Infrastructure Security Engineer Jobs in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 778 881 1136
Rank change year-on-year +103 +255 -257
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 85 13 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.089% 0.016% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.017% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 79 13 24
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £35,920 £43,750 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,968 £90,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £102,750 £72,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
North of England - 40 £36,128 - 3
North West - 19 £60,000 - 1
Midlands -24 16 £55,000 +15.79% 3
London +103 15 £98,750 +8.22% 4
Yorkshire - 12 £36,128 - 2
East Midlands -20 11 £56,250 +18.42% 2
North East - 9 £62,783 -
South East - 8 £42,500 - 2
West Midlands -6 5 £45,000 - 1
East of England -7 4 £40,000 -11.11%
South West -41 2 £41,206 -31.32% 1
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Infrastructure Security 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 England region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 84 (98.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (50.59%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (37.65%) Finance
4 29 (34.12%) Mentoring
4 29 (34.12%) Coaching
5 28 (32.94%) DevOps
6 27 (31.76%) Microsoft
7 26 (30.59%) Azure
8 23 (27.06%) Private Cloud
9 21 (24.71%) AWS
10 19 (22.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (20.00%) Entra ID
11 17 (20.00%) Active Directory
11 17 (20.00%) NIST
12 16 (18.82%) Public Cloud
13 14 (16.47%) DNS
13 14 (16.47%) PKI
14 13 (15.29%) Service Management
14 13 (15.29%) GitLab
15 12 (14.12%) Single Sign-On
15 12 (14.12%) Privileged Identity Management
15 12 (14.12%) Terraform
15 12 (14.12%) Security Architecture
15 12 (14.12%) CyberArk
15 12 (14.12%) ServiceNow
15 12 (14.12%) Enterprise Software
15 12 (14.12%) Firewall
15 12 (14.12%) Identity Management
15 12 (14.12%) CA
15 12 (14.12%) CA Single Sign-On

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 26 (30.59%) Azure
2 21 (24.71%) AWS
3 17 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 12 (14.12%) AWS KMS
4 12 (14.12%) Azure Key Vault
5 6 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.71%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.71%) GCP
7 2 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.18%) SaaS
8 1 (1.18%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.47%) DNS
2 12 (14.12%) Firewall
3 9 (10.59%) Network Security
4 5 (5.88%) BGP
4 5 (5.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 5 (5.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 5 (5.88%) OSPF
4 5 (5.88%) Wireshark
5 2 (2.35%) DHCP
6 1 (1.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (15.29%) GitLab
2 4 (4.71%) Artifactory
2 4 (4.71%) Git
3 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (37.65%) Finance
2 12 (14.12%) Public Sector
3 4 (4.71%) Banking
3 4 (4.71%) Financial Institution
3 4 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (4.71%) Law
4 2 (2.35%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.35%) Retail
4 2 (2.35%) Welsh Language
5 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.18%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 23 (27.06%) Private Cloud
2 19 (22.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (18.82%) Public Cloud
4 14 (16.47%) PKI
5 12 (14.12%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (10.59%) Data Centre
7 8 (9.41%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (8.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (5.88%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (4.71%) Blockchain
10 4 (4.71%) Product Ownership
11 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.94%) Windows
2 9 (10.59%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.35%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (98.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (50.59%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (34.12%) Coaching
3 29 (34.12%) Mentoring
4 28 (32.94%) DevOps
5 13 (15.29%) Service Management
6 12 (14.12%) Identity Management
6 12 (14.12%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (14.12%) ITIL
6 12 (14.12%) Key Management
6 12 (14.12%) Operational Stability
6 12 (14.12%) Privileged Identity Management
6 12 (14.12%) Secrets Management
6 12 (14.12%) Security Architecture
7 9 (10.59%) Change Management
7 9 (10.59%) Information Security
8 8 (9.41%) Security Operations
8 8 (9.41%) Vulnerability Management
9 7 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (7.06%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.88%) Python
3 4 (4.71%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (4.71%) CCNA
1 4 (4.71%) CCNP
1 4 (4.71%) CEH
1 4 (4.71%) CISA
1 4 (4.71%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (4.71%) CISSP
1 4 (4.71%) CRISC
2 2 (2.35%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.35%) Degree
2 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (20.00%) NIST
2 6 (7.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.88%) SOC 2
4 4 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.06%) vSphere
3 5 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (14.12%) CA Single Sign-On
1 12 (14.12%) Single Sign-On
1 12 (14.12%) Terraform
2 4 (4.71%) vRealize
2 4 (4.71%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 2 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.35%) NetCrunch
3 2 (2.35%) SCCM
4 1 (1.18%) Ansible
4 1 (1.18%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.18%) Nessus
4 1 (1.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (31.76%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.12%) CA
2 12 (14.12%) CyberArk
2 12 (14.12%) ServiceNow
3 7 (8.24%) VMware
4 5 (5.88%) Fortinet
5 4 (4.71%) Veeam
6 3 (3.53%) Qualys
7 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.35%) Splunk
8 1 (1.18%) F5
8 1 (1.18%) Netskope
8 1 (1.18%) Palo Alto