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 19 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 102 144
Rank change year-on-year +53 +42 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 333 161 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.46% 2.07% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.32% 2.17% 1.82%
Number of salaries quoted 65 124 66
10th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £35,813
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £45,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -4.76% +11.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £55,000 £53,211
90th Percentile £68,000 £67,077 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -1.92%

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 4,547 7,414 4,220
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.15% 95.31% 93.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,297 4,565 3,227
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer 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 19 September 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 19 September 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
Lancashire +29 176 £65,000 +44.44% 14
Manchester +53 89 £57,500 +43.75% 19
Cheshire +4 48 £40,000 -13.04% 8
Cumbria 0 11 £52,000 +48.57%
Merseyside -13 9 £65,000 +30.00% 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 330 (99.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 273 (81.98%) Windows
3 271 (81.38%) Linux
4 262 (78.68%) DevOps
5 260 (78.08%) PowerShell
6 259 (77.78%) VPN
6 259 (77.78%) Cisco
7 258 (77.48%) Problem-Solving
8 257 (77.18%) Terraform
8 257 (77.18%) Ansible
9 256 (76.88%) vSphere
10 255 (76.58%) Storage Management
11 253 (75.98%) Hyper-V
11 253 (75.98%) Python
12 252 (75.68%) VMware NSX
13 251 (75.38%) Task Automation
13 251 (75.38%) Docker
13 251 (75.38%) Bash
14 250 (75.08%) Android
14 250 (75.08%) Mathematics
14 250 (75.08%) Cisco IOS
14 250 (75.08%) Juniper
14 250 (75.08%) Risk Management
14 250 (75.08%) 3PAR
14 250 (75.08%) Splunk
14 250 (75.08%) Cyberattack
14 250 (75.08%) Line Management
14 250 (75.08%) Analytical Skills
14 250 (75.08%) Elastic Stack
14 250 (75.08%) Inclusion and Diversity

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.50%) IIS
1 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.60%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.30%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 34 (10.21%) Azure
2 9 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (1.50%) IaaS
3 5 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 4 (1.20%) AWS
4 4 (1.20%) Entra ID
5 2 (0.60%) Nutanix
5 2 (0.60%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.30%) Azure Stack
6 1 (0.30%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.30%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.30%) GCP
6 1 (0.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 259 (77.78%) VPN
2 250 (75.08%) Cisco IOS
3 11 (3.30%) DNS
4 10 (3.00%) DHCP
5 9 (2.70%) Firewall
6 8 (2.40%) TETRA
7 7 (2.10%) VLAN
8 5 (1.50%) DMZ
8 5 (1.50%) STUN
8 5 (1.50%) VoIP
9 4 (1.20%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.60%) HTTP
10 2 (0.60%) SSL
10 2 (0.60%) WAN
11 1 (0.30%) LAN
11 1 (0.30%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.30%) Network Security
11 1 (0.30%) SAN
11 1 (0.30%) Skype
11 1 (0.30%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.10%) SQL Server
General
1 250 (75.08%) Analytical Skills
1 250 (75.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 7 (2.10%) Social Skills
3 5 (1.50%) Aerospace
3 5 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (1.50%) Military
4 4 (1.20%) Finance
4 4 (1.20%) Legal
4 4 (1.20%) Local Government
4 4 (1.20%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.60%) Banking
5 2 (0.60%) Games
5 2 (0.60%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (75.08%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.10%) OLE
3 5 (1.50%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.50%) FreeSWITCH
4 2 (0.60%) DPDK
4 2 (0.60%) eBPF
5 1 (0.30%) OpenCL
5 1 (0.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 250 (75.08%) Cyberattack
2 8 (2.40%) Driving Licence
3 7 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (1.20%) Clustering
4 4 (1.20%) NHS
5 3 (0.90%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.60%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.60%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.30%) CUDA
7 1 (0.30%) PKI
7 1 (0.30%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.30%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 273 (81.98%) Windows
2 271 (81.38%) Linux
3 250 (75.08%) Android
4 22 (6.61%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.80%) CentOS
6 6 (1.80%) Debian
7 5 (1.50%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.90%) Unix
9 2 (0.60%) VMS
10 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (99.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 262 (78.68%) DevOps
3 258 (77.48%) Problem-Solving
4 255 (76.58%) Storage Management
5 251 (75.38%) Task Automation
6 250 (75.08%) Line Management
6 250 (75.08%) Mathematics
6 250 (75.08%) Platform Engineering
6 250 (75.08%) Risk Management
7 13 (3.90%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (2.70%) Infrastructure Automation
9 8 (2.40%) Patch Management
10 7 (2.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (2.10%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (2.10%) High Availability
10 7 (2.10%) ITIL
10 7 (2.10%) Migration
10 7 (2.10%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (1.80%) Infrastructure as Code
11 6 (1.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 260 (78.08%) PowerShell
2 253 (75.98%) Python
3 251 (75.38%) Bash
4 7 (2.10%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (2.40%) Network+ Certification
2 7 (2.10%) DV Cleared
2 7 (2.10%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.80%) Azure Certification
3 6 (1.80%) Degree
3 6 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.50%) CCNA
4 5 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (1.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (0.60%) Postgraduate
5 2 (0.60%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.30%) CEH
6 1 (0.30%) HNC
6 1 (0.30%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (0.30%) MCSA
6 1 (0.30%) RHCE
6 1 (0.30%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.50%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.60%) GDPR
5 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 256 (76.88%) vSphere
2 253 (75.98%) Hyper-V
3 252 (75.68%) VMware NSX
4 251 (75.38%) Docker
5 16 (4.80%) Active Directory
6 9 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.50%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.60%) KVM
10 2 (0.60%) QEMU
11 1 (0.30%) Dovecot
11 1 (0.30%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 257 (77.18%) Ansible
1 257 (77.18%) Terraform
2 8 (2.40%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.80%) vCenter Server
4 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.90%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 259 (77.78%) Cisco
2 250 (75.08%) 3PAR
2 250 (75.08%) Juniper
2 250 (75.08%) Splunk
3 27 (8.11%) Microsoft
4 14 (4.20%) VMware
5 5 (1.50%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.90%) Fortinet
6 3 (0.90%) Google
7 2 (0.60%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.60%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.30%) Apple
8 1 (0.30%) Citrix
8 1 (0.30%) NetApp
8 1 (0.30%) Okta
8 1 (0.30%) Ping Identity
8 1 (0.30%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.30%) Veeam