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 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 184 158
Rank change year-on-year +101 -26 -37
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 489 295 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.85% 1.67% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.99% 1.87% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 399 253 351
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,151 £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 £58,750 £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 16,339 15,764 17,416
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.09% 89.45% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 12,639 8,316 11,201
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,225
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +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 23 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 23 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 +77 256 £45,000 -5.26% 26
Yorkshire +91 155 £43,250 -3.89% 17
North East +46 77 £44,274 +2.37% 9
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 462 (94.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 222 (45.40%) Windows
3 195 (39.88%) Azure
4 190 (38.85%) Microsoft
5 163 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 141 (28.83%) ITIL
7 134 (27.40%) VMware
7 134 (27.40%) Microsoft 365
8 119 (24.34%) Windows Server
9 99 (20.25%) Mentoring
10 87 (17.79%) Coaching
11 86 (17.59%) DNS
11 86 (17.59%) AWS
12 83 (16.97%) Firewall
13 80 (16.36%) Linux
14 79 (16.16%) Microsoft Exchange
15 77 (15.75%) VMware Infrastructure
16 74 (15.13%) DHCP
16 74 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
17 72 (14.72%) Public Cloud
18 68 (13.91%) Social Skills
19 67 (13.70%) Migration
20 65 (13.29%) Disaster Recovery
21 64 (13.09%) Finance
21 64 (13.09%) Hyper-V
22 60 (12.27%) Entra ID
23 55 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
23 55 (11.25%) LAN
24 53 (10.84%) WAN
25 52 (10.63%) Public Sector

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 79 (16.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (6.95%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.04%) IIS
4 4 (0.82%) CMS
4 4 (0.82%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 195 (39.88%) Azure
2 134 (27.40%) Microsoft 365
3 86 (17.59%) AWS
4 60 (12.27%) Entra ID
5 44 (9.00%) IaaS
6 22 (4.50%) SaaS
7 17 (3.48%) GCP
8 14 (2.86%) PaaS
9 13 (2.66%) Azure Key Vault
9 13 (2.66%) OneDrive
10 12 (2.45%) AWS KMS
11 11 (2.25%) Power Platform
12 9 (1.84%) GitHub
12 9 (1.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.23%) PowerApps
14 5 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
15 4 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.82%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 86 (17.59%) DNS
2 83 (16.97%) Firewall
3 74 (15.13%) DHCP
4 55 (11.25%) LAN
5 53 (10.84%) WAN
6 36 (7.36%) VPN
7 19 (3.89%) SAN
8 16 (3.27%) Network Security
9 15 (3.07%) WLAN
10 13 (2.66%) SD-WAN
10 13 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (2.66%) Wireless
11 10 (2.04%) SSL
11 10 (2.04%) TCP/IP
12 8 (1.64%) BGP
13 7 (1.43%) MPLS
13 7 (1.43%) NAS
13 7 (1.43%) VLAN
14 6 (1.23%) NetScaler
14 6 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.84%) MySQL
4 7 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.20%) MS Access
6 1 (0.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 34 (6.95%) GitLab
2 21 (4.29%) Artifactory
3 7 (1.43%) Git
4 5 (1.02%) MSI
5 3 (0.61%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.61%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.61%) JIRA
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (13.91%) Social Skills
2 64 (13.09%) Finance
3 52 (10.63%) Public Sector
4 33 (6.75%) Manufacturing
5 19 (3.89%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.89%) Law
6 12 (2.45%) Automotive
7 8 (1.64%) Legal
8 7 (1.43%) Banking
8 7 (1.43%) Retail
9 6 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.61%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.41%) Advertising
11 2 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.20%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.20%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.20%) Local Government
12 1 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.64%) CSS
2 6 (1.23%) LDAP
3 4 (0.82%) .NET
