Infrastructure Services Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Infrastructure Service Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Infrastructure Service Engineer salary in Cardiff is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Services Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.23% - 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 - -

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 418 160 571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.87% 95.81% 92.69%
Number of salaries quoted 284 118 497
10th Percentile £27,388 £31,250 £27,157
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,063 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £69,576 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,901 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £46,604
% change year-on-year -4.76% +12.65% +1.09%

Infrastructure Services Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Infrastructure Services Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Infrastructure Services Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Services Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Services Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Infrastructure Services Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Infrastructure Services 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 Services Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Infrastructure Services 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) VMware