Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £49,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 236 285
Rank change year-on-year +125 +49 -111
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2,448 1,493 2,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.39% 1.53% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 1.68% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,004 1,178 1,781
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +6.38%
75th Percentile £59,063 £62,500 £62,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -

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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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 28 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 28 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 +122 2,277 £50,000 - 325
UK excluding London +118 2,039 £47,500 +1.06% 294
Work from Home +102 808 £50,000 - 167
South East +89 507 £50,000 +11.11% 65
North of England +99 495 £45,000 - 63
South West +77 408 £50,000 +5.26% 51
London +59 348 £62,500 +4.17% 63
Midlands +88 337 £45,000 -5.26% 51
North West +90 263 £45,000 -4.26% 33
East of England +65 177 £45,000 -10.00% 39
East Midlands +78 176 £45,000 -10.00% 16
West Midlands +48 161 £45,000 -5.26% 35
Yorkshire +81 154 £44,637 -0.81% 25
North East +41 76 £44,274 -0.51% 5
Scotland -32 68 £47,500 +5.56% 21
Wales +34 40 £41,067 +2.67% 10
Northern Ireland +13 8 £60,000 +29.73% 3

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 2,362 (96.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1,096 (44.77%) Windows
3 968 (39.54%) Azure
4 856 (34.97%) VMware
5 844 (34.48%) Microsoft
6 727 (29.70%) Active Directory
7 686 (28.02%) Microsoft 365
8 611 (24.96%) Windows Server
9 553 (22.59%) Linux
10 549 (22.43%) VMware Infrastructure
11 486 (19.85%) Firewall
12 425 (17.36%) Social Skills
13 414 (16.91%) PowerShell
14 386 (15.77%) AWS
14 386 (15.77%) DNS
15 366 (14.95%) Security Cleared
16 361 (14.75%) Hyper-V
17 342 (13.97%) ITIL
18 311 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
19 285 (11.64%) Microsoft Exchange
19 285 (11.64%) WAN
20 283 (11.56%) Data Centre
21 281 (11.48%) Cisco
22 271 (11.07%) DHCP
23 268 (10.95%) Finance
24 233 (9.52%) LAN
25 230 (9.40%) DevOps
25 230 (9.40%) Microsoft Intune
26 221 (9.03%) Entra ID
27 220 (8.99%) SAN

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
1 285 (11.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 183 (7.48%) SharePoint
3 48 (1.96%) IIS
4 11 (0.45%) Confluence
5 9 (0.37%) Apache
5 9 (0.37%) CMS
5 9 (0.37%) WordPress
6 6 (0.25%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.20%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (0.20%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (0.16%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.16%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.12%) nginx
10 2 (0.082%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.041%) JBoss
11 1 (0.041%) Moodle
11 1 (0.041%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.041%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.041%) WebSphere
Applications
1 71 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.29%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.082%) CATIA
5 2 (0.082%) NASTRAN
5 2 (0.082%) Trello
6 1 (0.041%) 1Password
6 1 (0.041%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.041%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.082%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.041%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 968 (39.54%) Azure
2 686 (28.02%) Microsoft 365
3 386 (15.77%) AWS
4 221 (9.03%) Entra ID
5 143 (5.84%) IaaS
6 136 (5.56%) SaaS
7 66 (2.70%) PaaS
8 57 (2.33%) OneDrive
9 53 (2.17%) GCP
10 48 (1.96%) Nutanix
11 47 (1.92%) OpenShift
12 43 (1.76%) Power Platform
13 36 (1.47%) GitHub
14 32 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
14 32 (1.31%) Amazon S3
15 28 (1.14%) Serverless
16 25 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 23 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
18 22 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
19 19 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 486 (19.85%) Firewall
