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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 56 63
Rank change year-on-year -12 +7 -47
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 477 467 458
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.15% 4.84% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 5.42% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 392 163 352
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +18.92% -2.63%
75th Percentile £69,390 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £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 15,582 8,611 11,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.32% 89.18% 78.49%
Number of salaries quoted 11,641 4,281 7,765
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

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 14 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 14 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 -14 265 £49,222 -5.34% 59
Yorkshire +37 150 £51,500 -20.77% 28
North East -20 62 £46,250 -12.74% 22
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 (4.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.26%) IIS
4 2 (0.42%) Confluence
4 2 (0.42%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.63%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.63%) Civil 3D
3 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 149 (31.24%) Azure
2 80 (16.77%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (11.74%) AWS
4 44 (9.22%) Entra ID
5 18 (3.77%) Amazon EKS
5 18 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
6 14 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
6 14 (2.94%) IaaS
6 14 (2.94%) OCI
7 13 (2.73%) GitHub
8 12 (2.52%) Amazon S3
8 12 (2.52%) SaaS
8 12 (2.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 11 (2.31%) Serverless
10 10 (2.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 10 (2.10%) Amazon ECS
10 10 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.47%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (15.72%) Firewall
2 50 (10.48%) DNS
3 43 (9.01%) DHCP
4 29 (6.08%) TCP/IP
5 27 (5.66%) WAN
6 25 (5.24%) SAN
7 24 (5.03%) LAN
8 22 (4.61%) Network Security
9 21 (4.40%) VPN
10 17 (3.56%) VLAN
11 14 (2.94%) Wireless
12 13 (2.73%) VoIP
13 8 (1.68%) BGP
13 8 (1.68%) SD-WAN
14 7 (1.47%) NGFW
15 6 (1.26%) NAS
15 6 (1.26%) OSPF
16 4 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
16 4 (0.84%) DMZ
16 4 (0.84%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (2.52%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.63%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.42%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.21%) Db2
6 1 (0.21%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.05%) Git
1 5 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 4 (0.84%) JIRA
3 3 (0.63%) GitLab
4 2 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.21%) JMeter
5 1 (0.21%) Locust
5 1 (0.21%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 55 (11.53%) Social Skills
2 20 (4.19%) Public Sector
3 19 (3.98%) Finance
4 18 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (2.31%) Law
6 9 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.26%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.05%) Local Government
9 5 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.84%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (0.84%) Legal
11 3 (0.63%) Games
12 2 (0.42%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.21%) Advertising
13 1 (0.21%) Banking
13 1 (0.21%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.21%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.21%) Retail
13 1 (0.21%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 328 (68.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 98 (20.55%) Senior
3 83 (17.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 46 (9.64%) IT Engineer
5 45 (9.43%) Cloud Engineer
6 33 (6.92%) Support Engineer
7 31 (6.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (6.50%) IT Support
7 31 (6.50%) Platform Engineer
8 28 (5.87%) IT Support Engineer
9 26 (5.45%) Security Engineer
10 25 (5.24%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 25 (5.24%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 24 (5.03%) Administrator
12 22 (4.61%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 21 (4.40%) Analyst
13 21 (4.40%) Lead
14 17 (3.56%) Design Engineer
14 17 (3.56%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
15 16 (3.35%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.47%) SAML
2 4 (0.84%) OAuth
2 4 (0.84%) OpenID
3 3 (0.63%) .NET
3 3 (0.63%) Kafka
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.63%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.42%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.42%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.42%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (0.42%) Web Services
5 1 (0.21%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.21%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.21%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.87%) Driving Licence
2 26 (5.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 24 (5.03%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.94%) CCTV
5 12 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (2.31%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (2.10%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.89%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.89%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.47%) Replication
10 6 (1.26%) Clustering
10 6 (1.26%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.63%) PKI
11 3 (0.63%) Social Media
12 2 (0.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.42%) Housing Association
13 1 (0.21%) Legacy Systems
13 1 (0.21%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 111 (23.27%) Windows
2 87 (18.24%) Windows Server
3 55 (11.53%) Linux
4 13 (2.73%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.10%) VMS
6 6 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.05%) Unix
8 4 (0.84%) Debian
8 4 (0.84%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.63%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.42%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.21%) Android
11 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.21%) Solaris
11 1 (0.21%) SUSE
11 1 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (13.42%) Infrastructure as Code
2 57 (11.95%) Cybersecurity
3 52 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 50 (10.48%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (10.06%) Migration
6 46 (9.64%) DevOps
6 46 (9.64%) Platform Engineering
7 45 (9.43%) Disaster Recovery
8 41 (8.60%) CI/CD
9 40 (8.39%) Project Delivery
10 31 (6.50%) ITIL
11 28 (5.87%) Mentoring
12 24 (5.03%) Technical Leadership
13 23 (4.82%) High Availability
14 22 (4.61%) Cloud Security
15 21 (4.40%) Identity Management
15 21 (4.40%) Infrastructure Automation
16 19 (3.98%) Business Continuity
16 19 (3.98%) Identity Access Management
16 19 (3.98%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 58 (12.16%) PowerShell
2 32 (6.71%) Bash
2 32 (6.71%) Python
3 21 (4.40%) SQL
4 14 (2.94%) Bicep
5 6 (1.26%) VBScript
6 4 (0.84%) Java
7 3 (0.63%) Go
8 2 (0.42%) C++
8 2 (0.42%) Groovy
8 2 (0.42%) VB
9 1 (0.21%) C
9 1 (0.21%) C#
9 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 34 (7.13%) Security Cleared
2 31 (6.50%) SC Cleared
3 17 (3.56%) Azure Certification
4 15 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (2.73%) DV Cleared
6 12 (2.52%) CCNA
7 10 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.47%) MCSA
9 6 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (1.05%) CCNP
11 4 (0.84%) Degree
11 4 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.42%) CCIE
13 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.21%) HP ASE
14 1 (0.21%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.84%) SLA
5 3 (0.63%) NIST
5 3 (0.63%) QA
6 2 (0.42%) GDPR
6 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 90 (18.87%) Active Directory
2 56 (11.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (8.60%) Hyper-V
4 33 (6.92%) Docker
5 15 (3.14%) vSphere
6 9 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.47%) Firmware
8 6 (1.26%) BitLocker
8 6 (1.26%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.42%) iptables
12 1 (0.21%) Ceph
12 1 (0.21%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.21%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 45 (9.43%) Terraform
2 43 (9.01%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (8.60%) Kubernetes
4 22 (4.61%) Ansible
5 11 (2.31%) Puppet
6 10 (2.10%) SCCM
7 8 (1.68%) WSUS
8 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (1.05%) VxRail
9 4 (0.84%) Argo
9 4 (0.84%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.84%) Grafana
9 4 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.63%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 2 (0.42%) Nessus
11 2 (0.42%) SCOM
11 2 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (26.21%) Microsoft
2 78 (16.35%) VMware
3 36 (7.55%) Cisco
4 18 (3.77%) Oracle
4 18 (3.77%) Veeam
5 10 (2.10%) HP
6 9 (1.89%) Dell
6 9 (1.89%) Meraki
7 8 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.47%) Commvault
8 7 (1.47%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.47%) Zerto
9 6 (1.26%) Apple
9 6 (1.26%) F5
9 6 (1.26%) Google
10 4 (0.84%) Arista
10 4 (0.84%) Aruba
10 4 (0.84%) Citrix
10 4 (0.84%) LogicMonitor
10 4 (0.84%) SolarWinds