Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Devon

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Devon is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 23 37
Rank change year-on-year -15 +14 +25
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 9 38 30
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 2.00% 6.08% 7.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 6.23% 7.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9 36 27
10th Percentile - £27,598 £34,012
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,313 £34,854
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.11% +20.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £47,500 £50,129 £43,652
90th Percentile £51,000 £65,000 £51,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% - +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 420 610 407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 97.60% 96.67%
Number of salaries quoted 279 413 327
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £37,750 £30,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% - +9.59%
75th Percentile £55,377 £60,000 £55,062
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £66,750
South West median annual salary £47,021 £52,000 £53,351
% change year-on-year -9.58% -2.53% +6.70%

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 31 October 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 31 October 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 -14 2 £45,000 +42.31%
Plymouth -11 1 £31,250 -30.56%
Newton Abbot - 1 £65,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2025, 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 9 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 8 (88.89%) Firewall
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (88.89%) VLAN
3 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
3 7 (77.78%) Entra ID
3 7 (77.78%) Veeam
3 7 (77.78%) Windows
3 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
4 6 (66.67%) Hyper-V
4 6 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (55.56%) 802.1X
5 5 (55.56%) Aruba
5 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (55.56%) DHCP
5 5 (55.56%) DNS
5 5 (55.56%) HP
5 5 (55.56%) IaaS
5 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (55.56%) PaaS
5 5 (55.56%) Predictive Analysis
5 5 (55.56%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (55.56%) Rubrik
5 5 (55.56%) SD-WAN
5 5 (55.56%) Serverless
5 5 (55.56%) SQL Server

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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (77.78%) Entra ID
3 5 (55.56%) IaaS
3 5 (55.56%) PaaS
3 5 (55.56%) Rubrik
3 5 (55.56%) Serverless
4 1 (11.11%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Firewall
1 8 (88.89%) VLAN
2 6 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (55.56%) DHCP
3 5 (55.56%) DNS
3 5 (55.56%) SD-WAN
3 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) SAN
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
5 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) BYOD
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
1 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) Predictive Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Preventative Maintenance
2 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
3 2 (22.22%) Patch Management
4 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (11.11%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (66.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Veeam
3 5 (55.56%) Aruba
3 5 (55.56%) HP
4 2 (22.22%) SonicWALL
4 2 (22.22%) VMware
5 1 (11.11%) Google
5 1 (11.11%) Meraki