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 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 79 119
Rank change year-on-year -45 +40 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 62 137 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.04% 2.54% 1.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 2.72% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 52 111 60
10th Percentile £37,750 £35,000 £38,763
25th Percentile £45,281 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.44% -5.26% +0.79%
75th Percentile £66,923 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,948 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.95% -2.96% +1.94%

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 5,097 5,033 3,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.72% 93.41% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,685 2,723 2,564
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,722
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 16 December 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 16 December 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 -1 29 £50,000 +17.65% 12
Lancashire +8 16 £65,000 +44.44% 7
Cumbria +7 9 £53,750 +53.57% 2
Merseyside -19 4 £43,750 +9.38%
Cheshire -25 4 £79,000 +66.32% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 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 54 (87.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (32.26%) Azure
3 17 (27.42%) Windows
4 16 (25.81%) Windows Server
5 15 (24.19%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (24.19%) Microsoft
6 11 (17.74%) Linux
6 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (14.52%) Active Directory
8 9 (14.52%) DevOps
9 8 (12.90%) High Availability
9 8 (12.90%) Project Management
10 7 (11.29%) Firewall
10 7 (11.29%) Kubernetes
10 7 (11.29%) SQL
10 7 (11.29%) SQL Server
10 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (11.29%) VLAN
10 7 (11.29%) VMware
10 7 (11.29%) VPN
11 6 (9.68%) AutoCAD
11 6 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (9.68%) Business Case
11 6 (9.68%) DMZ
11 6 (9.68%) DNS
11 6 (9.68%) DV Cleared
11 6 (9.68%) Facilities Management
11 6 (9.68%) HNC
11 6 (9.68%) IaaS

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 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.45%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.84%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.61%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) AutoCAD
1 6 (9.68%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (1.61%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 20 (32.26%) Azure
2 10 (16.13%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (9.68%) IaaS
4 5 (8.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 4 (6.45%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.84%) AWS
6 3 (4.84%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.61%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.61%) PaaS
8 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) Firewall
1 7 (11.29%) VLAN
1 7 (11.29%) VPN
2 6 (9.68%) DMZ
2 6 (9.68%) DNS
2 6 (9.68%) VoIP
3 5 (8.06%) STUN
4 4 (6.45%) DHCP
4 4 (6.45%) TETRA
5 3 (4.84%) HTTP
5 3 (4.84%) SSL
6 2 (3.23%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.23%) WAN
7 1 (1.61%) FTP
7 1 (1.61%) LAN
7 1 (1.61%) Network Security
7 1 (1.61%) SMTP
7 1 (1.61%) SNMP
7 1 (1.61%) SSH
7 1 (1.61%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Git
1 2 (3.23%) GitLab
General
1 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.90%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.06%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (4.84%) Aerospace
4 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.84%) Banking
4 3 (4.84%) Military
5 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Finance
6 1 (1.61%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) OLE
2 5 (8.06%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (4.84%) DPDK
3 3 (4.84%) eBPF
4 1 (1.61%) NETCONF
4 1 (1.61%) RESTCONF
4 1 (1.61%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.84%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.61%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.61%) NVMe
4 1 (1.61%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (27.42%) Windows
2 16 (25.81%) Windows Server
3 11 (17.74%) Linux
4 5 (8.06%) Debian
5 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (3.23%) CentOS
8 1 (1.61%) Android
8 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.61%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (87.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (24.19%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (17.74%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (14.52%) DevOps
5 8 (12.90%) High Availability
5 8 (12.90%) Project Management
6 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (9.68%) Business Case
7 6 (9.68%) Facilities Management
7 6 (9.68%) Manufacturing Engineering
7 6 (9.68%) Project Delivery
8 5 (8.06%) Agile
8 5 (8.06%) CI/CD
8 5 (8.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (8.06%) ITIL
8 5 (8.06%) Software Licensing
8 5 (8.06%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (6.45%) Data Protection
9 4 (6.45%) Mentoring
9 4 (6.45%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.29%) SQL
2 6 (9.68%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.45%) Python
4 1 (1.61%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
1 6 (9.68%) DV Cleared
1 6 (9.68%) HNC
1 6 (9.68%) RIBA
1 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.06%) Degree
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (6.45%) CCNA
3 4 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.84%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (4.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.61%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.61%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (1.61%) MCSA
6 1 (1.61%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (8.06%) ISO 9001
1 5 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.61%) GDPR
2 1 (1.61%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (14.52%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.06%) Kamailio
2 5 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.45%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (4.84%) KVM
4 3 (4.84%) QEMU
4 3 (4.84%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (4.84%) vSphere
5 2 (3.23%) Docker
6 1 (1.61%) Dovecot
6 1 (1.61%) Firmware
6 1 (1.61%) Postfix
6 1 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (11.29%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.06%) Terraform
3 3 (4.84%) Ansible
3 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.84%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.61%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.61%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 15 (24.19%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.29%) VMware
3 5 (8.06%) Cisco
3 5 (8.06%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.84%) Google
4 3 (4.84%) SaltStack
5 2 (3.23%) Apple
5 2 (3.23%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.61%) Citrix
6 1 (1.61%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.61%) Meraki
6 1 (1.61%) Okta
6 1 (1.61%) Ping Identity
6 1 (1.61%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.61%) Samsung
6 1 (1.61%) Ubiquiti