IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 617 842 1017
Rank change year-on-year +225 +175 -291
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 304 153 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 258 124 194
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,569
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +0.56% +5.29%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,249 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £64,625 £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +4.65% +1.18%

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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +217 287 £42,500 -5.56% 34
UK excluding London +141 267 £42,500 -5.56% 25
Midlands +72 101 £40,000 -11.11% 7
Work from Home +120 98 £42,500 -5.56% 7
East Midlands +37 68 £40,000 -11.11% 6
North of England +89 67 £41,250 - 13
South East +22 37 £50,000 +11.11% 2
South West -1 36 £45,000 -10.00% 1
West Midlands +35 33 £42,500 -5.56% 1
London +104 29 £55,000 +2.33% 11
Yorkshire +101 29 £42,500 -5.56% 6
North West +28 26 £46,500 +12.73% 5
East of England +26 15 £42,500 -15.00% 2
North East +6 10 £37,500 -6.25% 4
Wales - 7 £42,500 - 1
Scotland -61 4 £42,500 +6.25%

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 299 (98.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 179 (58.88%) Windows
3 153 (50.33%) Azure
4 140 (46.05%) Microsoft
5 130 (42.76%) Microsoft 365
6 127 (41.78%) VMware
7 123 (40.46%) Active Directory
8 120 (39.47%) Firewall
9 109 (35.86%) Windows Server
10 82 (26.97%) VMware Infrastructure
11 60 (19.74%) Hyper-V
12 56 (18.42%) DNS
12 56 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
13 53 (17.43%) SharePoint
13 53 (17.43%) Cybersecurity
14 51 (16.78%) Social Skills
15 50 (16.45%) Cisco
16 49 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
17 47 (15.46%) DHCP
18 45 (14.80%) Linux
19 44 (14.47%) SAN
19 44 (14.47%) Disaster Recovery
19 44 (14.47%) Wi-Fi
20 43 (14.14%) Entra ID
20 43 (14.14%) Windows Server 2016
21 41 (13.49%) ITIL
22 38 (12.50%) WAN
23 37 (12.17%) Migration
23 37 (12.17%) Microsoft Intune
24 36 (11.84%) PowerShell

IT Infrastructure 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 56 (18.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 53 (17.43%) SharePoint
3 11 (3.62%) IIS
4 2 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.33%) Confluence
5 1 (0.33%) Moodle
Applications
1 28 (9.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 153 (50.33%) Azure
2 130 (42.76%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (14.14%) Entra ID
4 32 (10.53%) AWS
5 12 (3.95%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.63%) Mimecast
7 7 (2.30%) Nutanix
8 6 (1.97%) OCI
9 5 (1.64%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.32%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.99%) IaaS
11 3 (0.99%) PaaS
12 2 (0.66%) OpenDNS
12 2 (0.66%) SaaS
13 1 (0.33%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.33%) Slack
13 1 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 120 (39.47%) Firewall
2 56 (18.42%) DNS
3 47 (15.46%) DHCP
4 44 (14.47%) SAN
4 44 (14.47%) Wi-Fi
5 38 (12.50%) WAN
6 31 (10.20%) TCP/IP
7 25 (8.22%) LAN
7 25 (8.22%) VPN
8 23 (7.57%) VLAN
9 18 (5.92%) SD-WAN
10 13 (4.28%) Network Security
11 9 (2.96%) VoIP
12 8 (2.63%) WLAN
13 7 (2.30%) BGP
13 7 (2.30%) NAS
14 5 (1.64%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (1.64%) OSPF
14 5 (1.64%) Wireless
15 4 (1.32%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.29%) MySQL
3 5 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.33%) JIRA
General
1 51 (16.78%) Social Skills
2 24 (7.89%) Finance
3 20 (6.58%) Law
4 16 (5.26%) Telecoms
5 14 (4.61%) Automotive
6 12 (3.95%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.63%) Japanese Language
7 8 (2.63%) Legal
8 6 (1.97%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.97%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.64%) Banking
9 5 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.64%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.64%) Retail
10 3 (0.99%) Military
11 2 (0.66%) Electronics
11 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.66%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.66%) LAMP
1 2 (0.66%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.86%) Data Centre
2 11 (3.62%) CCTV
3 9 (2.96%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.30%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.97%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.64%) IoT
8 4 (1.32%) Clustering
8 4 (1.32%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.32%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.32%) iPad
8 4 (1.32%) Thin Client
9 3 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.66%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.66%) PKI
10 2 (0.66%) Replication
11 1 (0.33%) NHS
11 1 (0.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 179 (58.88%) Windows
2 109 (35.86%) Windows Server
3 45 (14.80%) Linux
4 43 (14.14%) Windows Server 2016
5 22 (7.24%) Windows 10
6 20 (6.58%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (6.25%) Apple iOS
7 19 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
8 18 (5.92%) Android
9 10 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (2.63%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.32%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.66%) Unix
13 2 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.33%) AIX
14 1 (0.33%) CentOS
14 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (98.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 53 (17.43%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (14.47%) Disaster Recovery
5 41 (13.49%) ITIL
6 37 (12.17%) Migration
7 20 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (6.58%) Customer Service
7 20 (6.58%) Project Management
8 18 (5.92%) Infrastructure Management
9 17 (5.59%) Storage Management
10 16 (5.26%) Project Delivery
11 15 (4.93%) Logistics
12 14 (4.61%) Proactive Monitoring
12 14 (4.61%) Service Management
13 13 (4.28%) Containerisation
14 11 (3.62%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 11 (3.62%) High Availability
14 11 (3.62%) Service Delivery
15 10 (3.29%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.84%) PowerShell
2 21 (6.91%) SQL
3 10 (3.29%) Swift
4 6 (1.97%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (6.91%) Degree
2 14 (4.61%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.62%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (3.29%) CCNA
4 10 (3.29%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (1.64%) MCSE
7 4 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.99%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.99%) MCP
9 2 (0.66%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.33%) CCNP
10 1 (0.33%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.33%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.63%) SLA
2 3 (0.99%) GDPR
3 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 123 (40.46%) Active Directory
2 82 (26.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (19.74%) Hyper-V
4 20 (6.58%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.61%) Virtual Servers
6 13 (4.28%) vSphere
7 9 (2.96%) Docker
8 6 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.64%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.99%) Firmware
11 2 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.66%) pfSense
11 2 (0.66%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 37 (12.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.93%) SCCM
3 10 (3.29%) WSUS
4 9 (2.96%) Ansible
5 6 (1.97%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 6 (1.97%) SCOM
5 6 (1.97%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.32%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (0.99%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.66%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.66%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.66%) NetCrunch
8 2 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.66%) vRealize
9 1 (0.33%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 140 (46.05%) Microsoft
2 127 (41.78%) VMware
3 50 (16.45%) Cisco
4 32 (10.53%) Veeam
5 24 (7.89%) Citrix
6 15 (4.93%) Meraki
7 13 (4.28%) HP
8 12 (3.95%) Oracle
9 10 (3.29%) Acronis
10 9 (2.96%) NetApp
10 9 (2.96%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.63%) Aruba
11 8 (2.63%) Fortinet
12 7 (2.30%) Dell
13 6 (1.97%) McAfee
14 5 (1.64%) Nasuni
14 5 (1.64%) Rapid7
15 4 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (1.32%) CyberArk
15 4 (1.32%) Extreme Networks