Infrastructure Support Job Trends in the North West

Infrastructure Support
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Support salary in the North West is £41,625 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 200 200
Rank change year-on-year +24 0 +98
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 10 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.16% 0.099% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.11% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 3
10th Percentile £35,325 £30,950 £38,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £31,625 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,625 £32,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.08% -24.71% +1.80%
75th Percentile £46,125 £38,688 £43,750
90th Percentile - £50,725 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% +12.50%

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 5,478 4,660 4,269
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.98% 92.20% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 2,452 3,359
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,113 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Infrastructure Support job vacancy trend in the North West

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Infrastructure Support
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 Support within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester +28 5 £37,000 - 1
Lancashire - 5 £45,750 - 1
Infrastructure Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Infrastructure Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (90.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (50.00%) Windows
5 4 (40.00%) Debian
5 4 (40.00%) DevOps
5 4 (40.00%) DMZ
5 4 (40.00%) FreeSWITCH
5 4 (40.00%) High Availability
5 4 (40.00%) IaaS
5 4 (40.00%) ISO 9001
5 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (40.00%) Kamailio
5 4 (40.00%) Linux
5 4 (40.00%) Salesforce
5 4 (40.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 4 (40.00%) Software Licensing
5 4 (40.00%) SQL
5 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (40.00%) STUN
5 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (40.00%) VLAN
5 4 (40.00%) VoIP
5 4 (40.00%) VPN
5 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
6 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
6 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification

Infrastructure Support 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (40.00%) IaaS
3 4 (40.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (10.00%) Intacct
4 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DMZ
1 4 (40.00%) STUN
1 4 (40.00%) VLAN
1 4 (40.00%) VoIP
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Debian
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (90.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) DevOps
2 4 (40.00%) High Availability
2 4 (40.00%) Software Licensing
2 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (10.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (40.00%) ISO 9001
2 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Kamailio
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (10.00%) Sage
3 1 (10.00%) Ubiquiti