IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in England is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 772 941
Rank change year-on-year +212 +169 -221
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 289 148 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 244 122 183
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% +4.71%
75th Percentile £50,000 £54,688 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,675 £63,625 £58,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% +4.71%

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 81,017 81,732 129,546
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,430 51,948 75,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in England

IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
Midlands +73 100 £40,000 -11.11% 9
North of England +80 68 £42,500 +3.03% 9
East Midlands +36 68 £40,000 -11.11% 7
South East +8 37 £50,000 +11.11% 3
South West +5 36 £45,000 -10.00% 3
West Midlands +21 32 £42,500 -5.56% 2
London +113 31 £55,000 +7.32% 10
Yorkshire +109 30 £42,500 -5.56% 4
North West +18 26 £46,500 +12.73% 4
East of England +13 15 £42,500 -15.00% 3
North East +3 10 £37,500 -6.25% 3
IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, IT 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 across the England region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 284 (98.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 170 (58.82%) Windows
3 142 (49.13%) Azure
4 131 (45.33%) Microsoft 365
5 129 (44.64%) Microsoft
6 123 (42.56%) Active Directory
7 120 (41.52%) VMware
8 112 (38.75%) Firewall
9 100 (34.60%) Windows Server
10 78 (26.99%) VMware Infrastructure
11 55 (19.03%) DNS
11 55 (19.03%) Microsoft Exchange
12 54 (18.69%) SharePoint
12 54 (18.69%) Hyper-V
13 52 (17.99%) Social Skills
14 51 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
15 48 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
16 46 (15.92%) DHCP
16 46 (15.92%) Wi-Fi
17 45 (15.57%) Linux
17 45 (15.57%) Windows Server 2016
18 44 (15.22%) Cisco
18 44 (15.22%) Disaster Recovery
19 43 (14.88%) Entra ID
20 42 (14.53%) ITIL
21 38 (13.15%) WAN
22 37 (12.80%) Migration
22 37 (12.80%) Microsoft Intune
23 36 (12.46%) PowerShell
24 33 (11.42%) Data Centre

IT Infrastructure 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 55 (19.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (18.69%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.46%) IIS
4 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.35%) Confluence
5 1 (0.35%) Moodle
Applications
1 28 (9.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 142 (49.13%) Azure
2 131 (45.33%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (14.88%) Entra ID
4 28 (9.69%) AWS
5 12 (4.15%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.77%) Mimecast
7 7 (2.42%) Nutanix
8 6 (2.08%) OCI
9 5 (1.73%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.38%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.04%) IaaS
12 2 (0.69%) OpenDNS
12 2 (0.69%) PaaS
12 2 (0.69%) SaaS
13 1 (0.35%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.35%) Slack
13 1 (0.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 112 (38.75%) Firewall
2 55 (19.03%) DNS
3 46 (15.92%) DHCP
3 46 (15.92%) Wi-Fi
4 38 (13.15%) WAN
5 32 (11.07%) SAN
6 29 (10.03%) TCP/IP
7 25 (8.65%) LAN
8 23 (7.96%) VLAN
9 22 (7.61%) VPN
10 18 (6.23%) SD-WAN
11 13 (4.50%) Network Security
12 11 (3.81%) VoIP
13 8 (2.77%) WLAN
14 7 (2.42%) BGP
15 5 (1.73%) OSPF
15 5 (1.73%) Wireless
16 4 (1.38%) MPLS
16 4 (1.38%) NAS
17 3 (1.04%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.61%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.46%) MySQL
3 5 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.35%) JIRA
General
1 52 (17.99%) Social Skills
2 23 (7.96%) Finance
3 16 (5.54%) Law
3 16 (5.54%) Telecoms
4 14 (4.84%) Automotive
5 12 (4.15%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.77%) Japanese Language
6 8 (2.77%) Legal
7 6 (2.08%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (1.73%) Banking
8 5 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.73%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.73%) Retail
9 3 (1.04%) Military
10 2 (0.69%) Electronics
10 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.69%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.69%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.69%) LAMP
1 2 (0.69%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.42%) Data Centre
2 11 (3.81%) CCTV
3 9 (3.11%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.42%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.08%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.73%) IoT
7 4 (1.38%) Clustering
7 4 (1.38%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.38%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.38%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.04%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.69%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.69%) PKI
9 2 (0.69%) Replication
10 1 (0.35%) FlexPod
10 1 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 170 (58.82%) Windows
2 100 (34.60%) Windows Server
3 45 (15.57%) Linux
3 45 (15.57%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (7.61%) Windows 10
5 21 (7.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (6.57%) Apple iOS
7 18 (6.23%) Android
8 17 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (3.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (2.77%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.38%) Windows 7
12 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.69%) Unix
13 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.35%) AIX
14 1 (0.35%) CentOS
14 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (98.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 51 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (15.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 42 (14.53%) ITIL
6 37 (12.80%) Migration
7 22 (7.61%) Project Management
8 20 (6.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (6.92%) Customer Service
9 18 (6.23%) Infrastructure Management
10 16 (5.54%) Project Delivery
11 15 (5.19%) Logistics
12 14 (4.84%) Service Management
12 14 (4.84%) Storage Management
13 13 (4.50%) Containerisation
14 11 (3.81%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 11 (3.81%) High Availability
14 11 (3.81%) Service Delivery
15 10 (3.46%) Mathematics
15 10 (3.46%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (12.46%) PowerShell
2 19 (6.57%) SQL
3 10 (3.46%) Swift
4 6 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (7.27%) Degree
2 11 (3.81%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (3.46%) CCNA
4 9 (3.11%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.73%) MCSE
7 5 (1.73%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.04%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.04%) MCP
10 2 (0.69%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.35%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.35%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.77%) SLA
2 3 (1.04%) GDPR
3 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 123 (42.56%) Active Directory
2 78 (26.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 54 (18.69%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.57%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.84%) Virtual Servers
6 13 (4.50%) vSphere
7 9 (3.11%) Docker
8 5 (1.73%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.04%) Firmware
9 3 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.69%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.69%) pfSense
10 2 (0.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 37 (12.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.19%) SCCM
3 10 (3.46%) WSUS
4 9 (3.11%) Ansible
5 6 (2.08%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 6 (2.08%) SCOM
5 6 (2.08%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.38%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.04%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.04%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.69%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.69%) NetCrunch
8 2 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.69%) vRealize
9 1 (0.35%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 129 (44.64%) Microsoft
2 120 (41.52%) VMware
3 44 (15.22%) Cisco
4 30 (10.38%) Veeam
5 25 (8.65%) Citrix
6 15 (5.19%) Meraki
7 13 (4.50%) HP
8 12 (4.15%) Oracle
9 10 (3.46%) Acronis
10 9 (3.11%) Dell
10 9 (3.11%) NetApp
10 9 (3.11%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.77%) Aruba
11 8 (2.77%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.08%) McAfee
13 5 (1.73%) Nasuni
13 5 (1.73%) Rapid7
14 4 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.38%) Cylance
14 4 (1.38%) Extreme Networks