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 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 189 162
Rank change year-on-year +103 -27 -45
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 486 298 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.82% 1.71% 2.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.96% 1.91% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 396 257 346
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,900 £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 £60,313 £53,096 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £59,250 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.38%

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 16,403 15,591 17,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 89.42% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,681 8,240 11,134
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 £69,000 £65,720
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +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 28 April 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 28 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
North West +84 256 £45,000 -5.26% 23
Yorkshire +97 152 £44,000 -2.22% 12
North East +40 77 £44,274 +4.17% 8
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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.

1 459 (94.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 217 (44.65%) Windows
3 193 (39.71%) Azure
4 189 (38.89%) Microsoft
5 158 (32.51%) Active Directory
6 141 (29.01%) ITIL
7 133 (27.37%) Microsoft 365
8 128 (26.34%) VMware
9 113 (23.25%) Windows Server
10 98 (20.16%) Mentoring
11 87 (17.90%) Coaching
12 85 (17.49%) DNS
13 84 (17.28%) AWS
14 83 (17.08%) Firewall
15 81 (16.67%) Linux
16 75 (15.43%) Microsoft Exchange
16 75 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
17 73 (15.02%) DHCP
17 73 (15.02%) VMware Infrastructure
18 72 (14.81%) Public Cloud
19 67 (13.79%) Social Skills
20 66 (13.58%) Migration
21 64 (13.17%) Disaster Recovery
22 63 (12.96%) Finance
22 63 (12.96%) Hyper-V
23 59 (12.14%) Entra ID
24 54 (11.11%) LAN
25 53 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
26 52 (10.70%) Public Sector
26 52 (10.70%) 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 75 (15.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (7.00%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.85%) IIS
4 4 (0.82%) CMS
4 4 (0.82%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 193 (39.71%) Azure
2 133 (27.37%) Microsoft 365
3 84 (17.28%) AWS
4 59 (12.14%) Entra ID
5 44 (9.05%) IaaS
6 22 (4.53%) SaaS
7 17 (3.50%) GCP
8 14 (2.88%) PaaS
9 13 (2.67%) Azure Key Vault
9 13 (2.67%) OneDrive
10 12 (2.47%) AWS KMS
11 11 (2.26%) Power Platform
12 9 (1.85%) GitHub
12 9 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.23%) PowerApps
14 5 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.82%) Serverless
16 3 (0.62%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 85 (17.49%) DNS
2 83 (17.08%) Firewall
3 73 (15.02%) DHCP
4 54 (11.11%) LAN
5 52 (10.70%) WAN
6 36 (7.41%) VPN
7 19 (3.91%) SAN
8 16 (3.29%) Network Security
9 15 (3.09%) WLAN
10 13 (2.67%) SD-WAN
10 13 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (2.47%) Wireless
12 10 (2.06%) SSL
12 10 (2.06%) TCP/IP
13 8 (1.65%) BGP
13 8 (1.65%) VLAN
14 7 (1.44%) MPLS
14 7 (1.44%) NAS
15 6 (1.23%) OSPF
15 6 (1.23%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.85%) MySQL
4 6 (1.23%) 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 (7.00%) GitLab
2 21 (4.32%) 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 67 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 63 (12.96%) Finance
3 52 (10.70%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.38%) Manufacturing
5 19 (3.91%) Law
6 18 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.47%) Automotive
8 8 (1.65%) Legal
9 7 (1.44%) Banking
10 6 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.23%) Retail
11 3 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (0.62%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.41%) Advertising
12 2 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.21%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.21%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.21%) Local Government
13 1 (0.21%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.65%) CSS
2 6 (1.23%) 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 (14.81%) Public Cloud
2 46 (9.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 41 (8.44%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.56%) Private Cloud
5 21 (4.32%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.50%) PKI
7 14 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.06%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.65%) Clustering
11 7 (1.44%) Cloud Native
11 7 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.44%) Replication
12 5 (1.03%) CMDB
12 5 (1.03%) FMCG
13 4 (0.82%) IoT
14 3 (0.62%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.62%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.62%) PMI
14 3 (0.62%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 217 (44.65%) Windows
2 113 (23.25%) Windows Server
3 81 (16.67%) Linux
4 28 (5.76%) Unix
5 27 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 22 (4.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 19 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.26%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.85%) Android
9 9 (1.85%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.65%) VMS
10 8 (1.65%) Windows 10
11 5 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.62%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.62%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (94.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 141 (29.01%) ITIL
3 98 (20.16%) Mentoring
4 87 (17.90%) Coaching
5 75 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
6 66 (13.58%) Migration
7 64 (13.17%) Disaster Recovery
8 53 (10.91%) Cybersecurity
9 51 (10.49%) Service Management
10 50 (10.29%) Roadmaps
11 44 (9.05%) DevOps
12 42 (8.64%) Infrastructure as Code
13 41 (8.44%) Change Management
14 33 (6.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (6.38%) Operational Stability
16 28 (5.76%) Architecture Roadmap
17 27 (5.56%) Capacity Planning
17 27 (5.56%) Customer Service
17 27 (5.56%) High Availability
18 26 (5.35%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (9.67%) PowerShell
2 30 (6.17%) SQL
3 16 (3.29%) Python
4 14 (2.88%) Bash
5 9 (1.85%) 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 38 (7.82%) Degree
2 15 (3.09%) Azure Certification
3 14 (2.88%) HNC
4 9 (1.85%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.65%) CCNA
5 8 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.23%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.23%) 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 16 (3.29%) 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
System Software
1 158 (32.51%) Active Directory
2 73 (15.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (12.96%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.29%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (1.65%) vSphere
8 7 (1.44%) XenApp
8 7 (1.44%) XenDesktop
9 5 (1.03%) Firmware
10 4 (0.82%) Docker
10 4 (0.82%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 48 (9.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (8.02%) Terraform
3 30 (6.17%) Ansible
4 29 (5.97%) SCCM
5 17 (3.50%) WSUS
6 13 (2.67%) SCOM
7 12 (2.47%) CA Single Sign-On
7 12 (2.47%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (2.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 9 (1.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (1.65%) Failover Clustering
11 7 (1.44%) Kubernetes
12 6 (1.23%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.82%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.62%) NetBackup
15 2 (0.41%) BMC PATROL
15 2 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
15 2 (0.41%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.41%) vRealize
16 1 (0.21%) Nessus
Vendors
1 189 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 128 (26.34%) VMware
3 44 (9.05%) Cisco
4 42 (8.64%) Citrix
5 22 (4.53%) Veeam
6 17 (3.50%) Dynatrace
6 17 (3.50%) Splunk
7 16 (3.29%) Fortinet
8 15 (3.09%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.88%) CA
9 14 (2.88%) Oracle
10 12 (2.47%) Commvault
10 12 (2.47%) CyberArk
11 11 (2.26%) Aruba
11 11 (2.26%) BMC
12 9 (1.85%) Red Hat
13 8 (1.65%) NetApp
14 7 (1.44%) Extreme Networks
14 7 (1.44%) F5
14 7 (1.44%) Meraki