Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in England

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 236 272
Rank change year-on-year +129 +36 -103
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2,163 1,456 1,971
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.54% 1.58% 1.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.69% 1.73% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,792 1,165 1,577
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,239 £41,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.82%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,750 £73,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in England

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
North of England +105 484 £45,000 - 40
South East +87 475 £50,000 +11.11% 61
South West +80 384 £50,000 +5.82% 63
London +56 335 £64,000 +6.67% 69
Midlands +75 321 £45,000 -5.26% 45
North West +85 254 £45,000 -4.76% 20
East Midlands +70 164 £45,000 -10.00% 19
East of England +62 157 £45,000 -5.26% 30
West Midlands +41 157 £45,000 -5.26% 26
Yorkshire +97 151 £44,000 -2.22% 15
North East +39 77 £44,274 +4.17% 7
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2,087 (96.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1,060 (49.01%) Windows
3 907 (41.93%) Azure
4 803 (37.12%) VMware
5 789 (36.48%) Microsoft
6 724 (33.47%) Active Directory
7 671 (31.02%) Microsoft 365
8 594 (27.46%) Windows Server
9 528 (24.41%) VMware Infrastructure
10 492 (22.75%) Linux
11 449 (20.76%) Firewall
12 413 (19.09%) PowerShell
13 389 (17.98%) DNS
13 389 (17.98%) Social Skills
14 341 (15.77%) ITIL
15 340 (15.72%) AWS
16 332 (15.35%) Hyper-V
17 329 (15.21%) Security Cleared
18 294 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
19 292 (13.50%) Microsoft Exchange
20 277 (12.81%) DHCP
21 267 (12.34%) WAN
22 259 (11.97%) Cisco
23 258 (11.93%) Data Centre
24 237 (10.96%) Finance
25 234 (10.82%) Microsoft Intune
26 227 (10.49%) LAN
27 220 (10.17%) DevOps
28 205 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
29 204 (9.43%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 292 (13.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 185 (8.55%) SharePoint
3 44 (2.03%) IIS
4 11 (0.51%) Confluence
5 9 (0.42%) CMS
5 9 (0.42%) WordPress
6 7 (0.32%) Apache
7 5 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (0.18%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.14%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.14%) nginx
10 2 (0.092%) JBoss
10 2 (0.092%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.092%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.046%) Moodle
11 1 (0.046%) Site Server
11 1 (0.046%) WebSphere
Applications
1 65 (3.01%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.37%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.18%) AutoCAD
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.092%) CATIA
4 2 (0.092%) NASTRAN
4 2 (0.092%) Trello
5 1 (0.046%) 1Password
5 1 (0.046%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.046%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.092%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 907 (41.93%) Azure
2 671 (31.02%) Microsoft 365
3 340 (15.72%) AWS
4 204 (9.43%) Entra ID
5 137 (6.33%) IaaS
6 126 (5.83%) SaaS
7 61 (2.82%) PaaS
8 55 (2.54%) OneDrive
9 45 (2.08%) OpenShift
10 43 (1.99%) Nutanix
11 42 (1.94%) GitHub
12 41 (1.90%) GCP
13 36 (1.66%) Power Platform
14 33 (1.53%) Amazon S3
15 32 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
16 28 (1.29%) Serverless
17 27 (1.25%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 24 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
19 19 (0.88%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 449 (20.76%) Firewall
2 389 (17.98%) DNS
3 277 (12.81%) DHCP
4 267 (12.34%) WAN
5 227 (10.49%) LAN
6 191 (8.83%) SAN
7 159 (7.35%) VPN
8 132 (6.10%) TCP/IP
9 108 (4.99%) Wi-Fi
10 87 (4.02%) VLAN
11 84 (3.88%) Wireless
12 71 (3.28%) SD-WAN
13 60 (2.77%) NAS
14 57 (2.64%) HTTP
15 46 (2.13%) WLAN
16 44 (2.03%) MPLS
17 43 (1.99%) Network Security
18 40 (1.85%) VoIP
19 39 (1.80%) Internet
20 35 (1.62%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 124 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 45 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (1.48%) MySQL
4 17 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (0.51%) Big Data
7 9 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.32%) Power BI
9 4 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (0.18%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.18%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.14%) DB2
11 2 (0.092%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.092%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.092%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.046%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.046%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.046%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.046%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.046%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 56 (2.59%) GitLab