2 386 (15.77%) DNS
3 285 (11.64%) WAN
4 271 (11.07%) DHCP
5 233 (9.52%) LAN
6 220 (8.99%) SAN
7 175 (7.15%) VPN
8 140 (5.72%) TCP/IP
9 109 (4.45%) Wi-Fi
10 95 (3.88%) VLAN
11 82 (3.35%) SD-WAN
12 81 (3.31%) Wireless
13 64 (2.61%) HTTP
14 61 (2.49%) NAS
15 51 (2.08%) VoIP
16 50 (2.04%) Internet
16 50 (2.04%) MPLS
17 45 (1.84%) WLAN
18 43 (1.76%) Network Security
19 38 (1.55%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (5.35%) SQL Server
2 46 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
3 33 (1.35%) MySQL
4 22 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (0.61%) Big Data
7 10 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.25%) Power BI
9 5 (0.20%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.16%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.16%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.16%) DB2
10 4 (0.16%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.12%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.082%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.082%) Apache Pinot
12 2 (0.082%) Flink
12 2 (0.082%) Presto
13 1 (0.041%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.041%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 56 (2.29%) GitLab
2 41 (1.67%) Git
3 36 (1.47%) JIRA
4 29 (1.18%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.86%) Artifactory
6 10 (0.41%) Trac
7 7 (0.29%) MSI
8 5 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.082%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.082%) Subversion
10 2 (0.082%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.041%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.041%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.041%) Vagrant
General
1 425 (17.36%) Social Skills
2 268 (10.95%) Finance
3 112 (4.58%) Public Sector
4 95 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (3.23%) Aerospace
6 68 (2.78%) Manufacturing
7 65 (2.66%) Telecoms
8 64 (2.61%) Law
9 57 (2.33%) Retail
10 56 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 52 (2.12%) Banking
12 36 (1.47%) Legal
13 35 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
14 34 (1.39%) Automotive
15 28 (1.14%) Advertising
16 18 (0.74%) Games
17 16 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (0.53%) Electronics
19 12 (0.49%) Financial Institution
19 12 (0.49%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.23%) CSS
2 18 (0.74%) .NET
3 15 (0.61%) LDAP
4 13 (0.53%) Web Services
4 13 (0.53%) XML
5 11 (0.45%) JSON
5 11 (0.45%) LAMP
6 8 (0.33%) .NET Framework
7 7 (0.29%) Kafka
8 6 (0.25%) JSON Schema
8 6 (0.25%) KML
8 6 (0.25%) Regular Expression
8 6 (0.25%) Software Packaging
8 6 (0.25%) XML Schema
8 6 (0.25%) YAML
9 5 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.20%) Middleware
9 5 (0.20%) Node.js
10 4 (0.16%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.16%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 283 (11.56%) Data Centre
2 100 (4.08%) Public Cloud
3 95 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
4 84 (3.43%) Driving Licence
5 60 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 54 (2.21%) Management Information System
6 54 (2.21%) PKI
7 41 (1.67%) Replication
8 35 (1.43%) Private Cloud
9 30 (1.23%) IoT
10 29 (1.18%) Clustering
11 23 (0.94%) Cloud Native
12 22 (0.90%) CCTV
13 20 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (0.78%) EMC VNX
15 17 (0.69%) Client/Server
15 17 (0.69%) Enterprise Storage
16 14 (0.57%) Fat Client
16 14 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
16 14 (0.57%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,096 (44.77%) Windows
2 611 (24.96%) Windows Server
3 553 (22.59%) Linux
4 154 (6.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 120 (4.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 120 (4.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 114 (4.66%) Windows 10
7 94 (3.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 61 (2.49%) Ubuntu
9 46 (1.88%) Unix
10 45 (1.84%) VMS
11 30 (1.23%) Apple iOS
12 28 (1.14%) Android
13 27 (1.10%) CentOS
13 27 (1.10%) Mac OS
14 26 (1.06%) Windows 7
15 17 (0.69%) Windows XP
16 16 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
