Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 201 208
Rank change year-on-year +97 +7 -76
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 1,921 1,030 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.71% 1.71% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.85% 1.92% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,589 792 1,107
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £40,000 £36,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,523
90th Percentile £65,000 £61,950 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,306 53,672 68,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.22% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,632 30,597 42,434
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
North of England +111 484 £45,000 - 35
South East +80 472 £50,000 +11.11% 66
South West +83 377 £50,000 +5.26% 50
Midlands +69 317 £45,000 -5.26% 49
North West +78 256 £45,000 -4.26% 22
East Midlands +66 162 £45,000 -10.00% 21
East of England +65 159 £45,000 -8.16% 27
West Midlands +52 155 £45,000 -5.26% 28
Yorkshire +85 151 £44,274 -1.61% 10
North East +41 75 £44,274 +2.37% 5
Scotland -36 66 £47,500 +5.56% 17
Wales +47 41 £41,067 +2.67% 4
Northern Ireland +15 8 £60,000 +33.33% 2
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1,858 (96.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 894 (46.54%) Windows
3 768 (39.98%) Azure
4 711 (37.01%) VMware
5 678 (35.29%) Microsoft
6 591 (30.77%) Active Directory
7 564 (29.36%) Microsoft 365
8 508 (26.44%) Windows Server
9 457 (23.79%) VMware Infrastructure
10 426 (22.18%) Linux
11 377 (19.63%) Firewall
12 348 (18.12%) Social Skills
13 325 (16.92%) DNS
13 325 (16.92%) Hyper-V
14 321 (16.71%) PowerShell
15 317 (16.50%) ITIL
16 297 (15.46%) Security Cleared
17 287 (14.94%) AWS
18 261 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
19 235 (12.23%) Data Centre
20 234 (12.18%) DHCP
20 234 (12.18%) Cisco
21 232 (12.08%) Microsoft Exchange
22 230 (11.97%) WAN
23 194 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
24 183 (9.53%) LAN
25 177 (9.21%) SAN
26 174 (9.06%) DevOps
27 170 (8.85%) Finance
28 167 (8.69%) Ansible

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 232 (12.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 161 (8.38%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.98%) IIS
4 9 (0.47%) CMS
5 7 (0.36%) Apache
6 5 (0.26%) Confluence
6 5 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.21%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.21%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.21%) WordPress
8 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.052%) JBoss
9 1 (0.052%) Moodle
9 1 (0.052%) nginx
9 1 (0.052%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.052%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.052%) WebSphere
Applications
1 57 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.36%) AutoCAD
2 7 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.10%) CATIA
4 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
4 2 (0.10%) Trello
5 1 (0.052%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 768 (39.98%) Azure
2 564 (29.36%) Microsoft 365
3 287 (14.94%) AWS
4 162 (8.43%) Entra ID
5 104 (5.41%) IaaS
6 103 (5.36%) SaaS
7 51 (2.65%) PaaS
8 47 (2.45%) OneDrive
9 42 (2.19%) OpenShift
10 41 (2.13%) GCP
11 35 (1.82%) Nutanix
12 33 (1.72%) Power Platform
13 26 (1.35%) Amazon S3
14 24 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
15 23 (1.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 21 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
16 21 (1.09%) GitHub
17 20 (1.04%) Serverless
18 18 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
19 15 (0.78%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 377 (19.63%) Firewall
2 325 (16.92%) DNS
3 234 (12.18%) DHCP
4 230 (11.97%) WAN
5 183 (9.53%) LAN
6 177 (9.21%) SAN
7 129 (6.72%) VPN
8 112 (5.83%) TCP/IP
9 88 (4.58%) Wi-Fi
10 77 (4.01%) VLAN
11 71 (3.70%) SD-WAN
12 65 (3.38%) Wireless
13 55 (2.86%) HTTP
14 49 (2.55%) NAS
14 49 (2.55%) VoIP
15 38 (1.98%) WLAN
16 35 (1.82%) MPLS
17 29 (1.51%) Network Security
18 28 (1.46%) BGP
19 26 (1.35%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (5.52%) SQL Server
2 32 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
3 31 (1.61%) MySQL
4 17 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (0.68%) Big Data
6 9 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.26%) Power BI
8 4 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
8 4 (0.21%) DB2
8 4 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.21%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.21%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.10%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.052%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.052%) MS Access
10 1 (0.052%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.052%) Redis
10 1 (0.052%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 39 (2.03%) GitLab
2 30 (1.56%) Git
3 28 (1.46%) JIRA
4 21 (1.09%) Artifactory
5 19 (0.99%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.52%) Trac
7 7 (0.36%) MSI
8 3 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.052%) Chocolatey
10 1 (0.052%) TeamCity
General
1 348 (18.12%) Social Skills
2 170 (8.85%) Finance
3 109 (5.67%) Public Sector
4 68 (3.54%) Aerospace
5 60 (3.12%) Manufacturing
6 59 (3.07%) Analytical Skills
7 53 (2.76%) Law
8 39 (2.03%) Telecoms
9 38 (1.98%) Retail
10 34 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 30 (1.56%) Automotive
12 28 (1.46%) Legal
13 26 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
14 23 (1.20%) Advertising
15 16 (0.83%) Banking
16 15 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (0.57%) Games
18 8 (0.42%) Military
19 6 (0.31%) Electronics
19 6 (0.31%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.09%) CSS
2 13 (0.68%) XML
3 12 (0.62%) .NET
3 12 (0.62%) Web Services
