Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Cheltenham

Infrastructure Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Cheltenham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 March 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 19 42
Rank change year-on-year -8 +23 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 19 3 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 5.65% 3.95% 6.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.03% 4.11% 7.06%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 20
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £73,125 £78,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,500 -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -

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 315 73 411
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 96.05% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 230 51 308
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,497 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.51% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £79,375 £79,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £82,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -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 29 March 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 29 March 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 19 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (68.42%) Ansible
2 13 (68.42%) Linux
3 11 (57.89%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (57.89%) Python
4 10 (52.63%) Infrastructure Automation
4 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
5 9 (47.37%) AWS
5 9 (47.37%) Cisco
5 9 (47.37%) VMware
5 9 (47.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (47.37%) Windows
6 8 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (42.11%) Terraform
7 7 (36.84%) Firewall
7 7 (36.84%) Fortinet
7 7 (36.84%) Palo Alto
7 7 (36.84%) VLAN
7 7 (36.84%) vSphere
8 6 (31.58%) Bash
8 6 (31.58%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (31.58%) DHCP
8 6 (31.58%) DNS
8 6 (31.58%) Grafana
8 6 (31.58%) LAN
8 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (31.58%) NetApp
8 6 (31.58%) PowerShell
8 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared

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 9 (47.37%) AWS
2 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Firewall
1 7 (36.84%) VLAN
2 6 (31.58%) DHCP
2 6 (31.58%) DNS
2 6 (31.58%) LAN
2 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
2 6 (31.58%) Unified Communications
2 6 (31.58%) WAN
2 6 (31.58%) WebEx
3 5 (26.32%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (26.32%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (5.26%) VPN
4 1 (5.26%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) GitLab
2 1 (5.26%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (5.26%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (42.11%) Marketing
1 8 (42.11%) Public Sector
1 8 (42.11%) Telecoms
2 5 (26.32%) Banking
2 5 (26.32%) Retail
3 3 (15.79%) Electronics
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
3 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) FlexPod
1 6 (31.58%) Hybrid Cloud
1 6 (31.58%) Onboarding
1 6 (31.58%) Replication
1 6 (31.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (68.42%) Linux
2 9 (47.37%) Windows
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.26%) CentOS
4 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (5.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (57.89%) Infrastructure as Code
3 10 (52.63%) Infrastructure Automation
4 8 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (31.58%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (26.32%) Data Management
6 5 (26.32%) Performance Management
7 4 (21.05%) Project Delivery
8 3 (15.79%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (15.79%) Programme Management
9 2 (10.53%) Customer Requirements
10 1 (5.26%) Converged Infrastructure
10 1 (5.26%) DevOps
10 1 (5.26%) Full-Stack Development
10 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Management
10 1 (5.26%) Patch Management
10 1 (5.26%) Problem-Solving
10 1 (5.26%) Tech Ops
10 1 (5.26%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 1 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) Python
2 6 (31.58%) Bash
2 6 (31.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) DV Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 9 (47.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (36.84%) vSphere
3 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 5 (26.32%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (10.53%) Hyper-V
5 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
5 1 (5.26%) Docker
5 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (68.42%) Ansible
2 8 (42.11%) Terraform
3 6 (31.58%) Cisco CUCM
3 6 (31.58%) Grafana
4 2 (10.53%) NetBackup
5 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
5 1 (5.26%) Progress Chef
5 1 (5.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 10 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (47.37%) Cisco
2 9 (47.37%) VMware
3 7 (36.84%) Fortinet
3 7 (36.84%) Palo Alto
4 6 (31.58%) NetApp
4 6 (31.58%) Splunk
5 3 (15.79%) SAP
6 2 (10.53%) Dell
6 2 (10.53%) HP
6 2 (10.53%) Juniper
6 2 (10.53%) Veeam