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 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 67 65 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 -36 +95
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 378 329 677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.83% 3.29% 8.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 4.00% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 110 285 180
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% +7.78%
75th Percentile £62,313 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £70,000 £76,250
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 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 7,507 8,231 7,370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 96.01% 82.32% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,825 6,235 3,868
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 22 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 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
Lancashire -18 173 £53,000 -3.64% 45
Manchester +22 103 £60,000 +14.29% 59
Cheshire -9 52 £40,000 -15.79% 12
Cumbria -46 31 £44,000 +15.03% 3
Merseyside -4 19 £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 20 (5.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.59%) IIS
3 4 (1.06%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.79%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (4.23%) AutoCAD
2 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (15.08%) Azure
2 24 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (2.91%) AWS
4 8 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (2.12%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.12%) GCP
5 7 (1.85%) SaaS
6 4 (1.06%) Power Platform
7 3 (0.79%) Azure AKS
7 3 (0.79%) IaaS
8 2 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.53%) Cloudflare
8 2 (0.53%) GitHub
8 2 (0.53%) Nutanix
8 2 (0.53%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.53%) PaaS
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 251 (66.40%) VPN
2 250 (66.14%) Cisco IOS
3 23 (6.08%) DNS
4 22 (5.82%) DHCP
5 11 (2.91%) Firewall
6 9 (2.38%) VLAN
7 8 (2.12%) SAN
8 5 (1.32%) LAN
8 5 (1.32%) NAS
8 5 (1.32%) VSAN
8 5 (1.32%) WAN
9 4 (1.06%) IPv4
10 3 (0.79%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.79%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.79%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.79%) Skype
10 3 (0.79%) SMTP
11 2 (0.53%) Network Security
11 2 (0.53%) TETRA
12 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.91%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.32%) MongoDB
2 5 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.06%) Data Hub
3 4 (1.06%) Power BI
3 4 (1.06%) SQL CLR
4 3 (0.79%) Metadata
4 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.32%) 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
1 251 (66.40%) Analytical Skills
2 250 (66.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 34 (8.99%) Finance
3 34 (8.99%) Social Skills
4 18 (4.76%) Legal
5 13 (3.44%) Banking
6 7 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (1.32%) Retail
8 4 (1.06%) Back Office
9 2 (0.53%) Games
9 2 (0.53%) Local Government
10 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 328 (86.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (7.14%) Support Engineer
3 26 (6.88%) Cloud Engineer
4 24 (6.35%) Senior
5 18 (4.76%) Civil Engineer
5 18 (4.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (4.50%) Infrastructure Support
6 17 (4.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 16 (4.23%) Project Engineer
8 11 (2.91%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (2.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 9 (2.38%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 8 (2.12%) Azure Engineer
11 7 (1.85%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 7 (1.85%) Security Engineer
12 6 (1.59%) IT Engineer
12 6 (1.59%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (1.32%) 3rd Line Support
13 5 (1.32%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 5 (1.32%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 250 (66.14%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.59%) ARM Templates
3 5 (1.32%) Middleware
4 2 (0.53%) 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 (66.14%) Cyberattack
2 19 (5.03%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (2.65%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.12%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.12%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.06%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.79%) Clustering
9 2 (0.53%) NHS
10 1 (0.26%) CUDA
10 1 (0.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.26%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.26%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.26%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.26%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.26%) PKI
10 1 (0.26%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 277 (73.28%) Windows
2 276 (73.02%) Linux
3 250 (66.14%) Android
4 16 (4.23%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.32%) CentOS
7 4 (1.06%) Unix
8 3 (0.79%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.53%) Debian
9 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.53%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (71.43%) DevOps
2 268 (70.90%) Problem-Solving
3 251 (66.40%) Platform Engineering
4 250 (66.14%) Line Management
4 250 (66.14%) Mathematics
4 250 (66.14%) Risk Management
4 250 (66.14%) Storage Management
4 250 (66.14%) Task Automation
5 18 (4.76%) Mentoring
6 16 (4.23%) Project Delivery
7 15 (3.97%) Disaster Recovery
7 15 (3.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 14 (3.70%) ITIL
9 10 (2.65%) Project Management
10 9 (2.38%) Cloud Security
10 9 (2.38%) Fintech
10 9 (2.38%) Infrastructure Automation
11 8 (2.12%) Agile
12 7 (1.85%) Configuration Management
12 7 (1.85%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 261 (69.05%) PowerShell
2 252 (66.67%) Bash
3 250 (66.14%) Python
4 10 (2.65%) SQL
5 3 (0.79%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 35 (9.26%) Degree
2 16 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (3.70%) Azure Certification
3 14 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 14 (3.70%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.12%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (1.85%) RIBA
6 6 (1.59%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.53%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.53%) Linux+ Certification
8 2 (0.53%) RHCE
9 1 (0.26%) CCNA
9 1 (0.26%) CEH
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.26%) MCITP
9 1 (0.26%) MCSA
9 1 (0.26%) MCSE
9 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.53%) GDPR
2 2 (0.53%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 259 (68.52%) Hyper-V
2 257 (67.99%) VMware NSX
3 254 (67.20%) Docker
4 252 (66.67%) vSphere
5 25 (6.61%) Active Directory
6 12 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.53%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.53%) Postfix
8 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 269 (71.16%) Terraform
2 257 (67.99%) Ansible
3 14 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (3.17%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.59%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.79%) 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 (67.20%) Cisco
2 250 (66.14%) 3PAR
2 250 (66.14%) Juniper
2 250 (66.14%) Splunk
3 45 (11.90%) Microsoft
4 25 (6.61%) VMware
5 12 (3.17%) Veeam
6 7 (1.85%) Google
7 5 (1.32%) Citrix
7 5 (1.32%) Oracle
8 3 (0.79%) Meraki
8 3 (0.79%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.79%) Sophos
8 3 (0.79%) Synology
9 2 (0.53%) Okta
9 2 (0.53%) Ping Identity
9 2 (0.53%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.26%) Apple
10 1 (0.26%) Facebook
10 1 (0.26%) McAfee