4 10 (0.52%) JSON
5 7 (0.36%) LDAP
6 6 (0.31%) .NET Framework
6 6 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.31%) JSON Schema
6 6 (0.31%) KML
6 6 (0.31%) LAMP
6 6 (0.31%) Regular Expression
6 6 (0.31%) Software Packaging
6 6 (0.31%) XML Schema
7 5 (0.26%) YAML
8 4 (0.21%) EJB
8 4 (0.21%) Middleware
9 3 (0.16%) AWS CDK
9 3 (0.16%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.10%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 235 (12.23%) Data Centre
2 94 (4.89%) Public Cloud
3 79 (4.11%) Driving Licence
4 65 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
5 53 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 41 (2.13%) PKI
7 37 (1.93%) Management Information System
8 33 (1.72%) Replication
9 31 (1.61%) Private Cloud
10 24 (1.25%) Clustering
10 24 (1.25%) IoT
11 17 (0.88%) EMC VNX
12 16 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
13 14 (0.73%) CMDB
14 13 (0.68%) CCTV
14 13 (0.68%) Cyber Defence
15 12 (0.62%) Operational Technology
16 11 (0.57%) Cloud Native
17 10 (0.52%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 894 (46.54%) Windows
2 508 (26.44%) Windows Server
3 426 (22.18%) Linux
4 134 (6.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 106 (5.52%) Windows Server 2019
6 100 (5.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 85 (4.42%) Windows 10
8 76 (3.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 37 (1.93%) Ubuntu
9 37 (1.93%) Unix
10 28 (1.46%) Android
10 28 (1.46%) Apple iOS
11 25 (1.30%) Windows 7
12 24 (1.25%) CentOS
13 21 (1.09%) VMS
14 18 (0.94%) Mac OS
15 16 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
15 16 (0.83%) Windows XP
16 14 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
17 9 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,858 (96.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 317 (16.50%) ITIL
3 261 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
4 194 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
5 174 (9.06%) DevOps
6 166 (8.64%) Mentoring
7 156 (8.12%) Disaster Recovery
8 112 (5.83%) Coaching
9 111 (5.78%) Migration
10 101 (5.26%) Agile
11 100 (5.21%) Change Management
12 97 (5.05%) Infrastructure as Code
13 90 (4.69%) Customer Service
13 90 (4.69%) Roadmaps
14 87 (4.53%) Service Management
15 85 (4.42%) Continuous Improvement
16 77 (4.01%) Service Delivery
17 73 (3.80%) Project Management
18 70 (3.64%) Proactive Monitoring
18 70 (3.64%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 321 (16.71%) PowerShell
2 116 (6.04%) Python
3 105 (5.47%) Bash
4 81 (4.22%) SQL
5 39 (2.03%) Java
6 13 (0.68%) Perl
7 10 (0.52%) Swift
8 9 (0.47%) ActionScript
8 9 (0.47%) VB
9 8 (0.42%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.36%) Bicep
11 3 (0.16%) C
11 3 (0.16%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.16%) Ruby
11 3 (0.16%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.10%) AWK
12 2 (0.10%) C#
12 2 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.052%) C++
13 1 (0.052%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 297 (15.46%) Security Cleared
2 162 (8.43%) SC Cleared
3 159 (8.28%) Degree
4 155 (8.07%) DV Cleared
5 88 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
6 83 (4.32%) CCNA
7 49 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (1.98%) Azure Certification
9 36 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (1.67%) MCSE
11 26 (1.35%) HNC
12 25 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 23 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 20 (1.04%) CCNP
15 17 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 14 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
17 13 (0.68%) A+ Certification
18 12 (0.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
19 9 (0.47%) MCP
19 9 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (3.49%) SLA
2 28 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (0.73%) GDPR
4 14 (0.73%) NIST
5 13 (0.68%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.52%) QA
7 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.26%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.16%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.10%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.052%) NCSC
System Software
1 591 (30.77%) Active Directory
2 457 (23.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 325 (16.92%) Hyper-V
4 116 (6.04%) Docker
5 108 (5.62%) VMware ESXi
6 83 (4.32%) Virtual Machines
7 77 (4.01%) vSphere
8 21 (1.09%) XenApp
9 18 (0.94%) Firmware
10 16 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
10 16 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
11 14 (0.73%) NFS
12 12 (0.62%) pfSense
13 11 (0.57%) XenDesktop
14 10 (0.52%) VMware Server
15 9 (0.47%) OpenSSH
16 8 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
16 8 (0.42%) VMware NSX
17 6 (0.31%) KVM
18 5 (0.26%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 167 (8.69%) Ansible
2 161 (8.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 137 (7.13%) SCCM
4 110 (5.73%) Kubernetes
5 101 (5.26%) Terraform
6 86 (4.48%) vCenter Server
7 60 (3.12%) WSUS
8 43 (2.24%) Puppet
9 39 (2.03%) SCOM
10 36 (1.87%) EMC NetWorker
11 27 (1.41%) FortiGate
12 26 (1.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 26 (1.35%) Nagios
13 18 (0.94%) ZABBIX
14 16 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 16 (0.83%) Grafana
14 16 (0.83%) NetBackup
14 16 (0.83%) SCDPM
15 14 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
15 14 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 711 (37.01%) VMware
2 678 (35.29%) Microsoft
3 234 (12.18%) Cisco
4 164 (8.54%) Veeam
5 127 (6.61%) Citrix
6 98 (5.10%) HP
7 90 (4.69%) Red Hat
8 65 (3.38%) Dell
9 62 (3.23%) Aruba
9 62 (3.23%) Meraki
10 55 (2.86%) Oracle
11 49 (2.55%) EMC
12 44 (2.29%) NetApp
13 41 (2.13%) Fortinet
14 37 (1.93%) IBM
14 37 (1.93%) SolarWinds
15 32 (1.67%) Juniper
16 31 (1.61%) Google
17 30 (1.56%) Palo Alto
18 29 (1.51%) Sophos