Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 183 209
Rank change year-on-year +91 +26 -88
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 481 280 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.90% 1.86% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.09% 2.05% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 436 203 256
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,627 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,588 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £62,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,586 13,661 19,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.60% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,295 8,549 12,610
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Thames Valley +71 182 £50,000 - 16
Hampshire +34 129 £48,500 -3.00% 20
Surrey +66 87 £55,000 +5.77% 4
Berkshire +49 75 £52,550 -4.45% 5
Oxfordshire +46 55 £45,000 +5.88% 7
Buckinghamshire +4 52 £42,500 -15.00% 4
Kent -4 38 £37,000 -12.94% 12
West Sussex +38 26 £67,500 +68.75% 3
East Sussex +27 26 £55,000 +22.22% 3
Sussex - 6 £65,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 27 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 South East region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 473 (98.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 256 (53.22%) Windows
3 224 (46.57%) VMware
4 184 (38.25%) Azure
5 180 (37.42%) Active Directory
6 167 (34.72%) Microsoft
7 153 (31.81%) Microsoft 365
8 141 (29.31%) Windows Server
9 123 (25.57%) Linux
10 122 (25.36%) VMware Infrastructure
11 114 (23.70%) Firewall
12 107 (22.25%) PowerShell
13 104 (21.62%) Security Cleared
14 96 (19.96%) DNS
15 95 (19.75%) Social Skills
16 89 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
17 76 (15.80%) Data Centre
18 71 (14.76%) Degree
19 69 (14.35%) SC Cleared
20 67 (13.93%) ITIL
21 64 (13.31%) Windows Server 2016
22 63 (13.10%) Cisco
23 62 (12.89%) Hyper-V
24 59 (12.27%) AWS
25 57 (11.85%) DV Cleared
26 54 (11.23%) LAN
26 54 (11.23%) WAN
26 54 (11.23%) DevOps
27 51 (10.60%) DHCP
27 51 (10.60%) Windows 10

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 44 (9.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (5.20%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.12%) IIS
4 4 (0.83%) WordPress
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.42%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 184 (38.25%) Azure
2 153 (31.81%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (12.27%) AWS
4 31 (6.44%) IaaS
5 18 (3.74%) Entra ID
5 18 (3.74%) Nutanix
6 17 (3.53%) OneDrive
7 16 (3.33%) Amazon S3
8 15 (3.12%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (3.12%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (2.70%) CloudFront
9 13 (2.70%) OCI
9 13 (2.70%) Route 53
9 13 (2.70%) SaaS
9 13 (2.70%) Serverless
9 13 (2.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 10 (2.08%) GitHub
11 9 (1.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 8 (1.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (23.70%) Firewall
2 96 (19.96%) DNS
3 54 (11.23%) LAN
3 54 (11.23%) WAN
4 51 (10.60%) DHCP
5 47 (9.77%) VPN
6 46 (9.56%) SAN
7 35 (7.28%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (5.41%) Wireless
9 19 (3.95%) TCP/IP
10 13 (2.70%) 5G
11 12 (2.49%) BGP
11 12 (2.49%) MPLS
11 12 (2.49%) SD-WAN
11 12 (2.49%) VLAN
12 11 (2.29%) Internet
12 11 (2.29%) iSCSI
13 10 (2.08%) HTTP
13 10 (2.08%) SMTP
13 10 (2.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.61%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (2.49%) MySQL
4 2 (0.42%) DB2
4 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.21%) Power BI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 16 (3.33%) JIRA
2 13 (2.70%) Git
2 13 (2.70%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.08%) Trac
4 2 (0.42%) GitLab
5 1 (0.21%) Chocolatey
General
1 95 (19.75%) Social Skills
2 36 (7.48%) Finance
3 25 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (3.12%) Telecoms
6 11 (2.29%) Advertising
7 5 (1.04%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.04%) Games
7 5 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.04%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.04%) Retail
8 4 (0.83%) Law
9 3 (0.62%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.62%) Legal
10 2 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.21%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.08%) Web Services
2 4 (0.83%) LAMP
3 2 (0.42%) CSS
3 2 (0.42%) JSON
3 2 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.42%) YAML
4 1 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.21%) Flash
