Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Infrastructure Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Northamptonshire is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 43 42
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 8 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 1.94% 2.02% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 2.06% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 5
10th Percentile - £36,500 £40,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £46,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% -2.63% -9.52%
75th Percentile £55,000 £64,063 £50,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,625 £51,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 395 436 360
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.64% 97.98% 96.51%
Number of salaries quoted 283 203 298
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,500 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,313 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £73,750
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -2.91%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Northamptonshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 31 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
Northampton -8 6 £35,000 -46.15% 2
Infrastructure Engineer
East Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 31 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
3 5 (62.50%) Client Onboarding
3 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
3 5 (62.50%) CRM
3 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (62.50%) DHCP
3 5 (62.50%) DNS
3 5 (62.50%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (62.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
3 5 (62.50%) Mac OS
3 5 (62.50%) MCP
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (62.50%) Process Improvement
3 5 (62.50%) Scrum
3 5 (62.50%) Service Management
3 5 (62.50%) VPN
3 5 (62.50%) Windows
3 5 (62.50%) Windows 10

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DHCP
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Mac OS
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 7 (87.50%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (62.50%) Client Onboarding
3 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
3 5 (62.50%) CRM
3 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
3 5 (62.50%) Process Improvement
3 5 (62.50%) Scrum
3 5 (62.50%) Service Management
4 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (25.00%) Deadline-Driven
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) MCP
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (25.00%) CCNA
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (62.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco