Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary in Cambridge is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - 62
Rank change year-on-year - - +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.20% - 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +140.74%
75th Percentile £46,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +140.74%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 458 439 453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.41% 93.40%
Number of salaries quoted 335 233 302
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,972
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,000 £81,750 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Senior 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 Cambridge region featuring Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam