Lead Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Chelmsford

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Lead Infrastructure Engineer salary in Chelmsford is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Infrastructure Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 3.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.39% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
Essex median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Chelmsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 118 54 112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.33% 87.10% 98.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84 27 98
10th Percentile £26,250 £39,550 £27,501
25th Percentile £27,500 £55,063 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £60,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.68% +33.89% -5.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,800 £70,000
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

Salary distribution trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Chelmsford.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Chelmsford

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Lead 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 Chelmsford region featuring Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DHCP
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) VMware