Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Cheltenham

Infrastructure Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 August 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 25 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 +14
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 49 1 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 5.59% 0.74% 9.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.06% 0.75% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 31 1 18
10th Percentile £55,000 - £33,750
25th Percentile - £52,500 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +20.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £92,500 - £70,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +77.78% -19.64%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 808 134 314
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 98.53% 97.52%
Number of salaries quoted 572 95 214
10th Percentile £40,000 £27,700 £33,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% +16.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Cheltenham

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

For the 6 months to 23 August 2026, 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 Cheltenham region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 49 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (34.69%) Infrastructure Automation
2 17 (34.69%) Linux
3 13 (26.53%) AWS
4 11 (22.45%) Project Delivery
4 11 (22.45%) Terraform
5 9 (18.37%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (18.37%) Windows
6 8 (16.33%) Ansible
6 8 (16.33%) DV Cleared
6 8 (16.33%) Python
6 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
6 8 (16.33%) VMware
6 8 (16.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (14.29%) Cisco
7 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
8 6 (12.24%) Windows Server
9 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (10.20%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (10.20%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (10.20%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (10.20%) Cloud Operations
9 5 (10.20%) Data Management
9 5 (10.20%) Firewall
9 5 (10.20%) Fortinet
9 5 (10.20%) Grafana
9 5 (10.20%) Kubernetes
9 5 (10.20%) LAN
9 5 (10.20%) Microsoft 365

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 13 (26.53%) AWS
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (8.16%) Azure
4 1 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 1 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (2.04%) Amazon ELB
4 1 (2.04%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.04%) AWS KMS
4 1 (2.04%) Route 53
4 1 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.20%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (10.20%) Cisco Firepower
1 5 (10.20%) Firewall
1 5 (10.20%) LAN
1 5 (10.20%) Unified Communications
1 5 (10.20%) VLAN
1 5 (10.20%) WAN
1 5 (10.20%) WebEx
2 3 (6.12%) DHCP
2 3 (6.12%) DNS
3 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
General
1 5 (10.20%) Banking
1 5 (10.20%) Marketing
1 5 (10.20%) Public Sector
1 5 (10.20%) Retail
1 5 (10.20%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.04%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.45%) Terraform
2 5 (10.20%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (10.20%) FlexPod
2 5 (10.20%) Onboarding
2 5 (10.20%) Replication
2 5 (10.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (34.69%) Linux
2 9 (18.37%) Windows
3 6 (12.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (34.69%) Infrastructure Automation
3 11 (22.45%) Project Delivery
4 9 (18.37%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (10.20%) Cloud Operations
6 5 (10.20%) Data Management
6 5 (10.20%) Performance Management
7 4 (8.16%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (4.08%) Customer Requirements
9 1 (2.04%) BCP
9 1 (2.04%) Business Continuity
9 1 (2.04%) Business Continuity Planning
9 1 (2.04%) Cloud Security
9 1 (2.04%) High Availability
9 1 (2.04%) Identity Management
9 1 (2.04%) Load Balancing
9 1 (2.04%) Security Architecture
9 1 (2.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) Python
2 3 (6.12%) Bash
2 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) DV Cleared
1 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.04%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (2.04%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
System Software
1 8 (16.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 5 (10.20%) Virtual Servers
2 5 (10.20%) vSphere
3 2 (4.08%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) Ansible
2 5 (10.20%) Cisco CUCM
2 5 (10.20%) Grafana
2 5 (10.20%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.08%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.04%) Puppet
4 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) VMware
2 7 (14.29%) Cisco
3 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
4 5 (10.20%) Fortinet
4 5 (10.20%) NetApp
4 5 (10.20%) Palo Alto
4 5 (10.20%) Splunk
5 2 (4.08%) Dell
5 2 (4.08%) HP
5 2 (4.08%) Juniper
5 2 (4.08%) Veeam