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 £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 54 87
Rank change year-on-year -21 +33 +68
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 85 157 46
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.64% 3.75% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.92% 4.02% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 65 91 38
10th Percentile £40,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £59,250
90th Percentile - £90,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +0.96%

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 2,910 3,908 2,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 93.38% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,921 1,999 1,403
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +28 43 £75,000 +87.50% 28
Cambridgeshire +6 25 £60,000 +18.52% 14
Essex -23 11 £47,500 -13.64% 4
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 8 November 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 85 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (63.53%) Azure
2 54 (63.53%) Windows
3 53 (62.35%) Windows Server
4 40 (47.06%) Microsoft
4 40 (47.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 37 (43.53%) Active Directory
6 32 (37.65%) Microsoft 365
7 27 (31.76%) Azure Logic Apps
8 25 (29.41%) Firewall
8 25 (29.41%) VMware
9 23 (27.06%) PowerShell
10 21 (24.71%) Roadmaps
10 21 (24.71%) Technology Roadmap
11 16 (18.82%) Hyper-V
11 16 (18.82%) Power Platform
12 15 (17.65%) Degree
12 15 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
13 14 (16.47%) Technical Leadership
14 13 (15.29%) Cloud Security
14 13 (15.29%) Cost Management
14 13 (15.29%) Performance Optimisation
15 12 (14.12%) Asset Management
15 12 (14.12%) Autodesk
15 12 (14.12%) Entra ID
15 12 (14.12%) Mentoring
15 12 (14.12%) QA
15 12 (14.12%) Risk Management
15 12 (14.12%) Task Automation

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 40 (47.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (1.18%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.18%) Civil 3D
1 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.88%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (63.53%) Azure
2 32 (37.65%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (31.76%) Azure Logic Apps
4 16 (18.82%) Power Platform
5 12 (14.12%) Entra ID
6 11 (12.94%) PowerApps
7 3 (3.53%) AWS
7 3 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.35%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.35%) IaaS
9 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.18%) Cohesity
9 1 (1.18%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 25 (29.41%) Firewall
2 9 (10.59%) SAN
3 8 (9.41%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (8.24%) WAN
5 5 (5.88%) IP Telephony
6 4 (4.71%) DNS
6 4 (4.71%) LAN
6 4 (4.71%) VLAN
7 3 (3.53%) DHCP
7 3 (3.53%) IPsec
7 3 (3.53%) SD-WAN
7 3 (3.53%) VPN
8 2 (2.35%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (2.35%) iSCSI
8 2 (2.35%) SSL
9 1 (1.18%) OSPF
9 1 (1.18%) SNMP
9 1 (1.18%) SSH
9 1 (1.18%) VoIP
9 1 (1.18%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (2.35%) GitLab
2 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 14 (16.47%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (8.24%) Finance
4 3 (3.53%) Legal
4 3 (3.53%) Local Government
4 3 (3.53%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.53%) Retail
5 2 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.18%) Advertising
6 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.71%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.18%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.18%) SAML
2 1 (1.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 5 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.71%) Clustering
2 4 (4.71%) PKI
3 3 (3.53%) iPad
3 3 (3.53%) NHS
4 2 (2.35%) Biopharmaceutical
5 1 (1.18%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.18%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.18%) RSA SecurID
5 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.18%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 54 (63.53%) Windows
2 53 (62.35%) Windows Server
3 7 (8.24%) Linux
3 7 (8.24%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (7.06%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.88%) Android
6 2 (2.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.18%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (24.71%) Roadmaps
2 21 (24.71%) Technology Roadmap
3 15 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (16.47%) Technical Leadership
5 13 (15.29%) Cloud Security
5 13 (15.29%) Cost Management
5 13 (15.29%) Performance Optimisation
6 12 (14.12%) Asset Management
6 12 (14.12%) Mentoring
6 12 (14.12%) Risk Management
6 12 (14.12%) Task Automation
7 10 (11.76%) ITIL
8 9 (10.59%) Project Delivery
8 9 (10.59%) Workflow
8 9 (10.59%) Workflow Management
9 8 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (8.24%) Patch Management
11 6 (7.06%) Migration
12 5 (5.88%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 23 (27.06%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.88%) SQL
3 4 (4.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (17.65%) Degree
2 11 (12.94%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (10.59%) CCNA
4 7 (8.24%) Security Cleared
5 5 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 5 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.53%) Postgraduate
6 3 (3.53%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.35%) MCSE
8 1 (1.18%) CCNP
8 1 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.12%) QA
2 3 (3.53%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.35%) GxP
3 2 (2.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (43.53%) Active Directory
2 16 (18.82%) Hyper-V
3 15 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (3.53%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.35%) vSphere
6 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (8.24%) Backup Exec
3 6 (7.06%) SCCM
3 6 (7.06%) Terraform
4 3 (3.53%) Ansible
5 2 (2.35%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (2.35%) NetBackup
5 2 (2.35%) Puppet
5 2 (2.35%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (2.35%) WSUS
6 1 (1.18%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.18%) Nessus
6 1 (1.18%) SCOM
6 1 (1.18%) WMI
Vendors
1 40 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 25 (29.41%) VMware
3 12 (14.12%) Autodesk
4 10 (11.76%) Cisco
5 9 (10.59%) Veeam
6 5 (5.88%) Apple
6 5 (5.88%) Remedy
6 5 (5.88%) ServiceNow
7 3 (3.53%) HP
8 2 (2.35%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.35%) Juniper
8 2 (2.35%) Nimble Storage
9 1 (1.18%) Aruba
9 1 (1.18%) Dell
9 1 (1.18%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.18%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.18%) SAP