Infrastructure Specialist Job Trends in the North of England

Infrastructure Specialist
England > North of England

The median Infrastructure Specialist salary in the North of England is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 270 257
Rank change year-on-year +17 -13 +144
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 8 16 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.076% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.18% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 5
10th Percentile - £48,438 £51,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £56,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £63,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% -1.92% +41.30%
75th Percentile £69,375 £65,469 -
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,625 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +15.91% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 9,309 8,903 7,168
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.64% 94.17% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 5,319 4,277 5,664
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £38,711
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £50,055 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -2.81% -1.90%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Infrastructure Specialist job vacancy trend in the North of England

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the North of England

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Specialist in the North of England

Infrastructure Specialist
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 Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Yorkshire -10 5 £27,500 -56.86%
North West +27 3 £75,000 +15.38%
Infrastructure Specialist
England

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Infrastructure Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) AWS
2 5 (62.50%) AWS Certification
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Docker
2 5 (62.50%) Drupal
2 5 (62.50%) ISO 9001
2 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (62.50%) MariaDB
2 5 (62.50%) nginx
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Security Patching
2 5 (62.50%) WordPress
3 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
4 1 (12.50%) Bash
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
4 1 (12.50%) Middleware

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
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 5 (62.50%) Drupal
1 5 (62.50%) nginx
1 5 (62.50%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) MariaDB
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Local Government
2 5 (62.50%) Police
2 5 (62.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Security Patching
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (12.50%) Server Management
2 1 (12.50%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bash
1 1 (12.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) AWS Certification
2 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (62.50%) ISO 9001
1 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Dell
1 1 (12.50%) Red Hat