The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 24 May 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Engineer
Rank 212 190 218
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +28
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 31 57 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.431% 0.803% 0.233%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.452% 0.838% 0.244%
Number of salaries quoted 26 53 15
Average salary £27,500 £37,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.67% +13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £44,800 £43,600
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6864 6805 6559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.53% 95.87% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5816 6001 5810
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Infrastructure Engineer Salary Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Manchester -28 16 £26,500 -29.33%
Cheshire -12 14 £31,000 -11.42%
Merseyside +16 4 £25,000 -41.86%
Lancashire -2 1 £28,500 -34.48%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 83 (69.75%) Windows
2 75 (63.03%) VMware
3 69 (57.98%) Active Directory
4 68 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
5 67 (56.30%) Microsoft
6 65 (54.62%) Windows Server 2008
7 61 (51.26%) MS Exchange
8 49 (41.18%) Cisco
9 44 (36.97%) Citrix
10 42 (35.29%) SAN
11 41 (34.45%) WAN
11 41 (34.45%) Exchange Server 2010
12 36 (30.25%) LAN
13 33 (27.73%) VMware Infrastructure
14 31 (26.05%) ITIL
15 30 (25.21%) SQL Server
15 30 (25.21%) vSphere
16 28 (23.53%) DNS
16 28 (23.53%) Firewall
17 26 (21.85%) DHCP
17 26 (21.85%) Microsoft Certification
18 25 (21.01%) NetApp
18 25 (21.01%) MS Excel
19 23 (19.33%) MCITP
20 22 (18.49%) Exchange Server 2003
21 20 (16.81%) Hyper-V
21 20 (16.81%) MCSE
21 20 (16.81%) Linux
21 20 (16.81%) SharePoint
21 20 (16.81%) Disaster Recovery

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 Development
1 2 (1.681%) COM
1 2 (1.681%) EDI
2 1 (0.840%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 61 (51.26%) MS Exchange
2 41 (34.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 22 (18.49%) Exchange Server 2003
4 20 (16.81%) SharePoint
5 16 (13.45%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (10.92%) Lync
7 11 (9.244%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 9 (7.563%) SharePoint 2010
9 7 (5.882%) IIS
10 2 (1.681%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (1.681%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.840%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 25 (21.01%) MS Excel
2 9 (7.563%) MS Office
3 3 (2.521%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (5.882%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 42 (35.29%) SAN
2 41 (34.45%) WAN
3 36 (30.25%) LAN
4 28 (23.53%) DNS
4 28 (23.53%) Firewall
5 26 (21.85%) DHCP
6 19 (15.97%) TCP/IP
7 13 (10.92%) VoIP
8 12 (10.08%) NAS
9 11 (9.244%) MPLS
10 10 (8.403%) VPN
11 9 (7.563%) Wireless
12 6 (5.042%) WLAN
12 6 (5.042%) VLAN
12 6 (5.042%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (5.042%) Fibre Channel
13 5 (4.202%) Internet
14 4 (3.361%) DMZ
14 4 (3.361%) BGP
15 3 (2.521%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (25.21%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.244%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (8.403%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (5.882%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (3.361%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (2.521%) MySQL
7 1 (0.840%) Informix
7 1 (0.840%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (1.681%) MSI
General
1 17 (14.29%) Legal
2 9 (7.563%) Telecoms
3 8 (6.723%) Law
4 7 (5.882%) Finance
5 4 (3.361%) Retail
6 1 (0.840%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.76%) Blackberry
2 8 (6.723%) Firmware
3 4 (3.361%) Clustering
4 3 (2.521%) iPad
4 3 (2.521%) iPhone
5 2 (1.681%) IVR
5 2 (1.681%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.840%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.840%) Tandem
6 1 (0.840%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 83 (69.75%) Windows
2 68 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 65 (54.62%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (16.81%) Linux
5 14 (11.76%) Windows XP
6 12 (10.08%) UNIX
7 10 (8.403%) Windows 7
8 7 (5.882%) Windows NT
9 5 (4.202%) Windows Vista
10 4 (3.361%) Solaris
11 2 (1.681%) Windows 2000
11 2 (1.681%) Android
11 2 (1.681%) Windows 2000 Server
12 1 (0.840%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.840%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (26.05%) ITIL
2 20 (16.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (8.403%) Network Management
4 9 (7.563%) Change Management
5 8 (6.723%) ITIL V3
6 7 (5.882%) PRINCE2
6 7 (5.882%) CRM
7 6 (5.042%) Migration
