Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 241 278
Rank change year-on-year +122 +37 -105
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2,315 1,521 2,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.34% 1.50% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% 1.64% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,916 1,221 1,753
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% +0.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
England +129 2,149 £50,000 - 295
UK excluding London +103 1,921 £47,500 +2.15% 242
Work from Home +103 797 £50,000 - 121
North of England +110 485 £45,000 - 39
South East +71 471 £50,000 +11.11% 63
South West +82 377 £50,000 +5.82% 54
London +48 334 £63,000 +5.00% 73
Midlands +60 317 £45,000 -5.26% 43
North West +82 256 £45,000 -4.26% 23
East Midlands +63 163 £45,000 -10.00% 19
East of England +71 159 £45,000 -10.00% 26
West Midlands +33 154 £45,000 -5.26% 24
Yorkshire +99 152 £44,137 -1.92% 13
North East +40 75 £44,274 +4.17% 5
Scotland -47 66 £47,500 +5.56% 18
Wales +36 41 £41,067 +2.67% 4
Northern Ireland +19 8 £60,000 +33.33% 2

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2,229 (96.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1,096 (47.34%) Windows
3 961 (41.51%) Azure
4 849 (36.67%) Microsoft
5 841 (36.33%) VMware
6 738 (31.88%) Active Directory
7 702 (30.32%) Microsoft 365
8 625 (27.00%) Windows Server
9 545 (23.54%) VMware Infrastructure
10 530 (22.89%) Linux
11 468 (20.22%) Firewall
12 423 (18.27%) Social Skills
13 418 (18.06%) PowerShell
14 387 (16.72%) DNS
15 381 (16.46%) AWS
16 352 (15.21%) Hyper-V
17 348 (15.03%) ITIL
18 345 (14.90%) Security Cleared
19 314 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
20 296 (12.79%) Microsoft Exchange
21 281 (12.14%) WAN
22 280 (12.10%) Cisco
22 280 (12.10%) Data Centre
23 277 (11.97%) DHCP
24 255 (11.02%) Finance
25 233 (10.06%) LAN
26 231 (9.98%) Microsoft Intune
27 227 (9.81%) DevOps
28 225 (9.72%) SAN
29 218 (9.42%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 296 (12.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 187 (8.08%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.99%) IIS
4 11 (0.48%) Confluence
5 9 (0.39%) Apache
5 9 (0.39%) CMS
5 9 (0.39%) WordPress
6 6 (0.26%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.22%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (0.22%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (0.17%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.17%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.13%) nginx
10 2 (0.086%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.043%) JBoss
11 1 (0.043%) Moodle
11 1 (0.043%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.043%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.043%) WebSphere
Applications
1 69 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.30%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.086%) CATIA
5 2 (0.086%) NASTRAN
5 2 (0.086%) Trello
6 1 (0.043%) 1Password
6 1 (0.043%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.043%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.086%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 961 (41.51%) Azure
2 702 (30.32%) Microsoft 365
3 381 (16.46%) AWS
4 218 (9.42%) Entra ID
5 144 (6.22%) IaaS
6 126 (5.44%) SaaS
7 70 (3.02%) PaaS
8 56 (2.42%) OneDrive
9 54 (2.33%) GCP
10 43 (1.86%) GitHub
10 43 (1.86%) OpenShift
11 40 (1.73%) Nutanix
12 37 (1.60%) Power Platform
13 35 (1.51%) Amazon S3
14 31 (1.34%) Amazon EC2
15 30 (1.30%) Serverless
16 27 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 26 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
18 24 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
19 19 (0.82%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 468 (20.22%) Firewall
2 387 (16.72%) DNS
3 281 (12.14%) WAN
4 277 (11.97%) DHCP
5 233 (10.06%) LAN
6 225 (9.72%) SAN
7 171 (7.39%) VPN
8 133 (5.75%) TCP/IP
9 108 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
10 94 (4.06%) VLAN
11 82 (3.54%) Wireless
12 80 (3.46%) SD-WAN
