IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the North West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > North West

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the North West is £46,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 281 317
Rank change year-on-year +18 +36 -84
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 28 12 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.28% 0.16% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.17% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 17 12 24
10th Percentile £29,900 - £31,925
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £41,250 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +1.85% -19.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £43,750 £45,419
90th Percentile £63,750 £47,125 £48,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 9,439 6,920 9,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.53% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,250 4,044 5,351
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
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 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the North West

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer 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
Cheshire - 11 £42,500 - 2
Manchester +26 9 £62,500 +51.52% 2
Merseyside - 4 £39,250 -
Cumbria - 3 £40,000 -
Lancashire - 1 £52,500 - 1
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, IT 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 North West region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 15 (53.57%) ITIL
4 13 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (42.86%) VMware
6 11 (39.29%) Cisco
6 11 (39.29%) SQL
6 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
7 9 (32.14%) MySQL
7 9 (32.14%) Service Management
7 9 (32.14%) Migration
7 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (32.14%) Logistics
7 9 (32.14%) Mathematics
7 9 (32.14%) VMware Infrastructure
7 9 (32.14%) Android
7 9 (32.14%) Azure
7 9 (32.14%) Apple iOS
7 9 (32.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 9 (32.14%) Swift
7 9 (32.14%) Infrastructure Management
8 8 (28.57%) Firewall
9 7 (25.00%) Veeam
10 6 (21.43%) Aruba
10 6 (21.43%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (21.43%) Degree
10 6 (21.43%) WLAN
10 6 (21.43%) DHCP
10 6 (21.43%) DNS
10 6 (21.43%) Windows

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
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 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (28.57%) Firewall
2 6 (21.43%) DHCP
2 6 (21.43%) DNS
2 6 (21.43%) LAN
2 6 (21.43%) WLAN
3 3 (10.71%) SAN
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (7.14%) VoIP
4 2 (7.14%) VPN
4 2 (7.14%) WAN
4 2 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.57%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (32.14%) MySQL
2 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.57%) Legal
3 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Data Centre
2 4 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.29%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) Android
1 9 (32.14%) Apple iOS
2 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (53.57%) ITIL
3 13 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (32.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 9 (32.14%) Infrastructure Management
4 9 (32.14%) Logistics
4 9 (32.14%) Mathematics
4 9 (32.14%) Migration
4 9 (32.14%) Service Management
4 9 (32.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (21.43%) Customer Service
6 4 (14.29%) High Availability
6 4 (14.29%) IT Strategy
7 3 (10.71%) Bill of Materials
7 3 (10.71%) E-Commerce
7 3 (10.71%) Technology Strategy
8 2 (7.14%) Proactive Maintenance
8 2 (7.14%) Project Management
8 2 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (7.14%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) SQL
2 9 (32.14%) Swift
3 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) DBS Check
System Software
1 11 (39.29%) Active Directory
2 9 (32.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (21.43%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
5 2 (7.14%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (7.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (7.14%) vRealize
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 12 (42.86%) VMware
3 11 (39.29%) Cisco
4 7 (25.00%) Veeam
5 6 (21.43%) Aruba
6 4 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
6 4 (14.29%) Fortinet
6 4 (14.29%) HP
7 3 (10.71%) Citrix
7 3 (10.71%) Dell
7 3 (10.71%) NetApp
8 2 (7.14%) Blue Coat
8 2 (7.14%) CA
8 2 (7.14%) McAfee
8 2 (7.14%) Motorola
8 2 (7.14%) SolarWinds
8 2 (7.14%) Trend Micro
8 2 (7.14%) Tripwire
8 2 (7.14%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (7.14%) WatchGuard