4 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (15.80%) Data Centre
2 38 (7.90%) Driving Licence
3 18 (3.74%) IoT
4 15 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.49%) PKI
6 11 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 9 (1.87%) Clustering
8 7 (1.46%) Cyber Security Posture
8 7 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.46%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.04%) Replication
10 4 (0.83%) EMC VNX
10 4 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.42%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (0.42%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.42%) Virtual Team
12 1 (0.21%) NHS
12 1 (0.21%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.21%) VAX
Operating Systems
1 256 (53.22%) Windows
2 141 (29.31%) Windows Server
3 123 (25.57%) Linux
4 64 (13.31%) Windows Server 2016
5 51 (10.60%) Windows 10
6 43 (8.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 40 (8.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 27 (5.61%) Ubuntu
9 18 (3.74%) CentOS
10 17 (3.53%) Windows 7
11 14 (2.91%) Android
11 14 (2.91%) Apple iOS
12 12 (2.49%) Windows XP
13 8 (1.66%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (1.25%) VMS
16 3 (0.62%) Rocky
16 3 (0.62%) Windows NT
17 1 (0.21%) Data ONTAP
17 1 (0.21%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (98.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 89 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (13.93%) ITIL
4 54 (11.23%) DevOps
5 43 (8.94%) Disaster Recovery
6 38 (7.90%) Storage Management
7 35 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (6.65%) Decision-Making
9 29 (6.03%) Customer Service
10 25 (5.20%) Infrastructure as Code
10 25 (5.20%) Problem Management
11 24 (4.99%) Project Management
11 24 (4.99%) Service Delivery
12 23 (4.78%) Change Management
13 22 (4.57%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (4.16%) Project Delivery
14 20 (4.16%) Server Management
14 20 (4.16%) Virtual Infrastructure
15 19 (3.95%) Computer Science
15 19 (3.95%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 107 (22.25%) PowerShell
2 40 (8.32%) Python
3 29 (6.03%) Bash
4 15 (3.12%) Perl
5 13 (2.70%) SQL
6 9 (1.87%) ActionScript
6 9 (1.87%) VB
7 3 (0.62%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 104 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 71 (14.76%) Degree
3 69 (14.35%) SC Cleared
4 57 (11.85%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.78%) CCNA
5 23 (4.78%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (2.91%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (2.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 12 (2.49%) CCNP
10 11 (2.29%) HNC
11 7 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (1.25%) MCP
13 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.62%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.62%) MCSE
15 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
15 1 (0.21%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.57%) SLA
2 15 (3.12%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.66%) GDPR
4 6 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.42%) QA
7 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 180 (37.42%) Active Directory
2 122 (25.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (12.89%) Hyper-V
4 44 (9.15%) VMware ESXi
5 43 (8.94%) vSphere
6 38 (7.90%) Docker
7 37 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (2.08%) NFS
8 10 (2.08%) pfSense
8 10 (2.08%) XenApp
9 9 (1.87%) OpenSSH
10 6 (1.25%) VMware Server
11 5 (1.04%) Firmware
12 3 (0.62%) KVM
13 2 (0.42%) QEMU
13 2 (0.42%) Xen
14 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (10.19%) vCenter Server
2 48 (9.98%) SCCM
3 38 (7.90%) Kubernetes
4 31 (6.44%) WSUS
5 24 (4.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (4.99%) Terraform
6 20 (4.16%) EMC NetWorker
6 20 (4.16%) SCOM
7 17 (3.53%) Ansible
8 16 (3.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 16 (3.33%) SCDPM
9 12 (2.49%) Grafana
9 12 (2.49%) NetBackup
10 10 (2.08%) ZABBIX
11 9 (1.87%) IBM BigFix
11 9 (1.87%) PowerCLI
12 8 (1.66%) FortiGate
12 8 (1.66%) Nagios
13 6 (1.25%) Nessus
14 5 (1.04%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 224 (46.57%) VMware
2 167 (34.72%) Microsoft
3 63 (13.10%) Cisco
4 44 (9.15%) Veeam
5 34 (7.07%) HP
6 33 (6.86%) Aruba
7 28 (5.82%) Juniper
8 27 (5.61%) Palo Alto
9 25 (5.20%) Dell
10 24 (4.99%) Citrix
11 22 (4.57%) EMC
11 22 (4.57%) Red Hat
12 19 (3.95%) Oracle
13 18 (3.74%) Extreme Networks
13 18 (3.74%) Fortinet
14 17 (3.53%) 3PAR
15 13 (2.70%) IBM
16 12 (2.49%) Symantec
17 11 (2.29%) McAfee
18 9 (1.87%) Meraki