Infrastructure Engineering Jobs

Infrastructure Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 57 194
Rank change year-on-year -28 +137 -68
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 3,080 5,313 3,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.08% 5.34% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 5.59% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,613 1,780 2,324
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,467
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,433 £90,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.06% +7.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 -26 2,855 £50,000 -4.76% 513
UK excluding London -40 2,532 £47,500 -2.06% 431
Work from Home +52 1,067 £50,000 -9.09% 212
North of England -21 693 £46,000 -3.16% 84
South East -19 630 £50,000 +1.01% 118
London -13 468 £65,000 - 137
South West -17 450 £50,000 - 82
Midlands -32 410 £45,000 -8.69% 64
North West -36 329 £47,500 -1.04% 39
Yorkshire -4 260 £45,000 - 41
West Midlands -41 211 £45,000 -5.26% 36
East Midlands -17 199 £45,000 -10.00% 28
East of England -46 196 £45,000 -14.29% 43
North East -23 102 £44,274 +4.17% 5
Scotland -115 92 £45,500 -9.00% 37
Wales -14 58 £41,067 -3.37% 10
Northern Ireland -11 7 £60,000 +33.33% 2

Infrastructure Engineering
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
1 335 (10.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 203 (6.59%) SharePoint
3 62 (2.01%) IIS
4 11 (0.36%) CMS
5 9 (0.29%) WordPress
6 8 (0.26%) Confluence
7 7 (0.23%) Apache
8 6 (0.19%) Skype for Business
9 5 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.13%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.097%) nginx
12 2 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (0.065%) Exchange Server 2013
13 1 (0.032%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.032%) Site Server
13 1 (0.032%) WebSphere
Applications
1 91 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.19%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.19%) LightWave 3D
3 6 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
4 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.16%) OrCAD
5 3 (0.097%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.065%) CATIA
6 2 (0.065%) NASTRAN
6 2 (0.065%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.065%) Trello
7 1 (0.032%) 1Password
7 1 (0.032%) Notion
7 1 (0.032%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 9 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.065%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.065%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.032%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.032%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.032%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,289 (41.85%) Azure
2 943 (30.62%) Microsoft 365
3 519 (16.85%) AWS
4 314 (10.19%) Entra ID
5 187 (6.07%) IaaS
6 173 (5.62%) SaaS
7 113 (3.67%) PaaS
8 93 (3.02%) GCP
9 77 (2.50%) OneDrive
10 63 (2.05%) Nutanix
11 53 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
12 51 (1.66%) Power Platform
13 47 (1.53%) OpenShift
14 37 (1.20%) GitHub
15 34 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
16 33 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
17 30 (0.97%) Serverless
18 29 (0.94%) Amazon S3
19 28 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
20 21 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 608 (19.74%) Firewall
2 463 (15.03%) DNS
3 381 (12.37%) WAN
4 341 (11.07%) DHCP
5 322 (10.45%) LAN
6 279 (9.06%) SAN
7 217 (7.05%) VPN
8 155 (5.03%) TCP/IP
9 152 (4.94%) Wi-Fi
10 119 (3.86%) Wireless
11 115 (3.73%) SD-WAN
12 114 (3.70%) VLAN
13 91 (2.95%) Internet
14 88 (2.86%) Network Security
15 71 (2.31%) NAS
16 70 (2.27%) HTTP
17 68 (2.21%) MPLS
18 60 (1.95%) WLAN
19 58 (1.88%) VoIP
20 53 (1.72%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (5.42%) SQL Server
2 68 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
3 39 (1.27%) MySQL
4 29 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 26 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (0.55%) Power BI
7 14 (0.45%) Big Data
8 9 (0.29%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 8 (0.26%) RDBMS
10 7 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.19%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.19%) SQLite
