IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South West is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 267 303
Rank change year-on-year +12 +36 -29
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 36 7 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.39% 0.10% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.12% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 25 7 15
10th Percentile £35,500 £38,250 £33,888
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,875 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +11.84%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,625 £47,500
90th Percentile £54,500 £57,500 -
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% +4.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,899 6,043 7,816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.13% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 6,521 3,788 5,135
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,375
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Dorset - 11 £37,500 -
Gloucestershire - 9 £47,500 - 1
Somerset +10 7 £38,000 +38.18% 1
Bristol +1 4 £47,500 -7.32%
Devon - 3 £41,206 -
Cornwall - 1 £40,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £52,500 - 1
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 South West region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (94.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (47.22%) Microsoft
3 16 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 14 (38.89%) Windows
4 14 (38.89%) Azure
4 14 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (33.33%) Entra ID
6 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (27.78%) VMware
7 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 9 (25.00%) Windows Server
8 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (22.22%) Firewall
8 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
9 7 (19.44%) SharePoint
9 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
11 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (13.89%) Cisco
11 5 (13.89%) WAN
11 5 (13.89%) VPN
11 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
12 4 (11.11%) Degree
12 4 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (11.11%) Finance
12 4 (11.11%) ITIL
12 4 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
12 4 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
12 4 (11.11%) Migration

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 10 (27.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (19.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.78%) Confluence
3 1 (2.78%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 14 (38.89%) Azure
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 3 (8.33%) AWS
4 1 (2.78%) IaaS
4 1 (2.78%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.78%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.78%) Slack
4 1 (2.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) Firewall
2 5 (13.89%) VPN
2 5 (13.89%) WAN
3 3 (8.33%) LAN
4 2 (5.56%) DNS
4 2 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (5.56%) Network Security
4 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
4 2 (5.56%) VLAN
4 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (5.56%) Wireless
5 1 (2.78%) DHCP
5 1 (2.78%) RS-232
5 1 (2.78%) SAN
5 1 (2.78%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 8 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Finance
3 3 (8.33%) Legal
3 3 (8.33%) Military
4 2 (5.56%) Welsh Language
5 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (38.89%) Windows
2 9 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.56%) Linux
3 2 (5.56%) Windows 7
3 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.78%) AIX
4 1 (2.78%) Android
4 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.78%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (94.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
5 4 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (11.11%) ITIL
5 4 (11.11%) Migration
5 4 (11.11%) Project Delivery
6 3 (8.33%) Cloud Security
6 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.33%) Configuration Management
6 3 (8.33%) Customer Service
6 3 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (5.56%) Agile
7 2 (5.56%) Identity Management
7 2 (5.56%) Information Security
7 2 (5.56%) Network Design
7 2 (5.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) Degree
4 2 (5.56%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.78%) CCNP
5 1 (2.78%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.78%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.78%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) HNC
5 1 (2.78%) HND
5 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.33%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.56%) vSphere
4 1 (2.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (5.56%) SCCM
3 2 (5.56%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.78%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (47.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.78%) VMware
3 5 (13.89%) Cisco
4 2 (5.56%) Meraki
5 1 (2.78%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.78%) Citrix
5 1 (2.78%) Commvault
5 1 (2.78%) Hitachi
5 1 (2.78%) IBM
5 1 (2.78%) NetApp
5 1 (2.78%) Okta
5 1 (2.78%) OneLogin
5 1 (2.78%) Thales