The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Infrastructure Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Support Engineer
Rank 749 787 797
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +10
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support Engineer 109 109 74
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.101% 0.090% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.107% 0.095% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 106 104 63
Average salary £32,750 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.42% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,750 £29,000 £27,600
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,250 £35,000 £32,250
% change year-on-year
-13.57% +8.52%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Infrastructure Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support Engineer within the UK.

Infrastructure Support Engineer Salary Trend

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support Engineer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Infrastructure Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +32 104 £33,000 -5.71%
South East +5 32 £30,000 -20.00%
London +27 23 £50,000 +33.33%
Yorkshire -2 19 £27,500 +22.22%
West Yorkshire - 17 £26,000 -
East of England +7 11 £33,500 -4.28%
South West +14 10 £37,500 +7.14%
Wakefield - 9 £26,000 -
Leeds - 8 £30,373 -
Oxfordshire - 8 £27,500 -
West Sussex - 7 £30,000 -
Cambridgeshire +4 6 £35,000 -17.64%
Surrey +2 6 £37,500 -6.25%
Cambridge - 6 £35,000 -
Bristol - 6 £37,500 -
City of London +12 5 £40,308 -12.84%
East Midlands +3 4 £30,750 +11.81%
Buckinghamshire -7 4 £46,500 +43.07%
Milton Keynes -12 4 £46,500 +43.07%
Oxford - 4 £27,500 -
Dorset - 4 £24,000 -
Hampshire +3 3 £40,000 +14.28%
North West -16 3 £26,500 -18.46%
Manchester -21 3 £26,500 -18.46%
Crawley - 3 £30,000 -
Egham - 3 £37,500 -
Hertfordshire - 3 £32,500 -
South Wales - 3 £21,500 -
Wales - 3 £21,500 -
Derby +9 2 £33,500 +21.81%

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Infrastructure Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Support Engineer in their job title.

1 141 (70.50%) Windows
2 134 (67.00%) VMware
3 132 (66.00%) Active Directory
4 101 (50.50%) Microsoft
5 92 (46.00%) MS Exchange
6 80 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 76 (38.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 66 (33.00%) SAN
9 63 (31.50%) Cisco
10 61 (30.50%) Citrix
11 57 (28.50%) SQL Server
12 56 (28.00%) Firewall
12 56 (28.00%) Exchange Server 2010
13 54 (27.00%) Windows Server 2003
14 44 (22.00%) DNS
15 42 (21.00%) WAN
16 40 (20.00%) MS Excel
16 40 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
17 39 (19.50%) LAN
18 38 (19.00%) ITIL
19 35 (17.50%) PowerShell
19 35 (17.50%) Finance
20 32 (16.00%) SQL Server 2005
21 31 (15.50%) SQL Server 2008
22 30 (15.00%) MCSE
23 29 (14.50%) IIS
23 29 (14.50%) SQL
24 28 (14.00%) Windows XP
24 28 (14.00%) DHCP
24 28 (14.00%) VPN

