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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 51 28
Rank change year-on-year -30 -23 +75
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 443 691 1,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.85% 3.90% 8.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 4.70% 8.85%
Number of salaries quoted 161 579 368
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,735 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -3.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,886 £67,968 £97,328
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 10,928 14,694 16,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 95.08% 82.96% 96.81%
Number of salaries quoted 5,472 11,264 7,883
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £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 £62,342 £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 22 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 22 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 -2 378 £50,000 +5.26% 97
Yorkshire -63 54 £57,500 +27.78% 45
North East -26 11 £52,000 +17.45% 27
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 27 (6.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.58%) IIS
4 3 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.68%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (4.06%) AutoCAD
2 10 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 71 (16.03%) Azure
2 36 (8.13%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (4.06%) AWS
4 14 (3.16%) SaaS
5 12 (2.71%) GCP
6 11 (2.48%) Entra ID
7 9 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.03%) IaaS
8 7 (1.58%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.35%) PaaS
10 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (0.68%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.68%) GitHub
11 3 (0.68%) Serverless
12 2 (0.45%) Cloudflare
12 2 (0.45%) Mimecast
12 2 (0.45%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 258 (58.24%) VPN
2 251 (56.66%) Cisco IOS
3 30 (6.77%) DNS
4 26 (5.87%) DHCP
5 22 (4.97%) Firewall
6 10 (2.26%) SAN
6 10 (2.26%) VLAN
7 9 (2.03%) SMTP
8 7 (1.58%) LAN
8 7 (1.58%) NAS
8 7 (1.58%) Network Security
8 7 (1.58%) WAN
9 5 (1.13%) DKIM
9 5 (1.13%) DMARC
9 5 (1.13%) DNSSEC
9 5 (1.13%) Internet
9 5 (1.13%) VSAN
10 4 (0.90%) IPv4
10 4 (0.90%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.90%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.35%) Power BI
3 5 (1.13%) MongoDB
3 5 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.90%) Data Hub
4 4 (0.90%) SQL CLR
5 3 (0.68%) Metadata
5 3 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (1.13%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.45%) Git
2 2 (0.45%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.45%) JIRA
3 1 (0.23%) GitLab
3 1 (0.23%) Selenium
3 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 258 (58.24%) Analytical Skills
2 252 (56.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 45 (10.16%) Finance
4 42 (9.48%) Social Skills
5 21 (4.74%) Legal
6 17 (3.84%) Banking
7 9 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.35%) Local Government
8 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.35%) Retail
9 4 (0.90%) Back Office
9 4 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.68%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.45%) Games
11 2 (0.45%) Law
11 2 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.23%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 377 (85.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (8.13%) Senior
3 32 (7.22%) Cloud Engineer
4 28 (6.32%) Civil Engineer
4 28 (6.32%) Support Engineer
5 25 (5.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (4.06%) Infrastructure Support
6 18 (4.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 17 (3.84%) Project Engineer
8 15 (3.39%) Security Engineer
9 14 (3.16%) Principal Engineer
10 13 (2.93%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (2.93%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 12 (2.71%) IT Engineer
11 12 (2.71%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (2.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 9 (2.03%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.03%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 9 (2.03%) Lead
14 7 (1.58%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (56.66%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (1.58%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.13%) Middleware
4 4 (0.90%) OLE
5 3 (0.68%) OAuth
6 2 (0.45%) .NET
6 2 (0.45%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.45%) REST
7 1 (0.23%) ADO
7 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.23%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.23%) AWS CDK
7 1 (0.23%) Blazor
7 1 (0.23%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (0.23%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.23%) OpenCL
7 1 (0.23%) SAML
7 1 (0.23%) Web Services
7 1 (0.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 251 (56.66%) Cyberattack
2 23 (5.19%) Data Centre
3 17 (3.84%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (2.93%) Security Posture
6 10 (2.26%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.81%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.68%) Clustering
8 3 (0.68%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.68%) NHS
8 3 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.45%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.45%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.45%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.23%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.23%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 294 (66.37%) Windows
2 284 (64.11%) Linux
3 251 (56.66%) Android
4 22 (4.97%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.13%) CentOS
6 5 (1.13%) Unix
7 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.68%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.45%) Debian
9 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.45%) VMS
9 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.23%) AIX
10 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (63.21%) DevOps
2 277 (62.53%) Problem-Solving
3 255 (57.56%) Platform Engineering
4 254 (57.34%) Risk Management
5 252 (56.88%) Line Management
6 251 (56.66%) Mathematics
6 251 (56.66%) Storage Management
6 251 (56.66%) Task Automation
7 26 (5.87%) Mentoring
8 22 (4.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 22 (4.97%) Project Delivery
9 20 (4.51%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (3.84%) Cloud Security
11 16 (3.61%) ITIL
12 14 (3.16%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (3.16%) Migration
13 13 (2.93%) Project Management
14 12 (2.71%) Agile
15 10 (2.26%) CI/CD
15 10 (2.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 273 (61.63%) PowerShell
2 256 (57.79%) Python
3 254 (57.34%) Bash
4 17 (3.84%) SQL
5 4 (0.90%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.45%) C#
7 1 (0.23%) Bicep
7 1 (0.23%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 39 (8.80%) Degree
2 19 (4.29%) Azure Certification
3 16 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 16 (3.61%) SC Cleared
3 16 (3.61%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (2.03%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.58%) RIBA
6 7 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (1.35%) AWS Certification
7 6 (1.35%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.45%) CCNA
8 2 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.45%) Linux+ Certification
8 2 (0.45%) MCSA
8 2 (0.45%) MCSE
8 2 (0.45%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.45%) RHCE
9 1 (0.23%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.13%) GDPR
3 5 (1.13%) NIST
4 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.45%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 267 (60.27%) Hyper-V
2 258 (58.24%) VMware NSX
3 256 (57.79%) Docker
3 256 (57.79%) vSphere
4 38 (8.58%) Active Directory
5 19 (4.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.45%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.45%) Postfix
9 1 (0.23%) NFS
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.23%) XenApp
9 1 (0.23%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 279 (62.98%) Terraform
2 266 (60.05%) Ansible
3 15 (3.39%) Kubernetes
4 14 (3.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.58%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.90%) SCCM
7 3 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.68%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.68%) WSUS
8 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.45%) Puppet
8 2 (0.45%) SCOM
9 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.23%) Grafana
9 1 (0.23%) Istio
9 1 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.23%) vRealize
Vendors
1 269 (60.72%) Cisco
2 251 (56.66%) 3PAR
2 251 (56.66%) Juniper
2 251 (56.66%) Splunk
3 62 (14.00%) Microsoft
4 35 (7.90%) VMware
5 13 (2.93%) Veeam
6 10 (2.26%) Google
7 7 (1.58%) Citrix
7 7 (1.58%) Oracle
8 5 (1.13%) IronPort
8 5 (1.13%) Meraki
8 5 (1.13%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.13%) Veritas
9 3 (0.68%) Sophos
9 3 (0.68%) Synology
10 2 (0.45%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.45%) Ping Identity
10 2 (0.45%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.45%) Varonis