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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 55 45
Rank change year-on-year -32 -10 -18
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 358 439 685
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.90% 5.66% 4.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 5.95% 4.89%
Number of salaries quoted 292 160 576
10th Percentile £34,550 £37,375 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -3.16%
75th Percentile £69,390 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,886 £67,968
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,097 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.67% +14.19% -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 13,354 7,376 13,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.83% 95.06% 82.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,797 3,713 11,147
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -38 185 £50,000 -3.85% 48
Yorkshire +14 140 £50,000 -11.11% 19
North East -17 33 £48,445 +14.66% 14
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 17 (4.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (3.07%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.96%) IIS
4 2 (0.56%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 132 (36.87%) Azure
2 54 (15.08%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (11.17%) AWS
4 35 (9.78%) Entra ID
5 13 (3.63%) OCI
6 12 (3.35%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (2.51%) GitHub
8 8 (2.23%) IaaS
9 7 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (1.96%) Azure AKS
9 7 (1.96%) GCP
9 7 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.68%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.40%) SaaS
11 5 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.12%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 50 (13.97%) DNS
2 46 (12.85%) Firewall
3 38 (10.61%) DHCP
4 22 (6.15%) Network Security
4 22 (6.15%) TCP/IP
5 18 (5.03%) LAN
5 18 (5.03%) WAN
6 17 (4.75%) SAN
6 17 (4.75%) VPN
7 16 (4.47%) VLAN
8 8 (2.23%) DMZ
8 8 (2.23%) VoIP
9 7 (1.96%) NAS
10 6 (1.68%) BGP
10 6 (1.68%) NGFW
10 6 (1.68%) OSPF
11 5 (1.40%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (1.40%) STUN
12 4 (1.12%) Ethernet VPN
12 4 (1.12%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.75%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.12%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.84%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.84%) MySQL
4 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (5.03%) GitLab
2 13 (3.63%) Git
3 5 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.84%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.28%) JIRA
5 1 (0.28%) JMeter
5 1 (0.28%) Locust
5 1 (0.28%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 41 (11.45%) Social Skills
2 21 (5.87%) Public Sector
3 13 (3.63%) Finance
4 12 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.68%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.12%) Fire and Rescue
7 4 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (0.84%) Legal
9 2 (0.56%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.56%) Law
9 2 (0.56%) Local Government
10 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 280 (78.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 82 (22.91%) Senior
3 68 (18.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (10.06%) Infrastructure Support
5 35 (9.78%) Support Engineer
6 33 (9.22%) Cloud Engineer
7 32 (8.94%) IT Engineer
8 28 (7.82%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 26 (7.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 26 (7.26%) IT Support
10 24 (6.70%) Lead
11 23 (6.42%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
11 23 (6.42%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (6.42%) Security Engineer
12 21 (5.87%) Analyst
13 18 (5.03%) IT Support Engineer
13 18 (5.03%) Lead Cloud Engineer
13 18 (5.03%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
14 17 (4.75%) Platform Engineer
15 16 (4.47%) Network Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.40%) FreeSWITCH
2 4 (1.12%) OLE
3 3 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (0.84%) RESTful
4 2 (0.56%) ARM Templates
4 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.56%) Middleware
5 1 (0.28%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.28%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.28%) OAuth
5 1 (0.28%) OpenID
5 1 (0.28%) SAML
5 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.59%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.47%) Driving Licence
3 14 (3.91%) CCTV
4 7 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (1.40%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.12%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.12%) Clustering
6 4 (1.12%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (0.84%) CMDB
7 3 (0.84%) Social Media
8 2 (0.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.56%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.56%) Replication
9 1 (0.28%) AI Agents
9 1 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.28%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 73 (20.39%) Windows
2 56 (15.64%) Windows Server
3 21 (5.87%) Linux
4 10 (2.79%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.68%) Android
5 6 (1.68%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.40%) Debian
7 4 (1.12%) VMS
7 4 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.84%) Unix
9 2 (0.56%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.28%) Solaris
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (13.69%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (11.45%) Mentoring
4 40 (11.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 39 (10.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 35 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (9.22%) CI/CD
8 30 (8.38%) Coaching
9 29 (8.10%) DevOps
10 24 (6.70%) Incident Management
10 24 (6.70%) Platform Engineering
11 22 (6.15%) Technical Leadership
12 21 (5.87%) Agile
12 21 (5.87%) ITIL
12 21 (5.87%) Migration
13 19 (5.31%) High Availability
14 15 (4.19%) Roadmaps
15 14 (3.91%) Business Continuity
15 14 (3.91%) Project Delivery
16 13 (3.63%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 55 (15.36%) PowerShell
2 24 (6.70%) Bash
3 23 (6.42%) SQL
4 19 (5.31%) Python
5 8 (2.23%) Bicep
6 4 (1.12%) Java
7 3 (0.84%) Go
7 3 (0.84%) VBScript
8 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.56%) VB
9 1 (0.28%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 17 (4.75%) Security Cleared
2 16 (4.47%) Azure Certification
3 13 (3.63%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.68%) CCNA
6 6 (1.68%) Degree
6 6 (1.68%) MCSA
7 4 (1.12%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.12%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (0.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (0.84%) CCNP
8 3 (0.84%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.07%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.84%) SOC 2
4 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.56%) GDPR
4 2 (0.56%) NIST
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) QA
5 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 77 (21.51%) Active Directory
2 31 (8.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (6.70%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.19%) Docker
5 8 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.12%) vSphere
7 3 (0.84%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.84%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.28%) Firmware
8 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.28%) XenApp
8 1 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 36 (10.06%) Terraform
2 30 (8.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (6.42%) Kubernetes
4 16 (4.47%) Ansible
5 6 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.68%) VxRail
5 6 (1.68%) WSUS
6 5 (1.40%) Grafana
7 4 (1.12%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.12%) SCCM
8 3 (0.84%) Argo
8 3 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (0.84%) Rancher
9 2 (0.56%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.28%) Podman
10 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 92 (25.70%) Microsoft
2 59 (16.48%) VMware
3 26 (7.26%) Cisco
4 12 (3.35%) Citrix
5 11 (3.07%) Oracle
6 9 (2.51%) Apple
6 9 (2.51%) HP
6 9 (2.51%) Meraki
7 8 (2.23%) Commvault
7 8 (2.23%) Veeam
8 7 (1.96%) Dell
8 7 (1.96%) Zerto
9 6 (1.68%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.68%) Samsung
9 6 (1.68%) Tenable
10 5 (1.40%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.12%) Arista
11 4 (1.12%) F5
12 3 (0.84%) IFS
12 3 (0.84%) Ubiquiti