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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 57 53
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 -32
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 445 474 628
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.12% 5.02% 3.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.02% 5.56% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 371 171 516
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +15.79% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £67,968
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -5.21%

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 14,751 8,520 13,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.17% 90.24% 79.30%
Number of salaries quoted 11,069 4,238 10,039
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -23 246 £47,500 -8.65% 42
Yorkshire +37 146 £50,000 -23.08% 35
North East -15 53 £45,000 -13.46% 17
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 21 (4.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.57%) IIS
4 2 (0.45%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.67%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.67%) Civil 3D
3 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 152 (34.16%) Azure
2 74 (16.63%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (11.46%) Entra ID
4 49 (11.01%) AWS
5 18 (4.04%) OCI
6 11 (2.47%) IaaS
7 10 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
7 10 (2.25%) GitHub
8 8 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (1.80%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (1.80%) SaaS
9 7 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.35%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.12%) PaaS
12 4 (0.90%) Azure AKS
12 4 (0.90%) GCP
12 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (0.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 72 (16.18%) Firewall
2 44 (9.89%) DNS
3 37 (8.31%) DHCP
4 30 (6.74%) TCP/IP
5 26 (5.84%) WAN
6 25 (5.62%) LAN
7 23 (5.17%) Network Security
7 23 (5.17%) SAN
8 21 (4.72%) VPN
9 18 (4.04%) VLAN
10 14 (3.15%) VoIP
11 12 (2.70%) Wireless
12 8 (1.80%) BGP
12 8 (1.80%) NAS
13 7 (1.57%) DMZ
13 7 (1.57%) NGFW
14 6 (1.35%) OSPF
14 6 (1.35%) SD-WAN
15 5 (1.12%) Reverse Proxy
15 5 (1.12%) STUN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.47%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.67%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (0.67%) Git
2 3 (0.67%) GitLab
2 3 (0.67%) JIRA
3 2 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
3 2 (0.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.22%) JMeter
4 1 (0.22%) Locust
4 1 (0.22%) PyCharm
4 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 52 (11.69%) Social Skills
2 27 (6.07%) Public Sector
3 19 (4.27%) Finance
4 11 (2.47%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.35%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.12%) Local Government
9 4 (0.90%) Fire and Rescue
9 4 (0.90%) Law
10 2 (0.45%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.45%) Legal
10 2 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.22%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.22%) Games
11 1 (0.22%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.22%) Retail
11 1 (0.22%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 315 (70.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 94 (21.12%) Senior
3 78 (17.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (11.01%) IT Engineer
5 37 (8.31%) Support Engineer
6 34 (7.64%) IT Support
7 31 (6.97%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (6.74%) Security Engineer
9 29 (6.52%) Cloud Engineer
9 29 (6.52%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 28 (6.29%) Infrastructure Support
11 27 (6.07%) IT Support Engineer
12 25 (5.62%) Platform Engineer
13 23 (5.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (4.49%) Administrator
14 20 (4.49%) Analyst
15 19 (4.27%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 18 (4.04%) Design Engineer
16 18 (4.04%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
17 17 (3.82%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.12%) FreeSWITCH
1 5 (1.12%) SAML
2 4 (0.90%) OAuth
2 4 (0.90%) OpenID
3 3 (0.67%) .NET
3 3 (0.67%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.67%) Kafka
3 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (0.67%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.45%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.45%) Web Services
5 1 (0.22%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.22%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.84%) Driving Licence
2 25 (5.62%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (3.37%) CCTV
5 13 (2.92%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.25%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (2.02%) Enterprise Storage
7 9 (2.02%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.35%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.12%) Clustering
10 4 (0.90%) Replication
11 3 (0.67%) PKI
11 3 (0.67%) Social Media
12 2 (0.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.45%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.22%) AI Agents
13 1 (0.22%) CMDB
13 1 (0.22%) Housing Association
13 1 (0.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 98 (22.02%) Windows
2 76 (17.08%) Windows Server
3 39 (8.76%) Linux
4 13 (2.92%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.57%) Android
5 7 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.57%) Debian
5 7 (1.57%) VMS
6 5 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.45%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.22%) Solaris
9 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (12.13%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (11.01%) Infrastructure as Code
3 47 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (9.89%) Disaster Recovery
5 42 (9.44%) Migration
6 41 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 38 (8.54%) Platform Engineering
8 35 (7.87%) CI/CD
9 34 (7.64%) Mentoring
10 32 (7.19%) DevOps
11 26 (5.84%) ITIL
12 25 (5.62%) Coaching
13 24 (5.39%) Project Delivery
14 22 (4.94%) High Availability
15 21 (4.72%) Incident Management
16 19 (4.27%) Technical Leadership
17 18 (4.04%) Cloud Security
17 18 (4.04%) Identity Access Management
18 17 (3.82%) Identity Management
18 17 (3.82%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 67 (15.06%) PowerShell
2 34 (7.64%) Bash
3 26 (5.84%) Python
4 21 (4.72%) SQL
5 12 (2.70%) Bicep
6 6 (1.35%) VBScript
7 3 (0.67%) Go
8 2 (0.45%) Groovy
8 2 (0.45%) VB
9 1 (0.22%) C#
9 1 (0.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 27 (6.07%) SC Cleared
1 27 (6.07%) Security Cleared
2 18 (4.04%) Azure Certification
3 14 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (2.47%) CCNA
5 10 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.57%) MCSA
7 6 (1.35%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.12%) CCNP
8 5 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (0.90%) Degree
10 3 (0.67%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.67%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.45%) CCIE
12 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.67%) NIST
4 3 (0.67%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.45%) GDPR
5 2 (0.45%) SLA
6 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.22%) QA
6 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 94 (21.12%) Active Directory
2 48 (10.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (8.31%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.82%) Docker
5 11 (2.47%) vSphere
6 6 (1.35%) BitLocker
7 5 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.90%) Firmware
8 4 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.90%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.45%) iptables
10 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.45%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.22%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 42 (9.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (7.19%) Terraform
3 30 (6.74%) Kubernetes
4 15 (3.37%) Ansible
5 7 (1.57%) Puppet
5 7 (1.57%) SCCM
5 7 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.35%) VxRail
6 6 (1.35%) WSUS
7 5 (1.12%) Argo
8 4 (0.90%) Grafana
8 4 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (0.67%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.67%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.45%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.45%) Nessus
10 2 (0.45%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.45%) ZABBIX
11 1 (0.22%) Avamar
Vendors
1 120 (26.97%) Microsoft
2 74 (16.63%) VMware
3 38 (8.54%) Cisco
4 16 (3.60%) Veeam
5 14 (3.15%) Oracle
6 12 (2.70%) HP
7 10 (2.25%) Apple
7 10 (2.25%) Commvault
7 10 (2.25%) Dell
8 9 (2.02%) Citrix
8 9 (2.02%) Meraki
9 8 (1.80%) CyberArk
9 8 (1.80%) Zerto
10 7 (1.57%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.35%) F5
11 6 (1.35%) Samsung
11 6 (1.35%) ServiceNow
11 6 (1.35%) Tenable
12 5 (1.12%) Google
13 4 (0.90%) Aruba