Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Cornwall

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Cornwall

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Cornwall is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -12
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 3 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Cornwall 1.72% - 3.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% - 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £30,000
75th Percentile - - £31,063
90th Percentile - - £35,975
South West median annual salary £55,000 £51,729 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.32% +3.46% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cornwall

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cornwall. 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 Cornwall with a recognized job title 164 78 217
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.25% 91.76% 90.04%
Number of salaries quoted 96 53 167
10th Percentile £25,400 £27,000 £26,150
25th Percentile £29,625 £29,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -21.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,742
90th Percentile £53,750 £64,750 £50,022
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

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 Cornwall.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Cornwall

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Cornwall

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Cornwall.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Cornwall

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Cornwall

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Cornwall region over the 6 months to 24 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
St Ives - 2 £50,000 - 2
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 Cornwall region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) 4G
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) IOS XR
2 1 (33.33%) Jinja
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) NETCONF
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) YANG

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall 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 (33.33%) 4G
1 1 (33.33%) BGP
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (33.33%) IOS XR
1 1 (33.33%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
General
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Jinja
1 1 (33.33%) NETCONF
1 1 (33.33%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco