Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
England > North of England

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North of England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 197 158
Rank change year-on-year +111 -39 -39
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 485 293 400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.80% 1.67% 2.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.95% 1.87% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 396 252 351
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,006 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,096 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £59,875 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%

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 16,439 15,644 17,375
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.43% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,717 8,302 11,128
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £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 £68,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the North of England

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 Infrastructure Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
North West +72 256 £45,000 -5.26% 20
Yorkshire +89 151 £44,000 -2.22% 15
North East +43 77 £44,274 +4.17% 7
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 of England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 458 (94.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 217 (44.74%) Windows
3 191 (39.38%) Azure
4 186 (38.35%) Microsoft
5 158 (32.58%) Active Directory
6 140 (28.87%) ITIL
7 130 (26.80%) Microsoft 365
8 128 (26.39%) VMware
9 113 (23.30%) Windows Server
10 98 (20.21%) Mentoring
11 87 (17.94%) Coaching
12 86 (17.73%) DNS
13 84 (17.32%) Firewall
14 83 (17.11%) AWS
15 80 (16.49%) Linux
16 76 (15.67%) Microsoft Exchange
17 74 (15.26%) DHCP
18 73 (15.05%) VMware Infrastructure
18 73 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
19 72 (14.85%) Public Cloud
20 67 (13.81%) Migration
21 65 (13.40%) Social Skills
22 63 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
23 62 (12.78%) Finance
23 62 (12.78%) Hyper-V
24 61 (12.58%) Entra ID
25 56 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
26 54 (11.13%) LAN
27 52 (10.72%) Public Sector
28 51 (10.52%) WAN

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 76 (15.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (6.80%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.86%) IIS
4 4 (0.82%) CMS
4 4 (0.82%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 191 (39.38%) Azure
2 130 (26.80%) Microsoft 365
3 83 (17.11%) AWS
4 61 (12.58%) Entra ID
5 44 (9.07%) IaaS
6 22 (4.54%) SaaS
7 17 (3.51%) GCP
8 14 (2.89%) PaaS
9 13 (2.68%) Azure Key Vault
9 13 (2.68%) OneDrive
10 12 (2.47%) AWS KMS
11 11 (2.27%) Power Platform
12 9 (1.86%) GitHub
12 9 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 5 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.82%) Serverless
16 3 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 86 (17.73%) DNS
2 84 (17.32%) Firewall
3 74 (15.26%) DHCP
4 54 (11.13%) LAN
5 51 (10.52%) WAN
6 35 (7.22%) VPN
7 19 (3.92%) SAN
8 16 (3.30%) Network Security
9 15 (3.09%) WLAN
10 13 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.47%) SD-WAN
12 11 (2.27%) Wireless
13 10 (2.06%) SSL
13 10 (2.06%) TCP/IP
14 8 (1.65%) BGP
15 7 (1.44%) MPLS
15 7 (1.44%) NAS
15 7 (1.44%) VLAN
16 6 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
16 6 (1.24%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.57%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.86%) MySQL
4 5 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.21%) MS Access
6 1 (0.21%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 34 (7.01%) GitLab
2 21 (4.33%) Artifactory
3 7 (1.44%) Git
4 5 (1.03%) MSI
5 3 (0.62%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.62%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.62%) JIRA
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (13.40%) Social Skills
2 62 (12.78%) Finance
3 52 (10.72%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.39%) Manufacturing
5 19 (3.92%) Law
6 17 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.47%) Automotive
8 8 (1.65%) Legal
9 7 (1.44%) Banking
10 6 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.03%) Retail
12 3 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.41%) Advertising
13 2 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.21%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.21%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.21%) Local Government
14 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.65%) CSS
2 6 (1.24%) LDAP
3 4 (0.82%) .NET
4 3 (0.62%) AWS CDK
4 3 (0.62%) Middleware
5 2 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.85%) Public Cloud
2 45 (9.28%) Hybrid Cloud
3 42 (8.66%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.57%) Private Cloud
5 21 (4.33%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.71%) PKI
7 14 (2.89%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.06%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.44%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.44%) Clustering
10 7 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.44%) Replication
11 5 (1.03%) CMDB
11 5 (1.03%) FMCG
12 4 (0.82%) IoT
13 3 (0.62%) Mobile App
13 3 (0.62%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.62%) PMI
13 3 (0.62%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 217 (44.74%) Windows
2 113 (23.30%) Windows Server
3 80 (16.49%) Linux
4 28 (5.77%) Unix
5 27 (5.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (4.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 17 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.27%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.86%) Android
9 9 (1.86%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.65%) VMS
10 8 (1.65%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.62%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (94.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 140 (28.87%) ITIL
3 98 (20.21%) Mentoring
4 87 (17.94%) Coaching
5 73 (15.05%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (13.81%) Migration
7 63 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
8 56 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
9 50 (10.31%) Service Management
10 49 (10.10%) Roadmaps
11 44 (9.07%) DevOps
12 42 (8.66%) Infrastructure as Code
13 40 (8.25%) Change Management
14 33 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (6.39%) Operational Stability
16 28 (5.77%) Architecture Roadmap
17 27 (5.57%) Capacity Planning
18 26 (5.36%) Customer Service
18 26 (5.36%) High Availability
18 26 (5.36%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 44 (9.07%) PowerShell
2 30 (6.19%) SQL
3 16 (3.30%) Python
4 14 (2.89%) Bash
5 9 (1.86%) Swift
6 3 (0.62%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.62%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (7.63%) Degree
2 14 (2.89%) HNC
3 13 (2.68%) Azure Certification
4 9 (1.86%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.65%) CCNA
5 8 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.24%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.03%) MCSA
7 5 (1.03%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.82%) A+ Certification
8 4 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.62%) MCSE
9 3 (0.62%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.89%) SLA
2 10 (2.06%) NIST
3 5 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 158 (32.58%) Active Directory
2 73 (15.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (12.78%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.30%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (2.47%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (1.65%) vSphere
8 7 (1.44%) XenApp
8 7 (1.44%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.82%) Docker
9 4 (0.82%) Firmware
9 4 (0.82%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 45 (9.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (8.04%) Terraform
3 30 (6.19%) Ansible
4 28 (5.77%) SCCM
5 17 (3.51%) WSUS
6 12 (2.47%) CA Single Sign-On
6 12 (2.47%) SCOM
6 12 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (2.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (2.06%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 7 (1.44%) Failover Clustering
8 7 (1.44%) Kubernetes
9 5 (1.03%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.82%) Proxmox
11 3 (0.62%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.41%) BMC PATROL
12 2 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.41%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.41%) vRealize
13 1 (0.21%) Nessus
Vendors
1 186 (38.35%) Microsoft
2 128 (26.39%) VMware
3 44 (9.07%) Cisco
4 41 (8.45%) Citrix
5 22 (4.54%) Veeam
6 17 (3.51%) Dynatrace
6 17 (3.51%) Splunk
7 15 (3.09%) Fortinet
7 15 (3.09%) ServiceNow
8 14 (2.89%) CA
8 14 (2.89%) Oracle
9 12 (2.47%) CyberArk
10 11 (2.27%) BMC
10 11 (2.27%) Commvault
11 10 (2.06%) Aruba
11 10 (2.06%) NetApp
12 9 (1.86%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.44%) Extreme Networks
13 7 (1.44%) F5
13 7 (1.44%) Meraki