Infrastructure Support Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £46,500 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 659 667 793
Rank change year-on-year +8 +126 -173
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support Engineer 121 61 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 116 57 63
10th Percentile £30,193 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,400 £34,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £51,750 £48,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,000 £52,000 £61,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,375
% change year-on-year - -6.98% +20.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Support Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
South East +6 61 £46,500 +23.18% 7
South West -10 34 £50,500 +11.91%
Midlands -26 16 £45,000 -18.18% 2
West Midlands -2 10 £37,500 -21.05% 1
East Midlands -26 6 £47,500 -13.64% 1
North of England +3 5 £32,500 -14.47%
Scotland -70 4 £48,750 +52.34% 3
Yorkshire +64 2 £32,500 -5.11%
North West -27 2 £37,250 -12.35%
East of England -13 1 - - 1
North East -19 1 £29,000 -27.50%
Infrastructure Support Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Infrastructure Support 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Support Engineer in the job title.

1 109 (90.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (44.63%) VMware
3 53 (43.80%) Azure
4 52 (42.98%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (42.15%) Windows
6 46 (38.02%) Active Directory
7 44 (36.36%) Microsoft
8 41 (33.88%) PowerShell
9 39 (32.23%) Firewall
10 38 (31.40%) VMware Infrastructure
10 38 (31.40%) Windows Server
11 30 (24.79%) Citrix
12 29 (23.97%) Microsoft Intune
13 28 (23.14%) SLA
14 27 (22.31%) Social Skills
15 25 (20.66%) SharePoint
16 24 (19.83%) DNS
16 24 (19.83%) SAN
17 23 (19.01%) WAN
17 23 (19.01%) Finance
18 22 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
19 20 (16.53%) Veeam
19 20 (16.53%) Security Cleared
19 20 (16.53%) Degree
19 20 (16.53%) Microsoft Exchange
20 19 (15.70%) LAN
20 19 (15.70%) AWS
20 19 (15.70%) IaaS
20 19 (15.70%) vCenter Server
21 17 (14.05%) ITIL

Infrastructure Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 25 (20.66%) SharePoint
2 20 (16.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.31%) IIS
4 2 (1.65%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (43.80%) Azure
2 52 (42.98%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (15.70%) AWS
3 19 (15.70%) IaaS
4 12 (9.92%) PaaS
4 12 (9.92%) SaaS
5 11 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 11 (9.09%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.96%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.13%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.65%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.65%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.65%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.83%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 39 (32.23%) Firewall
2 24 (19.83%) DNS
2 24 (19.83%) SAN
3 23 (19.01%) WAN
4 19 (15.70%) LAN
5 15 (12.40%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (11.57%) Internet
7 12 (9.92%) DHCP
7 12 (9.92%) VPN
8 11 (9.09%) SD-WAN
9 9 (7.44%) iSCSI
9 9 (7.44%) Wireless
9 9 (7.44%) WLAN
10 4 (3.31%) NAS
10 4 (3.31%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (3.31%) TCP/IP
11 3 (2.48%) Network Security
11 3 (2.48%) VLAN
12 2 (1.65%) IPsec
12 2 (1.65%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.96%) MySQL
1 6 (4.96%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (4.96%) JIRA
2 3 (2.48%) GitLab
General
1 27 (22.31%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.01%) Finance
3 14 (11.57%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (6.61%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.61%) Law
5 2 (1.65%) Legal
5 2 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.83%) Marketing
6 1 (0.83%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.65%) LAMP
1 2 (1.65%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.22%) Driving Licence
1 16 (13.22%) PKI
2 14 (11.57%) Clustering
3 3 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 51 (42.15%) Windows
2 38 (31.40%) Windows Server
3 16 (13.22%) Windows Server 2012
4 15 (12.40%) Windows 10
5 13 (10.74%) Linux
6 7 (5.79%) Android
6 7 (5.79%) Apple iOS
7 6 (4.96%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.83%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.83%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (90.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (14.05%) ITIL
3 16 (13.22%) Customer Service
4 15 (12.40%) Problem Management
5 13 (10.74%) Customer Requirements
6 12 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (9.92%) Service Delivery
7 11 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (7.44%) Systems Engineering
9 8 (6.61%) Incident Management
10 7 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (4.96%) Customer Experience
11 6 (4.96%) Patch Management
11 6 (4.96%) Server Monitoring
12 4 (3.31%) Change Control
12 4 (3.31%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (3.31%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 3 (2.48%) Server Management
13 3 (2.48%) Storage Management
14 2 (1.65%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 41 (33.88%) PowerShell
2 13 (10.74%) ActionScript
2 13 (10.74%) VB
3 7 (5.79%) Bash
4 6 (4.96%) SQL
5 1 (0.83%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (16.53%) Degree
1 20 (16.53%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.92%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.26%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.96%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (4.96%) MCP
5 4 (3.31%) CCNA
5 4 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.48%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.83%) CCA
7 1 (0.83%) CCDA
7 1 (0.83%) CCNP
7 1 (0.83%) CISSP
7 1 (0.83%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (23.14%) SLA
2 6 (4.96%) GDPR
3 2 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 46 (38.02%) Active Directory
2 38 (31.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (18.18%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (12.40%) Hyper-V
4 15 (12.40%) vSphere
5 13 (10.74%) OpenSSH
5 13 (10.74%) XenApp
6 6 (4.96%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.48%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.65%) Docker
8 2 (1.65%) pfSense
8 2 (1.65%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 29 (23.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (15.70%) vCenter Server
3 13 (10.74%) IBM BigFix
3 13 (10.74%) PowerCLI
4 11 (9.09%) SCCM
5 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 6 (4.96%) SCDPM
6 2 (1.65%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.65%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (1.65%) WSUS
7 1 (0.83%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.83%) NetCrunch
7 1 (0.83%) SCOM
Vendors
1 54 (44.63%) VMware
2 44 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 30 (24.79%) Citrix
4 20 (16.53%) Veeam
5 15 (12.40%) Cisco
6 14 (11.57%) HP
7 13 (10.74%) IBM
8 12 (9.92%) Sophos
9 9 (7.44%) Dell
10 6 (4.96%) Dell Compellent
10 6 (4.96%) Meraki
10 6 (4.96%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (3.31%) Aruba
12 3 (2.48%) Atlassian
13 2 (1.65%) 3PAR
13 2 (1.65%) EMC
13 2 (1.65%) Fortinet
13 2 (1.65%) NetApp
13 2 (1.65%) SonicWALL
13 2 (1.65%) Veritas