Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 28 123
Rank change year-on-year -35 +95 -47
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 329 679 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.30% 8.79% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% 9.20% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 285 184 211
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,625 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +6.67% -2.17%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,063 £56,300
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,218 7,384 9,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.39% 95.54% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,229 3,886 5,253
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,188 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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 19 May 2024.

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 19 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
Manchester -50 142 £52,500 +1.80% 19
Merseyside -9 70 £43,072 +1.35% 4
Cheshire -12 69 £47,500 +1.06% 7
Lancashire -35 42 £55,000 +15.79% 4
Cumbria - 6 £38,250 - 2
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 41 (12.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (6.99%) SharePoint
3 22 (6.69%) IIS
4 4 (1.22%) CMS
4 4 (1.22%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 155 (47.11%) Azure
2 100 (30.40%) Microsoft 365
3 66 (20.06%) AWS
4 38 (11.55%) Entra ID
5 30 (9.12%) IaaS
6 27 (8.21%) GCP
7 18 (5.47%) SaaS
8 13 (3.95%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.65%) PaaS
10 7 (2.13%) AWS KMS
10 7 (2.13%) Azure Key Vault
10 7 (2.13%) GitHub
10 7 (2.13%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.82%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (0.91%) AWS CodePipeline
14 3 (0.91%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 76 (23.10%) DNS
2 68 (20.67%) DHCP
3 54 (16.41%) Firewall
4 43 (13.07%) WAN
5 38 (11.55%) LAN
6 21 (6.38%) Network Security
6 21 (6.38%) SD-WAN
7 19 (5.78%) SAN
8 18 (5.47%) VPN
9 13 (3.95%) SSL
9 13 (3.95%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (3.65%) iSCSI
10 12 (3.65%) WLAN
11 10 (3.04%) Wireless
12 7 (2.13%) TCP/IP
12 7 (2.13%) VLAN
13 6 (1.82%) HTTP
13 6 (1.82%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (1.52%) Internet
14 5 (1.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.29%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (2.74%) MySQL
5 2 (0.61%) Power BI
6 1 (0.30%) Big Data
6 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (3.65%) GitLab
2 7 (2.13%) Artifactory
2 7 (2.13%) Git
3 5 (1.52%) MSI
4 3 (0.91%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.91%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 47 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 45 (13.68%) Finance
3 29 (8.81%) Public Sector
4 16 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.65%) Law
6 9 (2.74%) Legal
7 8 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.13%) Retail
9 6 (1.82%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.61%) Advertising
11 1 (0.30%) Banking
11 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 235 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 72 (21.88%) Senior
3 61 (18.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (9.12%) IT Engineer
5 29 (8.81%) Cloud Engineer
6 28 (8.51%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 28 (8.51%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (7.29%) Security Engineer
8 21 (6.38%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (5.47%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (5.47%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 18 (5.47%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
9 18 (5.47%) Network Engineer
9 18 (5.47%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (4.86%) Lead
11 12 (3.65%) Analyst
11 12 (3.65%) Infrastructure Manager
11 12 (3.65%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
12 11 (3.34%) Operations Engineer
13 10 (3.04%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.82%) Compass CSS Framework
1 6 (1.82%) Node.js
1 6 (1.82%) React
1 6 (1.82%) RESTful
1 6 (1.82%) web3js
2 5 (1.52%) LDAP
3 4 (1.22%) .NET
4 3 (0.91%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.16%) Data Centre
2 39 (11.85%) Public Cloud
3 19 (5.78%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (4.86%) Management Information System
5 15 (4.56%) PMI
6 11 (3.34%) PKI
7 10 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.74%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.74%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.43%) Private Cloud
10 7 (2.13%) Replication
11 6 (1.82%) Blockchain
11 6 (1.82%) NFT
11 6 (1.82%) Web3
12 5 (1.52%) CMDB
12 5 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (1.22%) FMCG
14 3 (0.91%) Cloud Native
15 2 (0.61%) AS400
15 2 (0.61%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 116 (35.26%) Windows
2 53 (16.11%) Windows Server
3 46 (13.98%) Linux
4 17 (5.17%) Unix
5 10 (3.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.74%) Android
6 9 (2.74%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.13%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.82%) VMS
8 6 (1.82%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.22%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.30%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (37.08%) ITIL
2 68 (20.67%) Mentoring
3 52 (15.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 49 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (14.59%) Coaching
6 43 (13.07%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (12.77%) Migration
8 38 (11.55%) Capacity Planning
9 35 (10.64%) Roadmaps
10 32 (9.73%) Change Management
10 32 (9.73%) Service Management
11 31 (9.42%) Agile
12 30 (9.12%) DevOps
13 29 (8.81%) Server Management
14 28 (8.51%) Infrastructure as Code
15 25 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (6.69%) Incident Management
17 20 (6.08%) Line Management
18 19 (5.78%) Project Management
19 18 (5.47%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 33 (10.03%) SQL
2 31 (9.42%) PowerShell
3 9 (2.74%) Swift
4 8 (2.43%) Python
5 6 (1.82%) Bash
5 6 (1.82%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.91%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.30%) Go
7 1 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (5.78%) Degree
2 15 (4.56%) PMI Certification
3 10 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (2.74%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.74%) CCNA
4 9 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.74%) CISSP
5 7 (2.13%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.22%) A+ Certification
6 4 (1.22%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.22%) MCSA
6 4 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (1.22%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.91%) CCNP
7 3 (0.91%) MCSE
8 2 (0.61%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.30%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.74%) SLA
3 7 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.52%) NIST
6 2 (0.61%) GDPR
6 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 119 (36.17%) Active Directory
2 54 (16.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (10.03%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.74%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (1.82%) Docker
5 6 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.22%) VMware Server
6 4 (1.22%) vSphere
7 2 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.30%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (9.42%) Terraform
2 25 (7.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (5.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (3.65%) Opsgenie
4 12 (3.65%) VxRail
4 12 (3.65%) ZABBIX
5 11 (3.34%) SCCM
6 10 (3.04%) Ansible
7 8 (2.43%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (2.13%) CA Single Sign-On
8 7 (2.13%) WSUS
9 2 (0.61%) Autotask
9 2 (0.61%) BMC PATROL
9 2 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.61%) vRealize
10 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.30%) Nagios
10 1 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 136 (41.34%) Microsoft
2 89 (27.05%) VMware
3 52 (15.81%) Cisco
4 35 (10.64%) Citrix
5 23 (6.99%) Fortinet
5 23 (6.99%) NetApp
6 18 (5.47%) SolarWinds
7 16 (4.86%) Dell
8 15 (4.56%) Veeam
9 11 (3.34%) Dynatrace
10 10 (3.04%) ServiceNow
10 10 (3.04%) Splunk
11 9 (2.74%) CA
12 8 (2.43%) BMC
13 7 (2.13%) CyberArk
13 7 (2.13%) F5
13 7 (2.13%) Meraki
14 6 (1.82%) Aruba
14 6 (1.82%) Extreme Networks
14 6 (1.82%) Google