Infrastructure Security Engineer Jobs in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 755 914 1125
Rank change year-on-year +159 +211 -283
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 74 12 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.085% 0.014% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.015% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 71 12 26
10th Percentile £35,000 £44,675 £41,250
25th Percentile £35,920 £54,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +14.29% +3.45%
75th Percentile £67,968 £90,938 £61,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £103,875 £66,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% +9.52% +3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England - 39 £36,128 - 1
North West - 18 £61,391 - 1
Midlands +6 16 £55,000 +15.79% 2
Yorkshire - 12 £36,128 -
East Midlands +4 11 £56,250 +18.42% 1
North East - 9 £62,783 -
London +119 8 £80,000 -11.11% 8
South East - 5 £45,000 - 5
West Midlands - 5 £45,000 - 1
East of England +11 4 £40,000 -11.11%
South West -16 2 £41,206 -31.32% 1
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Infrastructure Security 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 England region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 74 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (54.05%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (39.19%) Mentoring
3 29 (39.19%) Coaching
4 25 (33.78%) Microsoft
5 24 (32.43%) Azure
5 24 (32.43%) DevOps
6 23 (31.08%) Private Cloud
7 19 (25.68%) Finance
8 18 (24.32%) Entra ID
9 17 (22.97%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (21.62%) Active Directory
11 14 (18.92%) AWS
11 14 (18.92%) NIST
12 13 (17.57%) GitLab
12 13 (17.57%) Service Management
13 12 (16.22%) Identity Management
13 12 (16.22%) CA
13 12 (16.22%) CA Single Sign-On
13 12 (16.22%) ITIL
13 12 (16.22%) DNS
13 12 (16.22%) Security Architecture
13 12 (16.22%) PKI
13 12 (16.22%) Single Sign-On
13 12 (16.22%) Public Sector
13 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure as Code
13 12 (16.22%) Operational Stability
13 12 (16.22%) AWS KMS
13 12 (16.22%) Azure Key Vault
13 12 (16.22%) Key Management

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 24 (32.43%) Azure
2 18 (24.32%) Entra ID
3 14 (18.92%) AWS
4 12 (16.22%) AWS KMS
4 12 (16.22%) Azure Key Vault
5 4 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.70%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.35%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.22%) DNS
2 10 (13.51%) Firewall
3 2 (2.70%) BGP
3 2 (2.70%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (2.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (2.70%) Network Security
3 2 (2.70%) OSPF
3 2 (2.70%) Wireshark
4 1 (1.35%) SAN
4 1 (1.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (17.57%) GitLab
2 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (25.68%) Finance
2 12 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.41%) Banking
4 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.05%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.70%) Retail
5 2 (2.70%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.08%) Private Cloud
2 17 (22.97%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (16.22%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (16.22%) PKI
3 12 (16.22%) Public Cloud
4 10 (13.51%) Data Centre
5 7 (9.46%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (6.76%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (5.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.51%) Windows
2 8 (10.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (54.05%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (39.19%) Coaching
3 29 (39.19%) Mentoring
4 24 (32.43%) DevOps
5 13 (17.57%) Service Management
6 12 (16.22%) Identity Management
6 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (16.22%) ITIL
6 12 (16.22%) Key Management
6 12 (16.22%) Operational Stability
6 12 (16.22%) Privileged Identity Management
6 12 (16.22%) Secrets Management
6 12 (16.22%) Security Architecture
7 8 (10.81%) Security Operations
8 6 (8.11%) Roadmaps
9 5 (6.76%) Change Management
9 5 (6.76%) Network Architecture
9 5 (6.76%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (6.76%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.16%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.41%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.35%) Python
3 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.41%) Degree
2 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (18.92%) NIST
2 6 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.76%) SOC 2
4 4 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (16.22%) CA Single Sign-On
1 12 (16.22%) Single Sign-On
1 12 (16.22%) Terraform
2 4 (5.41%) vRealize
2 4 (5.41%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 2 (2.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.70%) SCCM
4 1 (1.35%) Ansible
4 1 (1.35%) Nessus
4 1 (1.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (33.78%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.22%) CA
2 12 (16.22%) CyberArk
2 12 (16.22%) ServiceNow
3 6 (8.11%) VMware
4 4 (5.41%) Veeam
5 3 (4.05%) Qualys
6 2 (2.70%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.35%) F5
7 1 (1.35%) Netskope
7 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto