IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in England is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 752 956
Rank change year-on-year +209 +204 -205
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 327 147 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 268 120 197
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,875 £64,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

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 90,043 75,204 138,046
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.22% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 65,775 49,529 75,271
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in England

IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
Midlands +54 115 £40,000 -11.11% 5
North of England +87 85 £42,500 +3.03% 13
East Midlands +26 79 £40,000 -30.43% 3
North West +10 39 £45,750 +10.91% 8
South West +3 39 £46,250 -7.50% 3
London +77 37 £55,000 - 5
West Midlands +4 36 £43,750 -2.78% 2
Yorkshire +84 35 £42,500 -5.56% 4
South East -26 34 £50,000 +11.11% 5
East of England +3 15 £42,500 -15.00% 1
North East -10 9 £37,500 -6.25% 1
IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 England region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 320 (97.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 177 (54.13%) Windows
3 147 (44.95%) Azure
4 134 (40.98%) Microsoft
5 130 (39.76%) Microsoft 365
6 126 (38.53%) VMware
7 124 (37.92%) Active Directory
8 110 (33.64%) Firewall
9 105 (32.11%) Windows Server
10 78 (23.85%) VMware Infrastructure
11 56 (17.13%) Microsoft Exchange
12 55 (16.82%) DNS
13 54 (16.51%) Cybersecurity
14 53 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
15 52 (15.90%) Social Skills
16 50 (15.29%) SharePoint
16 50 (15.29%) Linux
17 49 (14.98%) Wi-Fi
17 49 (14.98%) Hyper-V
18 48 (14.68%) DHCP
18 48 (14.68%) Cisco
18 48 (14.68%) Windows Server 2016
19 44 (13.46%) Entra ID
19 44 (13.46%) ITIL
20 43 (13.15%) Disaster Recovery
21 40 (12.23%) Data Centre
22 38 (11.62%) Migration
22 38 (11.62%) PowerShell
23 35 (10.70%) Veeam
24 33 (10.09%) Microsoft Intune

IT Infrastructure 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 56 (17.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (15.29%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.98%) IIS
4 2 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.31%) Confluence
5 1 (0.31%) Moodle
Applications
1 29 (8.87%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 147 (44.95%) Azure
2 130 (39.76%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (13.46%) Entra ID
4 31 (9.48%) AWS
5 10 (3.06%) Mimecast
6 9 (2.75%) Nutanix
6 9 (2.75%) OneDrive
7 6 (1.83%) OCI
8 5 (1.53%) Amazon S3
9 4 (1.22%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.22%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.92%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.92%) IaaS
10 3 (0.92%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.61%) OpenDNS
11 2 (0.61%) PaaS
11 2 (0.61%) SaaS
12 1 (0.31%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 110 (33.64%) Firewall
2 55 (16.82%) DNS
3 49 (14.98%) Wi-Fi
4 48 (14.68%) DHCP
5 31 (9.48%) WAN
6 30 (9.17%) SAN
7 28 (8.56%) TCP/IP
8 22 (6.73%) LAN
9 21 (6.42%) VLAN
10 19 (5.81%) VPN
11 13 (3.98%) Network Security
11 13 (3.98%) SD-WAN
12 8 (2.45%) WLAN
13 6 (1.83%) BGP
13 6 (1.83%) MPLS
13 6 (1.83%) VoIP
13 6 (1.83%) Wireless
14 5 (1.53%) Internet
15 4 (1.22%) NAS
15 4 (1.22%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.06%) MySQL
3 5 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.61%) JIRA
1 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (15.90%) Social Skills
2 21 (6.42%) Finance
3 16 (4.89%) Law
3 16 (4.89%) Telecoms
4 13 (3.98%) Automotive
4 13 (3.98%) Manufacturing
5 9 (2.75%) Japanese Language
6 6 (1.83%) Aerospace
6 6 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (1.83%) Legal
7 5 (1.53%) Banking
7 5 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.53%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.53%) Retail
8 3 (0.92%) Military
8 3 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.61%) Electronics
9 2 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.61%) Social Housing
9 2 (0.61%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.61%) LAMP
1 2 (0.61%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.23%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.59%) CCTV
3 10 (3.06%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.14%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.83%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.53%) IoT
7 4 (1.22%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.22%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.22%) Thin Client
8 3 (0.92%) Clustering
8 3 (0.92%) Replication
9 2 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.61%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.61%) PKI
10 1 (0.31%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.31%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.31%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 177 (54.13%) Windows
2 105 (32.11%) Windows Server
3 50 (15.29%) Linux
4 48 (14.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 25 (7.65%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (6.12%) Windows 10
7 19 (5.81%) Apple iOS
7 19 (5.81%) Windows Server 2012
8 18 (5.50%) Android
9 11 (3.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (2.45%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.22%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.61%) Unix
13 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.31%) AIX
14 1 (0.31%) CentOS
14 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (97.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (16.51%) Cybersecurity
3 53 (16.21%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (13.46%) ITIL
5 43 (13.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 38 (11.62%) Migration
7 23 (7.03%) Project Management
8 20 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (5.50%) Customer Service
9 18 (5.50%) Infrastructure Management
10 17 (5.20%) Logistics
11 16 (4.89%) Project Delivery
12 14 (4.28%) Service Delivery
12 14 (4.28%) Service Management
12 14 (4.28%) Storage Management
13 13 (3.98%) Containerisation
14 12 (3.67%) Incident Management
15 11 (3.36%) Capacity Management
15 11 (3.36%) Creative Problem-Solving
16 10 (3.06%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 38 (11.62%) PowerShell
2 19 (5.81%) SQL
3 10 (3.06%) Swift
4 7 (2.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (6.73%) Degree
2 13 (3.98%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (2.45%) CCNA
5 6 (1.83%) MCSE
5 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (1.53%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.53%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.53%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.61%) CCNP
9 2 (0.61%) MCP
10 1 (0.31%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.31%) HNC
10 1 (0.31%) HND
10 1 (0.31%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.45%) SLA
2 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (0.92%) GDPR
3 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 124 (37.92%) Active Directory
2 78 (23.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (14.98%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.89%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (4.59%) Virtual Servers
5 15 (4.59%) vSphere
6 9 (2.75%) Docker
7 5 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.53%) VMware Server
8 4 (1.22%) Firmware
9 2 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.61%) pfSense
9 2 (0.61%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (10.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (5.81%) SCCM
3 10 (3.06%) Ansible
3 10 (3.06%) WSUS
4 6 (1.83%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 6 (1.83%) SCOM
4 6 (1.83%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.22%) Proxmox
6 3 (0.92%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.61%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.61%) Failover Clustering
7 2 (0.61%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.61%) NetCrunch
7 2 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.61%) vRealize
8 1 (0.31%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 134 (40.98%) Microsoft
2 126 (38.53%) VMware
3 48 (14.68%) Cisco
4 35 (10.70%) Veeam
5 22 (6.73%) Citrix
6 17 (5.20%) Meraki
7 13 (3.98%) Dell
7 13 (3.98%) NetApp
8 12 (3.67%) HP
8 12 (3.67%) Oracle
8 12 (3.67%) Red Hat
9 10 (3.06%) Acronis
10 9 (2.75%) Fortinet
11 8 (2.45%) Aruba
12 7 (2.14%) Nasuni
12 7 (2.14%) Rapid7
13 6 (1.83%) McAfee
14 5 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
14 5 (1.53%) SolarWinds
15 4 (1.22%) Cylance