IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the North of England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > North of England

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North of England is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 403 412
Rank change year-on-year +90 +9 -89
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 78 21 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.41% 0.13% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.15% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 57 19 47
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,800 £33,100
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £43,150
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -7.30% +1.53%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,125 £48,125
90th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

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 18,018 14,359 17,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 89.34% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 13,757 7,992 10,930
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
Yorkshire +87 35 £42,500 -5.56% 3
North West +8 31 £47,500 +18.75% 10
North East -2 10 £37,500 -6.25%
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 North of England region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 77 (98.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 29 (37.18%) Windows
4 25 (32.05%) Azure
5 24 (30.77%) Active Directory
5 24 (30.77%) VMware
6 20 (25.64%) Firewall
6 20 (25.64%) Windows Server
7 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (19.23%) ITIL
8 15 (19.23%) Linux
9 14 (17.95%) Hyper-V
10 13 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
11 12 (15.38%) Cisco
11 12 (15.38%) DHCP
11 12 (15.38%) DNS
11 12 (15.38%) Manufacturing
12 11 (14.10%) SQL
12 11 (14.10%) PowerShell
13 10 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
13 10 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (12.82%) Social Skills
13 10 (12.82%) Containerisation
14 9 (11.54%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 9 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
14 9 (11.54%) Apple iOS
14 9 (11.54%) Infrastructure Management
14 9 (11.54%) Swift
14 9 (11.54%) Android
14 9 (11.54%) Logistics

IT 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 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (32.05%) Azure
2 13 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.13%) AWS
3 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (2.56%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.28%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 20 (25.64%) Firewall
2 12 (15.38%) DHCP
2 12 (15.38%) DNS
3 9 (11.54%) SAN
4 7 (8.97%) LAN
4 7 (8.97%) WLAN
5 6 (7.69%) WAN
6 5 (6.41%) MPLS
7 3 (3.85%) BGP
7 3 (3.85%) OSPF
7 3 (3.85%) SD-WAN
7 3 (3.85%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.85%) VPN
7 3 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.56%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (2.56%) VoIP
9 1 (1.28%) Broadband
9 1 (1.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.54%) MySQL
1 9 (11.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 10 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.54%) Automotive
4 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.56%) Law
4 2 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.28%) Legal
5 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.28%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) Public Cloud
2 5 (6.41%) Data Centre
3 4 (5.13%) IoT
3 4 (5.13%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.85%) Clustering
4 3 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.56%) CCTV
5 2 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 29 (37.18%) Windows
2 20 (25.64%) Windows Server
3 15 (19.23%) Linux
4 9 (11.54%) Android
4 9 (11.54%) Apple iOS
5 6 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (5.13%) Mac OS
7 3 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.56%) Windows 10
8 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.28%) VMS
9 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (98.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (19.23%) ITIL
4 10 (12.82%) Containerisation
4 10 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (11.54%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 9 (11.54%) Infrastructure Management
5 9 (11.54%) Logistics
5 9 (11.54%) Mathematics
5 9 (11.54%) Migration
5 9 (11.54%) Service Management
5 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (10.26%) Customer Service
6 8 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (8.97%) Proactive Monitoring
7 7 (8.97%) Project Delivery
7 7 (8.97%) Storage Management
8 6 (7.69%) High Availability
9 5 (6.41%) Information Security
9 5 (6.41%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.10%) PowerShell
1 11 (14.10%) SQL
2 9 (11.54%) Swift
3 6 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (8.97%) Degree
2 2 (2.56%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.41%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 14 (17.95%) Hyper-V
3 10 (12.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (8.97%) Virtual Servers
5 6 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (5.13%) Docker
7 1 (1.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (10.26%) SCCM
2 8 (10.26%) WSUS
3 6 (7.69%) Ansible
3 6 (7.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 6 (7.69%) SCOM
4 4 (5.13%) Proxmox
5 3 (3.85%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (2.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (2.56%) vRealize
7 1 (1.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 24 (30.77%) VMware
3 12 (15.38%) Cisco
4 8 (10.26%) Veeam
5 6 (7.69%) Aruba
5 6 (7.69%) Oracle
5 6 (7.69%) Red Hat
6 4 (5.13%) Citrix
6 4 (5.13%) Extreme Networks
6 4 (5.13%) Fortinet
6 4 (5.13%) HP
7 3 (3.85%) Dell
7 3 (3.85%) NetApp
8 2 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (2.56%) Datto
8 2 (2.56%) LogRhythm
8 2 (2.56%) Meraki
8 2 (2.56%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (2.56%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.56%) Ubiquiti