Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Bristol

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Bristol is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 63 91
Rank change year-on-year -10 +28 +62
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 14 71 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.24% 2.91% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 3.01% 2.48%
Number of salaries quoted 14 39 33
10th Percentile £43,625 £38,700 £40,850
25th Percentile £47,188 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £67,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £60,000 £87,419
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +2.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,042 2,359 1,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 96.64% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 775 1,591 1,338
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,750 £59,778
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% -6.74% +12.26%
75th Percentile £69,500 £70,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,250
South West median annual salary £45,027 £51,000 £54,736
% change year-on-year -11.71% -6.83% +9.47%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (28.57%) LAN
3 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (28.57%) WAN
3 4 (28.57%) Firewall
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (28.57%) SD-WAN
3 4 (28.57%) Azure
4 3 (21.43%) OLE
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco
5 2 (14.29%) Citrix
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (14.29%) SAN
5 2 (14.29%) WLAN
5 2 (14.29%) Windows
5 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
5 2 (14.29%) CCIE
5 2 (14.29%) CCNP
5 2 (14.29%) CCNA
5 2 (14.29%) IaaS
5 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
5 2 (14.29%) XenApp
5 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (14.29%) Wireless
5 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 2 (14.29%) Advertising
5 2 (14.29%) VMware

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Firewall
1 4 (28.57%) LAN
1 4 (28.57%) SD-WAN
1 4 (28.57%) WAN
2 2 (14.29%) SAN
2 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (14.29%) Wireless
2 2 (14.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
General
1 2 (14.29%) Advertising
1 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) OLE
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
2 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (14.29%) Server Management
3 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
3 1 (7.14%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CCIE
1 2 (14.29%) CCNA
1 2 (14.29%) CCNP
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (14.29%) vSphere
2 2 (14.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Aruba
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Citrix
2 2 (14.29%) Meraki
2 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
2 2 (14.29%) VMware