12 5 (0.16%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (0.16%) DB2
13 4 (0.13%) Tableau
14 3 (0.097%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.097%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 60 (1.95%) Git
1 60 (1.95%) GitLab
2 40 (1.30%) Jenkins
3 39 (1.27%) JIRA
4 21 (0.68%) Artifactory
5 10 (0.32%) Trac
6 7 (0.23%) MSI
6 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
7 6 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
7 6 (0.19%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.19%) Subversion
8 5 (0.16%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.097%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.097%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.065%) Ant
10 2 (0.065%) Gradle
10 2 (0.065%) Spinnaker
10 2 (0.065%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.065%) Vagrant
General
1 561 (18.21%) Social Skills
2 335 (10.88%) Finance
3 156 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 124 (4.03%) Law
6 91 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 90 (2.92%) Telecoms
8 89 (2.89%) Aerospace
9 78 (2.53%) Retail
10 68 (2.21%) Manufacturing
11 61 (1.98%) Banking
12 46 (1.49%) Legal
13 38 (1.23%) Automotive
14 37 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
15 36 (1.17%) Advertising
16 35 (1.14%) Electronics
17 28 (0.91%) Games
18 25 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
19 20 (0.65%) Police
20 14 (0.45%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2,255 (73.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 550 (17.86%) Senior
3 464 (15.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 386 (12.53%) IT Engineer
5 306 (9.94%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 193 (6.27%) Support Engineer
7 181 (5.88%) Network Engineer
8 169 (5.49%) Cloud Engineer
9 163 (5.29%) Infrastructure Support
10 139 (4.51%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 135 (4.38%) Lead
12 129 (4.19%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 127 (4.12%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 121 (3.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 111 (3.60%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
15 111 (3.60%) Azure Engineer
16 97 (3.15%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
17 96 (3.12%) Security Engineer
18 90 (2.92%) Systems Engineer
19 89 (2.89%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.10%) .NET
2 19 (0.62%) ARM Templates
3 16 (0.52%) JSON
4 15 (0.49%) XML
5 14 (0.45%) .NET Framework
5 14 (0.45%) LDAP
6 13 (0.42%) Kafka
6 13 (0.42%) Web Services
7 12 (0.39%) Node.js
8 11 (0.36%) LAMP
9 9 (0.29%) OLE
9 9 (0.29%) RESTful
10 8 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (0.26%) React
11 7 (0.23%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.19%) Compass CSS Framework
12 6 (0.19%) JSON Schema
12 6 (0.19%) Regular Expression
12 6 (0.19%) web3js
12 6 (0.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 341 (11.07%) Data Centre
2 145 (4.71%) Public Cloud
3 93 (3.02%) Driving Licence
4 88 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
5 85 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 66 (2.14%) PKI
7 62 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
8 53 (1.72%) Cloud Native
9 49 (1.59%) Replication
10 43 (1.40%) Private Cloud
11 39 (1.27%) IoT
12 31 (1.01%) Clustering
13 29 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
13 29 (0.94%) Onboarding
14 25 (0.81%) Security Posture
15 21 (0.68%) Client/Server
15 21 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
16 20 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
16 20 (0.65%) PMI
17 19 (0.62%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1,392 (45.19%) Windows
2 789 (25.62%) Windows Server
3 665 (21.59%) Linux
4 189 (6.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 155 (5.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 145 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
7 133 (4.32%) Windows 10
8 101 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 70 (2.27%) Ubuntu
10 54 (1.75%) Unix
11 43 (1.40%) VMS
12 32 (1.04%) Android
13 31 (1.01%) Apple iOS
14 29 (0.94%) Mac OS
15 28 (0.91%) CentOS
15 28 (0.91%) Windows 7
16 25 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
17 21 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
