Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Kent

Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Kent is £37,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 61 88
Rank change year-on-year -2 +27 -62
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 38 41 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 2.57% 3.58% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.76% 4.19% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 38 35 28
10th Percentile £29,750 £39,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,750 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -5.56% +18.42%
75th Percentile £47,500 £46,000 £47,813
90th Percentile £57,875 £53,450 £48,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,375 979 1,228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 85.58% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 547 731
10th Percentile £25,075 £26,900 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,938 £33,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,075 £63,125
90th Percentile £68,750 £73,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Kent

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Kent

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Kent over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Kent

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Chatham +15 15 £35,000 -47.53%
Dartford - 12 £34,000 - 4
Maidstone +8 4 £57,500 +38.55%
Gravesend - 3 £55,000 - 3
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 across the Kent region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (57.89%) Windows
3 17 (44.74%) Azure
4 15 (39.47%) Active Directory
4 15 (39.47%) VMware
5 14 (36.84%) Android
5 14 (36.84%) Apple iOS
5 14 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (26.32%) AWS
6 10 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
7 8 (21.05%) Windows Server
8 7 (18.42%) SharePoint
8 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (18.42%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (18.42%) Windows 10
8 7 (18.42%) Entra ID
8 7 (18.42%) Security Posture
8 7 (18.42%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (15.79%) Darktrace
9 6 (15.79%) DHCP
9 6 (15.79%) DNS
10 5 (13.16%) Firewall
11 3 (7.89%) NEC
11 3 (7.89%) Telecoms
11 3 (7.89%) Data Management
11 3 (7.89%) Hyper-V
11 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
11 3 (7.89%) Degree

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (18.42%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (44.74%) Azure
2 14 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (26.32%) AWS
4 7 (18.42%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.89%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (7.89%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) DHCP
1 6 (15.79%) DNS
2 5 (13.16%) Firewall
3 3 (7.89%) 4G
3 3 (7.89%) 5G
3 3 (7.89%) MPLS
3 3 (7.89%) WAN
4 2 (5.26%) SNMP
4 2 (5.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.89%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Cyber Security Posture
1 7 (18.42%) Security Posture
1 7 (18.42%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.89%) Data Centre
2 3 (7.89%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.89%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (57.89%) Windows
2 14 (36.84%) Android
2 14 (36.84%) Apple iOS
3 8 (21.05%) Windows Server
4 7 (18.42%) Windows 10
5 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (7.89%) Computer Science
3 3 (7.89%) Converged Infrastructure
3 3 (7.89%) Data Management
4 2 (5.26%) DevOps
4 2 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (5.26%) Project Delivery
4 2 (5.26%) Security Operations
5 1 (2.63%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (7.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 15 (39.47%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.89%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) FortiGate
2 2 (5.26%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (5.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (39.47%) VMware
2 6 (15.79%) Darktrace
3 3 (7.89%) Cisco
3 3 (7.89%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (7.89%) Fortinet
3 3 (7.89%) HP
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.89%) NEC
4 2 (5.26%) SolarWinds
4 2 (5.26%) Veeam