Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the North West

The median annual salary for an Infrastructure Engineer was £40,000 in advertised job vacancies in the North West during the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Infrastructure Engineer England / North West
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	165	162	153
Rank change year-on-year	-3	-9
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer	114	76	110
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West	1.69%	1.36%	1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category	1.75%	1.39%	1.78%
Number of salaries quoted	94	56	99
Median salary	£40,000	£37,500	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+6.66%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,000	£32,000	£26,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£51,750	£46,250	£45,000
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-	+6.66%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles North West
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	6524	5469	6174
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West	96.62%	97.75%	96.83%
Number of salaries quoted	5332	4649	5044
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£40,000
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£25,000	£25,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£55,000	£57,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the North West that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the North West over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

Infrastructure Engineer
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 Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Manchester	-11	63	£40,000	+12.67%	9
Cheshire	-10	27	£42,500	-5.55%	2
Lancashire	+19	14	£32,500	-	2
Merseyside	-15	8	£41,750	+30.46%
Cumbria	-	1	£26,500	-
Infrastructure Engineer England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the North West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1	133 (68.91%)	Windows
2	118 (61.14%)	VMware
3	101 (52.33%)	Active Directory
4	90 (46.63%)	Windows Server
5	71 (36.79%)	VMware Infrastructure
6	68 (35.23%)	Cisco
7	66 (34.20%)	Microsoft
8	63 (32.64%)	ITIL
9	61 (31.61%)	MS Exchange
10	57 (29.53%)	Windows Server 2012
11	50 (25.91%)	Windows Server 2008
12	43 (22.28%)	Amazon AWS
12	43 (22.28%)	Office 365
13	42 (21.76%)	Microsoft Certification
13	42 (21.76%)	SQL Server

14	41 (21.24%)	DNS
15	39 (20.21%)	WAN
15	39 (20.21%)	Microsoft Azure
15	39 (20.21%)	vSphere
16	37 (19.17%)	Citrix
17	36 (18.65%)	SAN
17	36 (18.65%)	PowerShell
17	36 (18.65%)	Data Centre
18	35 (18.13%)	Disaster Recovery
18	35 (18.13%)	Firewall
18	35 (18.13%)	MCSE
19	33 (17.10%)	Cisco Certification
20	32 (16.58%)	Hyper-V
21	31 (16.06%)	Linux
21	31 (16.06%)	SQL

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	61 (31.61%)	MS Exchange
2	29 (15.03%)	Exchange Server 2013
3	21 (10.88%)	Exchange Server 2010
4	16 (8.29%)	IIS
5	12 (6.22%)	Skype for Business
6	11 (5.70%)	IBM Notes
7	7 (3.63%)	Apache
8	6 (3.11%)	JBoss
9	5 (2.59%)	OpenStack
9	5 (2.59%)	SharePoint
9	5 (2.59%)	Tomcat
10	4 (2.07%)	IBM HTTP Server
10	4 (2.07%)	SharePoint Server
11	2 (1.04%)	nginx
12	1 (0.52%)	Confluence
12	1 (0.52%)	DNN
12	1 (0.52%)	Exchange Server 2003
12	1 (0.52%)	Exchange Server 2007
12	1 (0.52%)	SAS
12	1 (0.52%)	WebSphere

Applications
1	2 (1.04%)	Microsoft Office

Business Applications
1	2 (1.04%)	Magento

Cloud Services
1	43 (22.28%)	Amazon AWS
1	43 (22.28%)	Office 365
2	39 (20.21%)	Microsoft Azure
3	11 (5.70%)	OpenShift
4	6 (3.11%)	PaaS
5	5 (2.59%)	Cloud Computing
5	5 (2.59%)	IaaS
6	3 (1.55%)	SaaS
7	2 (1.04%)	Google Cloud Platform