13 61 (2.63%) NAS
14 58 (2.51%) HTTP
15 53 (2.29%) VoIP
16 46 (1.99%) Network Security
16 46 (1.99%) WLAN
17 45 (1.94%) MPLS
18 42 (1.81%) Internet
19 34 (1.47%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (5.75%) SQL Server
2 44 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (1.38%) MySQL
4 17 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
5 14 (0.60%) Big Data
6 10 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (0.26%) Power BI
8 4 (0.17%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.17%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.17%) DB2
8 4 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.17%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.17%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.086%) Apache Hive
9 2 (0.086%) Apache Pinot
9 2 (0.086%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.086%) Flink
9 2 (0.086%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.086%) Presto
Development Applications
1 55 (2.38%) GitLab
2 42 (1.81%) Git
3 35 (1.51%) JIRA
4 26 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.91%) Artifactory
6 10 (0.43%) Trac
7 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.30%) MSI
8 6 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.17%) Subversion
10 2 (0.086%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.086%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.043%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.043%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.043%) Vagrant
General
1 423 (18.27%) Social Skills
2 255 (11.02%) Finance
3 114 (4.92%) Public Sector
4 95 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (3.11%) Aerospace
6 66 (2.85%) Law
7 63 (2.72%) Telecoms
8 62 (2.68%) Manufacturing
9 54 (2.33%) Banking
9 54 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 52 (2.25%) Retail
11 35 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
11 35 (1.51%) Legal
12 30 (1.30%) Automotive
13 28 (1.21%) Advertising
14 15 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (0.60%) Games
16 13 (0.56%) Electronics
16 13 (0.56%) Financial Institution
16 13 (0.56%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.30%) CSS
2 15 (0.65%) .NET
2 15 (0.65%) LDAP
3 13 (0.56%) XML
4 12 (0.52%) JSON
4 12 (0.52%) Web Services
5 11 (0.48%) LAMP
6 7 (0.30%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.26%) JSON Schema
7 6 (0.26%) KML
7 6 (0.26%) Regular Expression
7 6 (0.26%) Software Packaging
7 6 (0.26%) XML Schema
7 6 (0.26%) YAML
8 5 (0.22%) Kafka
8 5 (0.22%) Middleware
8 5 (0.22%) Node.js
8 5 (0.22%) SAML
9 4 (0.17%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 280 (12.10%) Data Centre
2 98 (4.23%) Public Cloud
3 96 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
4 82 (3.54%) Driving Licence
5 55 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 55 (2.38%) Management Information System
6 52 (2.25%) PKI
7 41 (1.77%) Replication
8 36 (1.56%) Private Cloud
9 25 (1.08%) Clustering
9 25 (1.08%) IoT
10 23 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (0.86%) CCTV
11 20 (0.86%) Cloud Native
12 17 (0.73%) Client/Server
12 17 (0.73%) EMC VNX
12 17 (0.73%) Enterprise Storage
13 14 (0.60%) Fat Client
13 14 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
13 14 (0.60%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,096 (47.34%) Windows
2 625 (27.00%) Windows Server
3 530 (22.89%) Linux
4 152 (6.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 121 (5.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 119 (5.14%) Windows Server 2012
7 112 (4.84%) Windows 10
8 95 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 55 (2.38%) Ubuntu
10 46 (1.99%) Unix
11 40 (1.73%) VMS
12 31 (1.34%) Apple iOS
13 29 (1.25%) Android
14 27 (1.17%) Mac OS
15 26 (1.12%) Windows 7
16 25 (1.08%) CentOS
17 16 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
17 16 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
17 16 (0.69%) Windows XP
18 10 (0.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,229 (96.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 348 (15.03%) ITIL