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Infrastructure Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.500%) LAMP
2 2 (1.000%) COM
3 1 (0.500%) Web Services
3 1 (0.500%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 92 (46.00%) MS Exchange
2 56 (28.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 29 (14.50%) IIS
4 26 (13.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 25 (12.50%) SharePoint
6 24 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 15 (7.500%) Lync
8 8 (4.000%) Apache
9 6 (3.000%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (1.500%) BizTalk Server
11 2 (1.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (1.000%) Office Communications Server
12 1 (0.500%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.500%) SAS
Applications
1 40 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 20 (10.00%) MS Office
3 3 (1.500%) Office 365
3 3 (1.500%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.000%) Google Apps
5 1 (0.500%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.500%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (3.000%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.500%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 66 (33.00%) SAN
2 56 (28.00%) Firewall
3 44 (22.00%) DNS
4 42 (21.00%) WAN
5 39 (19.50%) LAN
6 28 (14.00%) DHCP
6 28 (14.00%) VPN
7 25 (12.50%) VoIP
8 24 (12.00%) TCP/IP
9 11 (5.500%) Internet
9 11 (5.500%) NAS
10 8 (4.000%) Fibre Channel
10 8 (4.000%) VLAN
11 7 (3.500%) Wireless
11 7 (3.500%) iSCSI
12 6 (3.000%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (3.000%) SSL
12 6 (3.000%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (3.000%) LDAP
13 4 (2.000%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (28.50%) SQL Server
2 32 (16.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 31 (15.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (4.000%) SQL Server 2012
5 5 (2.500%) MySQL
6 4 (2.000%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 3 (1.500%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.500%) InstallShield
General
1 35 (17.50%) Finance
2 13 (6.500%) Telecoms
3 8 (4.000%) Legal
3 8 (4.000%) Banking
4 6 (3.000%) Back Office
5 4 (2.000%) Retail
5 4 (2.000%) Advertising
6 3 (1.500%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.500%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.000%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.500%) Automotive
8 1 (0.500%) Law
8 1 (0.500%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.500%) Private Banking
8 1 (0.500%) Publishing
8 1 (0.500%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.00%) Blackberry
2 8 (4.000%) Clustering
3 4 (2.000%) Thin Client
3 4 (2.000%) Fat Client
4 3 (1.500%) iPhone
4 3 (1.500%) Open Source
4 3 (1.500%) SaaS
4 3 (1.500%) EqualLogic
4 3 (1.500%) iPad
4 3 (1.500%) EPoS
4 3 (1.500%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.000%) CCTV
5 2 (1.000%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.500%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.500%) CESG
6 1 (0.500%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 141 (70.50%) Windows
2 76 (38.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 54 (27.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 28 (14.00%) Windows XP
5 26 (13.00%) Windows 7
6 20 (10.00%) Linux
7 10 (5.000%) UNIX
8 9 (4.500%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (3.500%) Windows 8
10 6 (3.000%) Windows 2000 Server
11 5 (2.500%) Windows Vista
12 4 (2.000%) Mac OS
12 4 (2.000%) Solaris
13 3 (1.500%) Windows 2000
14 2 (1.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (1.000%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.500%) SUSE
15 1 (0.500%) Debian
15 1 (0.500%) CentOS
15 1 (0.500%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (19.00%) ITIL
2 10 (5.000%) CRM
3 8 (4.000%) Service Delivery
4 7 (3.500%) Change Management
5 6 (3.000%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (3.000%) Migration
6 4 (2.000%) Security Management
6 4 (2.000%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (1.500%) Data Protection
7 3 (1.500%) Network Design
7 3 (1.500%) Network Load Balancing
7 3 (1.500%) Investment Management
7 3 (1.500%) Project Management
8 2 (1.000%) Service Management
8 2 (1.000%) BCP
8 2 (1.000%) PRINCE2
8 2 (1.000%) Performance Management
8 2 (1.000%) Load Balancing
8 2 (1.000%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (1.000%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.50%) PowerShell
2 29 (14.50%) SQL
3 24 (12.00%) VBScript
4 18 (9.000%) VB
5 2 (1.000%) PHP
5 2 (1.000%) C
6 1 (0.500%) C++
6 1 (0.500%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (15.00%) MCSE
3 24 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (9.500%) CCNP
4 19 (9.500%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 18 (9.000%) CCNA
5 18 (9.000%) MCP
5 18 (9.000%) Degree
6 13 (6.500%) MCSA
