Infrastructure Manager Job Trends in the North West

Infrastructure Manager
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the North West is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 178 161
Rank change year-on-year +22 -17 +113
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 23 27 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.37% 0.52% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.56% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 23 18 24
10th Percentile £53,750 £48,250 £37,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,563 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.79% +0.80%
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £56,932
90th Percentile - £66,855 £61,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -11.11%

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 5,292 4,814 3,704
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.87% 92.58% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,849 2,546 2,878
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -0.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the North West

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the North West

Infrastructure Manager
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 Manager within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Cheshire -14 11 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Cumbria - 8 £60,000 - 2
Manchester +17 2 £62,500 -13.79% 3
Infrastructure Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 16 (69.57%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) Service Delivery
3 10 (43.48%) Azure
3 10 (43.48%) Coaching
3 10 (43.48%) Google
4 8 (34.78%) AWS
4 8 (34.78%) Business Development
4 8 (34.78%) GCP
4 8 (34.78%) Project Delivery
4 8 (34.78%) Project Management
4 8 (34.78%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
6 6 (26.09%) People Management
6 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
7 5 (21.74%) Cisco
7 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
7 5 (21.74%) Customer-Centricity
7 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (21.74%) DBS Check
7 5 (21.74%) Degree
7 5 (21.74%) Facilities Management
7 5 (21.74%) Firmware
7 5 (21.74%) Linux
7 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (21.74%) Patch Management
7 5 (21.74%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (21.74%) Regulatory Compliance

Infrastructure Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (43.48%) Azure
2 8 (34.78%) AWS
2 8 (34.78%) GCP
3 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) IaaS
4 1 (4.35%) PaaS
4 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) WAN
General
1 14 (60.87%) Finance
2 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (69.57%) Windows
2 7 (30.43%) Windows Server
3 5 (21.74%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Service Delivery
2 10 (43.48%) Coaching
3 8 (34.78%) Business Development
3 8 (34.78%) Project Delivery
3 8 (34.78%) Project Management
3 8 (34.78%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (30.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (26.09%) People Management
5 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (21.74%) Computer Science
6 5 (21.74%) Customer-Centricity
6 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (21.74%) Facilities Management
6 5 (21.74%) Patch Management
6 5 (21.74%) Performance Metrics
6 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (21.74%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (21.74%) Server Management
6 5 (21.74%) Service Delivery Management
6 5 (21.74%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) DBS Check
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
1 5 (21.74%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Google
2 5 (21.74%) Cisco
2 5 (21.74%) VMware
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft