Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 51 26
Rank change year-on-year -25 -25 +79
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 466 751 1,374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.96% 3.72% 8.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 4.65% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 174 626 330
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £32,975
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,886 £67,968 £71,250
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 of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,861 16,157 15,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 92.34% 80.04% 96.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,424 11,889 7,759
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,230 £81,250
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
North West -2 392 £51,000 +7.37% 87
Yorkshire -65 58 £61,250 +36.11% 62
North East -24 16 £52,000 +15.56% 27
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 28 (6.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.15%) IIS
4 3 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (0.64%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (3.86%) AutoCAD
2 12 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 73 (15.67%) Azure
2 32 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.08%) AWS
4 15 (3.22%) SaaS
5 12 (2.58%) GCP
6 10 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.15%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.72%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.50%) IaaS
9 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (1.07%) PaaS
10 4 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.86%) GitHub
11 3 (0.64%) Azure AKS
11 3 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (0.64%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.64%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.64%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.64%) Serverless
12 2 (0.43%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 263 (56.44%) VPN
2 251 (53.86%) Cisco IOS
3 33 (7.08%) DNS
4 30 (6.44%) DHCP
5 22 (4.72%) Firewall
6 10 (2.15%) VLAN
7 9 (1.93%) WAN
8 8 (1.72%) Network Security
8 8 (1.72%) SAN
8 8 (1.72%) SMTP
8 8 (1.72%) TETRA
9 7 (1.50%) NAS
10 6 (1.29%) LAN
10 6 (1.29%) TCP/IP
11 5 (1.07%) DKIM
11 5 (1.07%) DMARC
11 5 (1.07%) DNSSEC
11 5 (1.07%) Internet
11 5 (1.07%) VSAN
12 3 (0.64%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.50%) Power BI
3 6 (1.29%) Data Hub
3 6 (1.29%) SQL CLR
3 6 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (1.07%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.64%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (0.64%) Metadata
5 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.43%) Git
2 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.43%) JIRA
3 1 (0.21%) GitLab
3 1 (0.21%) Selenium
3 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 257 (55.15%) Analytical Skills
2 252 (54.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 48 (10.30%) Finance
4 43 (9.23%) Social Skills
5 22 (4.72%) Legal
6 17 (3.65%) Banking
7 10 (2.15%) Local Government
8 8 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.50%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.29%) Back Office
11 5 (1.07%) Public Sector
12 4 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.86%) Retail
13 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.43%) Games
13 2 (0.43%) Military
14 1 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 395 (84.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (10.30%) Senior
3 36 (7.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (7.30%) Cloud Engineer
5 31 (6.65%) Civil Engineer
6 29 (6.22%) Support Engineer
7 20 (4.29%) Principal Engineer
8 19 (4.08%) Infrastructure Support
8 19 (4.08%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 17 (3.65%) Project Engineer
10 14 (3.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (3.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 13 (2.79%) Security Engineer
12 10 (2.15%) Cloud Security Engineer
12 10 (2.15%) Development Engineer
12 10 (2.15%) IT Engineer
12 10 (2.15%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (2.15%) Lead
13 9 (1.93%) Azure Engineer
14 8 (1.72%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (53.86%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (1.72%) ARM Templates
2 8 (1.72%) OLE
3 5 (1.07%) Middleware
4 4 (0.86%) .NET
4 4 (0.86%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.64%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.64%) Dapper ORM
5 3 (0.64%) Entity Framework
5 3 (0.64%) OAuth
6 1 (0.21%) ADO
6 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.21%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.21%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.21%) Blazor
6 1 (0.21%) OpenCL
6 1 (0.21%) REST
6 1 (0.21%) SAML
6 1 (0.21%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 251 (53.86%) Cyberattack
2 24 (5.15%) Data Centre
3 18 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (3.65%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.15%) Private Cloud
5 10 (2.15%) Security Posture
6 9 (1.93%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.72%) Product Ownership
8 7 (1.50%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.29%) NHS
10 4 (0.86%) Clustering
11 3 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 2 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.43%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.21%) CCTV
13 1 (0.21%) CUDA
13 1 (0.21%) Enterprise Storage
13 1 (0.21%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 300 (64.38%) Windows
2 292 (62.66%) Linux
3 251 (53.86%) Android
4 33 (7.08%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.50%) Unix
6 7 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (1.29%) CentOS
8 5 (1.07%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.64%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.64%) VMS
9 3 (0.64%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.43%) Debian
10 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) AIX
11 1 (0.21%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (60.09%) Problem-Solving
2 276 (59.23%) DevOps
3 255 (54.72%) Platform Engineering
4 254 (54.51%) Risk Management
5 253 (54.29%) Storage Management
6 252 (54.08%) Line Management
7 251 (53.86%) Mathematics
7 251 (53.86%) Task Automation
8 31 (6.65%) Mentoring
9 21 (4.51%) Disaster Recovery
9 21 (4.51%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (4.29%) Project Delivery
11 17 (3.65%) Cloud Security
11 17 (3.65%) ITIL
11 17 (3.65%) Migration
12 15 (3.22%) Agile
12 15 (3.22%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (2.79%) Project Management
14 12 (2.58%) Infrastructure Automation
15 11 (2.36%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 278 (59.66%) PowerShell
2 260 (55.79%) Python
3 254 (54.51%) Bash
4 21 (4.51%) SQL
5 4 (0.86%) C#
5 4 (0.86%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.21%) Perl
Qualifications
1 40 (8.58%) Degree
2 20 (4.29%) Azure Certification
2 20 (4.29%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.43%) BPSS Clearance
3 16 (3.43%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.79%) DV Cleared
5 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (1.50%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.29%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (1.29%) RIBA
9 4 (0.86%) Postgraduate
10 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 3 (0.64%) CCNA
10 3 (0.64%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.43%) CEH
11 2 (0.43%) Linux+ Certification
11 2 (0.43%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.07%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.07%) NIST
4 4 (0.86%) GDPR
5 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 268 (57.51%) Hyper-V
2 258 (55.36%) VMware NSX
2 258 (55.36%) vSphere
3 256 (54.94%) Docker
4 39 (8.37%) Active Directory
5 21 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (3.22%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.43%) Dovecot
8 2 (0.43%) Postfix
9 1 (0.21%) NFS
9 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.21%) XenApp
9 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 279 (59.87%) Terraform
2 268 (57.51%) Ansible
3 17 (3.65%) Kubernetes
4 15 (3.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.50%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.50%) SCCM
6 6 (1.29%) vCenter Server
7 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 5 (1.07%) SCOM
7 5 (1.07%) WSUS
8 4 (0.86%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.43%) Puppet
11 1 (0.21%) Grafana
11 1 (0.21%) Istio
11 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.21%) Nessus
11 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.21%) vRealize
Vendors
1 273 (58.58%) Cisco
2 252 (54.08%) Splunk
3 251 (53.86%) 3PAR
3 251 (53.86%) Juniper
4 74 (15.88%) Microsoft
5 36 (7.73%) VMware
6 10 (2.15%) Google
6 10 (2.15%) Oracle
7 8 (1.72%) Red Hat
8 7 (1.50%) Citrix
8 7 (1.50%) Veeam
9 5 (1.07%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.07%) IronPort
9 5 (1.07%) Veritas
10 3 (0.64%) Meraki
10 3 (0.64%) Tenable
11 2 (0.43%) CrowdStrike
11 2 (0.43%) Okta
11 2 (0.43%) Ping Identity
11 2 (0.43%) Varonis
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