4 3 (0.61%) AWS CDK
4 3 (0.61%) Middleware
5 2 (0.41%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.72%) Public Cloud
2 46 (9.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 41 (8.38%) Data Centre
4 27 (5.52%) Private Cloud
5 21 (4.29%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.48%) PKI
7 14 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.04%) Clustering
9 10 (2.04%) Driving Licence
10 7 (1.43%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.43%) Replication
11 6 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.02%) CMDB
12 5 (1.02%) FMCG
13 4 (0.82%) IoT
14 3 (0.61%) Mobile App
14 3 (0.61%) Onboarding
14 3 (0.61%) PMI
14 3 (0.61%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 222 (45.40%) Windows
2 119 (24.34%) Windows Server
3 80 (16.36%) Linux
4 30 (6.13%) Windows Server 2012
5 28 (5.73%) Unix
6 26 (5.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (4.70%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.25%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.84%) Android
9 9 (1.84%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (1.84%) Windows 10
10 8 (1.64%) VMS
11 5 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.61%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.61%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (94.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 141 (28.83%) ITIL
3 99 (20.25%) Mentoring
4 87 (17.79%) Coaching
5 74 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
6 67 (13.70%) Migration
7 65 (13.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 55 (11.25%) Cybersecurity
9 51 (10.43%) Service Management
10 50 (10.22%) Roadmaps
11 44 (9.00%) DevOps
12 42 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
13 41 (8.38%) Change Management
14 34 (6.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (6.34%) Operational Stability
16 28 (5.73%) Architecture Roadmap
16 28 (5.73%) High Availability
17 27 (5.52%) Capacity Planning
17 27 (5.52%) Customer Service
18 26 (5.32%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (9.41%) PowerShell
2 33 (6.75%) SQL
3 16 (3.27%) Python
4 14 (2.86%) Bash
5 9 (1.84%) Swift
6 3 (0.61%) Shell Script
6 3 (0.61%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (7.77%) Degree
2 16 (3.27%) Azure Certification
3 14 (2.86%) HNC
4 9 (1.84%) Security Cleared
5 8 (1.64%) CCNA
5 8 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.23%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.02%) MCSA
7 5 (1.02%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.82%) A+ Certification
8 4 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (0.61%) MCSE
9 3 (0.61%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.20%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.48%) SLA
2 10 (2.04%) NIST
3 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 163 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 77 (15.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (13.09%) Hyper-V
4 16 (3.27%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (2.86%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (2.04%) vSphere
8 9 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
9 8 (1.64%) XenApp
10 7 (1.43%) XenDesktop
11 6 (1.23%) Firmware
12 4 (0.82%) Docker
12 4 (0.82%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 49 (10.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (7.98%) Terraform
3 31 (6.34%) SCCM
4 30 (6.13%) Ansible
5 17 (3.48%) WSUS
6 14 (2.86%) SCOM
7 12 (2.45%) CA Single Sign-On
7 12 (2.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 12 (2.45%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (2.04%) Failover Clustering
9 9 (1.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (1.43%) FortiGate
10 7 (1.43%) Kubernetes
11 4 (0.82%) Proxmox
12 3 (0.61%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.41%) BMC PATROL
13 2 (0.41%) Nessus
13 2 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.41%) vCenter Server
13 2 (0.41%) vRealize
Vendors
1 190 (38.85%) Microsoft
2 134 (27.40%) VMware
3 47 (9.61%) Cisco
4 44 (9.00%) Citrix
5 23 (4.70%) Veeam
6 17 (3.48%) Dynatrace
6 17 (3.48%) Splunk
7 16 (3.27%) Fortinet
8 15 (3.07%) ServiceNow
9 14 (2.86%) CA
9 14 (2.86%) Oracle
10 13 (2.66%) Commvault
11 12 (2.45%) Aruba
11 12 (2.45%) CyberArk
12 11 (2.25%) BMC
13 9 (1.84%) Red Hat
14 8 (1.64%) NetApp
15 7 (1.43%) Extreme Networks
15 7 (1.43%) F5
15 7 (1.43%) Meraki