Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South East 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 84 169 210
Rank change year-on-year +85 +41 -81
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 556 244 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.98% 1.84% 1.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.16% 2.05% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 494 183 254
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,400 £31,550
25th Percentile £41,625 £40,000 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,526 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,850 £66,360 £65,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +64 192 £50,000 - 13
Hampshire +39 160 £48,500 -3.00% 24
Surrey +51 88 £55,000 +32.53% 3
Oxfordshire +40 73 £50,000 +17.65% 4
Kent +8 64 £40,000 -5.88% 8
Berkshire +27 63 £52,550 +5.10% 7
Buckinghamshire +12 56 £42,500 -15.00% 2
East Sussex +51 44 £50,000 +11.11% 3
West Sussex +15 18 £67,500 +64.63%
Sussex - 6 £65,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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

1 548 (98.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 257 (46.22%) Windows
3 236 (42.45%) VMware
4 189 (33.99%) Azure
5 175 (31.47%) Active Directory
6 164 (29.50%) Microsoft
7 139 (25.00%) Windows Server
8 137 (24.64%) Linux
9 135 (24.28%) Microsoft 365
10 129 (23.20%) VMware Infrastructure
11 118 (21.22%) Firewall
12 112 (20.14%) PowerShell
13 100 (17.99%) DNS
14 98 (17.63%) Security Cleared
15 88 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
16 85 (15.29%) Social Skills
17 72 (12.95%) ITIL
18 70 (12.59%) Data Centre
19 68 (12.23%) Cisco
19 68 (12.23%) AWS
20 66 (11.87%) Degree
21 65 (11.69%) SC Cleared
21 65 (11.69%) Windows Server 2016
22 62 (11.15%) DevOps
23 60 (10.79%) Hyper-V
24 57 (10.25%) Finance
25 53 (9.53%) DV Cleared
25 53 (9.53%) vSphere
26 52 (9.35%) SCCM
26 52 (9.35%) vCenter Server

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 36 (6.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (3.96%) SharePoint
3 21 (3.78%) IIS
4 4 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 189 (33.99%) Azure
2 135 (24.28%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (12.23%) AWS
4 38 (6.83%) IaaS
5 26 (4.68%) Nutanix
6 22 (3.96%) Amazon EC2
7 18 (3.24%) Entra ID
8 16 (2.88%) SaaS
9 15 (2.70%) OneDrive
9 15 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 14 (2.52%) Amazon S3
11 13 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 13 (2.34%) OCI
12 12 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
12 12 (2.16%) CloudFront
12 12 (2.16%) Route 53
12 12 (2.16%) Serverless
13 10 (1.80%) GitHub
14 9 (1.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 118 (21.22%) Firewall
2 100 (17.99%) DNS
3 48 (8.63%) WAN
4 47 (8.45%) DHCP
4 47 (8.45%) VPN
5 46 (8.27%) LAN
6 43 (7.73%) SAN
7 35 (6.29%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (4.68%) Wireless
9 20 (3.60%) TCP/IP
10 18 (3.24%) 5G
11 17 (3.06%) MPLS
12 15 (2.70%) HTTP
12 15 (2.70%) Internet
13 14 (2.52%) BGP
13 14 (2.52%) iSCSI
14 13 (2.34%) SMTP
15 12 (2.16%) NAS
15 12 (2.16%) VLAN
16 10 (1.80%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.04%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.96%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (2.52%) MySQL
4 4 (0.72%) DB2
5 3 (0.54%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (2.88%) JIRA
2 12 (2.16%) Git
2 12 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 10 (1.80%) Trac
4 2 (0.36%) GitLab
General
1 85 (15.29%) Social Skills
2 57 (10.25%) Finance
3 27 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (3.42%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (2.16%) Games
7 11 (1.98%) Advertising
8 8 (1.44%) Manufacturing
9 5 (0.90%) Financial Institution
9 5 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (0.90%) Retail
10 4 (0.72%) Law
10 4 (0.72%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.54%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.36%) Marketing
12 2 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.34%) Web Services
2 4 (0.72%) LAMP
3 2 (0.36%) CSS
3 2 (0.36%) JSON
3 2 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.18%) Flash
4 1 (0.18%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.59%) Data Centre
2 37 (6.65%) Driving Licence
3 28 (5.04%) IoT
4 16 (2.88%) Clustering
4 16 (2.88%) PKI
