Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Manchester is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 159 173
Rank change year-on-year +36 +14 -54
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 104 84 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.92% 1.80% 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.03% 1.95% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 85 73 73
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,050
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £43,150
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +10.08% -6.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,096 £50,000
90th Percentile £67,968 £55,000 £55,140
North West median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £42,750
% change year-on-year -4.26% +9.94% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 5,115 4,304 5,539
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 92.06% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,925 2,573 3,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,588
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,874 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,159 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,150 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Bury - 5 £42,500 - 3
Oldham +28 4 £45,000 +10.96%
Salford +18 4 £80,000 +60.00% 1
Bolton +7 3 £45,000 -4.26% 2
Altrincham - 2 £42,500 -
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 98 (94.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (46.15%) Azure
3 46 (44.23%) Windows
4 36 (34.62%) Microsoft
5 34 (32.69%) Active Directory
6 33 (31.73%) ITIL
6 33 (31.73%) VMware
7 30 (28.85%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (25.00%) Cisco
9 24 (23.08%) DNS
10 23 (22.12%) Linux
10 23 (22.12%) Windows Server
11 22 (21.15%) Firewall
12 19 (18.27%) VMware Infrastructure
12 19 (18.27%) LAN
12 19 (18.27%) AWS
12 19 (18.27%) Public Cloud
13 18 (17.31%) Mentoring
13 18 (17.31%) Coaching
14 17 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (16.35%) DHCP
14 17 (16.35%) Disaster Recovery
15 16 (15.38%) WAN
15 16 (15.38%) SharePoint
15 16 (15.38%) Roadmaps
16 15 (14.42%) PowerShell
16 15 (14.42%) Migration
17 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Exchange
18 12 (11.54%) Data Centre
19 11 (10.58%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 16 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 14 (13.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.85%) CMS
3 4 (3.85%) IIS
3 4 (3.85%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.92%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 48 (46.15%) Azure
2 30 (28.85%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (18.27%) AWS
4 11 (10.58%) Entra ID
5 8 (7.69%) GCP
6 7 (6.73%) GitHub
6 7 (6.73%) IaaS
7 5 (4.81%) OneDrive
7 5 (4.81%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.81%) PowerApps
7 5 (4.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (3.85%) SaaS
9 3 (2.88%) AWS CodePipeline
9 3 (2.88%) AWS KMS
9 3 (2.88%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.96%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.96%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.96%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (23.08%) DNS
2 22 (21.15%) Firewall
3 19 (18.27%) LAN
4 17 (16.35%) DHCP
5 16 (15.38%) WAN
6 9 (8.65%) VPN
7 8 (7.69%) SSL
8 6 (5.77%) Remote Desktop
8 6 (5.77%) WLAN
9 5 (4.81%) Network Security
9 5 (4.81%) Wireless
10 4 (3.85%) TCP/IP
10 4 (3.85%) VLAN
11 3 (2.88%) SD-WAN
11 3 (2.88%) VoIP
12 2 (1.92%) BGP
12 2 (1.92%) MPLS
12 2 (1.92%) NGN
12 2 (1.92%) SAN
12 2 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (5.77%) GitLab
2 4 (3.85%) Git
3 3 (2.88%) Artifactory
3 3 (2.88%) Bitbucket
3 3 (2.88%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.96%) JIRA
General
1 10 (9.62%) Public Sector
2 9 (8.65%) Finance
3 8 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 5 (4.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (3.85%) Retail
6 3 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.92%) Advertising
7 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.96%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.81%) LDAP
2 4 (3.85%) .NET
3 3 (2.88%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.92%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.27%) Public Cloud
2 12 (11.54%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (6.73%) Replication
5 6 (5.77%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.85%) FMCG
6 4 (3.85%) PKI
6 4 (3.85%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.88%) PMI
7 3 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.92%) CCTV
9 1 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.96%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.96%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.96%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 46 (44.23%) Windows
2 23 (22.12%) Linux
2 23 (22.12%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.65%) Windows Server 2019
4 7 (6.73%) Unix
5 6 (5.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (4.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (3.85%) VMS
8 3 (2.88%) Windows Vista
9 2 (1.92%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.96%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (94.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 33 (31.73%) ITIL
3 18 (17.31%) Coaching
3 18 (17.31%) Mentoring
4 17 (16.35%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 15 (14.42%) Migration
7 10 (9.62%) Change Management
7 10 (9.62%) DevOps
7 10 (9.62%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (8.65%) Customer Service
8 9 (8.65%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (8.65%) Service Management
9 8 (7.69%) CI/CD
9 8 (7.69%) High Availability
10 7 (6.73%) Architecture Roadmap
11 6 (5.77%) Agile
11 6 (5.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 6 (5.77%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.42%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.81%) Bash
3 4 (3.85%) Python
4 3 (2.88%) SQL
4 3 (2.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (10.58%) Degree
2 6 (5.77%) CCNA
2 6 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.88%) AWS Certification
3 3 (2.88%) MCSA
3 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.88%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.92%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.92%) NIST
2 1 (0.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 34 (32.69%) Active Directory
2 19 (18.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (8.65%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.73%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (3.85%) VMware Server
6 2 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.96%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.73%) Terraform
2 7 (6.73%) WSUS
3 6 (5.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (2.88%) Ansible
4 3 (2.88%) CA Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.88%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.92%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (1.92%) SCCM
6 1 (0.96%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.96%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 33 (31.73%) VMware
3 26 (25.00%) Cisco
4 8 (7.69%) NetApp
5 7 (6.73%) F5
5 7 (6.73%) Meraki
6 6 (5.77%) Aruba
6 6 (5.77%) Citrix
6 6 (5.77%) Extreme Networks
6 6 (5.77%) Fortinet
6 6 (5.77%) Veeam
7 4 (3.85%) Dell
7 4 (3.85%) Dynatrace
7 4 (3.85%) Splunk
8 3 (2.88%) BMC
8 3 (2.88%) CA
8 3 (2.88%) CyberArk
8 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.92%) Adobe
9 2 (1.92%) HP