Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Infrastructure Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Yorkshire is £51,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 June 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 118 82
Rank change year-on-year +35 -36 +71
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 127 34 152
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.91% 1.26% 2.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 1.39% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 103 28 127
10th Percentile £43,000 £36,188 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,625 £43,438 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £60,000 £44,274
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +35.52% -1.06%
75th Percentile £66,570 £67,813 £56,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,916 £67,968
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 6,250 2,452 5,766
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 91.05% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,218 1,226 4,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £48,620
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +0.78% -7.39%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,960 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,325
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 4 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Yorkshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
West Yorkshire +18 82 £60,000 -4.00% 9
North Yorkshire +19 25 £47,500 -32.14% 4
South Yorkshire -29 9 £60,000 +13.74% 3
East Yorkshire -22 6 £50,000 +17.65%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 June 2026, 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 Yorkshire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 119 (93.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (48.03%) Azure
3 37 (29.13%) Microsoft
4 26 (20.47%) Active Directory
4 26 (20.47%) VMware
5 25 (19.69%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (18.90%) PowerShell
7 21 (16.54%) Entra ID
8 20 (15.75%) Disaster Recovery
9 19 (14.96%) VMware Infrastructure
9 19 (14.96%) Windows
10 17 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (11.81%) Microsoft Intune
12 14 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (11.02%) Migration
12 14 (11.02%) Veeam
12 14 (11.02%) Windows Server
13 13 (10.24%) Bash
13 13 (10.24%) DNS
13 13 (10.24%) Incident Management
13 13 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (9.45%) AWS
14 12 (9.45%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (9.45%) Hyper-V
14 12 (9.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 11 (8.66%) DHCP
15 11 (8.66%) Firewall
15 11 (8.66%) LAN
15 11 (8.66%) Oracle
16 10 (7.87%) Cisco

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 6 (4.72%) IIS
2 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 61 (48.03%) Azure
2 25 (19.69%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (16.54%) Entra ID
4 12 (9.45%) AWS
4 12 (9.45%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (7.87%) OCI
6 3 (2.36%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.36%) Mimecast
7 2 (1.57%) IaaS
7 2 (1.57%) PaaS
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.79%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.24%) DNS
2 11 (8.66%) DHCP
2 11 (8.66%) Firewall
2 11 (8.66%) LAN
3 10 (7.87%) WAN
4 9 (7.09%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.72%) NAS
5 6 (4.72%) SAN
6 5 (3.94%) VPN
7 4 (3.15%) VLAN
8 2 (1.57%) DMZ
9 1 (0.79%) BGP
9 1 (0.79%) HTTP
9 1 (0.79%) NetScaler
9 1 (0.79%) Network Security
9 1 (0.79%) OSPF
9 1 (0.79%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.72%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.36%) GitLab
2 2 (1.57%) Git
General
1 12 (9.45%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.72%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.94%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.36%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.36%) Legal
5 1 (0.79%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.79%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.72%) CCTV
1 6 (4.72%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.36%) CMDB
3 3 (2.36%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.96%) Windows
2 14 (11.02%) Windows Server
3 5 (3.94%) VMS
4 2 (1.57%) Android
4 2 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (93.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (15.75%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (13.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
4 14 (11.02%) Migration
5 13 (10.24%) Incident Management
5 13 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (9.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 10 (7.87%) Cloud Security
7 10 (7.87%) Identity Management
7 10 (7.87%) Security Architecture
8 8 (6.30%) Platform Engineering
8 8 (6.30%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 7 (5.51%) Coaching
9 7 (5.51%) Mentoring
10 6 (4.72%) Data Loss Prevention
10 6 (4.72%) Fintech
10 6 (4.72%) ITIL
10 6 (4.72%) Service Delivery
11 5 (3.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 24 (18.90%) PowerShell
2 13 (10.24%) Bash
3 8 (6.30%) SQL
4 1 (0.79%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (3.15%) Azure Certification
2 3 (2.36%) AWS Certification
2 3 (2.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 3 (2.36%) Degree
2 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (1.57%) GDPR
2 2 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (20.47%) Active Directory
2 19 (14.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (9.45%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.36%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.79%) XenApp
5 1 (0.79%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (11.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.72%) VxRail
2 6 (4.72%) WSUS
3 4 (3.15%) Terraform
4 2 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.79%) Ansible
5 1 (0.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 37 (29.13%) Microsoft
2 26 (20.47%) VMware
3 14 (11.02%) Veeam
4 11 (8.66%) Oracle
5 10 (7.87%) Cisco
6 7 (5.51%) Commvault
7 6 (4.72%) Dell
7 6 (4.72%) HP
7 6 (4.72%) Meraki
7 6 (4.72%) Tenable
7 6 (4.72%) Zerto
8 3 (2.36%) Citrix
8 3 (2.36%) Google
8 3 (2.36%) IFS
9 2 (1.57%) Apple
9 2 (1.57%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.57%) Samsung
10 1 (0.79%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.79%) SolarWinds