Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the South East

Infrastructure Engineering
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 50 158
Rank change year-on-year -12 +108 -68
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 627 849 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.78% 5.63% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.45% 5.96% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 573 298 347
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,875 £47,915
Median % change year-on-year +0.25% +4.09% +6.48%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,075 14,250 18,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.77% 94.50% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,899 8,257 12,075
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the South East

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the South East

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the South East

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering 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 -10 227 £50,000 - 25
Hampshire +10 200 £47,500 -4.52% 32
Berkshire +5 102 £52,550 -4.45% 13
Surrey +7 100 £55,000 - 7
Oxfordshire +25 64 £45,000 +5.88% 8
Buckinghamshire -36 61 £42,500 -20.93% 4
Kent -27 47 £38,500 -9.41% 15
West Sussex -7 33 £55,000 +10.55% 5
East Sussex -31 30 £51,250 +13.89% 4
Sussex - 7 £65,000 -
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.39%) IIS
4 4 (0.64%) WordPress
5 1 (0.16%) Apache
5 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.32%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.16%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 228 (36.36%) Azure
2 196 (31.26%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (11.00%) AWS
4 33 (5.26%) Entra ID
5 32 (5.10%) IaaS
6 22 (3.51%) OneDrive
7 18 (2.87%) Nutanix
7 18 (2.87%) SaaS
8 14 (2.23%) Amazon S3
9 13 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
9 13 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (2.07%) OCI
10 12 (1.91%) PaaS
10 12 (1.91%) Serverless
11 11 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (1.75%) CloudFront
11 11 (1.75%) Route 53
11 11 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 10 (1.59%) GitHub
13 7 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 136 (21.69%) Firewall
2 100 (15.95%) DNS
3 66 (10.53%) WAN
4 61 (9.73%) LAN
5 55 (8.77%) DHCP
6 52 (8.29%) SAN
7 48 (7.66%) VPN
8 35 (5.58%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (4.78%) TCP/IP
10 27 (4.31%) Wireless
11 19 (3.03%) SD-WAN
12 18 (2.87%) BGP
13 16 (2.55%) MPLS
14 15 (2.39%) Internet
14 15 (2.39%) NAS
15 13 (2.07%) 5G
16 12 (1.91%) FTP
16 12 (1.91%) VLAN
17 11 (1.75%) iSCSI
18 10 (1.59%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (1.91%) MySQL
3 7 (1.12%) Power BI
4 3 (0.48%) RDBMS
4 3 (0.48%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.32%) DB2
5 2 (0.32%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.16%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 16 (2.55%) JIRA
2 15 (2.39%) Git
3 13 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.59%) Trac
5 5 (0.80%) Subversion
6 2 (0.32%) GitLab
7 1 (0.16%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.16%) Mercurial
General
1 112 (17.86%) Social Skills
2 43 (6.86%) Finance
3 29 (4.63%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
4 17 (2.71%) Telecoms
5 14 (2.23%) Retail
6 12 (1.91%) Advertising
7 10 (1.59%) Games
8 8 (1.28%) Public Sector
9 5 (0.80%) Aerospace
9 5 (0.80%) Financial Institution
9 5 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.64%) Law
11 3 (0.48%) Legal
12 2 (0.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.32%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.16%) Electronics
13 1 (0.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 473 (75.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 100 (15.95%) Senior
3 89 (14.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 75 (11.96%) Support Engineer
5 72 (11.48%) Infrastructure Support
6 58 (9.25%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 57 (9.09%) Network Engineer
8 55 (8.77%) IT Engineer
9 53 (8.45%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 40 (6.38%) IT Support
11 37 (5.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 35 (5.58%) Systems Engineer
13 30 (4.78%) IT Support Engineer
14 27 (4.31%) Integration Engineer
14 27 (4.31%) VMware Engineer
14 27 (4.31%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (4.15%) AWS Engineer
15 26 (4.15%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (4.15%) Cloud Engineer
16 24 (3.83%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.59%) Web Services
2 9 (1.44%) OLE
3 5 (0.80%) JSON
4 4 (0.64%) .NET
4 4 (0.64%) LAMP
5 2 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.32%) YAML
6 1 (0.16%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.16%) Flash
