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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 64 63
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 +2
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 591 414 383
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.45% 4.37% 2.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.46% 4.97% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 477 120 263
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,275 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +19.44% -4.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £67,874
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 17,088 8,327 10,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.98% 87.99% 79.43%
Number of salaries quoted 12,688 4,016 5,580
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,720 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -2.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 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 29 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 -5 325 £52,500 +10.53% 155
Yorkshire +60 181 £50,911 -21.68% 70
North East -2 91 £49,222 -7.13% 46
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 23 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.85%) IIS
4 2 (0.34%) Apache
4 2 (0.34%) nginx
4 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.17%) Confluence
5 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.85%) AutoCAD
3 4 (0.68%) Civil 3D
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.34%) Revit
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 179 (30.29%) Azure
2 92 (15.57%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (14.04%) AWS
4 65 (11.00%) Entra ID
5 26 (4.40%) AWS CloudFormation
6 22 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
7 21 (3.55%) GCP
7 21 (3.55%) IaaS
8 20 (3.38%) SaaS
9 18 (3.05%) Amazon EC2
9 18 (3.05%) OCI
10 17 (2.88%) Amazon S3
10 17 (2.88%) GitHub
10 17 (2.88%) Serverless
11 16 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
12 15 (2.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 15 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
13 14 (2.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 12 (2.03%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.52%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 94 (15.91%) Firewall
2 72 (12.18%) DNS
3 54 (9.14%) DHCP
4 39 (6.60%) TCP/IP
5 31 (5.25%) VPN
6 27 (4.57%) WAN
7 23 (3.89%) LAN
7 23 (3.89%) SAN
8 21 (3.55%) Network Security
9 17 (2.88%) VLAN
10 16 (2.71%) Internet
11 15 (2.54%) Wireless
12 13 (2.20%) VoIP
13 11 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (1.69%) BGP
14 10 (1.69%) SD-WAN
15 7 (1.18%) NGFW
15 7 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
16 6 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
16 6 (1.02%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.21%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (1.86%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.51%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
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%) Power Query
6 1 (0.17%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.17%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (3.72%) Git
2 11 (1.86%) Jenkins
2 11 (1.86%) JIRA
3 10 (1.69%) GitLab
4 2 (0.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (0.34%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 64 (10.83%) Social Skills
2 43 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (5.75%) Public Sector
4 23 (3.89%) Finance
5 21 (3.55%) Manufacturing
6 17 (2.88%) Law
7 10 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.18%) Legal
8 7 (1.18%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.85%) Aerospace
9 5 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.85%) Local Government
10 4 (0.68%) Banking
10 4 (0.68%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (0.68%) Games
11 3 (0.51%) Retail
12 2 (0.34%) Automotive
13 1 (0.17%) Advertising
13 1 (0.17%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 401 (67.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 153 (25.89%) Senior
3 137 (23.18%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 62 (10.49%) IT Engineer
5 55 (9.31%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (5.75%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (5.75%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (5.41%) IT Support
7 32 (5.41%) Support Engineer
8 31 (5.25%) IT Support Engineer
9 30 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
10 24 (4.06%) Administrator
10 24 (4.06%) Analyst
10 24 (4.06%) Security Engineer
11 23 (3.89%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 23 (3.89%) DevOps Engineer
12 22 (3.72%) AWS Engineer
12 22 (3.72%) Lead
13 21 (3.55%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
14 18 (3.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (9.64%) Terraform
2 8 (1.35%) SAML
3 6 (1.02%) 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%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.34%) REST
6 2 (0.34%) Web Services
7 1 (0.17%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.17%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.17%) NumPy
7 1 (0.17%) Pandas
7 1 (0.17%) pgvector
7 1 (0.17%) PostGIS
7 1 (0.17%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 36 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 35 (5.92%) Driving Licence
3 34 (5.75%) Data Centre
4 28 (4.74%) Linux Command Line
5 15 (2.54%) CCTV
6 14 (2.37%) Security Posture
7 12 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.03%) Public Cloud
8 11 (1.86%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.86%) Enterprise Storage
9 10 (1.69%) Onboarding
10 5 (0.85%) Clustering
10 5 (0.85%) PKI
10 5 (0.85%) Replication
11 4 (0.68%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.68%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.51%) Operational Technology
13 2 (0.34%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 138 (23.35%) Windows
2 101 (17.09%) Windows Server
3 81 (13.71%) Linux
4 12 (2.03%) Unix
4 12 (2.03%) VMS
5 10 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.85%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.68%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.68%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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%) SUSE
11 1 (0.17%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
2 79 (13.37%) DevOps
3 77 (13.03%) CI/CD
3 77 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 74 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (11.00%) Platform Engineering
6 62 (10.49%) Disaster Recovery
7 56 (9.48%) Migration
8 55 (9.31%) Project Delivery
9 54 (9.14%) Mentoring
10 53 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
11 42 (7.11%) Cloud Security
11 42 (7.11%) ITIL
12 39 (6.60%) Infrastructure Automation
13 36 (6.09%) Technical Leadership
14 33 (5.58%) Agile
15 30 (5.08%) Coaching
16 28 (4.74%) Business Continuity
17 27 (4.57%) Containerisation
18 26 (4.40%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (10.83%) PowerShell
2 50 (8.46%) Python
3 37 (6.26%) Bash
4 31 (5.25%) SQL
5 15 (2.54%) Bicep
6 12 (2.03%) Shell Script
7 7 (1.18%) VBScript
8 5 (0.85%) ActionScript
8 5 (0.85%) Java
9 3 (0.51%) C++
9 3 (0.51%) Go
10 2 (0.34%) Groovy
10 2 (0.34%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.34%) VB
11 1 (0.17%) C
11 1 (0.17%) C#
11 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 54 (9.14%) Security Cleared
2 42 (7.11%) SC Cleared
3 21 (3.55%) DV Cleared
4 16 (2.71%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.86%) CCNA
8 10 (1.69%) Degree
9 7 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (0.85%) CCNP
11 4 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.68%) MCSA
11 4 (0.68%) MCSE
11 4 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.34%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.34%) CCIE
13 2 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.17%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.52%) SLA
3 5 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.68%) QA
5 3 (0.51%) NIST
6 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.34%) GDPR
7 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 107 (18.10%) Active Directory
2 60 (10.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (8.12%) Docker
4 38 (6.43%) Hyper-V
5 17 (2.88%) vSphere
6 13 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.18%) Firmware
7 7 (1.18%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.02%) BitLocker
9 5 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.34%) iptables
10 2 (0.34%) UAG
11 1 (0.17%) Ceph
11 1 (0.17%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.17%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.17%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 50 (8.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (7.45%) Kubernetes
3 28 (4.74%) Ansible
4 16 (2.71%) SCCM
5 14 (2.37%) Puppet
6 9 (1.52%) WSUS
7 8 (1.35%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.02%) VxRail
9 5 (0.85%) Grafana
9 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.85%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.85%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.68%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.51%) Argo
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%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 158 (26.73%) Microsoft
2 83 (14.04%) VMware
3 44 (7.45%) Cisco
4 22 (3.72%) Oracle
5 20 (3.38%) Google
5 20 (3.38%) Veeam
6 13 (2.20%) F5
7 11 (1.86%) Fortinet
8 10 (1.69%) HP
9 9 (1.52%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.52%) SonicWALL
10 8 (1.35%) Dell
10 8 (1.35%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.18%) Meraki
11 7 (1.18%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.02%) Arista
12 6 (1.02%) Commvault
12 6 (1.02%) Draytek
12 6 (1.02%) Zerto
13 5 (0.85%) Apple