Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Devon

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Devon is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 23 31
Rank change year-on-year -16 +8 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 11 48 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 2.64% 6.16% 7.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.97% 6.31% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11 46 33
10th Percentile - £28,000 £26,366
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,914 £34,854
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +15.64%
75th Percentile £51,657 £50,386 £47,500
90th Percentile £54,565 £62,959 £50,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +2.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 370 761 441
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.94% 97.69% 92.65%
Number of salaries quoted 263 518 358
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £36,250 £30,448
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% -1.16%
75th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £54,050
90th Percentile £67,745 £70,000 £66,750
South West median annual salary £46,250 £52,000 £54,590
% change year-on-year -11.06% -4.74% +9.18%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Devon

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Devon.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Devon

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Devon over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Devon

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Tiverton - 5 £31,000 -
Exeter -12 3 £47,500 +35.71% 3
Plymouth -8 2 £51,729 +17.47%
Newton Abbot - 1 £65,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Devon region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 8 (72.73%) VLAN
3 7 (63.64%) Azure
3 7 (63.64%) TCP/IP
3 7 (63.64%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (54.55%) Veeam
4 6 (54.55%) Entra ID
4 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
4 6 (54.55%) Windows
4 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
4 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
5 5 (45.45%) HP
5 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
5 5 (45.45%) DHCP
5 5 (45.45%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (45.45%) PaaS
5 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (45.45%) DNS
5 5 (45.45%) BYOD
5 5 (45.45%) 802.1X
5 5 (45.45%) Aruba
5 5 (45.45%) Hyper-V
5 5 (45.45%) IaaS
5 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (45.45%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (45.45%) SD-WAN
5 5 (45.45%) Predictive Analysis

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 6 (54.55%) Entra ID
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (45.45%) IaaS
3 5 (45.45%) PaaS
3 5 (45.45%) Rubrik
3 5 (45.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
1 8 (72.73%) VLAN
2 7 (63.64%) TCP/IP
3 5 (45.45%) DHCP
3 5 (45.45%) DNS
3 5 (45.45%) SD-WAN
3 5 (45.45%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (18.18%) BGP
4 2 (18.18%) Network Security
4 2 (18.18%) OSPF
5 1 (9.09%) SAN
5 1 (9.09%) VPN
5 1 (9.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
1 6 (54.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (45.45%) Predictive Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) Preventative Maintenance
4 2 (18.18%) Business Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
5 1 (9.09%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 2 (18.18%) Bash
2 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (45.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
1 6 (54.55%) Veeam
2 5 (45.45%) Aruba
2 5 (45.45%) HP
3 1 (9.09%) SonicWALL
3 1 (9.09%) VMware