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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 96 85
Rank change year-on-year -9 -11 +79
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 140 161 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.37% 3.57% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 4.06% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 111 82 201
10th Percentile £34,550 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £37,912 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £69,390 £59,688 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £67,968
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 9,342 3,967 8,897
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 87.84% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6,380 2,204 7,101
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,313 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,820 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

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 May 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 May 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 -1 78 £50,000 -13.04% 20
Lancashire -13 21 £65,576 +54.30% 11
Cheshire -4 15 £55,000 +37.50% 2
Merseyside -18 14 £35,800 -10.50% 2
Cumbria -16 12 £55,000 +5.77%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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.

1 126 (90.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (25.00%) Azure
3 29 (20.71%) Microsoft
4 27 (19.29%) Active Directory
5 26 (18.57%) Firewall
5 26 (18.57%) Windows
6 22 (15.71%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (14.29%) PowerShell
8 19 (13.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (13.57%) VMware
8 19 (13.57%) Windows Server
9 18 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (10.71%) Entra ID
10 15 (10.71%) Project Delivery
11 14 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (10.00%) ITIL
12 13 (9.29%) DNS
13 12 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
14 11 (7.86%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (7.86%) DHCP
15 10 (7.14%) Cisco
15 10 (7.14%) Customer Service
15 10 (7.14%) SaaS
16 9 (6.43%) Azure Certification
16 9 (6.43%) BPSS Clearance
16 9 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 9 (6.43%) Hyper-V
16 9 (6.43%) Stakeholder 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 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.71%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (5.00%) AutoCAD
1 7 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (5.00%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.00%) Azure
2 22 (15.71%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 10 (7.14%) SaaS
5 5 (3.57%) AWS
5 5 (3.57%) Intacct
6 4 (2.86%) OneDrive
7 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.43%) GitHub
8 2 (1.43%) iPaaS
8 2 (1.43%) OCI
9 1 (0.71%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.71%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.71%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.71%) IaaS
9 1 (0.71%) PaaS
9 1 (0.71%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 26 (18.57%) Firewall
2 13 (9.29%) DNS
3 11 (7.86%) DHCP
4 6 (4.29%) VLAN
5 5 (3.57%) SAN
5 5 (3.57%) WAN
6 4 (2.86%) LAN
6 4 (2.86%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.14%) Network Security
7 3 (2.14%) VoIP
8 2 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (1.43%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (1.43%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.43%) NAS
8 2 (1.43%) NGFW
8 2 (1.43%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.43%) VPN
9 1 (0.71%) FTP
9 1 (0.71%) HTTP
9 1 (0.71%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.14%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.14%) GitLab
2 2 (1.43%) Git
General
1 15 (10.71%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.57%) Finance
2 12 (8.57%) Public Sector
3 8 (5.71%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.43%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.71%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.14%) OLE
2 2 (1.43%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.43%) Middleware
3 1 (0.71%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.71%) CCTV
2 4 (2.86%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.86%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.14%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.14%) Social Media
4 2 (1.43%) Clustering
4 2 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.43%) Replication
5 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.71%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 26 (18.57%) Windows
2 19 (13.57%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.14%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.43%) Android
5 2 (1.43%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.43%) Linux
5 2 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (90.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (10.71%) Project Delivery
4 14 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 14 (10.00%) ITIL
5 10 (7.14%) Customer Service
6 9 (6.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (6.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (5.71%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (5.71%) Mentoring
8 7 (5.00%) Business Case
8 7 (5.00%) Change Management
8 7 (5.00%) Coaching
8 7 (5.00%) Facilities Management
8 7 (5.00%) Manufacturing Engineering
8 7 (5.00%) Migration
8 7 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
8 7 (5.00%) Project Management
9 6 (4.29%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.57%) SQL
3 4 (2.86%) Bicep
3 4 (2.86%) Python
4 2 (1.43%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (8.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (6.43%) Azure Certification
2 9 (6.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (5.71%) HNC
4 7 (5.00%) RIBA
5 6 (4.29%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.57%) CCNA
6 5 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.57%) Degree
7 4 (2.86%) MCSA
8 3 (2.14%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.14%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.14%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.43%) CCNP
9 2 (1.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.71%) HND
10 1 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.43%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (19.29%) Active Directory
2 12 (8.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.43%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.71%) Docker
5 1 (0.71%) Firmware
5 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (13.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.86%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.14%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.14%) Terraform
4 2 (1.43%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.71%) Ansible
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 29 (20.71%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.57%) VMware
3 10 (7.14%) Cisco
4 8 (5.71%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (3.57%) Apple
5 5 (3.57%) Sage
6 3 (2.14%) Meraki
7 2 (1.43%) Aruba
7 2 (1.43%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.43%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.43%) HP
7 2 (1.43%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.43%) Samsung
7 2 (1.43%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.43%) Veeam
8 1 (0.71%) Citrix
8 1 (0.71%) Commvault
8 1 (0.71%) Dell
8 1 (0.71%) Google
8 1 (0.71%) WatchGuard