Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 31 133
Rank change year-on-year -33 +102 -46
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 317 691 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.27% 8.68% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.93% 9.06% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 279 194 213
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £58,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,062 7,624 8,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.15% 95.74% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,132 3,949 5,362
10th Percentile £27,775 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,050 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Infrastructure Engineering within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 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 -49 135 £52,500 +1.80% 26
Merseyside -10 70 £43,500 -0.57% 8
Cheshire -18 65 £47,500 +1.06% 8
Lancashire -35 41 £55,000 +15.79% 4
Cumbria - 6 £38,250 - 4
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 45 (14.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (7.57%) SharePoint
3 23 (7.26%) IIS
4 4 (1.26%) CMS
4 4 (1.26%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 157 (49.53%) Azure
2 104 (32.81%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (21.14%) AWS
4 38 (11.99%) Entra ID
5 30 (9.46%) IaaS
6 25 (7.89%) GCP
7 18 (5.68%) SaaS
8 12 (3.79%) PaaS
8 12 (3.79%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.21%) AWS KMS
9 7 (2.21%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (2.21%) GitHub
9 7 (2.21%) OneDrive
10 6 (1.89%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.95%) AWS CodePipeline
13 3 (0.95%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 76 (23.97%) DNS
2 68 (21.45%) DHCP
3 52 (16.40%) Firewall
4 44 (13.88%) WAN
5 39 (12.30%) LAN
6 21 (6.62%) SD-WAN
7 20 (6.31%) Network Security
8 18 (5.68%) SAN
9 17 (5.36%) VPN
10 13 (4.10%) SSL
10 13 (4.10%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (3.79%) iSCSI
11 12 (3.79%) WLAN
12 10 (3.15%) Wireless
13 7 (2.21%) TCP/IP
14 6 (1.89%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (1.89%) VLAN
15 5 (1.58%) BGP
15 5 (1.58%) Internet
15 5 (1.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.89%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.84%) MySQL
5 2 (0.63%) Power BI
6 1 (0.32%) Big Data
6 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.32%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (3.79%) GitLab
2 7 (2.21%) Artifactory
2 7 (2.21%) Git
3 5 (1.58%) MSI
4 3 (0.95%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.63%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.32%) JIRA
General
1 45 (14.20%) Finance
1 45 (14.20%) Social Skills
2 29 (9.15%) Public Sector
3 17 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.79%) Law
5 8 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (2.52%) Legal
6 6 (1.89%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.89%) Retail
7 4 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.63%) Advertising
9 1 (0.32%) Banking
9 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 234 (73.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 69 (21.77%) Senior
3 62 (19.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (9.46%) Cloud Engineer
5 29 (9.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 26 (8.20%) IT Engineer
7 24 (7.57%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (7.26%) Security Engineer
9 21 (6.62%) Azure Engineer
9 21 (6.62%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 18 (5.68%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.68%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 18 (5.68%) Network Engineer
10 18 (5.68%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.79%) Analyst
11 12 (3.79%) Infrastructure Manager
11 12 (3.79%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
11 12 (3.79%) Lead
12 11 (3.47%) Operations Engineer
13 9 (2.84%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.89%) LDAP
2 4 (1.26%) .NET
3 3 (0.95%) AWS CDK
3 3 (0.95%) Compass CSS Framework
3 3 (0.95%) Node.js
3 3 (0.95%) React
3 3 (0.95%) RESTful
3 3 (0.95%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.30%) Public Cloud
2 36 (11.36%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (5.05%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.73%) PMI
6 10 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.15%) PKI
7 9 (2.84%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.52%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.21%) Replication
10 6 (1.89%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.58%) CMDB
11 5 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.26%) FMCG
13 3 (0.95%) Blockchain
13 3 (0.95%) NFT
13 3 (0.95%) Web3
14 2 (0.63%) CCTV
14 2 (0.63%) NHS
15 1 (0.32%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 120 (37.85%) Windows
2 57 (17.98%) Windows Server
3 47 (14.83%) Linux
4 17 (5.36%) Unix
5 13 (4.10%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (3.47%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (2.84%) Android
7 9 (2.84%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.21%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.21%) Windows 10
9 6 (1.89%) VMS
10 4 (1.26%) Windows Vista
11 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (38.80%) ITIL
2 67 (21.14%) Mentoring
3 55 (17.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 48 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (14.83%) Coaching
6 43 (13.56%) Migration
7 41 (12.93%) Capacity Planning
8 39 (12.30%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (11.36%) Roadmaps
10 32 (10.09%) Change Management
11 31 (9.78%) Server Management
11 31 (9.78%) Service Management
12 30 (9.46%) Agile
13 28 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (8.83%) DevOps
13 28 (8.83%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (6.62%) Incident Management
15 20 (6.31%) Line Management
16 19 (5.99%) Project Management
17 17 (5.36%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 35 (11.04%) PowerShell
2 34 (10.73%) SQL
3 9 (2.84%) Python
3 9 (2.84%) Swift
4 7 (2.21%) Bash
5 3 (0.95%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.95%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.32%) Go
6 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (5.99%) Degree
2 15 (4.73%) PMI Certification
3 10 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (2.84%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.84%) CCNA
4 9 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.84%) CISSP
5 4 (1.26%) A+ Certification
5 4 (1.26%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.26%) MCSA
5 4 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (1.26%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.26%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.95%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.95%) CCNP
6 3 (0.95%) MCSE
7 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.84%) SLA
3 8 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.58%) NIST
5 3 (0.95%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.63%) GDPR
6 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 122 (38.49%) Active Directory
2 55 (17.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (10.73%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.15%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.89%) vSphere
6 4 (1.26%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.95%) Docker
7 3 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.32%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (8.83%) Terraform
2 26 (8.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (5.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (3.79%) Opsgenie
4 12 (3.79%) SCCM
4 12 (3.79%) VxRail
4 12 (3.79%) ZABBIX
5 10 (3.15%) Ansible
6 8 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.52%) WSUS
7 7 (2.21%) CA Single Sign-On
8 5 (1.58%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.63%) Autotask
9 2 (0.63%) BMC PATROL
9 2 (0.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.63%) vRealize
10 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.32%) Nagios
10 1 (0.32%) Nessus
10 1 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 135 (42.59%) Microsoft
2 89 (28.08%) VMware
3 50 (15.77%) Cisco
4 35 (11.04%) Citrix
5 23 (7.26%) Fortinet
6 20 (6.31%) NetApp
7 17 (5.36%) SolarWinds
8 13 (4.10%) Dell
8 13 (4.10%) Veeam
9 10 (3.15%) Dynatrace
9 10 (3.15%) Splunk
10 9 (2.84%) CA
10 9 (2.84%) ServiceNow
11 7 (2.21%) BMC
11 7 (2.21%) CyberArk
11 7 (2.21%) F5
11 7 (2.21%) Meraki
12 6 (1.89%) Aruba
12 6 (1.89%) Extreme Networks
13 5 (1.58%) HP