7 12 (6.000%) MCITP
8 10 (5.000%) CCA
8 10 (5.000%) Citrix Certification
9 6 (3.000%) Security Cleared
10 4 (2.000%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (2.000%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.500%) CCEA
11 3 (1.500%) HP AIS
11 3 (1.500%) HP ASE
11 3 (1.500%) VCP4
12 2 (1.000%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.000%) SLA
2 1 (0.500%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.500%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (0.500%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 132 (66.00%) Active Directory
2 80 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (13.00%) vSphere
4 22 (11.00%) Hyper-V
5 14 (7.000%) XenApp
6 11 (5.500%) Terminal Services
7 9 (4.500%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (4.000%) VMware ESX
8 8 (4.000%) NFS
8 8 (4.000%) XenDesktop
9 6 (3.000%) ISA Server
10 5 (2.500%) Terminal Server
11 4 (2.000%) XenServer
12 3 (1.500%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (1.500%) Xen
13 2 (1.000%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (1.000%) VMware Server
13 2 (1.000%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (1.000%) UAG
14 1 (0.500%) Samba
Systems Management
1 19 (9.500%) SCCM
2 13 (6.500%) SCOM
3 10 (5.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 6 (3.000%) Backup Exec
5 4 (2.000%) Norton AntiVirus
5 4 (2.000%) SCVMM
5 4 (2.000%) WSUS
6 3 (1.500%) Windows Intune
6 3 (1.500%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (1.000%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (1.000%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.000%) WMI
7 2 (1.000%) MOM
7 2 (1.000%) AppDNA
8 1 (0.500%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.500%) OpenView
8 1 (0.500%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.500%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.500%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.500%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 134 (67.00%) VMware
2 101 (50.50%) Microsoft
3 63 (31.50%) Cisco
4 61 (30.50%) Citrix
5 25 (12.50%) HP
6 19 (9.500%) NetApp
7 18 (9.000%) Symantec
8 11 (5.500%) Dell
9 7 (3.500%) Sophos
10 5 (2.500%) Red Hat
10 5 (2.500%) Juniper
11 4 (2.000%) Remedy
11 4 (2.000%) McAfee
11 4 (2.000%) WatchGuard
11 4 (2.000%) SolarWinds
12 3 (1.500%) Bloomberg
12 3 (1.500%) Apple
12 3 (1.500%) EMC
12 3 (1.500%) IBM
12 3 (1.500%) Fidessa
Bracknell, Thames Valley
We are looking for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer with specialist skills in MS Exchange 2010 to join an established support team covering the EMEA region for an international...
Salary: £30000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Experience in installation and configuration of Windows Server 2008R2. Experience of LAN and WAN technologies Experience of VM Ware or Hyper V... VCP, MCSE or MCITP - Or similar...
ninesharp
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Generous Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
South East London
The successful candidate should have a strong UNIX/Solaris background, alongside extensive Database knowledge. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting all aspects of the Network, Database...
Roc Search
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Training, Pension, 30 Days Holidays
Posted: 15 May 2013
Esher, Surrey
Systems Support Engineer - £37,000 - £39,000 per annum + plus benefits- Surrey A Systems Support Engineer is required by a growing Software as a Service (SAAS) organisation based...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £37000.00 - £39000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Alongside this you will hold a broad knowledge across infrastructure including networking (routing, switching and firewalls), storage (SAN, NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel), servers, virtualisation (particularly VMWare is highly...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 28-32k plus benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Infrastructure Support Engineer Windows Server, MS Exchange, Networking, SQL £20k - £25k Southampton, Hampshire Infrastructure Support Engineer required by an established company based in Southampton with significant plans for...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Candidates must possess UK single-nationality and have resided in the UK for a minimum of 5 years in order to obtain the security clearance level needed for...
LEXSTRA
Salary: £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Egham, Surrey
Essential Skills - Windows Server 2003-2012 - AD, DNS, Group Policy, NLB, Failover Clustering, IIS, DHCP - Windows Hyper-V - SCVMM 2012, Failover Clustering, CSV`s, Live Migration - Windows Server...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £35000 to £40000 per annum - Pension, Health plan and Life Assurance
Posted: 17 May 2013