IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South East

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 353 452
Rank change year-on-year -16 +99 -105
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 32 37 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.18% 0.27% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.30% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32 37 46
10th Percentile £29,875 £40,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £53,125 £53,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 -
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,826 12,386 19,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 89.99% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11,952 7,966 12,353
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 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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
East Sussex +22 12 £50,000 +11.11% 2
Thames Valley +1 7 £42,500 -15.00%
Kent -4 6 £31,500 -30.00%
Oxfordshire +7 5 £42,500 -34.62%
Hampshire -37 3 £40,000 -5.88% 1
West Sussex +27 2 £55,000 -24.14%
Berkshire +18 2 £58,750 +17.50%
Surrey -12 2 £54,000 +3.85%
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 South East region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (84.38%) Windows
2 27 (84.38%) Active Directory
3 24 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (71.88%) Firewall
4 23 (71.88%) VMware
4 23 (71.88%) Azure
5 21 (65.63%) VMware Infrastructure
6 15 (46.88%) Linux
6 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (37.50%) SharePoint
8 11 (34.38%) IIS
8 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
8 11 (34.38%) Project Management
9 9 (28.13%) Windows 10
10 8 (25.00%) Windows Server
10 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
11 7 (21.88%) Citrix
11 7 (21.88%) AWS
11 7 (21.88%) PowerShell
11 7 (21.88%) OneDrive
12 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
12 6 (18.75%) Apple iOS
12 6 (18.75%) Android
12 6 (18.75%) VPN
13 5 (15.63%) WAN
13 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
13 5 (15.63%) ITIL
13 5 (15.63%) VMware Server
13 5 (15.63%) Social Skills

IT 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 12 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 11 (34.38%) IIS
3 8 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (71.88%) Azure
3 7 (21.88%) AWS
3 7 (21.88%) OneDrive
4 6 (18.75%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.13%) IaaS
5 1 (3.13%) OCI
5 1 (3.13%) PaaS
5 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (71.88%) Firewall
2 6 (18.75%) VPN
3 5 (15.63%) WAN
4 4 (12.50%) SAN
4 4 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (9.38%) SD-WAN
6 2 (6.25%) DHCP
6 2 (6.25%) DNS
6 2 (6.25%) LAN
6 2 (6.25%) NAS
6 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
6 2 (6.25%) VLAN
6 2 (6.25%) VoIP
7 1 (3.13%) Network Security
7 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Law
3 1 (3.13%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 27 (84.38%) Windows
2 15 (46.88%) Linux
2 15 (46.88%) Windows Server 2016
3 9 (28.13%) Windows 10
4 8 (25.00%) Windows Server
5 6 (18.75%) Android
5 6 (18.75%) Apple iOS
6 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (3.13%) Windows 7
7 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (34.38%) Project Management
3 5 (15.63%) Change Control
3 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure Management
3 5 (15.63%) ITIL
4 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 3 (9.38%) Change Management
5 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
5 3 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (6.25%) Patch Management
6 2 (6.25%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.25%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 2 (6.25%) Visualisation
7 1 (3.13%) Creative Thinking
7 1 (3.13%) Data Privacy
7 1 (3.13%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 1 (3.13%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) PowerShell
2 4 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.38%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) CCNA
2 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.25%) MCSE
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 27 (84.38%) Active Directory
2 21 (65.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (15.63%) VMware Server
3 5 (15.63%) vSphere
4 2 (6.25%) Firmware
4 2 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.25%) vCenter Server
2 1 (3.13%) NetCrunch
2 1 (3.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) VMware
2 11 (34.38%) Microsoft
3 7 (21.88%) Citrix
4 4 (12.50%) Fortinet
4 4 (12.50%) Veeam
5 3 (9.38%) Cisco
6 2 (6.25%) Dell
6 2 (6.25%) HP
7 1 (3.13%) Ivanti
7 1 (3.13%) Meraki
7 1 (3.13%) NetApp
7 1 (3.13%) Oracle
7 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto
7 1 (3.13%) Splunk