Lead Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
England > East of England

The median Lead Infrastructure Engineer salary in the East of England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 - 220
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Infrastructure Engineer 7 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.11% - 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £55,000 - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile - - £60,000
90th Percentile - - £63,000
England median annual salary £82,511 £71,991 £59,500
% change year-on-year +14.61% +20.99% -25.63%

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 5,772 2,711 5,743
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 90.85% 93.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,744 1,472 4,386
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £25,809
25th Percentile £35,250 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +7.30% -13.64%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,200 £63,446
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £53,847
% change year-on-year -5.17% +7.71% -11.44%

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the East of England

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the East of England

Lead 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 Lead Infrastructure Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
Essex - 5 £75,000 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £60,000 - 1
Lead Infrastructure Engineer
England

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 15 May 2026, Lead 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 Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
4 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
4 3 (42.86%) Citrix
4 3 (42.86%) DHCP
4 3 (42.86%) DNS
4 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
4 3 (42.86%) Firewall
4 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
4 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (42.86%) VMware
4 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
5 2 (28.57%) Presales
5 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) SLA
5 2 (28.57%) Windows

Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) DHCP
1 3 (42.86%) DNS
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) TCP/IP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Fat Client
1 2 (28.57%) PMI
1 2 (28.57%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Presales
4 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
4 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) VMware