6 1 (0.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (13.08%) Data Centre
2 44 (7.02%) Driving Licence
3 20 (3.19%) Management Information System
4 19 (3.03%) IoT
5 18 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.39%) PKI
7 11 (1.75%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.59%) Replication
9 9 (1.44%) Clustering
10 8 (1.28%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.12%) Cyber Security Posture
11 7 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.12%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.80%) PMI
13 4 (0.64%) EMC VNX
13 4 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.48%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.48%) Low-Code
15 2 (0.32%) Security Operations Centre
15 2 (0.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 358 (57.10%) Windows
2 190 (30.30%) Windows Server
3 133 (21.21%) Linux
4 76 (12.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 64 (10.21%) Windows 10
6 54 (8.61%) Windows Server 2019
7 52 (8.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 27 (4.31%) Ubuntu
9 18 (2.87%) CentOS
10 17 (2.71%) Windows 7
11 14 (2.23%) Android
11 14 (2.23%) Apple iOS
11 14 (2.23%) Windows NT
12 12 (1.91%) Windows XP
13 8 (1.28%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 6 (0.96%) VMS
16 3 (0.48%) Rocky
17 1 (0.16%) AIX
17 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (16.27%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (13.88%) ITIL
3 65 (10.37%) DevOps
4 49 (7.81%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (7.66%) Customer Service
6 43 (6.86%) Disaster Recovery
7 38 (6.06%) Storage Management
8 36 (5.74%) Decision-Making
9 28 (4.47%) Change Management
9 28 (4.47%) Infrastructure as Code
10 27 (4.31%) Technical Leadership
11 26 (4.15%) Problem Management
11 26 (4.15%) Service Delivery
12 25 (3.99%) Project Management
12 25 (3.99%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 23 (3.67%) Computer Science
14 22 (3.51%) Agile
14 22 (3.51%) Service Management
15 21 (3.35%) Capacity Planning
15 21 (3.35%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 152 (24.24%) PowerShell
2 41 (6.54%) Python
3 30 (4.78%) Bash
4 21 (3.35%) SQL
5 15 (2.39%) Perl
6 9 (1.44%) ActionScript
6 9 (1.44%) VB
7 4 (0.64%) C#
7 4 (0.64%) C++
7 4 (0.64%) T-SQL
8 3 (0.48%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.48%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.16%) C
9 1 (0.16%) Java
9 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 171 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 124 (19.78%) SC Cleared
3 93 (14.83%) DV Cleared
4 83 (13.24%) Degree
5 28 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (4.31%) CCNA
7 20 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (2.07%) CCNP
9 12 (1.91%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 11 (1.75%) HNC
10 11 (1.75%) MCP
11 10 (1.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 7 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (0.80%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.64%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.48%) MCSE
16 2 (0.32%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.26%) SLA
2 15 (2.39%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.59%) GDPR
4 7 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.48%) QA
7 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 220 (35.09%) Active Directory
2 130 (20.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (11.96%) Hyper-V
4 44 (7.02%) VMware ESXi
4 44 (7.02%) vSphere
5 38 (6.06%) Docker
6 37 (5.90%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (3.51%) Firmware
8 13 (2.07%) XenApp
9 10 (1.59%) NFS
9 10 (1.59%) pfSense
10 9 (1.44%) OpenSSH
11 6 (0.96%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.48%) KVM
12 3 (0.48%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.32%) QEMU
13 2 (0.32%) Xen
14 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 59 (9.41%) SCCM
2 50 (7.97%) vCenter Server
3 42 (6.70%) WSUS
4 38 (6.06%) Kubernetes
5 29 (4.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (3.99%) Terraform
7 20 (3.19%) EMC NetWorker
7 20 (3.19%) SCOM
8 19 (3.03%) Ansible
8 19 (3.03%) FortiGate
9 16 (2.55%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 16 (2.55%) SCDPM
10 14 (2.23%) Sysprep
11 12 (1.91%) Grafana
11 12 (1.91%) NetBackup
12 10 (1.59%) ZABBIX
13 9 (1.44%) IBM BigFix
13 9 (1.44%) PowerCLI
14 8 (1.28%) Nagios
15 7 (1.12%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 234 (37.32%) VMware
2 215 (34.29%) Microsoft
3 79 (12.60%) Cisco
4 49 (7.81%) Veeam
5 38 (6.06%) Juniper
6 37 (5.90%) Palo Alto
7 34 (5.42%) Aruba
7 34 (5.42%) HP
8 27 (4.31%) Citrix
9 26 (4.15%) Dell
10 24 (3.83%) Fortinet
11 22 (3.51%) EMC
11 22 (3.51%) Red Hat
12 18 (2.87%) Extreme Networks
13 17 (2.71%) 3PAR
13 17 (2.71%) Oracle
14 13 (2.07%) IBM
15 12 (1.91%) Symantec
16 11 (1.75%) McAfee
17 10 (1.59%) Draytek