Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 63 28
Rank change year-on-year -3 -35 +95
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 386 329 679
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.81% 3.30% 8.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.02% 4.00% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 120 285 184
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,625
25th Percentile £40,938 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61,938 £63,750 £59,063
90th Percentile £73,886 £70,000 £76,250
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,691 8,218 7,392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.87% 82.39% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,994 6,229 3,894
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 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
Lancashire -11 177 £50,250 -8.64% 28
Manchester +19 106 £60,000 +14.29% 63
Cheshire -10 52 £40,000 -15.79% 14
Cumbria -43 31 £44,000 +15.03% 3
Merseyside -11 20 £40,000 -7.13% 5
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 21 (5.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.55%) IIS
3 4 (1.04%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (4.15%) AutoCAD
2 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 60 (15.54%) Azure
2 27 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (3.11%) AWS
4 10 (2.59%) GCP
5 9 (2.33%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (1.81%) SaaS
8 4 (1.04%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.78%) Azure AKS
9 3 (0.78%) IaaS
10 2 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.52%) Cloudflare
10 2 (0.52%) GitHub
10 2 (0.52%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.52%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.52%) PaaS
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 251 (65.03%) VPN
2 250 (64.77%) Cisco IOS
3 26 (6.74%) DNS
4 25 (6.48%) DHCP
5 13 (3.37%) Firewall
6 10 (2.59%) VLAN
7 8 (2.07%) SAN
8 6 (1.55%) LAN
9 5 (1.30%) IPv4
9 5 (1.30%) NAS
9 5 (1.30%) VSAN
9 5 (1.30%) WAN
10 3 (0.78%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.78%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.78%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.78%) Skype
10 3 (0.78%) SMTP
11 2 (0.52%) Network Security
11 2 (0.52%) TETRA
11 2 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.11%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.30%) MongoDB
2 5 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.04%) Data Hub
3 4 (1.04%) Power BI
3 4 (1.04%) SQL CLR
4 3 (0.78%) Metadata
4 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.26%) Git
2 1 (0.26%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 254 (65.80%) Analytical Skills
2 250 (64.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 36 (9.33%) Social Skills
4 33 (8.55%) Finance
5 19 (4.92%) Legal
6 13 (3.37%) Banking
7 7 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.55%) Retail
9 4 (1.04%) Back Office
10 2 (0.52%) Games
11 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.26%) Local Government
11 1 (0.26%) Marketing
11 1 (0.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 335 (86.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (6.99%) Cloud Engineer
2 27 (6.99%) Support Engineer
3 24 (6.22%) Senior
4 18 (4.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (4.40%) Infrastructure Support
5 17 (4.40%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 16 (4.15%) Civil Engineer
6 16 (4.15%) Project Engineer
7 12 (3.11%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (2.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 9 (2.33%) Azure Engineer
8 9 (2.33%) Security Engineer
8 9 (2.33%) Senior Cloud Engineer
9 7 (1.81%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 7 (1.81%) IT Engineer
9 7 (1.81%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (1.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (1.30%) 3rd Line Support
11 5 (1.30%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (64.77%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.55%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.30%) Middleware
4 2 (0.52%) OLE
5 1 (0.26%) .NET
5 1 (0.26%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.26%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.26%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.26%) Dapper ORM
5 1 (0.26%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.26%) OpenCL
5 1 (0.26%) SAML
5 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 250 (64.77%) Cyberattack
2 20 (5.18%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (2.59%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.59%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.33%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.07%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.04%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.78%) Clustering
9 2 (0.52%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.52%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.26%) CUDA
10 1 (0.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.26%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.26%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.26%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 281 (72.80%) Windows
2 277 (71.76%) Linux
3 250 (64.77%) Android
4 20 (5.18%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.30%) CentOS
6 5 (1.30%) Unix
7 3 (0.78%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.52%) Debian
8 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (70.47%) DevOps
1 272 (70.47%) Problem-Solving
2 252 (65.28%) Line Management
3 251 (65.03%) Platform Engineering
4 250 (64.77%) Mathematics
4 250 (64.77%) Risk Management
4 250 (64.77%) Storage Management
4 250 (64.77%) Task Automation
5 18 (4.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (4.66%) Mentoring
6 16 (4.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 16 (4.15%) ITIL
7 15 (3.89%) Project Delivery
8 10 (2.59%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (2.33%) CI/CD
9 9 (2.33%) Cloud Security
9 9 (2.33%) Fintech
9 9 (2.33%) Infrastructure Automation
10 8 (2.07%) Agile
10 8 (2.07%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 262 (67.88%) PowerShell
2 252 (65.28%) Bash
3 250 (64.77%) Python
4 10 (2.59%) SQL
5 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 36 (9.33%) Degree
2 16 (4.15%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (3.63%) Azure Certification
3 14 (3.63%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.63%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.07%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (1.81%) RIBA
6 6 (1.55%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.52%) Linux+ Certification
8 2 (0.52%) RHCE
9 1 (0.26%) CCNA
9 1 (0.26%) CEH
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.26%) MBA
9 1 (0.26%) MCITP
9 1 (0.26%) MCSA
9 1 (0.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.04%) GDPR
3 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.52%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.52%) NIST
5 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 261 (67.62%) Hyper-V
2 257 (66.58%) VMware NSX
3 255 (66.06%) vSphere
4 254 (65.80%) Docker
5 29 (7.51%) Active Directory
6 13 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.52%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.52%) Postfix
8 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 269 (69.69%) Terraform
2 257 (66.58%) Ansible
3 14 (3.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.11%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.55%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.78%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.26%) Istio
7 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.26%) Puppet
7 1 (0.26%) SCCM
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 254 (65.80%) Cisco
2 250 (64.77%) 3PAR
2 250 (64.77%) Juniper
2 250 (64.77%) Splunk
3 48 (12.44%) Microsoft
4 28 (7.25%) VMware
5 15 (3.89%) Veeam
6 7 (1.81%) Google
7 5 (1.30%) Citrix
7 5 (1.30%) Oracle
8 3 (0.78%) Meraki
8 3 (0.78%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.78%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.78%) Sophos
8 3 (0.78%) Synology
9 2 (0.52%) Okta
9 2 (0.52%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.26%) Apple
10 1 (0.26%) Facebook
10 1 (0.26%) McAfee