Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Devon

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Devon is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 42 43
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 33 10 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 3.36% 2.38% 3.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.50% 2.91% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 33 10 34
10th Percentile £32,000 - £33,750
25th Percentile £35,784 £30,500 £41,206
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.39% -12.78% +14.54%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,111 £60,685
90th Percentile £63,000 £55,608 £65,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 944 344 927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.23% 81.71% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 643 241 679
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £60,918
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
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 Devon

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 Devon.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend 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 23 July 2026.

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 23 July 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
Exeter +10 22 £50,000 +5.26% 4
Tiverton -1 4 £35,000 +12.90%
Plymouth -19 2 £50,000 -3.34% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 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 Devon region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (30.30%) AutoCAD
3 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
4 6 (18.18%) Civil 3D
4 6 (18.18%) Degree
5 5 (15.15%) DNS
5 5 (15.15%) Firewall
5 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (15.15%) Migration
5 5 (15.15%) Network Security
6 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
6 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.12%) Data Management
6 4 (12.12%) DHCP
6 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
6 4 (12.12%) Geotechnical Engineering
6 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
6 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (12.12%) Preventative Maintenance
6 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
6 4 (12.12%) TCP/IP
6 4 (12.12%) Veeam
6 4 (12.12%) VLAN
6 4 (12.12%) VoIP
6 4 (12.12%) Windows
6 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
7 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.06%) Coaching
8 2 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (30.30%) AutoCAD
2 6 (18.18%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
3 1 (3.03%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) DNS
1 5 (15.15%) Firewall
1 5 (15.15%) Network Security
2 4 (12.12%) DHCP
2 4 (12.12%) TCP/IP
2 4 (12.12%) VLAN
2 4 (12.12%) VoIP
3 1 (3.03%) NGFW
3 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.03%) WAN
General
1 5 (15.15%) Manufacturing
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
3 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
1 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (15.15%) Migration
3 4 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.12%) Data Management
3 4 (12.12%) Geotechnical Engineering
3 4 (12.12%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.06%) Coaching
5 2 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (6.06%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.06%) ITIL
5 2 (6.06%) Line Management
6 1 (3.03%) Agile
6 1 (3.03%) Change Management
6 1 (3.03%) Load Balancing
6 1 (3.03%) Mentoring
6 1 (3.03%) Performance Management
6 1 (3.03%) Release Management
6 1 (3.03%) SEO
6 1 (3.03%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) CCNA
2 1 (3.03%) CCNP
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
1 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.03%) GPFS
2 1 (3.03%) Lustre
2 1 (3.03%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Veeam
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco
3 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.03%) HP