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 £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 94 105
Rank change year-on-year -2 +11 +37
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 63 84 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.46% 2.42% 1.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 2.72% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 56 44 51
10th Percentile £43,500 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,160 £46,469 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% - -6.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,086 £57,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £64,775 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 3,844 3,091 2,991
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.21% 89.13% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,345 1,385 2,358
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,828 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,340 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.15% -9.56%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 +25 42 £65,000 +17.50% 7
Cambridgeshire +11 16 £80,000 +45.45% 11
Essex -17 5 £70,000 +40.00% 4
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 January 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 63 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (53.97%) Windows
3 31 (49.21%) Azure
3 31 (49.21%) Windows Server
4 28 (44.44%) Active Directory
5 22 (34.92%) Firewall
5 22 (34.92%) Microsoft
6 21 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (30.16%) Roadmaps
8 18 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 17 (26.98%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (25.40%) Technology Roadmap
10 16 (25.40%) VMware
11 14 (22.22%) Cisco
12 12 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
13 11 (17.46%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (14.29%) PowerShell
14 9 (14.29%) SC Cleared
14 9 (14.29%) WAN
14 9 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (12.70%) IT Strategy
15 8 (12.70%) LAN
15 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
15 8 (12.70%) SAN
16 7 (11.11%) CCNA
16 7 (11.11%) Entra ID
17 6 (9.52%) AWS
17 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
17 6 (9.52%) SCCM

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 18 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.59%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (49.21%) Azure
2 21 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (26.98%) Azure Logic Apps
4 7 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 6 (9.52%) AWS
6 5 (7.94%) Power Platform
7 4 (6.35%) PowerApps
8 3 (4.76%) Cohesity
8 3 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.59%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 22 (34.92%) Firewall
2 9 (14.29%) WAN
2 9 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (12.70%) LAN
3 8 (12.70%) SAN
4 5 (7.94%) IP Telephony
5 4 (6.35%) VLAN
6 3 (4.76%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (4.76%) Network Security
7 2 (3.17%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (3.17%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (3.17%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (1.59%) DHCP
8 1 (1.59%) DNS
8 1 (1.59%) Internet
8 1 (1.59%) IPsec
8 1 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.59%) Skype
8 1 (1.59%) SSL
8 1 (1.59%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) GitLab
General
1 2 (3.17%) Social Skills
2 1 (1.59%) Advertising
2 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (1.59%) Finance
2 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.52%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (4.76%) iPad
3 3 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.59%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (1.59%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.59%) PKI
4 1 (1.59%) RSA SecurID
Operating Systems
1 34 (53.97%) Windows
2 31 (49.21%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.94%) Android
3 5 (7.94%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.35%) Linux
5 1 (1.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (30.16%) Roadmaps
3 16 (25.40%) Technology Roadmap
4 12 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (12.70%) IT Strategy
6 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (7.94%) ITIL
7 5 (7.94%) ITSM
7 5 (7.94%) Network Design
7 5 (7.94%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (7.94%) Task Automation
7 5 (7.94%) Virtual Environments
8 3 (4.76%) Cloud Security
8 3 (4.76%) Cost Management
8 3 (4.76%) Information Security
8 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure Management
8 3 (4.76%) Migration
8 3 (4.76%) Performance Optimisation
8 3 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.17%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.46%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 7 (11.11%) CCNA
5 5 (7.94%) Azure Certification
5 5 (7.94%) DBS Check
6 4 (6.35%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.76%) Degree
8 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.59%) CCNP
9 1 (1.59%) MCSE
9 1 (1.59%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) GxP
1 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 28 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.76%) vSphere
4 2 (3.17%) Firmware
4 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 2 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.17%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (9.52%) SCCM
3 2 (3.17%) Ansible
3 2 (3.17%) NetBackup
3 2 (3.17%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.59%) SCOM
4 1 (1.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (34.92%) Microsoft
2 16 (25.40%) VMware
3 14 (22.22%) Cisco
4 5 (7.94%) Apple
4 5 (7.94%) Remedy
4 5 (7.94%) ServiceNow
5 4 (6.35%) Fortinet
5 4 (6.35%) Juniper
6 3 (4.76%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.17%) NVIDIA
7 2 (3.17%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.59%) Aruba
8 1 (1.59%) HP
8 1 (1.59%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.59%) Veeam