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 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 107 107
Rank change year-on-year +18 0 +47
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 78 72 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.68% 2.15% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 2.42% 2.28%
Number of salaries quoted 67 40 84
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,160 £47,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £51,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.55% +13.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,086 £57,500
90th Percentile - £65,027 £61,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 4,162 2,981 4,173
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 88.83% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 1,397 3,349
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,296 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 the East of England.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend 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 12 February 2026.

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 12 February 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
Hertfordshire +17 39 £65,000 +17.50% 5
Cambridgeshire +11 22 £62,500 +13.64% 5
Essex -3 11 £70,000 +40.00% 5
Suffolk +5 6 £40,000 - 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 12 February 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 East of England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 78 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (43.59%) Azure
3 31 (39.74%) Windows
4 28 (35.90%) Active Directory
4 28 (35.90%) Windows Server
5 27 (34.62%) Firewall
6 26 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 25 (32.05%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (23.08%) Security Cleared
9 17 (21.79%) VMware
10 16 (20.51%) Microsoft Exchange
10 16 (20.51%) Roadmaps
11 14 (17.95%) Azure Logic Apps
12 13 (16.67%) Cisco
12 13 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
13 12 (15.38%) LAN
14 11 (14.10%) SC Cleared
14 11 (14.10%) Wi-Fi
15 10 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (12.82%) WAN
16 9 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (11.54%) Entra ID
17 8 (10.26%) AWS
17 8 (10.26%) IT Strategy
17 8 (10.26%) PowerShell
17 8 (10.26%) VLAN
18 7 (8.97%) DHCP
18 7 (8.97%) DNS
18 7 (8.97%) DV Cleared
18 7 (8.97%) SAN

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 16 (20.51%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 34 (43.59%) Azure
2 25 (32.05%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (17.95%) Azure Logic Apps
4 9 (11.54%) Entra ID
5 8 (10.26%) AWS
6 2 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (2.56%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.56%) Amazon SQS
6 2 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.56%) Cohesity
6 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.56%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.56%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.56%) Serverless
6 2 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.28%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 27 (34.62%) Firewall
2 12 (15.38%) LAN
3 11 (14.10%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (12.82%) WAN
5 8 (10.26%) VLAN
6 7 (8.97%) DHCP
6 7 (8.97%) DNS
6 7 (8.97%) SAN
7 6 (7.69%) Network Security
8 4 (5.13%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (3.85%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (3.85%) IP Telephony
9 3 (3.85%) Spanning Tree
9 3 (3.85%) TCP/IP
9 3 (3.85%) VPN
10 1 (1.28%) Internet
10 1 (1.28%) IPsec
10 1 (1.28%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (7.69%) Retail
2 3 (3.85%) Finance
2 3 (3.85%) Social Skills
2 3 (3.85%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.97%) Data Centre
2 6 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.85%) iPad
4 2 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.28%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (39.74%) Windows
2 28 (35.90%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.85%) Android
4 3 (3.85%) Linux
5 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (20.51%) Roadmaps
3 13 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
4 10 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (10.26%) IT Strategy
6 6 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (6.41%) Incident Response
7 5 (6.41%) ITIL
7 5 (6.41%) Network Design
7 5 (6.41%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (6.41%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (6.41%) Virtual Environments
8 4 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (3.85%) Asset Management
9 3 (3.85%) Information Security
9 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Management
9 3 (3.85%) Mentoring
9 3 (3.85%) Migration
9 3 (3.85%) Network Management
9 3 (3.85%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.26%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.56%) Bash
2 2 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 11 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 9 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (8.97%) DV Cleared
5 6 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 5 (6.41%) CCNA
6 5 (6.41%) Degree
7 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (3.85%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.28%) CCNP
9 1 (1.28%) MCSE
9 1 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.28%) GxP
1 1 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (35.90%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.85%) Firmware
3 3 (3.85%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.56%) Docker
4 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.56%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (2.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.85%) SCCM
3 2 (2.56%) NetBackup
3 2 (2.56%) Terraform
3 2 (2.56%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.28%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (21.79%) VMware
3 13 (16.67%) Cisco
4 4 (5.13%) Fortinet
4 4 (5.13%) Juniper
5 3 (3.85%) Apple
5 3 (3.85%) Citrix
5 3 (3.85%) Remedy
5 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.85%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.56%) NVIDIA
6 2 (2.56%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.28%) Aruba
7 1 (1.28%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.28%) Veeam