Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineer
England > East of England

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the East of England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 44 92
Rank change year-on-year -54 +48 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 83 181 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.45% 4.02% 2.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.64% 4.26% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 62 104 51
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,833 £38,065
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - £90,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -1.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 3,138 4,251 2,305
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 94.45% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,754 2,496 1,466
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,117 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the East of England

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Hertfordshire +8 38 £70,000 +75.00% 6
Cambridgeshire +2 24 £55,000 +1.85% 7
Essex -31 10 £47,500 -13.64% 1
Suffolk -23 7 £62,500 -3.85%
Bedfordshire -25 4 £64,000 +28.00% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 19 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 East of England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 83 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (66.27%) Windows
3 53 (63.86%) Windows Server
4 49 (59.04%) Azure
5 38 (45.78%) Microsoft Exchange
6 36 (43.37%) Microsoft
7 34 (40.96%) Active Directory
8 27 (32.53%) Microsoft 365
8 27 (32.53%) Firewall
9 24 (28.92%) Azure Logic Apps
10 22 (26.51%) PowerShell
11 21 (25.30%) Power Platform
12 18 (21.69%) Entra ID
12 18 (21.69%) Social Skills
12 18 (21.69%) Hyper-V
13 17 (20.48%) Cloud Security
13 17 (20.48%) Cost Management
13 17 (20.48%) Performance Optimisation
14 16 (19.28%) PowerApps
14 16 (19.28%) VMware
15 15 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (18.07%) Degree
15 15 (18.07%) VMware Infrastructure
15 15 (18.07%) Technology Roadmap
15 15 (18.07%) Roadmaps
16 13 (15.66%) Mentoring
17 12 (14.46%) Task Automation
17 12 (14.46%) Technical Leadership
17 12 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 12 (14.46%) QA

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 38 (45.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.82%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.41%) Apache
3 2 (2.41%) IIS
4 1 (1.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.20%) Civil 3D
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 49 (59.04%) Azure
2 27 (32.53%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (28.92%) Azure Logic Apps
4 21 (25.30%) Power Platform
5 18 (21.69%) Entra ID
6 16 (19.28%) PowerApps
7 6 (7.23%) AWS
8 3 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.41%) IaaS
9 2 (2.41%) Mimecast
9 2 (2.41%) Nutanix
10 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (1.20%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 27 (32.53%) Firewall
2 10 (12.05%) DNS
3 7 (8.43%) DHCP
3 7 (8.43%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (7.23%) SAN
4 6 (7.23%) SD-WAN
5 5 (6.02%) IP Telephony
5 5 (6.02%) VLAN
6 4 (4.82%) VPN
6 4 (4.82%) WAN
7 3 (3.61%) IPsec
8 2 (2.41%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (2.41%) iSCSI
8 2 (2.41%) LAN
8 2 (2.41%) SSL
9 1 (1.20%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (1.20%) Multicast
9 1 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.20%) Skype
9 1 (1.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (14.46%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.20%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) GitLab
2 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 18 (21.69%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (8.43%) Finance
4 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.61%) Legal
5 3 (3.61%) Local Government
5 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.61%) Retail
6 2 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.20%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.41%) Web Services
3 1 (1.20%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.82%) Clustering
2 4 (4.82%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.82%) PKI
3 3 (3.61%) iPad
3 3 (3.61%) NHS
3 3 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.41%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.20%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.20%) CMDB
5 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.20%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (1.20%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (66.27%) Windows
2 53 (63.86%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.43%) Linux
3 7 (8.43%) Windows 10
3 7 (8.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (6.02%) Android
5 2 (2.41%) Ubuntu
5 2 (2.41%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.20%) CentOS
6 1 (1.20%) Debian
6 1 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.20%) VMS
6 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (20.48%) Cloud Security
2 17 (20.48%) Cost Management
2 17 (20.48%) Performance Optimisation
3 15 (18.07%) Roadmaps
3 15 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (18.07%) Technology Roadmap
4 13 (15.66%) Mentoring
5 12 (14.46%) Asset Management
5 12 (14.46%) ITIL
5 12 (14.46%) Risk Management
5 12 (14.46%) Task Automation
5 12 (14.46%) Technical Leadership
6 9 (10.84%) Project Delivery
6 9 (10.84%) Workflow
6 9 (10.84%) Workflow Management
7 8 (9.64%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (8.43%) Patch Management
9 6 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (7.23%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 22 (26.51%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.02%) Python
2 5 (6.02%) SQL
3 1 (1.20%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) Degree
2 8 (9.64%) CCNA
2 8 (9.64%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (8.43%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.02%) DBS Check
4 5 (6.02%) DV Cleared
5 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.61%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.61%) Postgraduate
6 3 (3.61%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.46%) QA
2 3 (3.61%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.41%) GxP
3 2 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (40.96%) Active Directory
2 18 (21.69%) Hyper-V
3 15 (18.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (2.41%) vSphere
5 1 (1.20%) Docker
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (8.43%) Backup Exec
2 7 (8.43%) Terraform
3 6 (7.23%) SCCM
4 5 (6.02%) Ansible
5 4 (4.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (2.41%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (2.41%) NetBackup
6 2 (2.41%) Puppet
6 2 (2.41%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (2.41%) WSUS
7 1 (1.20%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.20%) Grafana
7 1 (1.20%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.20%) Nessus
7 1 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.20%) Proxmox
7 1 (1.20%) SCOM
7 1 (1.20%) WMI
Vendors
1 36 (43.37%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.28%) VMware
3 12 (14.46%) Autodesk
4 10 (12.05%) Cisco
5 8 (9.64%) Veeam
6 5 (6.02%) Apple
6 5 (6.02%) Remedy
6 5 (6.02%) ServiceNow
7 4 (4.82%) Citrix
8 3 (3.61%) HP
9 2 (2.41%) Nimble Storage
9 2 (2.41%) Palo Alto
9 2 (2.41%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.20%) Dell
10 1 (1.20%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.20%) SAP