Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 49 28
Rank change year-on-year -31 -21 +78
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 454 691 1,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.90% 3.94% 8.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 4.73% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 175 582 379
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £33,413
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,727 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £67,968 £86,710
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,048 14,622 16,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 95.01% 83.38% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 5,724 11,233 7,867
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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 -2 385 £50,000 +5.26% 76
Yorkshire -53 58 £56,250 +25.00% 43
North East -28 11 £42,250 -4.57% 28
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 30 (6.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.54%) IIS
4 3 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.66%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (3.52%) AutoCAD
2 10 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 74 (16.30%) Azure
2 40 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.19%) AWS
4 17 (3.74%) SaaS
5 14 (3.08%) GCP
6 12 (2.64%) Entra ID
7 9 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.98%) IaaS
8 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (1.54%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.32%) PaaS
10 3 (0.66%) Azure AKS
10 3 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.66%) GitHub
10 3 (0.66%) Serverless
11 2 (0.44%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.44%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 258 (56.83%) VPN
2 251 (55.29%) Cisco IOS
3 33 (7.27%) DNS
4 29 (6.39%) DHCP
5 26 (5.73%) Firewall
6 11 (2.42%) SMTP
6 11 (2.42%) VLAN
7 10 (2.20%) SAN
8 8 (1.76%) LAN
8 8 (1.76%) Network Security
9 7 (1.54%) DKIM
9 7 (1.54%) DMARC
9 7 (1.54%) DNSSEC
9 7 (1.54%) Internet
9 7 (1.54%) NAS
9 7 (1.54%) WAN
10 5 (1.10%) IPv4
10 5 (1.10%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.10%) VSAN
11 4 (0.88%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.32%) Power BI
3 5 (1.10%) MongoDB
3 5 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.88%) Data Hub
4 4 (0.88%) SQL CLR
5 3 (0.66%) Metadata
5 3 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.44%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (1.10%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.44%) Git
2 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.44%) JIRA
3 1 (0.22%) Selenium
3 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 260 (57.27%) Analytical Skills
2 252 (55.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 45 (9.91%) Finance
4 44 (9.69%) Social Skills
5 23 (5.07%) Legal
6 19 (4.19%) Banking
7 9 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (1.54%) Retail
9 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.88%) Back Office
10 4 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.88%) Local Government
10 4 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.66%) Law
12 2 (0.44%) Games
12 2 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.44%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.22%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.22%) Marketing
13 1 (0.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 389 (85.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (7.93%) Senior
3 33 (7.27%) Cloud Engineer
4 28 (6.17%) Support Engineer
5 25 (5.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (5.29%) Civil Engineer
7 19 (4.19%) Security Engineer
8 18 (3.96%) Infrastructure Support
8 18 (3.96%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 17 (3.74%) Project Engineer
10 14 (3.08%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (3.08%) IT Engineer
10 14 (3.08%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (2.86%) Principal Engineer
11 13 (2.86%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 11 (2.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 11 (2.42%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
13 10 (2.20%) Azure Engineer
13 10 (2.20%) Lead
14 9 (1.98%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (55.29%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (1.54%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.10%) Middleware
4 4 (0.88%) OLE
5 3 (0.66%) OAuth
6 2 (0.44%) .NET
6 2 (0.44%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.44%) REST
7 1 (0.22%) ADO
7 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.22%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.22%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.22%) Blazor
7 1 (0.22%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (0.22%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.22%) OpenCL
7 1 (0.22%) SAML
7 1 (0.22%) Web Services
7 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 251 (55.29%) Cyberattack
2 25 (5.51%) Data Centre
3 18 (3.96%) Cloud Native
4 17 (3.74%) Security Posture
5 16 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (2.20%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.76%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.76%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.32%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (0.88%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.66%) Clustering
12 2 (0.44%) CCTV
12 2 (0.44%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.44%) Management Information System
13 1 (0.22%) Cyber Threat
13 1 (0.22%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.22%) Onboarding
13 1 (0.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 304 (66.96%) Windows
2 287 (63.22%) Linux
3 251 (55.29%) Android
4 29 (6.39%) Windows Server
5 10 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.32%) Unix
7 5 (1.10%) CentOS
8 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.66%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.66%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.44%) Debian
10 2 (0.44%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.44%) VMS
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.22%) AIX
11 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (62.33%) DevOps
2 282 (62.11%) Problem-Solving
3 255 (56.17%) Platform Engineering
4 254 (55.95%) Line Management
4 254 (55.95%) Risk Management
5 251 (55.29%) Mathematics
5 251 (55.29%) Storage Management
5 251 (55.29%) Task Automation
6 26 (5.73%) Infrastructure as Code
7 25 (5.51%) Mentoring
8 23 (5.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 20 (4.41%) Project Delivery
10 19 (4.19%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (3.96%) ITIL
12 17 (3.74%) Cloud Security
13 14 (3.08%) CI/CD
13 14 (3.08%) Migration
14 12 (2.64%) Agile
15 11 (2.42%) Project Management
16 10 (2.20%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 274 (60.35%) PowerShell
2 256 (56.39%) Python
3 254 (55.95%) Bash
4 17 (3.74%) SQL
5 4 (0.88%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.44%) C#
7 1 (0.22%) Bicep
7 1 (0.22%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 40 (8.81%) Degree
2 20 (4.41%) Azure Certification
3 16 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 16 (3.52%) SC Cleared
3 16 (3.52%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (1.98%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.54%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.54%) RIBA
6 7 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (1.32%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.44%) CCNA
8 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.44%) Linux+ Certification
8 2 (0.44%) MCSA
8 2 (0.44%) MCSE
8 2 (0.44%) RHCE
9 1 (0.22%) CEH
9 1 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.98%) GDPR
2 9 (1.98%) NIST
3 8 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.44%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 270 (59.47%) Hyper-V
2 259 (57.05%) vSphere
3 258 (56.83%) VMware NSX
4 255 (56.17%) Docker
5 43 (9.47%) Active Directory
6 22 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
7 14 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.44%) Dovecot
9 2 (0.44%) Postfix
10 1 (0.22%) NFS
10 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.22%) XenApp
10 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 278 (61.23%) Terraform
2 265 (58.37%) Ansible
3 14 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (1.54%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.88%) SCCM
6 3 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (0.66%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.66%) WSUS
7 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (0.44%) Puppet
7 2 (0.44%) SCOM
8 1 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.22%) Istio
8 1 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 271 (59.69%) Cisco
2 251 (55.29%) 3PAR
2 251 (55.29%) Juniper
2 251 (55.29%) Splunk
3 67 (14.76%) Microsoft
4 40 (8.81%) VMware
5 16 (3.52%) Veeam
6 10 (2.20%) Google
7 7 (1.54%) Citrix
7 7 (1.54%) IronPort
7 7 (1.54%) Oracle
7 7 (1.54%) Veritas
8 5 (1.10%) Meraki
8 5 (1.10%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.66%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.66%) Sophos
9 3 (0.66%) Synology
10 2 (0.44%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.44%) Ping Identity
10 2 (0.44%) Varonis