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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 82 81
Rank change year-on-year -45 -1 +27
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 151 283 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.43% 2.92% 3.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 3.26% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 131 203 211
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.47% +5.56% -2.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £69,624 £72,433
England median annual salary £59,522 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.26% +1.90% -

All Process and 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 8,835 8,681 6,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.58% 89.45% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,604 3,973 4,922
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,938 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.63% +2.86%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -33 74 £53,750 +13.16% 31
Yorkshire -29 58 £63,750 +27.50% 41
North East +9 19 £67,539 +52.55% 7
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 13 (8.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.64%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.99%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.32%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.66%) Civil 3D
1 1 (0.66%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 57 (37.75%) Azure
2 28 (18.54%) AWS
3 23 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (9.27%) IaaS
5 13 (8.61%) Entra ID
6 11 (7.28%) GCP
7 7 (4.64%) Azure AKS
7 7 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.64%) SaaS
8 6 (3.97%) PaaS
9 5 (3.31%) OneDrive
9 5 (3.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.65%) GitHub
10 4 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.65%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.25%) Firewall
2 17 (11.26%) DNS
3 15 (9.93%) VPN
4 14 (9.27%) VLAN
5 9 (5.96%) TCP/IP
6 8 (5.30%) DHCP
6 8 (5.30%) DMZ
6 8 (5.30%) SSL
7 6 (3.97%) TETRA
7 6 (3.97%) VoIP
7 6 (3.97%) WAN
8 5 (3.31%) STUN
9 4 (2.65%) LAN
10 3 (1.99%) HTTP
11 2 (1.32%) Network Security
12 1 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
12 1 (0.66%) NAS
12 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.66%) SNMP
12 1 (0.66%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.91%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.65%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.65%) MySQL
3 2 (1.32%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 18 (11.92%) GitLab
2 12 (7.95%) Git
3 2 (1.32%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.32%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.32%) JMeter
3 2 (1.32%) Locust
General
1 36 (23.84%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (3.31%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.65%) Finance
5 3 (1.99%) Aerospace
5 3 (1.99%) Banking
5 3 (1.99%) Legal
5 3 (1.99%) Military
6 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.32%) Retail
7 1 (0.66%) Advertising
7 1 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.66%) Law
7 1 (0.66%) Marketing
7 1 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.66%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 103 (68.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (22.52%) Cloud Engineer
3 33 (21.85%) Lead
4 28 (18.54%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (18.54%) Senior
5 25 (16.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (13.25%) Lead Cloud Engineer
7 18 (11.92%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
7 18 (11.92%) Support Engineer
8 16 (10.60%) Applications Support
9 15 (9.93%) Infrastructure Support
9 15 (9.93%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 11 (7.28%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (6.62%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (6.62%) 1st Line Support Analyst
11 10 (6.62%) Analyst
11 10 (6.62%) Applications Support Analyst
11 10 (6.62%) Support Analyst
12 8 (5.30%) Lead DevOps
12 8 (5.30%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.61%) OLE
2 5 (3.31%) FreeSWITCH
3 4 (2.65%) .NET
4 3 (1.99%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.99%) DPDK
4 3 (1.99%) eBPF
5 2 (1.32%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.32%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (1.32%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.32%) RESTful
5 2 (1.32%) WCF
5 2 (1.32%) YAML
6 1 (0.66%) Middleware
6 1 (0.66%) NETCONF
6 1 (0.66%) RESTCONF
6 1 (0.66%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.26%) Cloud Native
2 15 (9.93%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.96%) Driving Licence
4 6 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.31%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.65%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.66%) NVMe
9 1 (0.66%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.66%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 39 (25.83%) Windows
2 32 (21.19%) Windows Server
3 24 (15.89%) Linux
4 5 (3.31%) Debian
5 4 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.99%) Unix
6 3 (1.99%) VMS
6 3 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.32%) CentOS
7 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.66%) Android
8 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (21.19%) DevOps
2 30 (19.87%) CI/CD
2 30 (19.87%) Infrastructure as Code
3 28 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (16.56%) Agile
5 22 (14.57%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (12.58%) Mentoring
7 18 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (11.26%) Containerisation
9 16 (10.60%) Customer Service
9 16 (10.60%) Roadmaps
10 14 (9.27%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (7.95%) Incident Response
11 12 (7.95%) Observability
12 11 (7.28%) Coaching
12 11 (7.28%) High Availability
13 10 (6.62%) Data Protection
14 9 (5.96%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 8 (5.30%) Architecture Roadmap
15 8 (5.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.23%) SQL
2 17 (11.26%) PowerShell
3 14 (9.27%) Python
4 10 (6.62%) T-SQL
5 7 (4.64%) Bash
6 4 (2.65%) Bicep
6 4 (2.65%) Java
7 2 (1.32%) C#
7 2 (1.32%) Go
8 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (10.60%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.61%) Degree
2 13 (8.61%) DV Cleared
3 11 (7.28%) CCNA
3 11 (7.28%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (5.30%) Azure Certification
4 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (4.64%) DBS Check
6 5 (3.31%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.65%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.66%) CCNP
9 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.66%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.66%) MCSA
9 1 (0.66%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.31%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.32%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.32%) GDPR
3 2 (1.32%) QA
3 2 (1.32%) WCAG
4 1 (0.66%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.66%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (15.89%) Active Directory
2 19 (12.58%) Docker
3 12 (7.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (6.62%) Hyper-V
5 7 (4.64%) vSphere
6 6 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.31%) Kamailio
8 4 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.99%) KVM
9 3 (1.99%) QEMU
9 3 (1.99%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.66%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.66%) Firmware
10 1 (0.66%) Postfix
10 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 38 (25.17%) Kubernetes
1 38 (25.17%) Terraform
2 22 (14.57%) Ansible
3 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (6.62%) Grafana
5 8 (5.30%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.31%) Autotask
7 4 (2.65%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.32%) FortiGate
8 2 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.32%) Rancher
9 1 (0.66%) Kibana
9 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.66%) SCCM
9 1 (0.66%) SCOM
9 1 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 37 (24.50%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.26%) VMware
3 13 (8.61%) Cisco
4 6 (3.97%) Google
5 5 (3.31%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.65%) Citrix
6 4 (2.65%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.99%) SaltStack
8 2 (1.32%) Apple
8 2 (1.32%) BMC
8 2 (1.32%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.32%) Oracle
8 2 (1.32%) Splunk
9 1 (0.66%) Aruba
9 1 (0.66%) Dell
9 1 (0.66%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.66%) HP
9 1 (0.66%) Meraki
9 1 (0.66%) New Relic
9 1 (0.66%) Rapid7