Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Berkshire

Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Berkshire is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 93 78
Rank change year-on-year -27 -15 +57
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 9 32 64
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.46% 1.96% 3.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 2.37% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6 25 57
10th Percentile £47,500 £38,325 £39,380
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £56,563 £50,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £58,125 £60,000 £59,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,819 1,348 1,944
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 82.50% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 922 693 1,428
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £70,063
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Bracknell +12 5 £53,750 +25.00%
Reading +21 3 £50,000 -16.67% 4
Maidenhead - 1 £45,000 - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (66.67%) Windows
3 5 (55.56%) Linux
4 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
4 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
5 3 (33.33%) Azure
5 3 (33.33%) Data Mining
5 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 3 (33.33%) Trend Micro
5 3 (33.33%) Veeam
5 3 (33.33%) VMware
5 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (33.33%) vSphere
5 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
6 2 (22.22%) IBM
6 2 (22.22%) Middleware
6 2 (22.22%) Open Source
6 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
6 2 (22.22%) SCCM
6 2 (22.22%) SCOM

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Data Mining
General
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Open Source
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) Proactive Maintenance
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (11.11%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) HND
3 1 (11.11%) MCP
3 1 (11.11%) MCSA
3 1 (11.11%) MCSE
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) vSphere
3 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (11.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
1 2 (22.22%) SCOM
1 2 (22.22%) SCSM
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Trend Micro
2 3 (33.33%) Veeam
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) IBM