Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North West is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 51 75
Rank change year-on-year -44 +24 +86
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 154 336 290
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.44% 7.16% 2.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 8.05% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 122 72 239
10th Percentile £34,550 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +15.56% -4.26%
75th Percentile £64,375 £63,125 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,750 £67,968
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 10,038 4,173 10,326
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 88.86% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,553 2,064 7,976
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,419
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,645 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.74% +9.52% -12.87%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Manchester -12 86 £50,000 -16.67% 12
Lancashire -25 24 £56,766 -12.67% 3
Cheshire -13 18 £45,000 +12.50% 1
Merseyside -12 14 £35,800 -10.50% 1
Cumbria -26 11 £55,000 +5.77% 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 11 June 2026, Infrastructure Engineer 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 West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 143 (92.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (26.62%) Azure
3 34 (22.08%) Microsoft
4 32 (20.78%) Active Directory
5 28 (18.18%) Firewall
5 28 (18.18%) Windows
6 27 (17.53%) VMware
7 22 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (13.64%) PowerShell
9 20 (12.99%) Windows Server
10 19 (12.34%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (12.34%) Microsoft Intune
10 19 (12.34%) VMware Infrastructure
11 18 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (11.04%) Disaster Recovery
13 15 (9.74%) Entra ID
14 14 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (9.09%) Project Delivery
15 12 (7.79%) Cisco
15 12 (7.79%) ITIL
16 11 (7.14%) Azure Certification
16 11 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
17 10 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 10 (6.49%) Customer Service
17 10 (6.49%) DNS
17 10 (6.49%) Hyper-V
17 10 (6.49%) SAN
17 10 (6.49%) SC Cleared
17 10 (6.49%) Security Cleared
18 9 (5.84%) Change Management

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.60%) AutoCAD
2 4 (2.60%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 41 (26.62%) Azure
2 22 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (9.74%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.84%) SaaS
5 7 (4.55%) AWS
6 5 (3.25%) Intacct
7 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.95%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.30%) GitHub
9 2 (1.30%) iPaaS
9 2 (1.30%) OCI
10 1 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.65%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.65%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 28 (18.18%) Firewall
2 10 (6.49%) DNS
2 10 (6.49%) SAN
3 9 (5.84%) DHCP
4 5 (3.25%) LAN
4 5 (3.25%) VLAN
5 4 (2.60%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (2.60%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (2.60%) Cisco Nexus
5 4 (2.60%) Network Security
5 4 (2.60%) WAN
6 3 (1.95%) NGFW
6 3 (1.95%) VoIP
7 2 (1.30%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.30%) VPN
8 1 (0.65%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.65%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.65%) NAS
8 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.30%) GitLab
2 1 (0.65%) Git
General
1 17 (11.04%) Finance
2 13 (8.44%) Social Skills
3 12 (7.79%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.25%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.60%) Fire and Rescue
7 3 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.30%) Middleware
3 1 (0.65%) Flash
3 1 (0.65%) OAuth
3 1 (0.65%) OpenID
3 1 (0.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.49%) Driving Licence
2 9 (5.84%) Data Centre
3 8 (5.19%) CCTV
4 7 (4.55%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (3.25%) Clustering
6 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.95%) Replication
7 3 (1.95%) Social Media
8 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.18%) Windows
2 20 (12.99%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.60%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.95%) Linux
4 3 (1.95%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.30%) Android
5 2 (1.30%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (92.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (12.34%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (11.04%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (9.09%) Project Delivery
6 12 (7.79%) ITIL
7 10 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (6.49%) Customer Service
8 9 (5.84%) Change Management
9 8 (5.19%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (5.19%) Migration
10 7 (4.55%) Mobile Device Management
11 6 (3.90%) Business Continuity
11 6 (3.90%) Coaching
11 6 (3.90%) Logistics
11 6 (3.90%) Mentoring
11 6 (3.90%) Project Planning
11 6 (3.90%) Storage Management
12 5 (3.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (3.25%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.55%) SQL
3 4 (2.60%) Bicep
3 4 (2.60%) Python
4 2 (1.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (7.14%) Azure Certification
3 10 (6.49%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.55%) CCNA
4 7 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.55%) MCSA
5 6 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.25%) Degree
6 5 (3.25%) HNC
6 5 (3.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.60%) CCNP
7 4 (2.60%) RIBA
8 3 (1.95%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.95%) NIST
4 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (20.78%) Active Directory
2 19 (12.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.49%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.30%) Firmware
4 2 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.30%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.30%) vSphere
5 1 (0.65%) MetaFrame
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.65%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (12.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (1.95%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.95%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.30%) Terraform
5 1 (0.65%) Ansible
5 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 34 (22.08%) Microsoft
2 27 (17.53%) VMware
3 12 (7.79%) Cisco
4 8 (5.19%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (3.25%) Apple
5 5 (3.25%) HP
5 5 (3.25%) Sage
6 4 (2.60%) Aruba
7 3 (1.95%) Meraki
7 3 (1.95%) Veeam
8 2 (1.30%) Commvault
8 2 (1.30%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.30%) Dell
8 2 (1.30%) NetApp
8 2 (1.30%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.30%) Samsung
8 2 (1.30%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.65%) Citrix
9 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.65%) SAP