61.57%) Python
3 256 (59.26%) Bash
4 19 (4.40%) SQL
5 8 (1.85%) T-SQL
6 6 (1.39%) C#
7 2 (0.46%) Bicep
8 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (3.47%) Degree
2 13 (3.01%) DV Cleared
2 13 (3.01%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.55%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.08%) CCNA
4 9 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (1.85%) AWS Certification
5 8 (1.85%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (0.93%) Postgraduate
9 3 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.69%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 3 (0.69%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.46%) CEH
11 1 (0.23%) GCIA
11 1 (0.23%) GCIH
11 1 (0.23%) Linux+ Certification
11 1 (0.23%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.16%) ISO 9001
4 4 (0.93%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.93%) GDPR
4 4 (0.93%) NIST
5 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 265 (61.34%) Hyper-V
2 260 (60.19%) Docker
3 258 (59.72%) vSphere
4 253 (58.56%) VMware NSX
5 36 (8.33%) Active Directory
6 20 (4.63%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.16%) Kamailio
9 2 (0.46%) KVM
9 2 (0.46%) QEMU
10 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.23%) NFS
10 1 (0.23%) Postfix
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.23%) XenApp
10 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 276 (63.89%) Ansible
2 275 (63.66%) Terraform
3 26 (6.02%) Kubernetes
4 15 (3.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.85%) SCCM
6 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 7 (1.62%) SCOM
6 7 (1.62%) vCenter Server
6 7 (1.62%) WSUS
7 5 (1.16%) Grafana
7 5 (1.16%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.93%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.69%) Autotask
9 3 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.23%) Nessus
10 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.23%) Puppet
10 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 266 (61.57%) Cisco
2 252 (58.33%) Splunk
3 251 (58.10%) 3PAR
3 251 (58.10%) Juniper
4 66 (15.28%) Microsoft
5 26 (6.02%) VMware
6 10 (2.31%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.62%) Citrix
7 7 (1.62%) Oracle
8 5 (1.16%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.69%) Google
10 2 (0.46%) NetApp
10 2 (0.46%) Rapid7
10 2 (0.46%) SaltStack
11 1 (0.23%) Apple
11 1 (0.23%) Meraki
11 1 (0.23%) Okta
11 1 (0.23%) Ping Identity
11 1 (0.23%) Tenable