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 21 September 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 70 66
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 49 14 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.53% 1.26% 2.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.36% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 44 14 38
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,625 £37,425
25th Percentile £50,938 £47,188 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £60,000 -
90th Percentile £91,915 £67,000 £60,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £49,029
% change year-on-year - +12.18% +3.22%

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 3,004 1,032 2,330
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.64% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,279 767 1,569
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -4.93% -7.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,750 £70,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -11.76% -5.56%

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 21 September 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 21 September 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 49 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (26.53%) DevOps
3 11 (22.45%) Azure
4 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
4 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (12.24%) AutoCAD
5 6 (12.24%) Civil 3D
6 5 (10.20%) Agile
6 5 (10.20%) ITIL
6 5 (10.20%) Migration
6 5 (10.20%) Windows
7 4 (8.16%) Conflict Resolution
7 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.16%) Decision-Making
7 4 (8.16%) DV Cleared
7 4 (8.16%) Scrum
7 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
7 4 (8.16%) Service Delivery
8 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
8 3 (6.12%) AWS
8 3 (6.12%) CCNP
8 3 (6.12%) CI/CD
8 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.12%) DHCP
8 3 (6.12%) DNS
8 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
8 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (6.12%) MCSE
8 3 (6.12%) Microsoft

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 6 (12.24%) AutoCAD
1 6 (12.24%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.45%) Azure
2 3 (6.12%) AWS
2 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) DHCP
1 3 (6.12%) DNS
2 1 (2.04%) Internet
2 1 (2.04%) LAN
2 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.04%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) GitLab
2 1 (2.04%) Git
2 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (18.37%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.29%) Retail
3 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.16%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
1 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
1 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
1 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Windows
2 1 (2.04%) Linux
2 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (26.53%) DevOps
3 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure Automation
3 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (10.20%) Agile
4 5 (10.20%) ITIL
4 5 (10.20%) Migration
5 4 (8.16%) Conflict Resolution
5 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (8.16%) Decision-Making
5 4 (8.16%) Scrum
5 4 (8.16%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.12%) CI/CD
6 3 (6.12%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (6.12%) Service Management
7 2 (4.08%) Coaching
7 2 (4.08%) Mentoring
7 2 (4.08%) Open Source
7 2 (4.08%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (8.16%) DV Cleared
1 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) CCNP
2 3 (6.12%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (6.12%) MCSE
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.08%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) KVM
2 1 (2.04%) QEMU
2 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.04%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Ansible
1 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.04%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.08%) arcserve
2 2 (4.08%) Cisco
2 2 (4.08%) Veeam
3 1 (2.04%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.04%) VMware
3 1 (2.04%) YouTube