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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 58 62
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 -46
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 476 467 463
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.15% 4.86% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 5.45% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 392 164 357
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 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +18.28% -2.11%
75th Percentile £68,910 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £67,968
England median annual salary £57,303 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.50% +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 15,549 8,564 11,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.26% 89.16% 78.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11,640 4,272 7,838
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,750
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 £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 11 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 11 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 -16 263 £47,500 -8.65% 58
Yorkshire +41 152 £51,500 -20.77% 32
North East -19 61 £45,500 -14.15% 19
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 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.52%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.47%) IIS
4 2 (0.42%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (3.36%) 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
1 154 (32.35%) Azure
2 80 (16.81%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (11.97%) AWS
4 48 (10.08%) Entra ID
5 16 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
6 14 (2.94%) IaaS
6 14 (2.94%) OCI
7 13 (2.73%) Amazon EKS
7 13 (2.73%) GitHub
8 12 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (2.52%) SaaS
9 10 (2.10%) Amazon S3
9 10 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (2.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (1.89%) Serverless
11 8 (1.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (1.68%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.47%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 75 (15.76%) Firewall
2 51 (10.71%) DNS
3 44 (9.24%) DHCP
4 30 (6.30%) TCP/IP
5 28 (5.88%) WAN
6 26 (5.46%) SAN
7 25 (5.25%) LAN
8 22 (4.62%) Network Security
9 21 (4.41%) VPN
10 17 (3.57%) 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%) NAS
14 7 (1.47%) NGFW
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 13 (2.73%) 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%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.21%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.05%) Git
1 5 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.63%) GitLab
2 3 (0.63%) JIRA
3 2 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.21%) JMeter
4 1 (0.21%) Locust
4 1 (0.21%) PyCharm
4 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 55 (11.55%) Social Skills
2 20 (4.20%) Public Sector
3 18 (3.78%) Finance
4 15 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (1.89%) Law
6 8 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.26%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.05%) Local Government
10 4 (0.84%) Fire and Rescue
10 4 (0.84%) Legal
10 4 (0.84%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.63%) Games
12 2 (0.42%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.21%) Advertising
13 1 (0.21%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.21%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.21%) Retail
13 1 (0.21%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 329 (69.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 99 (20.80%) Senior
3 84 (17.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 46 (9.66%) IT Engineer
5 42 (8.82%) Cloud Engineer
6 33 (6.93%) Support Engineer
7 31 (6.51%) IT Support
7 31 (6.51%) Platform Engineer
8 30 (6.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 28 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
10 27 (5.67%) Security Engineer
11 26 (5.46%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
12 25 (5.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 24 (5.04%) Administrator
14 22 (4.62%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 21 (4.41%) Analyst
15 21 (4.41%) Lead
16 18 (3.78%) Design Engineer
16 18 (3.78%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
17 16 (3.36%) Security Analyst
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 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 25 (5.25%) Data Centre
3 24 (5.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (2.94%) CCTV
5 11 (2.31%) Enterprise Storage
6 10 (2.10%) Cloud Native
6 10 (2.10%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (1.89%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.89%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.47%) Replication
9 6 (1.26%) Clustering
10 3 (0.63%) PKI
10 3 (0.63%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.63%) Social Media
11 2 (0.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.42%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.42%) Housing Association
12 1 (0.21%) AI Agents
12 1 (0.21%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 108 (22.69%) Windows
2 85 (17.86%) Windows Server
3 49 (10.29%) Linux
4 13 (2.73%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.10%) VMS
6 6 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.05%) Android
7 5 (1.05%) Apple iOS
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%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.21%) Solaris
11 1 (0.21%) SUSE
11 1 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (12.18%) Infrastructure as Code
2 56 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
3 51 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
4 47 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (9.66%) Disaster Recovery
5 46 (9.66%) Migration
5 46 (9.66%) Platform Engineering
6 43 (9.03%) CI/CD
6 43 (9.03%) DevOps
7 38 (7.98%) Project Delivery
8 33 (6.93%) ITIL
9 28 (5.88%) Mentoring
10 24 (5.04%) Technical Leadership
11 23 (4.83%) High Availability
12 19 (3.99%) Business Continuity
12 19 (3.99%) Cloud Security
12 19 (3.99%) Identity Access Management
12 19 (3.99%) Identity Management
12 19 (3.99%) Infrastructure Automation
13 18 (3.78%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (12.39%) PowerShell
2 30 (6.30%) Bash
3 29 (6.09%) Python
4 20 (4.20%) SQL
5 14 (2.94%) Bicep
6 6 (1.26%) VBScript
7 3 (0.63%) Go
7 3 (0.63%) Java
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 32 (6.72%) Security Cleared
2 30 (6.30%) SC Cleared
3 17 (3.57%) Azure Certification
4 15 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (2.52%) CCNA
5 12 (2.52%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.47%) MCSA
8 6 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.05%) CCNP
10 4 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.63%) Degree
12 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.42%) CCIE
12 2 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.21%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.21%) HP ASE
13 1 (0.21%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
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 91 (19.12%) Active Directory
2 57 (11.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (8.82%) Hyper-V
4 31 (6.51%) Docker
5 15 (3.15%) 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 47 (9.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (9.03%) Terraform
3 41 (8.61%) Kubernetes
4 22 (4.62%) Ansible
5 11 (2.31%) Puppet
6 10 (2.10%) SCCM
7 9 (1.89%) WSUS
8 6 (1.26%) VxRail
9 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Clustering
10 4 (0.84%) Argo
10 4 (0.84%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.84%) Grafana
10 4 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.63%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.63%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.42%) Nessus
12 2 (0.42%) SCOM
12 2 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 128 (26.89%) Microsoft
2 79 (16.60%) VMware
3 36 (7.56%) Cisco
4 19 (3.99%) Veeam
5 17 (3.57%) Oracle
6 11 (2.31%) HP
7 10 (2.10%) Apple
7 10 (2.10%) Dell
7 10 (2.10%) Meraki
8 8 (1.68%) Commvault
8 8 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.68%) Zerto
9 7 (1.47%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.26%) F5
10 6 (1.26%) Google
11 5 (1.05%) Tenable
12 4 (0.84%) Aruba
12 4 (0.84%) Citrix
12 4 (0.84%) Samsung
12 4 (0.84%) SolarWinds