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 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 87 85
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 79 99 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.93% 2.67% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% 2.97% 2.55%
Number of salaries quoted 70 57 38
10th Percentile £41,800 £35,350 £36,396
25th Percentile £46,183 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.44% +1.49%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,086 £58,750
90th Percentile - £64,550 £60,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,948 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.95% -2.96% +1.94%

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 3,666 3,332 1,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.46% 89.96% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,210 1,599 1,308
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,795 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.29% -4.01% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 16 December 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 16 December 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 +29 50 £75,000 +50.00% 7
Cambridgeshire +12 17 £60,000 +4.35% 10
Suffolk -15 6 £62,500 - 1
Essex -20 6 £62,500 +19.05% 6
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 December 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 East of England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 49 (62.03%) Windows
3 46 (58.23%) Azure
4 45 (56.96%) Windows Server
5 37 (46.84%) Active Directory
6 31 (39.24%) Microsoft
7 30 (37.97%) Microsoft Exchange
8 28 (35.44%) Microsoft 365
9 24 (30.38%) Firewall
9 24 (30.38%) Roadmaps
10 23 (29.11%) Azure Logic Apps
11 22 (27.85%) VMware
12 21 (26.58%) Technology Roadmap
13 16 (20.25%) Cisco
14 15 (18.99%) PowerShell
15 14 (17.72%) Power Platform
16 13 (16.46%) Security Cleared
17 12 (15.19%) Cisco Certification
17 12 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
18 11 (13.92%) Entra ID
18 11 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
18 11 (13.92%) SAN
18 11 (13.92%) WAN
19 10 (12.66%) VMware Infrastructure
19 10 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
20 9 (11.39%) Cloud Security
20 9 (11.39%) Cost Management
20 9 (11.39%) LAN
20 9 (11.39%) Performance Optimisation
20 9 (11.39%) PowerApps

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 30 (37.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (58.23%) Azure
2 28 (35.44%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (29.11%) Azure Logic Apps
4 14 (17.72%) Power Platform
5 11 (13.92%) Entra ID
6 9 (11.39%) PowerApps
7 6 (7.59%) AWS
8 3 (3.80%) Cohesity
8 3 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.27%) IaaS
9 1 (1.27%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 24 (30.38%) Firewall
2 11 (13.92%) SAN
2 11 (13.92%) WAN
3 10 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (11.39%) LAN
5 6 (7.59%) VLAN
6 5 (6.33%) IP Telephony
7 4 (5.06%) DNS
8 3 (3.80%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (3.80%) Network Security
9 2 (2.53%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (2.53%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (2.53%) DHCP
9 2 (2.53%) IPsec
9 2 (2.53%) SD-WAN
9 2 (2.53%) Spanning Tree
9 2 (2.53%) SSL
10 1 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (1.27%) Skype
10 1 (1.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) GitLab
General
1 4 (5.06%) Finance
2 2 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.27%) Advertising
3 1 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.27%) Retail
3 1 (1.27%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.80%) Clustering
3 3 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.80%) iPad
3 3 (3.80%) PKI
4 2 (2.53%) Biopharmaceutical
4 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.27%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.27%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 49 (62.03%) Windows
2 45 (56.96%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.86%) Linux
4 5 (6.33%) Android
4 5 (6.33%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (30.38%) Roadmaps
3 21 (26.58%) Technology Roadmap
4 12 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (11.39%) Cloud Security
5 9 (11.39%) Cost Management
5 9 (11.39%) Performance Optimisation
6 8 (10.13%) IT Strategy
7 7 (8.86%) Migration
8 6 (7.59%) AI
8 6 (7.59%) ITIL
8 6 (7.59%) Task Automation
9 5 (6.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (6.33%) ITSM
9 5 (6.33%) Network Design
9 5 (6.33%) Proactive Monitoring
9 5 (6.33%) Virtual Environments
10 4 (5.06%) Intelligent Automation
10 4 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (5.06%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.99%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.06%) Python
2 4 (5.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (16.46%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.19%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (11.39%) SC Cleared
4 8 (10.13%) CCNA
5 5 (6.33%) Azure Certification
5 5 (6.33%) DBS Check
5 5 (6.33%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.80%) Degree
6 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.53%) MCSE
8 1 (1.27%) CCNP
8 1 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.53%) GxP
1 2 (2.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (46.84%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (10.13%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (3.80%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (3.80%) vSphere
5 2 (2.53%) Firmware
5 2 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (13.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.59%) SCCM
3 5 (6.33%) Terraform
4 4 (5.06%) NetBackup
5 2 (2.53%) Ansible
5 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (2.53%) Puppet
5 2 (2.53%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.53%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (1.27%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.27%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.27%) SCOM
6 1 (1.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (39.24%) Microsoft
2 22 (27.85%) VMware
3 16 (20.25%) Cisco
4 5 (6.33%) Apple
4 5 (6.33%) Remedy
4 5 (6.33%) ServiceNow
5 4 (5.06%) Fortinet
5 4 (5.06%) Juniper
6 3 (3.80%) HP
6 3 (3.80%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.53%) NVIDIA
7 2 (2.53%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.53%) Veeam
8 1 (1.27%) Aruba
8 1 (1.27%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (1.27%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.27%) SAP