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 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 49 83
Rank change year-on-year -53 +34 +85
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 148 329 251
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.37% 7.28% 2.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 8.21% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 117 68 202
10th Percentile £34,550 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +13.33% -4.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,000 £67,500 £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 9,972 4,007 9,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.11% 88.61% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,926 1,973 7,211
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,457 £57,560 £53,250
% change year-on-year -3.65% +8.09% -12.42%

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 23 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 23 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 -9 81 £50,000 -16.67% 15
Lancashire -34 25 £65,576 +37.33% 7
Cheshire -34 16 £48,500 +21.25% 2
Merseyside -13 14 £35,800 -10.50% 1
Cumbria -17 11 £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 23 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.

1 135 (91.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (26.35%) Azure
3 32 (21.62%) Active Directory
4 31 (20.95%) Microsoft
5 29 (19.59%) Firewall
6 28 (18.92%) Windows
7 23 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (15.54%) VMware
8 22 (14.86%) PowerShell
9 20 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (13.51%) Windows Server
10 17 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
10 17 (11.49%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (10.81%) Entra ID
12 15 (10.14%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (10.14%) VMware Infrastructure
13 14 (9.46%) Project Delivery
14 13 (8.78%) DNS
14 13 (8.78%) ITIL
15 12 (8.11%) Azure Certification
15 12 (8.11%) Cisco
16 11 (7.43%) Cyber Essentials
16 11 (7.43%) DHCP
17 10 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
17 10 (6.76%) Customer Service
18 9 (6.08%) Change Management
18 9 (6.08%) Hyper-V
18 9 (6.08%) SaaS
18 9 (6.08%) Security Cleared

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 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.73%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.05%) AutoCAD
2 6 (4.05%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 39 (26.35%) Azure
2 23 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (10.81%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.08%) SaaS
5 5 (3.38%) AWS
5 5 (3.38%) Intacct
6 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (2.70%) OneDrive
7 2 (1.35%) GitHub
7 2 (1.35%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.35%) OCI
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.68%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (19.59%) Firewall
2 13 (8.78%) DNS
3 11 (7.43%) DHCP
4 8 (5.41%) SAN
5 6 (4.05%) VLAN
6 5 (3.38%) Network Security
6 5 (3.38%) WAN
7 4 (2.70%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (2.70%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (2.70%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.70%) LAN
7 4 (2.70%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.03%) NGFW
8 3 (2.03%) VoIP
9 2 (1.35%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.35%) VPN
10 1 (0.68%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (0.68%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.68%) NAS
10 1 (0.68%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.03%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.03%) GitLab
2 2 (1.35%) Git
General
1 16 (10.81%) Finance
2 14 (9.46%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.11%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.73%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.73%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.70%) Fire and Rescue
6 3 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (1.35%) Middleware
3 1 (0.68%) Flash
3 1 (0.68%) OAuth
3 1 (0.68%) OLE
3 1 (0.68%) OpenID
3 1 (0.68%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.08%) Data Centre
2 8 (5.41%) CCTV
2 8 (5.41%) Driving Licence
3 5 (3.38%) Clustering
3 5 (3.38%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (2.70%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.03%) Social Media
6 2 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.35%) Replication
7 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.92%) Windows
2 20 (13.51%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.03%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.35%) Android
5 2 (1.35%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.35%) Linux
5 2 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (91.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (11.49%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (11.49%) Disaster Recovery
4 14 (9.46%) Project Delivery
5 13 (8.78%) ITIL
6 10 (6.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (6.76%) Customer Service
7 9 (6.08%) Change Management
8 8 (5.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (5.41%) Mentoring
8 8 (5.41%) Migration
9 7 (4.73%) Coaching
9 7 (4.73%) Mobile Device Management
9 7 (4.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (4.05%) Business Continuity
10 6 (4.05%) Facilities Management
10 6 (4.05%) Logistics
10 6 (4.05%) Manufacturing Engineering
10 6 (4.05%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.86%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.41%) SQL
3 4 (2.70%) Bicep
3 4 (2.70%) Python
4 2 (1.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (10.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (8.11%) Azure Certification
3 9 (6.08%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.73%) CCNA
5 7 (4.73%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.73%) HNC
5 7 (4.73%) MCSA
6 6 (4.05%) RIBA
7 5 (3.38%) Degree
7 5 (3.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (2.70%) CCNP
9 3 (2.03%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.68%) HND
10 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.03%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 15 (10.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (6.08%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.68%) Docker
5 1 (0.68%) Firmware
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (13.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.03%) Terraform
4 2 (1.35%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.68%) Ansible
5 1 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (20.95%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.54%) VMware
3 12 (8.11%) Cisco
4 8 (5.41%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (3.38%) Apple
5 5 (3.38%) Sage
6 4 (2.70%) Aruba
6 4 (2.70%) HP
7 3 (2.03%) Meraki
8 2 (1.35%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.35%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.35%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.35%) Samsung
8 2 (1.35%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.35%) Veeam
9 1 (0.68%) Citrix
9 1 (0.68%) Commvault
9 1 (0.68%) Dell
9 1 (0.68%) NetApp
9 1 (0.68%) WatchGuard