7 6 (5.042%) Business Continuity
7 6 (5.042%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (4.202%) Project Management
8 5 (4.202%) E-Commerce
9 4 (3.361%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (3.361%) Load Balancing
10 3 (2.521%) High Availability
10 3 (2.521%) Network Design
10 3 (2.521%) Time Management
11 2 (1.681%) Capacity Planning
11 2 (1.681%) Performance Management
11 2 (1.681%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.61%) SQL
2 3 (2.521%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.681%) C
3 2 (1.681%) ActionScript
3 2 (1.681%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.840%) C++
4 1 (0.840%) Java
4 1 (0.840%) VBScript
4 1 (0.840%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (21.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (19.33%) MCITP
3 20 (16.81%) MCSE
4 19 (15.97%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (12.61%) CCNA
6 14 (11.76%) MCTS
7 13 (10.92%) MCP
8 7 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (4.202%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (4.202%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (4.202%) CCNP
10 3 (2.521%) Degree
10 3 (2.521%) CCA
10 3 (2.521%) MCSA
11 2 (1.681%) NCDA
12 1 (0.840%) VCP5
12 1 (0.840%) Security Cleared
12 1 (0.840%) VCP4
12 1 (0.840%) CCIE
12 1 (0.840%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.681%) SLA
2 1 (0.840%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.840%) BS7799
System Software
1 69 (57.98%) Active Directory
2 33 (27.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (25.21%) vSphere
4 20 (16.81%) Hyper-V
5 15 (12.61%) XenApp
6 12 (10.08%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 11 (9.244%) VMware ESX
8 10 (8.403%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (5.042%) NFS
10 3 (2.521%) VMware Server
10 3 (2.521%) UAG
10 3 (2.521%) Samba
11 2 (1.681%) ISA Server
11 2 (1.681%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.840%) XenServer
12 1 (0.840%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.840%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.840%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 15 (12.61%) SCCM
2 14 (11.76%) SCOM
3 6 (5.042%) WSUS
4 4 (3.361%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 3 (2.521%) MOM
6 2 (1.681%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (1.681%) HP SIM
6 2 (1.681%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (1.681%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.840%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.840%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.840%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.840%) Nagios
7 1 (0.840%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 75 (63.03%) VMware
2 67 (56.30%) Microsoft
3 49 (41.18%) Cisco
4 44 (36.97%) Citrix
5 25 (21.01%) NetApp
6 17 (14.29%) HP
7 11 (9.244%) Juniper
8 8 (6.723%) SolarWinds
9 4 (3.361%) IBM
9 4 (3.361%) Symantec
10 3 (2.521%) Avaya
11 2 (1.681%) Dell
11 2 (1.681%) McAfee
11 2 (1.681%) Sophos
11 2 (1.681%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.840%) AppSense
12 1 (0.840%) Sun
12 1 (0.840%) Lotus
12 1 (0.840%) Apple
12 1 (0.840%) Oracle
Warrington, Cheshire
Server / Infrastructure Engineer - St Helens / Warrington - Windows, Linux, Exchnage, IIS, Firewalls, SAN -£30,000 - £45,000... A Windows, Linux, Exchnage, IIS, Firewalls, SAN Server / Infrastructure Engineer is required...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Merseyside
You will have strong background in :- VMWare vSphere v4, v5 ESXi VMWare vCentre Standard / Foundation Cisco IOS internetworking, WAN, LAN, VLAN Cisco - ASA, VPN, AnyConnect, WCS/WLC, Call...
Vertical IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Burnley, North West
Any Microsoft, VmWare, Citrix, Cisco, NetApp, HP or Dell certifications or training would be highly desirable... Interviews immediately available, don't miss out on this exciting opportunity!!!Infrastructure...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Nantwich, North West
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES Essential :- Windows Server 2K8 (Multi-site Active Directory administration,DFS, DNS, DHCP)Enterprise skills (Monitoring, High Availability and Disaster Recovery)Network (Cisco hardware, TCPIP, DMVPN, Firewall/...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 40k per year
Posted: 1 May 2013
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.
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Merseyside
The Infrastructure Engineer / Technical Support Engineer will be responsible for providing support for the following areas: *Windows Server 2008 *Windows Desktop - Windows 7 *Exchange Server *Active Directory, Group...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bonus, pension, 25 days holiday ++
Posted: 18 May 2013