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 2 December 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 64 92
Rank change year-on-year -19 +28 +51
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 78 134 43
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.07% 3.29% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% 3.64% 2.25%
Number of salaries quoted 65 81 35
10th Percentile £40,800 £36,250 £34,726
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,086 £59,000
90th Percentile - £65,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £57,125 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.76% +1.80%

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 3,371 3,681 1,911
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 90.44% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,060 1,843 1,356
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% -

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 2 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 2 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 +30 50 £75,000 +66.67% 16
Cambridgeshire +6 15 £60,000 +14.29% 18
Essex -27 7 £47,500 -13.64% 3
Suffolk -16 6 £62,500 -3.85%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 78 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (64.10%) Windows
3 49 (62.82%) Windows Server
4 48 (61.54%) Azure
5 37 (47.44%) Active Directory
6 35 (44.87%) Microsoft
7 34 (43.59%) Microsoft Exchange
8 31 (39.74%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (32.05%) VMware
10 24 (30.77%) Azure Logic Apps
10 24 (30.77%) Firewall
10 24 (30.77%) Roadmaps
11 21 (26.92%) Technology Roadmap
12 18 (23.08%) PowerShell
13 16 (20.51%) Cisco
14 14 (17.95%) Power Platform
15 13 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
16 12 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
16 12 (15.38%) Security Cleared
17 11 (14.10%) Entra ID
17 11 (14.10%) Hyper-V
17 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Intune
17 11 (14.10%) SAN
17 11 (14.10%) WAN
18 10 (12.82%) Cloud Security
18 10 (12.82%) Cost Management
18 10 (12.82%) Performance Optimisation
18 10 (12.82%) Wi-Fi
19 9 (11.54%) ITIL

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 34 (43.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 48 (61.54%) Azure
2 31 (39.74%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (30.77%) Azure Logic Apps
4 14 (17.95%) Power Platform
5 11 (14.10%) Entra ID
6 9 (11.54%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.85%) AWS
7 3 (3.85%) Cohesity
7 3 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.28%) IaaS
8 1 (1.28%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 24 (30.77%) Firewall
2 11 (14.10%) SAN
2 11 (14.10%) WAN
3 10 (12.82%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (11.54%) LAN
5 6 (7.69%) VLAN
6 5 (6.41%) IP Telephony
7 4 (5.13%) DNS
8 3 (3.85%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (3.85%) Network Security
9 2 (2.56%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (2.56%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (2.56%) DHCP
9 2 (2.56%) IPsec
9 2 (2.56%) SD-WAN
9 2 (2.56%) Spanning Tree
9 2 (2.56%) SSL
10 1 (1.28%) Internet
10 1 (1.28%) iSCSI
10 1 (1.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) GitLab
General
1 5 (6.41%) Finance
1 5 (6.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.28%) Advertising
4 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.28%) Legal
4 1 (1.28%) Local Government
4 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.28%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.82%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.85%) Clustering
3 3 (3.85%) iPad
3 3 (3.85%) PKI
4 2 (2.56%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.28%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.28%) NHS
5 1 (1.28%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 50 (64.10%) Windows
2 49 (62.82%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.97%) Linux
4 5 (6.41%) Android
4 5 (6.41%) Windows 10
5 4 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (30.77%) Roadmaps
3 21 (26.92%) Technology Roadmap
4 13 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (12.82%) Cloud Security
5 10 (12.82%) Cost Management
5 10 (12.82%) Performance Optimisation
6 9 (11.54%) ITIL
6 9 (11.54%) Task Automation
7 8 (10.26%) IT Strategy
7 8 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (7.69%) AI
8 6 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (6.41%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (6.41%) ITSM
9 5 (6.41%) Migration
9 5 (6.41%) Network Design
9 5 (6.41%) Proactive Monitoring
9 5 (6.41%) Virtual Environments
10 4 (5.13%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 18 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.13%) Python
2 4 (5.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.54%) SC Cleared
3 8 (10.26%) CCNA
4 7 (8.97%) Degree
5 5 (6.41%) Azure Certification
5 5 (6.41%) DBS Check
6 4 (5.13%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.56%) MCSE
9 1 (1.28%) CCNP
9 1 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.13%) QA
2 2 (2.56%) GxP
2 2 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
System Software
1 37 (47.44%) Active Directory
2 13 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (14.10%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (3.85%) vSphere
5 2 (2.56%) Firmware
5 2 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.69%) SCCM
3 5 (6.41%) Terraform
4 4 (5.13%) Backup Exec
4 4 (5.13%) NetBackup
5 2 (2.56%) Ansible
5 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (2.56%) Puppet
5 2 (2.56%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.56%) WhatsUp Gold
6 1 (1.28%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.28%) SCOM
6 1 (1.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (44.87%) Microsoft
2 25 (32.05%) VMware
3 16 (20.51%) Cisco
4 5 (6.41%) Apple
4 5 (6.41%) Remedy
4 5 (6.41%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.41%) Veeam
5 4 (5.13%) Autodesk
5 4 (5.13%) Fortinet
5 4 (5.13%) Juniper
6 3 (3.85%) HP
6 3 (3.85%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.56%) NVIDIA
7 2 (2.56%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.28%) Aruba
8 1 (1.28%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (1.28%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.28%) SAP