Communications & Networking
1	41 (21.24%)	DNS
2	39 (20.21%)	WAN
3	36 (18.65%)	SAN
4	35 (18.13%)	Firewall
5	30 (15.54%)	DHCP
6	25 (12.95%)	LAN
7	21 (10.88%)	TCP/IP
7	21 (10.88%)	VoIP
8	15 (7.77%)	NetScaler
9	14 (7.25%)	Unified Communications
10	13 (6.74%)	Skype
10	13 (6.74%)	VPN
11	10 (5.18%)	MPLS
12	9 (4.66%)	Cisco ASA
12	9 (4.66%)	VLAN
13	5 (2.59%)	Network Security
14	4 (2.07%)	HTTP
14	4 (2.07%)	Remote Desktop
15	3 (1.55%)	ISDN
15	3 (1.55%)	NAS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	42 (21.76%)	SQL Server
2	10 (5.18%)	SQL Server 2008
3	4 (2.07%)	SQL Server 2005
3	4 (2.07%)	SQL Server 2014
4	3 (1.55%)	PostgreSQL
5	2 (1.04%)	MongoDB
5	2 (1.04%)	Oracle Database
5	2 (1.04%)	SQL Server 2012
6	1 (0.52%)	MySQL
6	1 (0.52%)	SAS Visual Analytics

Development Applications
1	5 (2.59%)	MSI
2	4 (2.07%)	InstallShield
3	3 (1.55%)	Jenkins
4	2 (1.04%)	Selenium
5	1 (0.52%)	Atlassian Bamboo
5	1 (0.52%)	Git (software)
5	1 (0.52%)	JIRA
5	1 (0.52%)	Team Foundation Server
5	1 (0.52%)	TeamCity
5	1 (0.52%)	Visual Studio Team System

General
1	22 (11.40%)	Finance
2	19 (9.84%)	Telecoms
3	6 (3.11%)	Legal
4	4 (2.07%)	Pharmaceutical
5	3 (1.55%)	Retail
6	2 (1.04%)	Advertising
6	2 (1.04%)	Back Office
6	2 (1.04%)	Manufacturing
7	1 (0.52%)	Banking
7	1 (0.52%)	Billing
7	1 (0.52%)	Law

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	8 (4.15%)	Web Services
2	5 (2.59%)	Middleware
3	4 (2.07%)	ActiveMQ
3	4 (2.07%)	JSON
4	1 (0.52%)	EDI
4	1 (0.52%)	FreeSWITCH
4	1 (0.52%)	LAPP Stack

Miscellaneous
1	36 (18.65%)	Data Centre
2	13 (6.74%)	Video Conferencing
3	6 (3.11%)	Clustering
3	6 (3.11%)	FlexPod
3	6 (3.11%)	iPad
4	5 (2.59%)	Analytical Skills
4	5 (2.59%)	Replication
5	4 (2.07%)	Driving Licence
6	3 (1.55%)	HP Storage
6	3 (1.55%)	Management Information System
6	3 (1.55%)	Public Cloud
7	2 (1.04%)	EMC VNX
7	2 (1.04%)	Private Cloud
7	2 (1.04%)	Virtual Team
8	1 (0.52%)	Blackberry
8	1 (0.52%)	Blog
8	1 (0.52%)	Hybrid Cloud
8	1 (0.52%)	Smartphone
8	1 (0.52%)	Wiki

Operating Systems
1	133 (68.91%)	Windows
2	90 (46.63%)	Windows Server
3	57 (29.53%)	Windows Server 2012
4	50 (25.91%)	Windows Server 2008
5	31 (16.06%)	Linux
6	27 (13.99%)	Windows Server 2003
7	15 (7.77%)	Windows 10
7	15 (7.77%)	Windows 7
8	12 (6.22%)	Unix
9	10 (5.18%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	7 (3.63%)	AIX
11	5 (2.59%)	Data ONTAP
12	4 (2.07%)	CentOS
13	2 (1.04%)	Debian
13	2 (1.04%)	Windows 8
14	1 (0.52%)	Mac OS
14	1 (0.52%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	63 (32.64%)	ITIL
2	35 (18.13%)	Disaster Recovery
3	20 (10.36%)	Change Control
3	20 (10.36%)	Migration
4	16 (8.29%)	Service Management
5	15 (7.77%)	Load Balancing
6	13 (6.74%)	Configuration Management
7	11 (5.70%)	Change Management
7	11 (5.70%)	Infrastructure Management
7	11 (5.70%)	Root Cause Analysis
7	11 (5.70%)	Statistics
8	10 (5.18%)	People Management
8	10 (5.18%)	Stakeholder Management
9	9 (4.66%)	Project Management
10	8 (4.15%)	WAN Optimisation
11	7 (3.63%)	Service Delivery
11	7 (3.63%)	Virtual Environments
12	5 (2.59%)	Agile Software Development
12	5 (2.59%)	Capacity Management
12	5 (2.59%)	Process Improvement

