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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 64 68
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 -27
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 566 427 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.37% 4.57% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.35% 5.22% 3.47%
Number of salaries quoted 457 130 263
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,269 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -4.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £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 16,873 8,174 10,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.74% 87.41% 78.79%
Number of salaries quoted 12,547 4,065 5,872
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -7.18%

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 22 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 22 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 -8 311 £50,750 -2.40% 153
Yorkshire +48 175 £50,161 -22.83% 79
North East -8 83 £47,000 -15.70% 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 22 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.88%) IIS
4 2 (0.35%) Confluence
4 2 (0.35%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.88%) AutoCAD
3 4 (0.71%) Civil 3D
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.35%) Revit
5 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 176 (31.10%) Azure
2 91 (16.08%) Microsoft 365
3 80 (14.13%) AWS
4 59 (10.42%) Entra ID
5 24 (4.24%) AWS CloudFormation
6 22 (3.89%) Amazon EKS
7 18 (3.18%) GCP
7 18 (3.18%) IaaS
7 18 (3.18%) OCI
8 17 (3.00%) Amazon EC2
8 17 (3.00%) SaaS
9 16 (2.83%) Serverless
10 15 (2.65%) Amazon ECS
10 15 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 15 (2.65%) GitHub
11 14 (2.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 14 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (2.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 91 (16.08%) Firewall
2 67 (11.84%) DNS
3 52 (9.19%) DHCP
4 37 (6.54%) TCP/IP
5 29 (5.12%) VPN
6 27 (4.77%) WAN
7 23 (4.06%) LAN
7 23 (4.06%) SAN
8 19 (3.36%) Network Security
9 16 (2.83%) VLAN
10 15 (2.65%) Wireless
11 13 (2.30%) Internet
11 13 (2.30%) VoIP
12 10 (1.77%) SD-WAN
12 10 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (1.59%) BGP
14 7 (1.24%) NGFW
14 7 (1.24%) Structured Cabling
15 6 (1.06%) OSPF
16 5 (0.88%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (1.94%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.53%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.18%) Db2
6 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.18%) Metabase
6 1 (0.18%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.18%) OLAP
6 1 (0.18%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (0.18%) OLTP
6 1 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.18%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 18 (3.18%) Git
2 10 (1.77%) JIRA
3 9 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.24%) GitLab
5 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.35%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.18%) JMeter
6 1 (0.18%) Locust
6 1 (0.18%) PyCharm
6 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 61 (10.78%) Social Skills
2 36 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (5.48%) Public Sector
4 23 (4.06%) Finance
5 19 (3.36%) Manufacturing
6 17 (3.00%) Law
7 10 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.24%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.06%) Legal
10 5 (0.88%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.88%) Local Government
11 4 (0.71%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (0.71%) Games
12 3 (0.53%) Banking
12 3 (0.53%) Retail
13 2 (0.35%) Automotive
14 1 (0.18%) Advertising
14 1 (0.18%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 383 (67.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 144 (25.44%) Senior
3 128 (22.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 56 (9.89%) IT Engineer
5 53 (9.36%) Cloud Engineer
6 33 (5.83%) Support Engineer
7 32 (5.65%) IT Support
8 31 (5.48%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 31 (5.48%) IT Support Engineer
9 30 (5.30%) Platform Engineer
10 28 (4.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 24 (4.24%) Administrator
11 24 (4.24%) Security Engineer
12 23 (4.06%) Analyst
12 23 (4.06%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 21 (3.71%) AWS Engineer
13 21 (3.71%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
13 21 (3.71%) Lead
14 19 (3.36%) DevOps Engineer
15 18 (3.18%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (9.72%) Terraform
2 8 (1.41%) SAML
3 4 (0.71%) Kafka
3 4 (0.71%) OAuth
3 4 (0.71%) OpenID
4 3 (0.53%) .NET
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (0.53%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.35%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.35%) REST
