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 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 52 80
Rank change year-on-year -46 +28 +85
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 153 334 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.43% 7.12% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 8.00% 2.80%
Number of salaries quoted 122 71 235
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 £65,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £70,000 £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 10,018 4,173 10,221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 88.96% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7,523 2,071 7,896
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,500
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 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,400 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.91% +9.52% -12.98%

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 9 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 9 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 -3 85 £50,000 -16.67% 10
Lancashire -23 25 £61,171 -5.89% 4
Cheshire -23 18 £45,000 +12.50% 1
Merseyside -17 14 £35,800 -10.50% 1
Cumbria -28 10 £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 9 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.

1 142 (92.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (26.14%) Azure
3 34 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 32 (20.92%) Active Directory
5 29 (18.95%) Windows
6 28 (18.30%) Firewall
7 25 (16.34%) VMware
8 22 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (13.73%) PowerShell
9 21 (13.73%) Windows Server
10 19 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (12.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 18 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
13 16 (10.46%) Disaster Recovery
14 15 (9.80%) Entra ID
15 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (8.50%) Project Delivery
17 12 (7.84%) ITIL
18 11 (7.19%) Azure Certification
18 11 (7.19%) Cisco
18 11 (7.19%) Cyber Essentials
18 11 (7.19%) DNS
19 10 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
19 10 (6.54%) Customer Service
19 10 (6.54%) DHCP
20 9 (5.88%) Change Management
20 9 (5.88%) Hyper-V
20 9 (5.88%) SaaS
20 9 (5.88%) SAN

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 7 (4.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.61%) AutoCAD
2 4 (2.61%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 40 (26.14%) Azure
2 22 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (9.80%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.88%) SaaS
5 6 (3.92%) AWS
6 5 (3.27%) Intacct
7 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (1.96%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.31%) GitHub
9 2 (1.31%) iPaaS
9 2 (1.31%) 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
Communications & Networking
1 28 (18.30%) Firewall
2 11 (7.19%) DNS
3 10 (6.54%) DHCP
4 9 (5.88%) SAN
5 5 (3.27%) LAN
5 5 (3.27%) VLAN
6 4 (2.61%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (2.61%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (2.61%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (2.61%) Network Security
6 4 (2.61%) WAN
7 3 (1.96%) NGFW
7 3 (1.96%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.96%) VoIP
8 2 (1.31%) VPN
9 1 (0.65%) FTP
9 1 (0.65%) HTTP
9 1 (0.65%) SMTP
9 1 (0.65%) SNMP
9 1 (0.65%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.31%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.31%) GitLab
2 1 (0.65%) Git
General
1 17 (11.11%) Finance
2 13 (8.50%) Social Skills
3 12 (7.84%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.27%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.61%) Fire and Rescue
7 3 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.31%) Middleware
3 1 (0.65%) Flash
3 1 (0.65%) OAuth
3 1 (0.65%) OpenID
3 1 (0.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.54%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.23%) CCTV
4 6 (3.92%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (3.27%) Clustering
6 4 (2.61%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.96%) Social Media
8 2 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.31%) Replication
9 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.95%) Windows
2 21 (13.73%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.96%) Linux
4 3 (1.96%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.31%) Android
5 2 (1.31%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (92.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (10.46%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (8.50%) Project Delivery
6 12 (7.84%) ITIL
7 10 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (6.54%) Customer Service
8 9 (5.88%) Change Management
9 8 (5.23%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (5.23%) Migration
10 7 (4.58%) Mobile Device Management
11 6 (3.92%) Business Continuity
11 6 (3.92%) Coaching
11 6 (3.92%) Logistics
11 6 (3.92%) Mentoring
11 6 (3.92%) Project Planning
12 5 (3.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 5 (3.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (3.27%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (13.73%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.58%) SQL
3 4 (2.61%) Bicep
3 4 (2.61%) Python
4 2 (1.31%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (7.19%) Azure Certification
3 9 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.58%) CCNA
4 7 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.58%) MCSA
5 6 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (3.27%) Degree
6 5 (3.27%) HNC
6 5 (3.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (2.61%) CCNP
7 4 (2.61%) RIBA
8 3 (1.96%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.19%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.96%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (20.92%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.88%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.31%) vSphere
5 1 (0.65%) Firmware
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 (12.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.96%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.31%) Terraform
5 1 (0.65%) Ansible
5 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.65%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 34 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 25 (16.34%) VMware
3 11 (7.19%) Cisco
4 8 (5.23%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (3.27%) Apple
5 5 (3.27%) Sage
6 4 (2.61%) Aruba
6 4 (2.61%) HP
7 3 (1.96%) Meraki
8 2 (1.31%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.31%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.31%) Samsung
8 2 (1.31%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.31%) Veeam
9 1 (0.65%) Citrix
9 1 (0.65%) Commvault
9 1 (0.65%) Dell
9 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.65%) NetApp
9 1 (0.65%) WatchGuard