Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North of England

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North of England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 184 161
Rank change year-on-year +100 -23 -48
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 486 290 390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.75% 1.72% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.89% 1.92% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 396 247 338
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -0.58%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,096 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £59,250 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 16,792 15,127 17,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.57% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,971 8,097 11,000
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
North West +75 257 £45,000 -4.26% 19
Yorkshire +88 151 £44,274 -1.61% 21
North East +45 76 £44,274 +2.37% 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, 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 North of England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 459 (94.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 211 (43.42%) Windows
3 184 (37.86%) Microsoft
3 184 (37.86%) Azure
4 152 (31.28%) Active Directory
5 138 (28.40%) ITIL
6 125 (25.72%) VMware
7 124 (25.51%) Microsoft 365
8 106 (21.81%) Windows Server
9 96 (19.75%) Mentoring
10 87 (17.90%) Coaching
11 85 (17.49%) Firewall
12 82 (16.87%) DNS
13 80 (16.46%) Linux
14 79 (16.26%) AWS
15 72 (14.81%) Public Cloud
16 71 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
17 70 (14.40%) DHCP
18 69 (14.20%) VMware Infrastructure
19 68 (13.99%) Microsoft Exchange
20 65 (13.37%) Migration
21 63 (12.96%) Social Skills
22 60 (12.35%) Finance
23 59 (12.14%) Hyper-V
23 59 (12.14%) Entra ID
24 58 (11.93%) Disaster Recovery
25 55 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
26 53 (10.91%) LAN
27 52 (10.70%) Public Sector
28 50 (10.29%) WAN

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 68 (13.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (6.58%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.65%) IIS
4 4 (0.82%) CMS
4 4 (0.82%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 184 (37.86%) Azure
2 124 (25.51%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (16.26%) AWS
4 59 (12.14%) Entra ID
5 44 (9.05%) IaaS
6 22 (4.53%) SaaS
7 16 (3.29%) GCP
8 14 (2.88%) PaaS
9 13 (2.67%) Azure Key Vault
10 12 (2.47%) AWS KMS
10 12 (2.47%) OneDrive
11 11 (2.26%) Power Platform
12 9 (1.85%) GitHub
12 9 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.23%) PowerApps
14 5 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.82%) Serverless
16 3 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 85 (17.49%) Firewall
2 82 (16.87%) DNS
3 70 (14.40%) DHCP
4 53 (10.91%) LAN
5 50 (10.29%) WAN
6 34 (7.00%) VPN
7 21 (4.32%) SAN
8 15 (3.09%) Network Security
8 15 (3.09%) WLAN
9 13 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (2.47%) SD-WAN
11 10 (2.06%) SSL
11 10 (2.06%) TCP/IP
12 9 (1.85%) Wireless
13 8 (1.65%) BGP
13 8 (1.65%) MPLS
13 8 (1.65%) VLAN
14 7 (1.44%) NAS
15 6 (1.23%) NetScaler
15 6 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.85%) MySQL
4 4 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.21%) MS Access
6 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 34 (7.00%) GitLab
2 21 (4.32%) Artifactory
3 7 (1.44%) Git
4 5 (1.03%) MSI
5 3 (0.62%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.62%) JIRA
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (12.96%) Social Skills
2 60 (12.35%) Finance
3 52 (10.70%) Public Sector
4 32 (6.58%) Manufacturing
5 19 (3.91%) Law
6 16 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.47%) Automotive
8 9 (1.85%) Legal
9 7 (1.44%) Banking
9 7 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.03%) Retail
11 3 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.41%) Advertising
12 2 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.21%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.21%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.21%) Local Government
13 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.65%) CSS
2 5 (1.03%) LDAP
3 4 (0.82%) .NET
4 3 (0.62%) AWS CDK
4 3 (0.62%) Middleware
5 2 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.81%) Public Cloud
2 45 (9.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 43 (8.85%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.56%) Private Cloud
5 21 (4.32%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.70%) PKI
7 14 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.06%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.44%) Replication
11 5 (1.03%) Clustering
11 5 (1.03%) CMDB
11 5 (1.03%) FMCG
12 4 (0.82%) IoT
13 3 (0.62%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.62%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.62%) PMI
13 3 (0.62%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 211 (43.42%) Windows
2 106 (21.81%) Windows Server
3 80 (16.46%) Linux
4 28 (5.76%) Unix
5 22 (4.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 19 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.26%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.85%) Android
9 9 (1.85%) Apple iOS
10 8 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.65%) VMS
11 7 (1.44%) Windows 10
12 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
13 3 (0.62%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (94.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 138 (28.40%) ITIL
3 96 (19.75%) Mentoring
4 87 (17.90%) Coaching
5 71 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (13.37%) Migration
7 58 (11.93%) Disaster Recovery
8 55 (11.32%) Cybersecurity
9 50 (10.29%) Service Management
10 47 (9.67%) Roadmaps
11 44 (9.05%) DevOps
12 42 (8.64%) Infrastructure as Code
13 40 (8.23%) Change Management
14 31 (6.38%) Operational Stability
15 30 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
16 28 (5.76%) Architecture Roadmap
17 26 (5.35%) Customer Service
18 25 (5.14%) Proactive Monitoring
19 24 (4.94%) Agile
19 24 (4.94%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 42 (8.64%) PowerShell
2 29 (5.97%) SQL
3 15 (3.09%) Python
4 12 (2.47%) Bash
5 9 (1.85%) Swift
6 3 (0.62%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (7.41%) Degree
2 14 (2.88%) HNC
3 11 (2.26%) Azure Certification
4 9 (1.85%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.65%) CCNA
5 8 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.23%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.03%) MCSA
7 5 (1.03%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.82%) A+ Certification
8 4 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.62%) MCSE
9 3 (0.62%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.67%) SLA
2 10 (2.06%) NIST
3 5 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 152 (31.28%) Active Directory
2 69 (14.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (12.14%) Hyper-V
4 15 (3.09%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
7 7 (1.44%) XenApp
7 7 (1.44%) XenDesktop
8 6 (1.23%) vSphere
9 4 (0.82%) Docker
9 4 (0.82%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (8.02%) Terraform
3 29 (5.97%) Ansible
4 28 (5.76%) SCCM
5 16 (3.29%) WSUS
6 12 (2.47%) CA Single Sign-On
6 12 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (2.06%) SCOM
8 9 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (1.65%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 7 (1.44%) Kubernetes
11 5 (1.03%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.82%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.62%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.41%) BMC PATROL
14 2 (0.41%) NetBackup
14 2 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.41%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 184 (37.86%) Microsoft
2 125 (25.72%) VMware
3 43 (8.85%) Cisco
4 39 (8.02%) Citrix
5 21 (4.32%) Veeam
6 17 (3.50%) Dynatrace
6 17 (3.50%) Splunk
7 15 (3.09%) Fortinet
7 15 (3.09%) ServiceNow
8 14 (2.88%) CA
8 14 (2.88%) Oracle
9 12 (2.47%) CyberArk
10 11 (2.26%) BMC
10 11 (2.26%) NetApp
11 9 (1.85%) Commvault
12 8 (1.65%) Aruba
12 8 (1.65%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.44%) Extreme Networks
13 7 (1.44%) F5
13 7 (1.44%) Meraki