Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Chelmsford

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary in Chelmsford is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 2.82% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £54,000 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median annual salary £75,000 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

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 159 42 128
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.83% 89.36% 92.75%
Number of salaries quoted 130 38 113
10th Percentile £25,000 £32,500 £29,700
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% +11.58% +2.81%
75th Percentile £72,813 £64,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £69,400 £70,000
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -3.74%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Chelmsford

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Chelmsford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Chelmsford over the 6 months to 30 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Infrastructure Engineer in Chelmsford

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 Chelmsford region featuring Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Senior 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 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) VMware