Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North West is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 80 130
Rank change year-on-year -31 +50 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 75 176 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.47% 2.53% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.66% 2.67% 1.93%
Number of salaries quoted 62 145 60
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,763
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,716 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,750 £60,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +0.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 4,528 6,598 3,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.49% 95.02% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,675 3,664 2,846
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £30,791
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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 +14 38 £50,000 +25.00% 16
Lancashire -2 17 £65,000 +44.44% 8
Cumbria +5 9 £53,750 +53.57%
Cheshire -21 6 £56,000 +17.89% 2
Merseyside -16 5 £45,000 +10.43% 4
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, 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 70 (93.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (33.33%) Azure
3 22 (29.33%) Windows
4 21 (28.00%) Microsoft
5 20 (26.67%) Windows Server
6 17 (22.67%) Linux
7 15 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (16.00%) Active Directory
9 11 (14.67%) Firewall
9 11 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (14.67%) VMware
10 10 (13.33%) Cisco
10 10 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (13.33%) VPN
11 9 (12.00%) PowerShell
11 9 (12.00%) Project Management
12 8 (10.67%) DevOps
12 8 (10.67%) High Availability
12 8 (10.67%) Network+ Certification
12 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (10.67%) VLAN
12 8 (10.67%) VMware Infrastructure
13 7 (9.33%) Degree
13 7 (9.33%) DHCP
13 7 (9.33%) Disaster Recovery
13 7 (9.33%) DNS
13 7 (9.33%) Migration
13 7 (9.33%) SQL
13 7 (9.33%) Windows Server 2016
14 6 (8.00%) CCNA

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 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.00%) OpenStack
3 2 (2.67%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.00%) AutoCAD
1 3 (4.00%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.33%) Civil 3D
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (33.33%) Azure
2 10 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.67%) IaaS
3 5 (6.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 4 (5.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.67%) AWS
5 2 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.67%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Stack
6 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.67%) Firewall
2 10 (13.33%) VPN
3 8 (10.67%) VLAN
4 7 (9.33%) DHCP
4 7 (9.33%) DNS
5 6 (8.00%) TETRA
5 6 (8.00%) VoIP
6 5 (6.67%) DMZ
6 5 (6.67%) STUN
7 4 (5.33%) TCP/IP
8 3 (4.00%) WAN
9 2 (2.67%) HTTP
9 2 (2.67%) LAN
9 2 (2.67%) SSL
10 1 (1.33%) NAS
10 1 (1.33%) NetScaler
10 1 (1.33%) Network Security
10 1 (1.33%) SAN
10 1 (1.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.00%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (14.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 5 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (6.67%) Military
4 4 (5.33%) Finance
4 4 (5.33%) Legal
4 4 (5.33%) Local Government
5 3 (4.00%) Banking
6 2 (2.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) OLE
2 5 (6.67%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (4.00%) DPDK
3 3 (4.00%) eBPF
4 1 (1.33%) NETCONF
4 1 (1.33%) RESTCONF
4 1 (1.33%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.67%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.33%) NHS
3 3 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.33%) Clustering
5 1 (1.33%) NVMe
5 1 (1.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (29.33%) Windows
2 20 (26.67%) Windows Server
3 17 (22.67%) Linux
4 7 (9.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (6.67%) Debian
5 5 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (5.33%) Mac OS
7 3 (4.00%) CentOS
7 3 (4.00%) Unix
8 2 (2.67%) VMS
9 1 (1.33%) Android
9 1 (1.33%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.33%) Windows 10
9 1 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (93.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (14.67%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (12.00%) Project Management
5 8 (10.67%) DevOps
5 8 (10.67%) High Availability
5 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (9.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (9.33%) Migration
7 6 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (8.00%) Mentoring
7 6 (8.00%) Patch Management
7 6 (8.00%) Project Delivery
8 5 (6.67%) CI/CD
8 5 (6.67%) Network Virtualisation
8 5 (6.67%) Preventative Maintenance
8 5 (6.67%) Software Licensing
8 5 (6.67%) Storage Management
8 5 (6.67%) Verification and Validation
8 5 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.33%) SQL
3 4 (5.33%) Python
4 1 (1.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 8 (10.67%) Network+ Certification
2 7 (9.33%) Degree
3 6 (8.00%) CCNA
3 6 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (8.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.00%) HNC
5 3 (4.00%) RIBA
6 2 (2.67%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.33%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.33%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (1.33%) MCSA
7 1 (1.33%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (6.67%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.67%) GDPR
4 1 (1.33%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.33%) NIST
System Software
1 12 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (8.00%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (6.67%) Kamailio
4 5 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (6.67%) vSphere
5 4 (5.33%) Hyper-V
6 3 (4.00%) KVM
6 3 (4.00%) QEMU
7 1 (1.33%) Docker
7 1 (1.33%) Dovecot
7 1 (1.33%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 6 (8.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (8.00%) vCenter Server
2 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.00%) Ansible
3 3 (4.00%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.00%) Terraform
4 1 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 21 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.67%) VMware
3 10 (13.33%) Cisco
4 5 (6.67%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.00%) Fortinet
5 3 (4.00%) SaltStack
6 2 (2.67%) Apple
6 2 (2.67%) Google
6 2 (2.67%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.33%) Citrix
7 1 (1.33%) Meraki
7 1 (1.33%) NetApp
7 1 (1.33%) Okta
7 1 (1.33%) Ping Identity
7 1 (1.33%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.33%) Samsung
7 1 (1.33%) Ubiquiti