Infrastructure Manager Jobs in the North West

Infrastructure Manager
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the North West is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

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

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 260 258
Rank change year-on-year +28 -2 +40
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 57 35 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.71% 0.36% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.38% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 33 27 10
10th Percentile - £44,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £47,683 £47,500 £52,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £70,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.72% +25.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £75,625 £59,592
90th Percentile £58,900 £76,250 £73,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -4.00% +4.17%

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 7,314 9,309 7,031
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 94.56% 89.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,013 7,154 4,104
10th Percentile £26,955 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,345 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in the North West

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the North West.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Manager in the North West

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the North West over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager 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 14 May 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 -39 33 £54,793 +21.76% 1
Cumbria - 13 - -
Manchester +35 6 £56,750 -21.72% 3
Cheshire +2 3 £55,000 -3.07%
Merseyside - 2 £42,250 -
Infrastructure Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 44 (77.19%) Manufacturing
2 43 (75.44%) Business Case
3 34 (59.65%) Degree
4 32 (56.14%) Project Management
5 30 (52.63%) Finance
5 30 (52.63%) HNC
5 30 (52.63%) NEBOSH
5 30 (52.63%) Customer Requirements
6 14 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (22.81%) Requirements Management
7 13 (22.81%) Manufacturing Engineering
7 13 (22.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (22.81%) Business Strategy
8 7 (12.28%) Azure
8 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
9 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
10 4 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (7.02%) Data Centre
10 4 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (7.02%) ITIL
10 4 (7.02%) Legal
10 4 (7.02%) Social Skills
11 3 (5.26%) Cost Reduction
11 3 (5.26%) Budget Management
11 3 (5.26%) Law
11 3 (5.26%) Service Management
11 3 (5.26%) Migration
11 3 (5.26%) Cisco
11 3 (5.26%) Unix

Infrastructure Manager 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 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Apache Solr
2 1 (1.75%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.28%) Azure
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.75%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Internet
1 1 (1.75%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.75%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Git
General
1 44 (77.19%) Manufacturing
2 30 (52.63%) Finance
3 4 (7.02%) Legal
3 4 (7.02%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Law
5 2 (3.51%) Local Government
6 1 (1.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.02%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.26%) Unix
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (75.44%) Business Case
2 32 (56.14%) Project Management
3 30 (52.63%) Customer Requirements
4 14 (24.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (22.81%) Business Strategy
5 13 (22.81%) Manufacturing Engineering
5 13 (22.81%) Requirements Management
6 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (7.02%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (7.02%) ITIL
8 3 (5.26%) Budget Management
8 3 (5.26%) Cost Reduction
8 3 (5.26%) Migration
8 3 (5.26%) People Management
8 3 (5.26%) Service Management
9 2 (3.51%) ERP
10 1 (1.75%) Artificial Intelligence
10 1 (1.75%) Content Management
10 1 (1.75%) Disaster Recovery
10 1 (1.75%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (59.65%) Degree
2 30 (52.63%) HNC
3 13 (22.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (52.63%) NEBOSH
2 4 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.51%) QA
4 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.75%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.26%) Cisco
3 1 (1.75%) Aruba