Head of Infrastructure Jobs in the North West

Head of Infrastructure
England > North West

The median Head of Infrastructure salary in the North West is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 278 - 322
Rank change year-on-year - - -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 10 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.10% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 10
10th Percentile - - £61,125
25th Percentile £72,500 - £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.13%
75th Percentile - - £91,250
90th Percentile £95,000 - £94,625
England median annual salary £86,000 £95,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -9.47% +15.15% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,205 7,031 9,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 89.07% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 7,083 4,084 5,495
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,700 £81,425 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,635 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.45% +0.95% +9.09%

Head of Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Infrastructure in the North West

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Head of Infrastructure in the North West

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Infrastructure in the North West over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Infrastructure in the North West

Head of Infrastructure
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 Head of Infrastructure within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 April 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 - 5 £90,000 -
Lancashire - 3 £75,000 - 1
Merseyside - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 £100,000 -
Head of Infrastructure
England

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Head of Infrastructure 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 West region featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (30.00%) DevOps
2 3 (30.00%) IoT
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Data Management
2 3 (30.00%) Node.js
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (10.00%) Meraki
3 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (10.00%) NIST
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Software Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Software Licensing
3 1 (10.00%) Snow
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
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 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) IoT
2 1 (10.00%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (30.00%) Data Management
1 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
1 3 (30.00%) DevOps
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (30.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (10.00%) Information Security
2 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Service Management
2 1 (10.00%) Software Asset Management
2 1 (10.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco
1 1 (10.00%) Meraki
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Snow