Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 26 124
Rank change year-on-year -36 +98 -44
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 350 656 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.28% 8.88% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 9.31% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 302 159 208
10th Percentile £35,428 £37,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,878 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £63,750 £55,000 £56,300
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,616 7,048 9,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.75% 95.36% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,399 3,818 5,301
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
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 £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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 -48 155 £52,500 +1.80% 23
Cheshire -13 73 £47,500 +1.06% 7
Merseyside -10 68 £43,500 -3.33% 4
Lancashire -38 48 £55,000 +15.79% 8
Cumbria - 6 £38,250 - 7
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 41 (11.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.57%) SharePoint
3 20 (5.71%) IIS
4 4 (1.14%) CMS
4 4 (1.14%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 157 (44.86%) Azure
2 100 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (19.14%) AWS
4 39 (11.14%) Entra ID
5 30 (8.57%) IaaS
6 28 (8.00%) GCP
7 16 (4.57%) SaaS
8 14 (4.00%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.43%) PaaS
10 8 (2.29%) PowerApps
11 7 (2.00%) AWS KMS
11 7 (2.00%) Azure Key Vault
11 7 (2.00%) GitHub
12 6 (1.71%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.43%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
15 3 (0.86%) AWS CodePipeline
15 3 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 75 (21.43%) DNS
2 67 (19.14%) DHCP
3 52 (14.86%) Firewall
4 42 (12.00%) WAN
5 37 (10.57%) LAN
6 21 (6.00%) Network Security
6 21 (6.00%) SD-WAN
7 20 (5.71%) SAN
8 18 (5.14%) VPN
9 13 (3.71%) SSL
9 13 (3.71%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (3.43%) iSCSI
10 12 (3.43%) WLAN
11 9 (2.57%) Wireless
12 7 (2.00%) TCP/IP
12 7 (2.00%) VLAN
13 6 (1.71%) HTTP
13 6 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (1.43%) Internet
14 5 (1.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.57%) MySQL
5 2 (0.57%) Power BI
6 1 (0.29%) Big Data
6 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.29%) DB2
6 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (3.43%) GitLab
2 7 (2.00%) Artifactory
2 7 (2.00%) Git
3 5 (1.43%) MSI
4 3 (0.86%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.86%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.57%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 47 (13.43%) Social Skills
2 45 (12.86%) Finance
3 29 (8.29%) Public Sector
4 16 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.86%) Law
6 9 (2.57%) Legal
7 8 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.29%) Retail
8 7 (2.00%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.57%) Advertising
10 1 (0.29%) Banking
10 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 254 (72.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 74 (21.14%) Senior
3 63 (18.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (9.43%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (9.43%) IT Engineer
5 32 (9.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (8.86%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (6.86%) Security Engineer
8 21 (6.00%) Azure Engineer
9 19 (5.43%) Lead
10 18 (5.14%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.14%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 18 (5.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 18 (5.14%) Network Engineer
10 18 (5.14%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (4.00%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
12 13 (3.71%) Infrastructure Manager
13 11 (3.14%) Operations Engineer
13 11 (3.14%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 11 (3.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.71%) Compass CSS Framework
1 6 (1.71%) Node.js
1 6 (1.71%) React
1 6 (1.71%) RESTful
1 6 (1.71%) web3js
2 5 (1.43%) LDAP
3 4 (1.14%) .NET
4 3 (0.86%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 40 (11.43%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.14%) Public Cloud
3 24 (6.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (4.57%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.29%) PMI
6 11 (3.14%) PKI
7 10 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.57%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.57%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.57%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.00%) Replication
10 6 (1.71%) Blockchain
10 6 (1.71%) NFT
10 6 (1.71%) Web3
11 5 (1.43%) CMDB
11 5 (1.43%) SCADA
12 4 (1.14%) FMCG
12 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.86%) AS400
13 3 (0.86%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 116 (33.14%) Windows
2 53 (15.14%) Windows Server
3 50 (14.29%) Linux
4 17 (4.86%) Unix
5 10 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.57%) Android
6 9 (2.57%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.57%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (2.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.00%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.71%) VMS
10 5 (1.43%) Windows 10
11 4 (1.14%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.29%) AIX
12 1 (0.29%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.29%) CentOS
12 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (34.86%) ITIL
2 68 (19.43%) Mentoring
3 52 (14.86%) Disaster Recovery
4 51 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (13.71%) Coaching
6 42 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (12.00%) Migration
7 39 (11.14%) Capacity Planning
8 35 (10.00%) Roadmaps
9 32 (9.14%) Change Management
9 32 (9.14%) Service Management
10 31 (8.86%) Agile
11 30 (8.57%) DevOps
12 29 (8.29%) Server Management
13 28 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
14 25 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (6.57%) Incident Management
16 20 (5.71%) Line Management
17 19 (5.43%) Project Management
18 18 (5.14%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.43%) SQL
2 31 (8.86%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.57%) Swift
4 8 (2.29%) Python
5 6 (1.71%) Bash
5 6 (1.71%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.86%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.29%) Go
7 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (5.43%) Degree
2 15 (4.29%) PMI Certification
3 9 (2.57%) Azure Certification
3 9 (2.57%) CCNA
3 9 (2.57%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (2.57%) CISSP
3 9 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.14%) A+ Certification
5 4 (1.14%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (1.14%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.86%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.86%) CCNP
6 3 (0.86%) MCSA
7 2 (0.57%) BC Cleared
7 2 (0.57%) MCSE
8 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.57%) SLA
3 7 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.43%) NIST
6 2 (0.57%) GDPR
6 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 116 (33.14%) Active Directory
2 55 (15.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (9.43%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.57%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (2.00%) Docker
6 6 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.14%) VMware Server
7 4 (1.14%) vSphere
8 2 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (9.14%) Terraform
2 24 (6.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (5.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (3.43%) Opsgenie
4 12 (3.43%) VxRail
4 12 (3.43%) ZABBIX
5 11 (3.14%) Ansible
6 10 (2.86%) SCCM
7 9 (2.57%) Kubernetes
8 8 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (2.00%) CA Single Sign-On
9 7 (2.00%) WSUS
10 2 (0.57%) Autotask
10 2 (0.57%) BMC PATROL
10 2 (0.57%) Nagios
10 2 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.57%) vRealize
11 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.29%) Grafana
11 1 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 133 (38.00%) Microsoft
2 90 (25.71%) VMware
3 52 (14.86%) Cisco
4 38 (10.86%) Citrix
5 23 (6.57%) Fortinet
5 23 (6.57%) NetApp
6 18 (5.14%) SolarWinds
7 16 (4.57%) Dell
8 15 (4.29%) Veeam
9 11 (3.14%) Dynatrace
10 10 (2.86%) ServiceNow
10 10 (2.86%) Splunk
11 9 (2.57%) CA
12 8 (2.29%) BMC
13 7 (2.00%) CyberArk
13 7 (2.00%) F5
13 7 (2.00%) Meraki
14 6 (1.71%) Aruba
14 6 (1.71%) Extreme Networks
14 6 (1.71%) Google