5 2 (0.35%) Web Services
6 1 (0.18%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.18%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.18%) NumPy
6 1 (0.18%) Pandas
6 1 (0.18%) pgvector
6 1 (0.18%) PostGIS
6 1 (0.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.18%) Driving Licence
1 35 (6.18%) Hybrid Cloud
2 32 (5.65%) Data Centre
3 25 (4.42%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (2.65%) CCTV
5 13 (2.30%) Security Posture
6 11 (1.94%) Cloud Native
6 11 (1.94%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.77%) Public Cloud
8 5 (0.88%) Clustering
8 5 (0.88%) PKI
8 5 (0.88%) Replication
9 3 (0.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.53%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.53%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.53%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.35%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 134 (23.67%) Windows
2 98 (17.31%) Windows Server
3 76 (13.43%) Linux
4 13 (2.30%) Unix
5 12 (2.12%) VMS
6 11 (1.94%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.71%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.71%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.35%) Debian
10 1 (0.18%) Android
10 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Solaris
10 1 (0.18%) SUSE
10 1 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (15.90%) Infrastructure as Code
2 72 (12.72%) DevOps
3 71 (12.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 70 (12.37%) CI/CD
5 68 (12.01%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (10.78%) Platform Engineering
7 59 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
8 55 (9.72%) Migration
9 54 (9.54%) Project Delivery
10 53 (9.36%) Cybersecurity
11 49 (8.66%) Mentoring
12 42 (7.42%) ITIL
13 38 (6.71%) Cloud Security
14 33 (5.83%) Infrastructure Automation
15 32 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
16 29 (5.12%) Agile
16 29 (5.12%) Coaching
17 26 (4.59%) Business Continuity
18 25 (4.42%) Containerisation
18 25 (4.42%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (10.78%) PowerShell
2 45 (7.95%) Python
3 35 (6.18%) Bash
4 29 (5.12%) SQL
5 15 (2.65%) Bicep
6 9 (1.59%) Shell Script
7 7 (1.24%) VBScript
8 5 (0.88%) Java
9 3 (0.53%) ActionScript
9 3 (0.53%) C++
9 3 (0.53%) Go
10 2 (0.35%) Groovy
10 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.35%) VB
11 1 (0.18%) C
11 1 (0.18%) C#
Qualifications
1 48 (8.48%) Security Cleared
2 37 (6.54%) SC Cleared
3 20 (3.53%) DV Cleared
4 16 (2.83%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.94%) CCNA
8 9 (1.59%) Degree
9 7 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (0.88%) CCNP
11 4 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.71%) MCSA
11 4 (0.71%) MCSE
11 4 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.35%) CCIE
12 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.18%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
1 12 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (1.41%) SLA
3 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (0.88%) QA
4 3 (0.53%) NIST
5 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.35%) GDPR
6 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.18%) WCAG
System Software
1 104 (18.37%) Active Directory
2 61 (10.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (8.13%) Docker
4 40 (7.07%) Hyper-V
5 17 (3.00%) vSphere
6 13 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.24%) Firmware
8 6 (1.06%) BitLocker
8 6 (1.06%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.35%) iptables
11 2 (0.35%) UAG
12 1 (0.18%) Ceph
12 1 (0.18%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 1 (0.18%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (8.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (7.60%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.59%) Ansible
4 15 (2.65%) SCCM
5 12 (2.12%) Puppet
6 9 (1.59%) WSUS
7 7 (1.24%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.06%) VxRail
9 5 (0.88%) Grafana
9 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
9 5 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.71%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.71%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.53%) Argo
11 3 (0.53%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.35%) AirWatch
12 2 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
12 2 (0.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 153 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 83 (14.66%) VMware
3 41 (7.24%) Cisco
4 22 (3.89%) Oracle
5 20 (3.53%) Veeam
6 17 (3.00%) Google
7 11 (1.94%) F5
8 10 (1.77%) Fortinet
8 10 (1.77%) HP
9 9 (1.59%) Palo Alto
9 9 (1.59%) SonicWALL
10 8 (1.41%) Dell
10 8 (1.41%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.24%) Meraki
11 7 (1.24%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.06%) Commvault
12 6 (1.06%) Draytek
12 6 (1.06%) Zerto
13 5 (0.88%) Apple
13 5 (0.88%) Arista