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 4 March 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 82 121
Rank change year-on-year +15 +39 +22
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 29 20 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.16% 1.77% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.85% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 27 16 28
10th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,938 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £71,991 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.66% +51.56% -14.41%
75th Percentile £69,375 £76,250 £62,813
90th Percentile £86,500 £81,250 £64,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £61,644 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.78% +23.29% +11.11%

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 2,361 1,081 2,402
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 95.41% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,746 663 1,962
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% +0.61%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 29 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
3 7 (24.14%) DV Cleared
3 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
4 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (20.69%) Network Security
5 5 (17.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (17.24%) Firewall
5 5 (17.24%) VPN
6 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
6 4 (13.79%) Azure
6 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (13.79%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (13.79%) NIST
6 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (13.79%) SIEM
6 4 (13.79%) Tenable
6 4 (13.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (13.79%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (10.34%) Degree
7 3 (10.34%) DevOps
7 3 (10.34%) OCI
7 3 (10.34%) Oracle
7 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
7 3 (10.34%) Windows
7 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
8 2 (6.90%) AI
8 2 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V

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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) OCI
3 1 (3.45%) IaaS
3 1 (3.45%) PaaS
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Network Security
2 5 (17.24%) Firewall
2 5 (17.24%) VPN
General
1 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) YubiKey
2 2 (6.90%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
1 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (13.79%) Data Loss Prevention
2 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.79%) SIEM
2 4 (13.79%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 4 (13.79%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (10.34%) DevOps
4 2 (6.90%) AI
4 2 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (6.90%) ITIL
4 2 (6.90%) ITSM
4 2 (6.90%) Machine Learning
4 2 (6.90%) Mentoring
4 2 (6.90%) Runbook
4 2 (6.90%) Technical Debt
4 2 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (6.90%) Test Planning
4 2 (6.90%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) DV Cleared
1 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (17.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (13.79%) NIST
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (3.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) Hyper-V
2 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (6.90%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.79%) Tenable
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle
4 2 (6.90%) Qualys
4 2 (6.90%) Splunk
4 2 (6.90%) VMware