Infrastructure Support Job Trends in the North of England

Infrastructure Support
England > North of England

The median Infrastructure Support salary in the North of England is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 262 267
Rank change year-on-year +33 +5 +136
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 33 12 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.31% 0.13% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.14% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 22 8 22
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,550 £36,250
25th Percentile £27,500 £32,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% -11.76% +11.62%
75th Percentile £47,156 £39,313 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £46,325 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

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 9,424 8,550 8,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.56% 94.06% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,469 4,023 6,549
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,483 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £81,713 £80,000 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Infrastructure Support job vacancy trend in the North of England

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in the North of England

Infrastructure Support
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 Support within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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 +11 24 £27,500 -26.67% 2
North West +38 9 £45,750 +42.97% 2
Infrastructure Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Infrastructure Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 21 (63.64%) Azure
2 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 17 (51.52%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (48.48%) SQL
4 15 (45.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (42.42%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 11 (33.33%) Migration
6 11 (33.33%) Project Delivery
6 11 (33.33%) SaaS
6 11 (33.33%) SAN
6 11 (33.33%) VMware
6 11 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (27.27%) ISO 9001
7 9 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (15.15%) AWS
9 5 (15.15%) AWS Certification
9 5 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (15.15%) DevOps
9 5 (15.15%) Docker
9 5 (15.15%) Drupal
9 5 (15.15%) MariaDB
9 5 (15.15%) nginx
9 5 (15.15%) Security Patching
9 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
9 5 (15.15%) Windows
9 5 (15.15%) WordPress
10 4 (12.12%) Debian

Infrastructure Support 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 (15.15%) Drupal
1 5 (15.15%) nginx
1 5 (15.15%) WordPress
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 21 (63.64%) Azure
2 17 (51.52%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (33.33%) SaaS
4 5 (15.15%) AWS
5 4 (12.12%) IaaS
5 4 (12.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (3.03%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 11 (33.33%) SAN
2 4 (12.12%) DMZ
2 4 (12.12%) STUN
2 4 (12.12%) VLAN
2 4 (12.12%) VoIP
2 4 (12.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) MariaDB
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Advertising
2 11 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 5 (15.15%) Local Government
3 5 (15.15%) Police
3 5 (15.15%) Public Sector
4 4 (12.12%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 11 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (15.15%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.03%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Debian
2 4 (12.12%) Linux
2 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (42.42%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (33.33%) Migration
3 11 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (15.15%) DevOps
5 5 (15.15%) Security Patching
6 4 (12.12%) High Availability
6 4 (12.12%) Software Licensing
6 4 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (6.06%) Data Management
7 2 (6.06%) Line Management
8 1 (3.03%) Business Continuity
8 1 (3.03%) Capacity Planning
8 1 (3.03%) Computer Science
8 1 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.03%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (3.03%) ITIL
8 1 (3.03%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (48.48%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) AWS Certification
2 2 (6.06%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (27.27%) ISO 9001
1 9 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 11 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 11 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (15.15%) Docker
3 4 (12.12%) Kamailio
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (3.03%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 11 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (12.12%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.03%) IFS
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle