IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Bristol

IT Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in Bristol is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

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

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 152 168
Rank change year-on-year +53 +16 +16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 2 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.16% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.20% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 6
10th Percentile £38,625 £40,250 £46,875
25th Percentile £42,188 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -9.52% +43.38%
75th Percentile £54,688 £62,500 £57,250
90th Percentile £57,875 £65,500 £57,500
South West median annual salary £40,315 £46,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% -7.50% +15.61%

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 1,197 3,009 2,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 97.03% 92.75%
Number of salaries quoted 814 2,250 1,538
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,471 £57,500 £57,905
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -0.70% +9.02%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £74,151
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol.

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, IT 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

IT 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler