Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Bristol

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Bristol is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 November 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 62 93
Rank change year-on-year -7 +31 +42
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 17 57 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.30% 2.76% 2.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% 2.88% 2.11%
Number of salaries quoted 17 35 30
10th Percentile £44,750 £33,600 £39,050
25th Percentile £47,600 £44,375 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £63,750
90th Percentile £69,250 £60,000 £68,367
South West median annual salary £55,000 £46,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +18.92% -2.63% +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 1,205 1,976 1,563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.20% 95.78% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 897 1,251 1,328
10th Percentile £28,150 £29,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -7.60% +8.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £86,250
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,000 £52,700
% change year-on-year -13.46% -1.33% +5.40%

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 1 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, 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 17 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
3 5 (29.41%) Azure
4 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
4 4 (23.53%) Firewall
4 4 (23.53%) LAN
4 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (23.53%) SD-WAN
4 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
4 4 (23.53%) WAN
5 3 (17.65%) Degree
5 3 (17.65%) OCI
5 3 (17.65%) Oracle
5 3 (17.65%) VPN
5 3 (17.65%) Windows
5 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
6 2 (11.76%) Aruba
6 2 (11.76%) Business Continuity
6 2 (11.76%) CCIE
6 2 (11.76%) CCNA
6 2 (11.76%) CCNP
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (11.76%) Citrix
6 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
6 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
6 2 (11.76%) IaaS
6 2 (11.76%) Meraki

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (17.65%) OCI
4 2 (11.76%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Firewall
1 4 (23.53%) LAN
1 4 (23.53%) SD-WAN
1 4 (23.53%) WAN
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
3 2 (11.76%) SAN
3 2 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (11.76%) Wireless
3 2 (11.76%) WLAN
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Advertising
2 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
1 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (11.76%) Business Continuity
2 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
2 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (11.76%) Server Management
3 1 (5.88%) Configuration Management
3 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
3 1 (5.88%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (5.88%) Test Planning
3 1 (5.88%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) CCIE
2 2 (11.76%) CCNA
2 2 (11.76%) CCNP
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (11.76%) vSphere
2 2 (11.76%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Aruba
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) Citrix
3 2 (11.76%) Meraki
3 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto
3 2 (11.76%) VMware