Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Bristol

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Bristol is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 69 88
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 45 16 72
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.67% 1.65% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 1.75% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 43 16 42
10th Percentile £46,250 £39,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% +17.50% -21.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £61,875 -
90th Percentile £97,750 £78,750 £59,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £51,729 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.32% +3.46% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,562 912 3,234
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 93.92% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,972 674 2,477
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,405 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,450 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.49% +8.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,394 £85,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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 Bristol.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend 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 29 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 29 June 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 Bristol region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 45 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (24.44%) Azure
2 11 (24.44%) DevOps
3 5 (11.11%) Windows
4 4 (8.89%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Automation
4 4 (8.89%) ITIL
4 4 (8.89%) Mentoring
4 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (6.67%) Active Directory
5 3 (6.67%) CCNP
5 3 (6.67%) CI/CD
5 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (6.67%) DHCP
5 3 (6.67%) DNS
5 3 (6.67%) Firewall
5 3 (6.67%) GitLab
5 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (6.67%) MCSE
5 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (6.67%) Service Management
5 3 (6.67%) Software Delivery
6 2 (4.44%) AutoCAD
6 2 (4.44%) Civil 3D
6 2 (4.44%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (4.44%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 2 (4.44%) AutoCAD
1 2 (4.44%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 11 (24.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) DHCP
1 3 (6.67%) DNS
1 3 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (4.44%) Network Security
3 1 (2.22%) Internet
3 1 (2.22%) LAN
3 1 (2.22%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.22%) VPN
3 1 (2.22%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) GitLab
2 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.67%) Retail
3 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.22%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.44%) YubiKey
2 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (2.22%) Linux
2 1 (2.22%) Ubuntu
2 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (24.44%) DevOps
3 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Automation
3 4 (8.89%) ITIL
3 4 (8.89%) Mentoring
3 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (6.67%) CI/CD
4 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (6.67%) Service Management
4 3 (6.67%) Software Delivery
5 2 (4.44%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (4.44%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (4.44%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (4.44%) Migration
5 2 (4.44%) Problem Management
5 2 (4.44%) SIEM
5 2 (4.44%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 2 (4.44%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) DV Cleared
1 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) CCNP
2 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.67%) MCSE
2 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.44%) Degree
4 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.44%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.22%) Docker
3 1 (2.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.22%) KVM
3 1 (2.22%) QEMU
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.22%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Ansible
1 1 (2.22%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.22%) Puppet
1 1 (2.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Tenable
2 2 (4.44%) VMware
3 1 (2.22%) Qualys
3 1 (2.22%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.22%) Splunk