Infrastructure Operations Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 857 974 1179
Rank change year-on-year +117 +205 -292
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Operations Engineer 51 24 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.023% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.025% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 36 21 15
10th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £36,649
25th Percentile £33,000 £46,250 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £44,623
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +6.45% -28.60%
75th Percentile £51,049 £57,500 £51,779
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £58,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £44,623
% change year-on-year -15.79% +6.45% -37.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Operations Engineer.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Operations Engineer over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Operations Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +147 39 £46,000 -3.16% 1
UK excluding London +49 39 £40,000 -15.79% 2
London +150 11 £51,196 -4.75%
Work from Home +99 11 £42,500 -10.53%
Midlands +22 11 £40,000 -15.79% 1
Scotland - 11 £33,000 - 1
South West -4 6 - -
East Midlands - 6 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands +34 5 £42,500 -10.53%
North of England +58 4 - -
South East +7 4 £55,000 -67.65%
North West - 4 - -
East of England - 3 £46,000 -

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Infrastructure Operations 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 featuring Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 51 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (60.78%) Active Directory
3 28 (54.90%) Microsoft
3 28 (54.90%) Azure
4 22 (43.14%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (41.18%) DNS
5 21 (41.18%) DHCP
6 19 (37.25%) ITIL
7 18 (35.29%) VMware
7 18 (35.29%) Entra ID
8 17 (33.33%) WAN
9 16 (31.37%) Windows
9 16 (31.37%) Veeam
10 13 (25.49%) LAN
10 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
11 12 (23.53%) Digital Strategy
11 12 (23.53%) Power Platform
11 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (23.53%) Driving Licence
11 12 (23.53%) IaaS
11 12 (23.53%) A+ Certification
11 12 (23.53%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (23.53%) ITSM
11 12 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (23.53%) PaaS
11 12 (23.53%) Physics
11 12 (23.53%) Ergonomics
11 12 (23.53%) Human Factors
11 12 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
12 11 (21.57%) Cisco

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (7.84%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (54.90%) Azure
2 22 (43.14%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (35.29%) Entra ID
4 12 (23.53%) IaaS
4 12 (23.53%) PaaS
4 12 (23.53%) Power Platform
5 4 (7.84%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (41.18%) DHCP
1 21 (41.18%) DNS
2 17 (33.33%) WAN
3 13 (25.49%) LAN
4 12 (23.53%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (11.76%) Firewall
6 5 (9.80%) TCP/IP
7 4 (7.84%) SD-WAN
7 4 (7.84%) VLAN
7 4 (7.84%) VoIP
7 4 (7.84%) VPN
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (9.80%) Electronics
3 5 (9.80%) Police
3 5 (9.80%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.88%) Advertising
4 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.96%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.53%) Driving Licence
2 5 (9.80%) CCTV
3 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (31.37%) Windows
2 11 (21.57%) Windows Server
3 9 (17.65%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (9.80%) Linux
5 4 (7.84%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (37.25%) ITIL
3 12 (23.53%) Digital Strategy
3 12 (23.53%) Ergonomics
3 12 (23.53%) Human Factors
3 12 (23.53%) ITSM
3 12 (23.53%) Physics
3 12 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (11.76%) Coaching
4 6 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 6 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
4 6 (11.76%) Service Management
5 5 (9.80%) Edge Virtualization
5 5 (9.80%) High Availability
6 4 (7.84%) Customer Service
6 4 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (7.84%) DevOps
6 4 (7.84%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (5.88%) Computer Science
8 1 (1.96%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (15.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) A+ Certification
1 12 (23.53%) Network+ Certification
2 8 (15.69%) Degree
3 5 (9.80%) DV Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) HNC
3 5 (9.80%) HND
3 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 31 (60.78%) Active Directory
2 12 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (15.69%) Hyper-V
4 5 (9.80%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (5.88%) KVM
Systems Management
1 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.88%) Ansible
2 3 (5.88%) Progress Chef
2 3 (5.88%) Puppet
3 1 (1.96%) Terraform
3 1 (1.96%) yum
Vendors
1 28 (54.90%) Microsoft
2 18 (35.29%) VMware
3 16 (31.37%) Veeam
4 11 (21.57%) Cisco
4 11 (21.57%) Meraki
5 4 (7.84%) Barracuda Networks
5 4 (7.84%) Citrix
5 4 (7.84%) CyberArk
5 4 (7.84%) Cylance
5 4 (7.84%) McAfee
6 1 (1.96%) Intel
6 1 (1.96%) NetApp
6 1 (1.96%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds