Infrastructure Operations Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Infrastructure Operations Engineer salary in Cardiff is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 October 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Operations Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.100% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 - -
75th Percentile £56,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £54,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 963 280 584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.11% 97.56% 97.50%
Number of salaries quoted 698 184 427
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,170 £36,925
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,625 £74,777 £80,000
South Wales median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% +4.17% -4.00%

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 2 October 2026, Infrastructure Operations 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 Cardiff region featuring Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Unisys
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Unisys