Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Manchester is £47,500 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 110 158 170
Rank change year-on-year +48 +12 -51
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 116 79 95
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.94% 1.76% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.04% 1.91% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 95 68 80
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,450
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,139 £38,321
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £42,750
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,096 £48,750
90th Percentile £67,968 £56,500 £52,750
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.26% +10.59% -7.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 5,681 4,133 5,641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 91.93% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,201 2,572 3,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £43,750 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,968 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Manchester 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
Bury - 5 £42,500 - 2
Salford +12 4 £80,000 +60.00% 1
Oldham +22 3 £45,000 +10.96%
Altrincham - 2 £42,500 -
Bolton -4 1 £45,000 -4.26% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

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 Manchester region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 110 (94.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (39.66%) Azure
3 45 (38.79%) Windows
4 34 (29.31%) Microsoft
5 33 (28.45%) VMware
6 32 (27.59%) ITIL
7 31 (26.72%) Active Directory
8 27 (23.28%) Linux
8 27 (23.28%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (22.41%) Cisco
10 24 (20.69%) DNS
11 23 (19.83%) Firewall
12 22 (18.97%) Windows Server
13 20 (17.24%) AWS
13 20 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
14 19 (16.38%) Public Cloud
15 18 (15.52%) Mentoring
15 18 (15.52%) Coaching
16 17 (14.66%) Disaster Recovery
16 17 (14.66%) LAN
16 17 (14.66%) DHCP
17 16 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (13.79%) Roadmaps
18 15 (12.93%) SharePoint
18 15 (12.93%) PowerShell
19 14 (12.07%) Migration
19 14 (12.07%) WAN
19 14 (12.07%) Microsoft Exchange
19 14 (12.07%) Data Centre
20 11 (9.48%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 15 (12.93%) SharePoint
2 14 (12.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.45%) CMS
3 4 (3.45%) IIS
3 4 (3.45%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 46 (39.66%) Azure
2 27 (23.28%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (17.24%) AWS
4 11 (9.48%) Entra ID
5 9 (7.76%) GCP
6 7 (6.03%) GitHub
6 7 (6.03%) IaaS
7 5 (4.31%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.31%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.31%) PowerApps
7 5 (4.31%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.45%) SaaS
9 3 (2.59%) AWS CodePipeline
9 3 (2.59%) AWS KMS
9 3 (2.59%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.86%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.86%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.86%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.86%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (20.69%) DNS
2 23 (19.83%) Firewall
3 17 (14.66%) DHCP
3 17 (14.66%) LAN
4 14 (12.07%) WAN
5 9 (7.76%) VPN
6 8 (6.90%) SSL
7 6 (5.17%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (5.17%) WLAN
8 5 (4.31%) Network Security
8 5 (4.31%) Wireless
9 4 (3.45%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.59%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.72%) BGP
11 2 (1.72%) MPLS
11 2 (1.72%) NGN
11 2 (1.72%) SAN
11 2 (1.72%) TETRA
11 2 (1.72%) VLAN
11 2 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.48%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (5.17%) GitLab
2 4 (3.45%) Git
3 3 (2.59%) Artifactory
3 3 (2.59%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.86%) JIRA
General
1 10 (8.62%) Public Sector
2 9 (7.76%) Finance
3 8 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.17%) Social Skills
5 4 (3.45%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.59%) Retail
7 2 (1.72%) Advertising
7 2 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.86%) Law
8 1 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.31%) LDAP
2 4 (3.45%) .NET
3 3 (2.59%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.72%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (16.38%) Public Cloud
2 14 (12.07%) Data Centre
3 9 (7.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (6.03%) Replication
5 6 (5.17%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.31%) Private Cloud
7 4 (3.45%) PKI
8 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.59%) FMCG
8 3 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.59%) PMI
8 3 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.72%) CCTV
10 1 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.86%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.86%) Robotics
10 1 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (38.79%) Windows
2 27 (23.28%) Linux
3 22 (18.97%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.90%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (6.03%) Unix
6 6 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (4.31%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (3.45%) VMS
9 2 (1.72%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.86%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.86%) CentOS
10 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.86%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (94.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (27.59%) ITIL
3 18 (15.52%) Coaching
3 18 (15.52%) Mentoring
4 17 (14.66%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (13.79%) Roadmaps
6 14 (12.07%) Migration
7 10 (8.62%) Change Management
7 10 (8.62%) DevOps
7 10 (8.62%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (7.76%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (7.76%) Service Management
9 8 (6.90%) CI/CD
9 8 (6.90%) High Availability
10 7 (6.03%) Architecture Roadmap
10 7 (6.03%) Customer Service
11 6 (5.17%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 6 (5.17%) E-Commerce
11 6 (5.17%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.93%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.31%) Bash
3 4 (3.45%) Python
4 3 (2.59%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (7.76%) Degree
2 4 (3.45%) CCNA
2 4 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.59%) AWS Certification
3 3 (2.59%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.72%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.86%) MCSA
5 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.72%) NIST
2 1 (0.86%) NCSC
System Software
1 31 (26.72%) Active Directory
2 20 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.76%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.03%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.59%) VMware Server
6 2 (1.72%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.86%) Docker
7 1 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (6.90%) Terraform
2 7 (6.03%) WSUS
3 6 (5.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (3.45%) Ansible
5 3 (2.59%) CA Single Sign-On
5 3 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.72%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (1.72%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.72%) SCCM
7 1 (0.86%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.86%) Grafana
7 1 (0.86%) Nagios
7 1 (0.86%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (29.31%) Microsoft
2 33 (28.45%) VMware
3 26 (22.41%) Cisco
4 9 (7.76%) NetApp
5 8 (6.90%) Veeam
6 7 (6.03%) F5
7 6 (5.17%) Aruba
7 6 (5.17%) Citrix
7 6 (5.17%) Dell
7 6 (5.17%) Extreme Networks
7 6 (5.17%) Fortinet
8 5 (4.31%) Meraki
9 4 (3.45%) Dynatrace
9 4 (3.45%) Splunk
10 3 (2.59%) BMC
10 3 (2.59%) CA
10 3 (2.59%) CyberArk
10 3 (2.59%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.72%) Adobe
11 2 (1.72%) HP