Infrastructure Specialist Jobs in the North West

Infrastructure Specialist
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Specialist salary in the North West is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 263 284
Rank change year-on-year -1 +21 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 25 28 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.32% 0.27% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.28% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14 24 2
10th Percentile £32,500 - £36,965
25th Percentile - £40,000 £38,038
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,000 £42,150
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% +18.62% -4.20%
75th Percentile - £55,000 £47,338
90th Percentile - £65,000 £49,055
England median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% -9.09% +18.28%

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 7,220 9,862 6,724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.79% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,851 7,544 3,993
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,138
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Specialist in the North West

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Specialist in the North West

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Specialist in the North West

Infrastructure Specialist
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 Specialist within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 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 - 15 £54,793 - 1
Manchester +45 7 - - 1
Cheshire +8 3 £35,000 -1.11%
Infrastructure Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Infrastructure Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 18 (72.00%) Manufacturing
2 15 (60.00%) Finance
2 15 (60.00%) Degree
2 15 (60.00%) HNC
2 15 (60.00%) Project Management
2 15 (60.00%) NEBOSH
2 15 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
2 15 (60.00%) Business Case
3 10 (40.00%) Coaching
3 10 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (40.00%) Cisco
3 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (40.00%) Azure
3 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (28.00%) Law
4 7 (28.00%) Legal
4 7 (28.00%) Capacity Planning
4 7 (28.00%) ITIL
4 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
4 7 (28.00%) Enterprise Cloud
4 7 (28.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (28.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (12.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (12.00%) Server Management
5 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (12.00%) Acronis

Infrastructure Specialist 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 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 10 (40.00%) Azure
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) DHCP
1 3 (12.00%) DNS
1 3 (12.00%) Firewall
1 3 (12.00%) VoIP
General
1 18 (72.00%) Manufacturing
2 15 (60.00%) Finance
3 7 (28.00%) Law
3 7 (28.00%) Legal
4 3 (12.00%) Automotive
4 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
1 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (60.00%) Business Case
1 15 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
1 15 (60.00%) Project Management
2 10 (40.00%) Coaching
3 7 (28.00%) Capacity Planning
3 7 (28.00%) ITIL
3 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
3 7 (28.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (12.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (12.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) Degree
1 15 (60.00%) HNC
2 10 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (12.00%) CCNA
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (12.00%) MCSE
3 3 (12.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (60.00%) NEBOSH
2 7 (28.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Cisco
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Acronis
2 3 (12.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (12.00%) Kaseya
2 3 (12.00%) Meraki
2 3 (12.00%) Sage
2 3 (12.00%) SonicWALL
2 3 (12.00%) WatchGuard