3 314 (13.56%) Problem-Solving
4 227 (9.81%) DevOps
5 214 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
6 183 (7.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 176 (7.60%) Mentoring
8 139 (6.00%) Migration
9 134 (5.79%) Agile
10 126 (5.44%) Infrastructure as Code
11 114 (4.92%) Coaching
12 110 (4.75%) Change Management
12 110 (4.75%) Continuous Improvement
13 99 (4.28%) Roadmaps
14 98 (4.23%) Customer Service
15 95 (4.10%) Service Management
16 84 (3.63%) Service Delivery
17 83 (3.59%) Project Management
18 82 (3.54%) Proactive Monitoring
19 78 (3.37%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 418 (18.06%) PowerShell
2 158 (6.83%) Python
3 126 (5.44%) Bash
4 120 (5.18%) SQL
5 48 (2.07%) Java
6 23 (0.99%) Perl
7 16 (0.69%) Ruby
8 10 (0.43%) Korn
8 10 (0.43%) Swift
9 9 (0.39%) ActionScript
9 9 (0.39%) VB
10 8 (0.35%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.30%) Bicep
11 7 (0.30%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.26%) Go
13 3 (0.13%) C
13 3 (0.13%) C#
13 3 (0.13%) Rust
13 3 (0.13%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 345 (14.90%) Security Cleared
2 191 (8.25%) DV Cleared
3 189 (8.16%) Degree
4 176 (7.60%) SC Cleared
5 100 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
6 87 (3.76%) CCNA
7 64 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 53 (2.29%) Azure Certification
9 45 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 38 (1.64%) MCSE
11 31 (1.34%) HNC
12 30 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 28 (1.21%) CCNP
14 25 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 20 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 18 (0.78%) A+ Certification
17 15 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
18 14 (0.60%) MCP
18 14 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
19 12 (0.52%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (3.89%) SLA
2 36 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (0.73%) GDPR
5 14 (0.60%) NIST
6 12 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.43%) QA
8 9 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.22%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.22%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.086%) PMO
12 1 (0.043%) NCSC
System Software
1 738 (31.88%) Active Directory
2 545 (23.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 352 (15.21%) Hyper-V
4 134 (5.79%) Docker
5 127 (5.49%) VMware ESXi
6 100 (4.32%) vSphere
7 89 (3.84%) Virtual Machines
8 25 (1.08%) XenApp
9 24 (1.04%) Virtual Servers
10 20 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
11 19 (0.82%) Firmware
12 15 (0.65%) NFS
13 14 (0.60%) XenDesktop
14 13 (0.56%) pfSense
15 10 (0.43%) VMware NSX
15 10 (0.43%) VMware Server
16 9 (0.39%) OpenSSH
17 8 (0.35%) DFS Replication
17 8 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
18 7 (0.30%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 231 (9.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 211 (9.11%) Ansible
3 171 (7.39%) SCCM
4 158 (6.83%) Terraform
5 127 (5.49%) Kubernetes
6 101 (4.36%) vCenter Server
7 68 (2.94%) Puppet
8 63 (2.72%) WSUS
9 41 (1.77%) SCOM
10 36 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
11 32 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 30 (1.30%) FortiGate
13 27 (1.17%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 26 (1.12%) Nagios
15 22 (0.95%) NetBackup
16 18 (0.78%) ZABBIX
17 17 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
18 16 (0.69%) Grafana
18 16 (0.69%) SCDPM
19 14 (0.60%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 849 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 841 (36.33%) VMware
3 280 (12.10%) Cisco
4 194 (8.38%) Veeam
5 155 (6.70%) Citrix
6 112 (4.84%) Red Hat
7 105 (4.54%) HP
8 74 (3.20%) Oracle
9 73 (3.15%) Dell
10 69 (2.98%) Aruba
11 68 (2.94%) Meraki
12 52 (2.25%) NetApp
13 49 (2.12%) EMC
14 46 (1.99%) Palo Alto
15 45 (1.94%) Fortinet
16 43 (1.86%) SolarWinds
17 41 (1.77%) Google
18 39 (1.68%) IBM
19 34 (1.47%) Juniper
20 31 (1.34%) ServiceNow