18 17 (0.55%) Debian
19 16 (0.52%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (15.78%) ITIL
2 411 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
3 348 (11.30%) Cybersecurity
4 327 (10.62%) DevOps
5 281 (9.12%) Mentoring
6 223 (7.24%) Customer Service
7 218 (7.08%) Agile
8 215 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
9 204 (6.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 174 (5.65%) Migration
11 157 (5.10%) Roadmaps
12 154 (5.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 152 (4.94%) Change Management
14 141 (4.58%) Service Management
15 140 (4.55%) Coaching
16 129 (4.19%) Project Delivery
17 128 (4.16%) Project Management
18 124 (4.03%) CI/CD
19 122 (3.96%) Service Delivery
20 102 (3.31%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 517 (16.79%) PowerShell
2 219 (7.11%) Python
3 173 (5.62%) SQL
4 146 (4.74%) Bash
5 56 (1.82%) Java
6 30 (0.97%) C#
7 29 (0.94%) JavaScript
8 25 (0.81%) Perl
9 19 (0.62%) Ruby
10 14 (0.45%) T-SQL
11 12 (0.39%) Shell Script
12 11 (0.36%) Go
13 10 (0.32%) ActionScript
13 10 (0.32%) C++
13 10 (0.32%) Swift
13 10 (0.32%) VB
13 10 (0.32%) VBScript
14 9 (0.29%) Bicep
15 8 (0.26%) Korn
16 6 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 491 (15.94%) Security Cleared
2 283 (9.19%) DV Cleared
3 268 (8.70%) Degree
4 261 (8.47%) SC Cleared
5 156 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
6 127 (4.12%) CCNA
7 117 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
8 80 (2.60%) Azure Certification
9 69 (2.24%) MCSE
10 62 (2.01%) CCNP
11 53 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 46 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 39 (1.27%) AWS Certification
14 37 (1.20%) CISSP
15 25 (0.81%) DBS Check
16 23 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 22 (0.71%) MCSA
18 21 (0.68%) A+ Certification
19 20 (0.65%) PMI Certification
20 18 (0.58%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (5.00%) SLA
2 71 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 69 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (0.81%) GDPR
5 22 (0.71%) QA
6 18 (0.58%) Accessibility
6 18 (0.58%) NIST
7 15 (0.49%) Data Quality
8 14 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 12 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 9 (0.29%) NCSC
12 8 (0.26%) PMO
13 5 (0.16%) SOC 1
14 4 (0.13%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.097%) GRC
16 1 (0.032%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 948 (30.78%) Active Directory
2 620 (20.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 424 (13.77%) Hyper-V
4 165 (5.36%) Docker
5 140 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
6 113 (3.67%) vSphere
7 94 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
8 46 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
9 36 (1.17%) Firmware
10 32 (1.04%) XenApp
11 31 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
12 19 (0.62%) XenDesktop
13 16 (0.52%) NFS
14 13 (0.42%) pfSense
15 10 (0.32%) KVM
15 10 (0.32%) OpenSSH
15 10 (0.32%) VMware NSX
16 9 (0.29%) VMware Server
17 8 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
17 8 (0.26%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 319 (10.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 257 (8.34%) Ansible
3 229 (7.44%) Terraform
4 200 (6.49%) SCCM
5 181 (5.88%) Kubernetes
6 107 (3.47%) vCenter Server
7 87 (2.82%) Puppet
8 68 (2.21%) WSUS
9 53 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 47 (1.53%) FortiGate
11 43 (1.40%) SCOM
12 36 (1.17%) EMC NetWorker
13 30 (0.97%) ZABBIX
14 27 (0.88%) Nagios
15 25 (0.81%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 21 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
16 21 (0.68%) NetBackup
17 17 (0.55%) Progress Chef
17 17 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
17 17 (0.55%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,098 (35.65%) Microsoft
2 988 (32.08%) VMware
3 403 (13.08%) Cisco
4 228 (7.40%) Veeam
5 199 (6.46%) Citrix
6 136 (4.42%) HP
7 114 (3.70%) Red Hat
8 105 (3.41%) Dell
9 104 (3.38%) Fortinet
10 89 (2.89%) Palo Alto
11 85 (2.76%) Meraki
12 73 (2.37%) Aruba
13 69 (2.24%) Google
14 66 (2.14%) Juniper
15 65 (2.11%) NetApp
15 65 (2.11%) SolarWinds
16 60 (1.95%) ServiceNow
17 51 (1.66%) EMC
18 46 (1.49%) Oracle
19 41 (1.33%) Sophos