Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North West is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 177 185
Rank change year-on-year +97 +8 -70
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 303 116 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.66% 1.60% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.80% 1.79% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 246 105 149
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £33,450
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% -7.61%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £50,750
90th Percentile £67,968 £53,750 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 10,836 6,498 9,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 89.52% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,080 3,977 5,427
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
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 Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Manchester +48 116 £47,500 - 11
Cheshire +22 57 £45,000 -4.26% 6
Merseyside +49 56 £42,500 -5.56% 2
Lancashire +27 50 £53,750 +13.16% 7
Cumbria - 24 £36,500 - 4
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 280 (92.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 106 (34.98%) Microsoft
3 103 (33.99%) Windows
3 103 (33.99%) Azure
4 97 (32.01%) ITIL
5 85 (28.05%) Active Directory
6 70 (23.10%) VMware
7 66 (21.78%) Microsoft 365
8 57 (18.81%) DNS
9 50 (16.50%) DHCP
10 49 (16.17%) Windows Server
11 48 (15.84%) Mentoring
12 45 (14.85%) Coaching
13 44 (14.52%) AWS
14 43 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
15 42 (13.86%) VMware Infrastructure
16 40 (13.20%) Disaster Recovery
17 38 (12.54%) Microsoft Exchange
17 38 (12.54%) Linux
18 37 (12.21%) Public Cloud
19 35 (11.55%) Cisco
19 35 (11.55%) Migration
20 33 (10.89%) Finance
21 32 (10.56%) Firewall
21 32 (10.56%) Citrix
22 31 (10.23%) Roadmaps
23 30 (9.90%) Hyper-V
24 29 (9.57%) Social Skills
25 27 (8.91%) Public Sector
25 27 (8.91%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 38 (12.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (5.61%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.31%) IIS
4 4 (1.32%) CMS
4 4 (1.32%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 103 (33.99%) Azure
2 66 (21.78%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (14.52%) AWS
4 27 (8.91%) Entra ID
5 25 (8.25%) IaaS
6 15 (4.95%) SaaS
7 13 (4.29%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.97%) GCP
9 8 (2.64%) PowerApps
10 7 (2.31%) AWS KMS
10 7 (2.31%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (2.31%) GitHub
10 7 (2.31%) PaaS
11 6 (1.98%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.32%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (0.99%) AWS CodePipeline
14 3 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.66%) Azure Sentinel
15 2 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 57 (18.81%) DNS
2 50 (16.50%) DHCP
3 32 (10.56%) Firewall
4 27 (8.91%) LAN
5 21 (6.93%) WAN
6 13 (4.29%) VPN
7 9 (2.97%) WLAN
8 8 (2.64%) SSL
9 7 (2.31%) SAN
9 7 (2.31%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.31%) Wireless
10 6 (1.98%) Network Security
10 6 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.65%) BGP
11 5 (1.65%) MPLS
12 4 (1.32%) TETRA
12 4 (1.32%) VLAN
13 3 (0.99%) OSPF
13 3 (0.99%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.27%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (2.97%) MySQL
4 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (3.96%) GitLab
2 7 (2.31%) Artifactory
3 5 (1.65%) MSI
4 4 (1.32%) Git
5 3 (0.99%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.99%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 33 (10.89%) Finance
2 29 (9.57%) Social Skills
3 27 (8.91%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.94%) Manufacturing
5 12 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.97%) Legal
7 8 (2.64%) Law
8 5 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (0.99%) Retail
10 2 (0.66%) Advertising
10 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.33%) Banking
11 1 (0.33%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.65%) LDAP
2 4 (1.32%) .NET
2 4 (1.32%) CSS
3 3 (0.99%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 37 (12.21%) Public Cloud
2 26 (8.58%) Data Centre
2 26 (8.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (4.62%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.63%) PKI
5 9 (2.97%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.97%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.31%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.31%) Replication
6 7 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.65%) CMDB
8 3 (0.99%) FMCG
8 3 (0.99%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.99%) PMI
9 2 (0.66%) CCTV
10 1 (0.33%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.33%) IBM Mainframe
10 1 (0.33%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.33%) Robotics
10 1 (0.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 103 (33.99%) Windows
2 49 (16.17%) Windows Server
3 38 (12.54%) Linux
4 17 (5.61%) Unix
5 9 (2.97%) Android
5 9 (2.97%) Apple iOS
6 8 (2.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (2.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (2.31%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.98%) VMS
9 5 (1.65%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.33%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.33%) CentOS
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (92.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 97 (32.01%) ITIL
3 48 (15.84%) Mentoring
4 45 (14.85%) Coaching
5 43 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (13.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 35 (11.55%) Migration
8 31 (10.23%) Roadmaps
9 26 (8.58%) Service Management
10 25 (8.25%) Capacity Planning
11 24 (7.92%) Change Management
11 24 (7.92%) Infrastructure Management
12 23 (7.59%) Cybersecurity
13 22 (7.26%) Incident Management
14 20 (6.60%) DevOps
15 19 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (6.27%) Process Improvement
16 17 (5.61%) Architecture Roadmap
16 17 (5.61%) Server Management
17 16 (5.28%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.92%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.95%) SQL
3 9 (2.97%) Swift
4 6 (1.98%) Bash
5 5 (1.65%) Python
6 3 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (8.25%) Degree
2 14 (4.62%) HNC
3 4 (1.32%) A+ Certification
3 4 (1.32%) CCNA
3 4 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (1.32%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.32%) Security Cleared
4 3 (0.99%) AWS Certification
4 3 (0.99%) PMI Certification
5 2 (0.66%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.33%) MCSA
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.32%) NIST
2 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.33%) NCSC
3 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 85 (28.05%) Active Directory
2 42 (13.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (9.90%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.32%) vSphere
6 3 (0.99%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.33%) Docker
8 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (5.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (4.62%) Terraform
3 8 (2.64%) Ansible
3 8 (2.64%) SCCM
4 7 (2.31%) CA Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (2.31%) WSUS
5 6 (1.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.66%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.66%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.66%) vRealize
7 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Nagios
7 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 106 (34.98%) Microsoft
2 70 (23.10%) VMware
3 35 (11.55%) Cisco
4 32 (10.56%) Citrix
5 16 (5.28%) Veeam
6 12 (3.96%) NetApp
7 10 (3.30%) Dynatrace
7 10 (3.30%) Splunk
8 9 (2.97%) CA
8 9 (2.97%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.31%) BMC
9 7 (2.31%) CyberArk
9 7 (2.31%) F5
9 7 (2.31%) Fortinet
10 6 (1.98%) Aruba
10 6 (1.98%) Dell
10 6 (1.98%) Extreme Networks
10 6 (1.98%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.65%) Meraki
12 4 (1.32%) HP