Programming Languages
1	36 (18.65%)	PowerShell
2	31 (16.06%)	SQL
3	12 (6.22%)	VBScript
4	11 (5.70%)	Ruby
4	11 (5.70%)	VB
5	10 (5.18%)	Python
6	6 (3.11%)	Perl
7	5 (2.59%)	Java
7	5 (2.59%)	Shell Script
8	4 (2.07%)	Jython
8	4 (2.07%)	Korn
9	2 (1.04%)	Assembly Language
10	1 (0.52%)	Bash Shell
10	1 (0.52%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	42 (21.76%)	Microsoft Certification
2	35 (18.13%)	MCSE
3	33 (17.10%)	Cisco Certification
4	27 (13.99%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5	24 (12.44%)	Security Cleared
6	22 (11.40%)	MCSA
7	20 (10.36%)	SC Cleared
8	19 (9.84%)	MCP
9	17 (8.81%)	CCNP
10	16 (8.29%)	CCNA
11	14 (7.25%)	MCITP
12	13 (6.74%)	CCIE
13	9 (4.66%)	Degree
13	9 (4.66%)	NCDA
14	7 (3.63%)	Citrix Certification
15	6 (3.11%)	CCA
16	5 (2.59%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
17	4 (2.07%)	BC Cleared
18	3 (1.55%)	DV Cleared
18	3 (1.55%)	NCIE

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	8 (4.15%)	SLA
2	6 (3.11%)	ISO/IEC 27001
3	5 (2.59%)	Cyber Essentials
4	1 (0.52%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	101 (52.33%)	Active Directory
2	71 (36.79%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	39 (20.21%)	vSphere
4	32 (16.58%)	Hyper-V
5	31 (16.06%)	VMware ESXi
6	15 (7.77%)	VMware Server
6	15 (7.77%)	XenApp
7	9 (4.66%)	Docker
7	9 (4.66%)	Terminal Services
8	6 (3.11%)	Microsoft App-V
9	5 (2.59%)	PowerHA
9	5 (2.59%)	XenDesktop
10	4 (2.07%)	VMware Workstation
10	4 (2.07%)	XenServer
11	3 (1.55%)	Virtual Servers
12	2 (1.04%)	KVM
12	2 (1.04%)	Time Sharing Option
12	2 (1.04%)	Varnish
12	2 (1.04%)	Virtual Machines
13	1 (0.52%)	Kamailio

Systems Management
1	12 (6.22%)	SCCM
2	10 (5.18%)	Opscode Chef
2	10 (5.18%)	Puppet
3	9 (4.66%)	WSUS
4	8 (4.15%)	vCenter Server
5	7 (3.63%)	EMC NetWorker
5	7 (3.63%)	SCOrch
6	6 (3.11%)	Ansible
6	6 (3.11%)	Cisco CUCM
6	6 (3.11%)	Kubernetes
7	5 (2.59%)	CFEngine
8	4 (2.07%)	Nagios
8	4 (2.07%)	SCOM
8	4 (2.07%)	SolarWinds Orion
9	3 (1.55%)	Backup Exec
10	2 (1.04%)	cPanel
10	2 (1.04%)	Plesk
10	2 (1.04%)	SCVMM
11	1 (0.52%)	SnapMirror
11	1 (0.52%)	SnapVault

Vendors
1	118 (61.14%)	VMware
2	68 (35.23%)	Cisco
3	66 (34.20%)	Microsoft
4	37 (19.17%)	Citrix
5	30 (15.54%)	HP
6	25 (12.95%)	NetApp
7	19 (9.84%)	Red Hat
8	17 (8.81%)	Juniper
9	13 (6.74%)	EMC
9	13 (6.74%)	F5
9	13 (6.74%)	Riverbed
10	11 (5.70%)	Lotus
10	11 (5.70%)	Mitel
11	8 (4.15%)	IBM
12	5 (2.59%)	CheckPoint
12	5 (2.59%)	Nimble Storage
12	5 (2.59%)	SolarWinds
12	5 (2.59%)	Veritas
13	4 (2.07%)	AppDynamics
13	4 (2.07%)	Oracle