17 13 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
18 10 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,362 (96.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 342 (13.97%) ITIL
3 311 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
4 230 (9.40%) DevOps
5 215 (8.78%) Cybersecurity
6 182 (7.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 176 (7.19%) Mentoring
8 147 (6.00%) Agile
9 140 (5.72%) Migration
10 124 (5.07%) Infrastructure as Code
11 113 (4.62%) Change Management
11 113 (4.62%) Coaching
12 99 (4.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 99 (4.04%) Roadmaps
12 99 (4.04%) Service Management
13 93 (3.80%) Customer Service
14 87 (3.55%) Project Management
15 86 (3.51%) Service Delivery
16 83 (3.39%) Collaborative Working
17 81 (3.31%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 414 (16.91%) PowerShell
2 161 (6.58%) Python
3 127 (5.19%) Bash
4 120 (4.90%) SQL
5 52 (2.12%) Java
6 24 (0.98%) Perl
7 20 (0.82%) Ruby
8 12 (0.49%) ActionScript
8 12 (0.49%) VB
9 11 (0.45%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.41%) Swift
11 9 (0.37%) Korn
12 8 (0.33%) Bicep
12 8 (0.33%) Go
13 6 (0.25%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.20%) C++
14 5 (0.20%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.16%) C#
16 3 (0.12%) Rust
16 3 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 366 (14.95%) Security Cleared
2 206 (8.42%) DV Cleared
3 192 (7.84%) Degree
4 187 (7.64%) SC Cleared
5 100 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
6 87 (3.55%) CCNA
7 63 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 51 (2.08%) Azure Certification
9 43 (1.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 37 (1.51%) MCSE
11 31 (1.27%) HNC
12 30 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 30 (1.23%) CCNP
13 25 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 20 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 17 (0.69%) A+ Certification
16 13 (0.53%) DBS Check
16 13 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (0.53%) MCP
16 13 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (3.88%) SLA
2 38 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (0.65%) GDPR
4 16 (0.65%) NIST
5 14 (0.57%) Data Quality
6 12 (0.49%) QA
7 10 (0.41%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.20%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.20%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.082%) PMO
12 1 (0.041%) NCSC
System Software
1 727 (29.70%) Active Directory
2 549 (22.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 361 (14.75%) Hyper-V
4 144 (5.88%) Docker
5 129 (5.27%) VMware ESXi
6 108 (4.41%) vSphere
7 87 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
8 31 (1.27%) XenApp
9 22 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
10 20 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
11 19 (0.78%) Firmware
12 17 (0.69%) NFS
12 17 (0.69%) XenDesktop
13 14 (0.57%) pfSense
14 12 (0.49%) OpenSSH
15 10 (0.41%) VMware NSX
16 9 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
16 9 (0.37%) VMware Server
17 7 (0.29%) KVM
17 7 (0.29%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 230 (9.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 214 (8.74%) Ansible
3 169 (6.90%) SCCM
4 167 (6.82%) Terraform
5 135 (5.51%) Kubernetes
6 107 (4.37%) vCenter Server
7 67 (2.74%) Puppet
8 62 (2.53%) WSUS
9 39 (1.59%) SCOM
10 38 (1.55%) EMC NetWorker
11 32 (1.31%) FortiGate
12 29 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 28 (1.14%) Nagios
14 26 (1.06%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 20 (0.82%) NetBackup
16 19 (0.78%) ZABBIX
17 16 (0.65%) Grafana
17 16 (0.65%) SCDPM
17 16 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
18 15 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 856 (34.97%) VMware
2 844 (34.48%) Microsoft
3 281 (11.48%) Cisco
4 198 (8.09%) Veeam
5 158 (6.45%) Citrix
6 111 (4.53%) Red Hat
7 108 (4.41%) HP
8 77 (3.15%) Dell
9 76 (3.10%) Oracle
10 69 (2.82%) Meraki
11 68 (2.78%) Aruba
12 55 (2.25%) NetApp
13 51 (2.08%) EMC
14 49 (2.00%) Palo Alto
15 44 (1.80%) Fortinet
15 44 (1.80%) SolarWinds
16 40 (1.63%) Google
17 39 (1.59%) IBM
18 34 (1.39%) Juniper
19 31 (1.27%) ServiceNow