Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 37 87
Rank change year-on-year -39 +50 +47
Permanent Infrastructure Engineer jobs 245 319 160
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.89% 6.66% 2.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.04% 7.50% 2.38%
Number of salaries quoted 182 56 130
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +19.44% -5.26%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £65,297
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the North West matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the North West matching a recognised job title 11,993 4,254 6,713
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.57% 88.85% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,758 2,351 3,784
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,850
England median annual salary £59,999 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.09% -4.17%

Infrastructure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Infrastructure Engineer job postings 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 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in the North West over the 6 months to 23 October 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 Infrastructure Engineer jobs within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Manchester +4 171 £60,000 +14.29% 43
Lancashire -23 49 £65,576 +0.89% 14
Merseyside -16 11 £55,000 -21.43% 9
Cheshire -33 7 £41,250 +3.13% 4
Cumbria 0 6 - - 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, Infrastructure Engineer job ads cited 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 Infrastructure Engineer job ads across the North West region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Infrastructure Engineering95.9%235
2Security Cleared18.8%46
3Microsoft18.4%45
4Linux18.0%44
5Azure17.6%43
5Windows17.6%43
7VMware15.5%38
8Infrastructure as Code13.1%32
8VMware Infrastructure13.1%32
10SC Cleared12.2%30
11Active Directory10.2%25
11Disaster Recovery10.2%25
11PowerShell10.2%25
14Windows Server9.8%24
15DV Cleared9.0%22
16AWS8.2%20
16Cybersecurity8.2%20
16DNS8.2%20
16Firewall8.2%20
16Problem-Solving8.2%20
21Continuous Improvement7.3%18
21Python7.3%18
23Infrastructure Automation6.5%16
24Bash6.1%15
25Cisco5.7%14
25Coaching5.7%14
25Mentoring5.7%14
25Project Delivery5.7%14
29ITIL5.3%13
29Technical Leadership5.3%13

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Infrastructure Engineer38.0%93
2Automation Engineer9.8%24
3Cloud Infrastructure Engineer8.6%21
4Linux Infrastructure Engineer6.9%17
5Senior Cloud Engineer5.7%14
6Senior Linux Engineer4.9%12
7Infrastructure Security Engineer4.5%11
8IT Infrastructure Engineer4.1%10
8PLC Engineer4.1%10
10Cloud Automation Engineer3.7%9
10Senior Automation Engineer3.7%9
12Network Infrastructure Engineer2.4%6
12SAN Engineer2.4%6
12Site Engineer2.4%6
15Infrastructure Design Engineer2.0%5
16Electrical Engineer1.6%4
16Infrastructure Services Engineer1.6%4
16VMware Infrastructure Engineer1.6%4
16Windows Infrastructure Engineer1.6%4
20Infrastructure Support Engineer1.2%3
71 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in the North West