The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Infrastructure Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Engineer
Rank 110 103 106
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 14 30 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.754% 1.407% 0.576%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.787% 1.463% 0.609%
Number of salaries quoted 14 27 10
Average salary £31,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.42% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1779 2051 1642
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.85% 96.20% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1435 1830 1406
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £59,000 £50,600
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Infrastructure Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Infrastructure Engineer Salary Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cheshire Infrastructure Engineer Salary Histogram

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Warrington +14 5 £25,000 -42.52% 3
Runcorn -2 3 £25,000 -23.07%
Northwich - 3 £25,000 -
Nantwich +9 2 £37,500 -
Macclesfield -12 2 £45,000 +28.57%
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Infrastructure Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Engineer in their job title.

1 22 (66.67%) Windows
2 20 (60.61%) Active Directory
2 20 (60.61%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (51.52%) Cisco
3 17 (51.52%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (45.45%) MS Exchange
5 14 (42.42%) VMware
6 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
7 12 (36.36%) DNS
8 11 (33.33%) DHCP
8 11 (33.33%) LAN
8 11 (33.33%) Firewall
8 11 (33.33%) Citrix
8 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (30.30%) MCSE
9 10 (30.30%) WAN
9 10 (30.30%) MCITP
10 9 (27.27%) Linux
10 9 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (27.27%) SAN
11 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
12 7 (21.21%) ITIL
12 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
12 7 (21.21%) Juniper
12 7 (21.21%) Exchange Server 2003
13 6 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
13 6 (18.18%) Wireless
13 6 (18.18%) MS Excel
13 6 (18.18%) CCNA
14 5 (15.15%) VPN

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Infrastructure Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 15 (45.45%) MS Exchange
2 7 (21.21%) Exchange Server 2003
2 7 (21.21%) SharePoint
3 5 (15.15%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (15.15%) Lync
3 5 (15.15%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (12.12%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (6.061%) IIS
5 2 (6.061%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.030%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (36.36%) DNS
2 11 (33.33%) LAN
2 11 (33.33%) DHCP
2 11 (33.33%) Firewall
3 10 (30.30%) WAN
4 9 (27.27%) SAN
5 6 (18.18%) Wireless
6 5 (15.15%) VoIP
6 5 (15.15%) VPN
7 4 (12.12%) DMZ
7 4 (12.12%) Internet
7 4 (12.12%) BGP
7 4 (12.12%) VLAN
7 4 (12.12%) NAS
8 2 (6.061%) DMVPN
8 2 (6.061%) TCP/IP
9 1 (3.030%) Network Security
9 1 (3.030%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (6.061%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.030%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 1 (3.030%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) Firmware
2 1 (3.030%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.030%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 22 (66.67%) Windows
2 20 (60.61%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (51.52%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (27.27%) Linux
5 4 (12.12%) Windows NT
5 4 (12.12%) UNIX
6 2 (6.061%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (3.030%) Windows 7
7 1 (3.030%) Windows Vista
7 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
7 1 (3.030%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) ITIL
2 6 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (12.12%) Change Management
3 4 (12.12%) PRINCE2
3 4 (12.12%) Load Balancing
3 4 (12.12%) Network Management
4 3 (9.091%) Time Management
4 3 (9.091%) Project Management
5 2 (6.061%) Migration
5 2 (6.061%) E-Commerce
5 2 (6.061%) Incident Management
5 2 (6.061%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (6.061%) High Availability
6 1 (3.030%) Performance Management
6 1 (3.030%) PRINCE
6 1 (3.030%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (30.30%) MCSE
2 10 (30.30%) MCITP
3 9 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (18.18%) CCNA
5 5 (15.15%) MCP
5 5 (15.15%) MCTS
6 4 (12.12%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (12.12%) CCNP
7 3 (9.091%) MCSA
8 1 (3.030%) CCIE
8 1 (3.030%) CCIP
System Software
1 20 (60.61%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.091%) vSphere
4 2 (6.061%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.061%) ISA Server
4 2 (6.061%) VMware ESX
4 2 (6.061%) VMware Server
5 1 (3.030%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (6.061%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Cisco
2 14 (42.42%) VMware
3 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
4 11 (33.33%) Citrix
5 7 (21.21%) Juniper
6 4 (12.12%) SolarWinds
7 3 (9.091%) NetApp
7 3 (9.091%) HP
8 1 (3.030%) IBM
Warrington, North West
Internet Access & Firewalling - Juniper/Cisco Router/Firewall, ADSL. - Branch site networks - WiFi, ADSL, iPad, iPhone - SAN - IBM Fibre Channel SAN - VMWare - Virtual Infrastructure and ESXi servers - Backup & Replication.
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Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013