IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Preston

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Lancashire > Preston

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in Preston is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 0.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £42,500 £48,750 -
% change year-on-year -12.82% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 303 207 257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.74% 88.09% 86.24%
Number of salaries quoted 224 162 176
10th Percentile - £25,050 £23,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £32,500 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £43,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +8.45% +25.14%
75th Percentile £54,793 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,943 £63,750 £67,500
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.23% -5.26% +11.76%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Job postings that featured IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in Preston

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Preston

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in Preston.

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in Preston

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, IT Infrastructure Engineer 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 Preston region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) VMware