5 15 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.62%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (1.08%) Cyber Security Posture
8 6 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.08%) Replication
8 6 (1.08%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.72%) EMC VNX
9 4 (0.72%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.54%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.36%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (0.36%) Security Operations Centre
12 1 (0.18%) VAX
12 1 (0.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 257 (46.22%) Windows
2 139 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 137 (24.64%) Linux
4 65 (11.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 49 (8.81%) Windows 10
6 43 (7.73%) Windows Server 2012
7 37 (6.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 30 (5.40%) Ubuntu
9 18 (3.24%) CentOS
10 17 (3.06%) Windows 7
11 13 (2.34%) Android
11 13 (2.34%) Apple iOS
12 12 (2.16%) Windows XP
13 6 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (0.90%) VMS
15 4 (0.72%) Rocky
16 3 (0.54%) Debian
16 3 (0.54%) Windows NT
16 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (98.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 88 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (12.95%) ITIL
4 62 (11.15%) DevOps
5 49 (8.81%) Disaster Recovery
6 41 (7.37%) Storage Management
7 38 (6.83%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (6.65%) Decision-Making
9 27 (4.86%) Project Management
9 27 (4.86%) Service Delivery
9 27 (4.86%) Technical Leadership
10 26 (4.68%) Problem Management
11 25 (4.50%) Change Management
11 25 (4.50%) Customer Service
11 25 (4.50%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 23 (4.14%) Task Automation
13 22 (3.96%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (3.78%) Capacity Planning
14 21 (3.78%) Infrastructure Automation
15 20 (3.60%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 112 (20.14%) PowerShell
2 42 (7.55%) Python
3 31 (5.58%) Bash
4 20 (3.60%) Perl
5 13 (2.34%) ActionScript
5 13 (2.34%) VB
6 10 (1.80%) SQL
7 3 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 98 (17.63%) Security Cleared
2 66 (11.87%) Degree
3 65 (11.69%) SC Cleared
4 53 (9.53%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.60%) CCNA
5 20 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.16%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 12 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (2.16%) CCNP
8 11 (1.98%) HNC
9 6 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.08%) MCP
10 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.36%) MCSE
12 1 (0.18%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
12 1 (0.18%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.94%) SLA
2 20 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.44%) GDPR
5 4 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.54%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.36%) QA
8 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 175 (31.47%) Active Directory
2 129 (23.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (10.79%) Hyper-V
4 53 (9.53%) vSphere
5 41 (7.37%) Virtual Machines
6 40 (7.19%) VMware ESXi
7 38 (6.83%) Docker
8 14 (2.52%) XenApp
9 13 (2.34%) NFS
9 13 (2.34%) OpenSSH
9 13 (2.34%) pfSense
10 8 (1.44%) Firmware
11 6 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (0.90%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.72%) KVM
14 2 (0.36%) QEMU
14 2 (0.36%) Xen
Systems Management
1 52 (9.35%) SCCM
1 52 (9.35%) vCenter Server
2 46 (8.27%) Kubernetes
3 31 (5.58%) WSUS
4 23 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (3.96%) Terraform
6 20 (3.60%) EMC NetWorker
7 18 (3.24%) SCOM
8 16 (2.88%) Ansible
8 16 (2.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 16 (2.88%) SCDPM
9 13 (2.34%) FortiGate
9 13 (2.34%) IBM BigFix
9 13 (2.34%) NetBackup
9 13 (2.34%) PowerCLI
10 11 (1.98%) Grafana
11 10 (1.80%) ZABBIX
12 8 (1.44%) Nagios
13 5 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
13 5 (0.90%) Nessus
Vendors
1 236 (42.45%) VMware
2 164 (29.50%) Microsoft
3 68 (12.23%) Cisco
4 46 (8.27%) Veeam
5 39 (7.01%) HP
6 37 (6.65%) Aruba
7 33 (5.94%) Citrix
8 27 (4.86%) Juniper
8 27 (4.86%) Palo Alto
9 22 (3.96%) Dell
9 22 (3.96%) EMC
10 19 (3.42%) Oracle
10 19 (3.42%) Red Hat
11 18 (3.24%) Extreme Networks
11 18 (3.24%) Fortinet
12 17 (3.06%) 3PAR
13 14 (2.52%) IBM
14 12 (2.16%) Symantec
15 10 (1.80%) McAfee
15 10 (1.80%) Meraki