Network Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Network Infrastructure Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer salary in Cardiff is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 March 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £75,000 - -

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 398 195 562
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.60% 96.53% 93.20%
Number of salaries quoted 271 127 491
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £27,157
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £37,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £69,576 £65,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £46,244
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.53% -0.55%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Network Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 13 March 2026, Network 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 Cardiff region featuring Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Boundary Protection
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
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%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) ModSecurity
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management

Network Infrastructure 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%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) HSRP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPLS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) VRRP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Boundary Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) VMware