2 43 (1.99%) Git
3 30 (1.39%) JIRA
4 23 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.97%) Artifactory
6 10 (0.46%) Trac
7 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.32%) MSI
8 6 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.18%) Subversion
10 2 (0.092%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.092%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.046%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.046%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.046%) Vagrant
General
1 389 (17.98%) Social Skills
2 237 (10.96%) Finance
3 108 (4.99%) Public Sector
4 96 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (2.96%) Aerospace
6 56 (2.59%) Manufacturing
6 56 (2.59%) Telecoms
7 49 (2.27%) Law
8 48 (2.22%) Banking
8 48 (2.22%) Retail
9 42 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (1.39%) Automotive
11 29 (1.34%) Advertising
11 29 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
12 23 (1.06%) Legal
13 14 (0.65%) Investment Banking
13 14 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (0.60%) Electronics
14 13 (0.60%) Financial Institution
15 12 (0.55%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.02%) CSS
2 15 (0.69%) LDAP
3 13 (0.60%) .NET
3 13 (0.60%) JSON
3 13 (0.60%) XML
4 12 (0.55%) Web Services
5 11 (0.51%) LAMP
6 7 (0.32%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.28%) JSON Schema
7 6 (0.28%) KML
7 6 (0.28%) Middleware
7 6 (0.28%) Regular Expression
7 6 (0.28%) Software Packaging
7 6 (0.28%) XML Schema
7 6 (0.28%) YAML
8 5 (0.23%) SAML
9 4 (0.18%) EJB
10 3 (0.14%) ASP.NET
10 3 (0.14%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 258 (11.93%) Data Centre
2 87 (4.02%) Public Cloud
3 84 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
4 81 (3.74%) Driving Licence
5 55 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 55 (2.54%) PKI
6 54 (2.50%) Management Information System
7 34 (1.57%) Private Cloud
7 34 (1.57%) Replication
8 26 (1.20%) Clustering
8 26 (1.20%) IoT
9 21 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (0.92%) CCTV
11 18 (0.83%) EMC VNX
12 17 (0.79%) Client/Server
12 17 (0.79%) Enterprise Storage
13 16 (0.74%) Cloud Native
14 13 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
14 13 (0.60%) Security Posture
15 12 (0.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1,060 (49.01%) Windows
2 594 (27.46%) Windows Server
3 492 (22.75%) Linux
4 154 (7.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 121 (5.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 120 (5.55%) Windows Server 2012
7 111 (5.13%) Windows 10
8 99 (4.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 53 (2.45%) Ubuntu
10 43 (1.99%) Unix
11 39 (1.80%) VMS
12 31 (1.43%) Apple iOS
13 29 (1.34%) Android
14 26 (1.20%) Windows 7
15 25 (1.16%) CentOS
16 21 (0.97%) Mac OS
17 17 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
18 16 (0.74%) Windows XP
19 15 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
20 9 (0.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,087 (96.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 341 (15.77%) ITIL
3 294 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
4 220 (10.17%) DevOps
5 205 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
6 179 (8.28%) Disaster Recovery
7 165 (7.63%) Mentoring
8 133 (6.15%) Migration
9 124 (5.73%) Agile
10 110 (5.09%) Infrastructure as Code
11 109 (5.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 106 (4.90%) Coaching
13 98 (4.53%) Change Management
14 93 (4.30%) Service Management
15 91 (4.21%) Customer Service
15 91 (4.21%) Roadmaps
16 82 (3.79%) Service Delivery
17 77 (3.56%) Project Management
18 76 (3.51%) Server Management
19 75 (3.47%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 413 (19.09%) PowerShell
2 161 (7.44%) Python
3 132 (6.10%) Bash
4 116 (5.36%) SQL
5 47 (2.17%) Java
6 27 (1.25%) Perl
7 17 (0.79%) Ruby
8 11 (0.51%) Korn
9 10 (0.46%) Swift
10 9 (0.42%) ActionScript
10 9 (0.42%) VB
11 7 (0.32%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.28%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.18%) C
13 4 (0.18%) Go
14 3 (0.14%) Bicep
14 3 (0.14%) C#
14 3 (0.14%) Rust
14 3 (0.14%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.092%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 329 (15.21%) Security Cleared
2 188 (8.69%) DV Cleared
3 183 (8.46%) Degree
4 165 (7.63%) SC Cleared
5 91 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
6 78 (3.61%) CCNA
7 53 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 43 (1.99%) Azure Certification
9 41 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 31 (1.43%) HNC
11 28 (1.29%) CCNP
11 28 (1.29%) MCSE
12 26 (1.20%) AWS Certification
13 21 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 16 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 14 (0.65%) A+ Certification
15 14 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
15 14 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
16 13 (0.60%) DBS Check
16 13 (0.60%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (3.70%) SLA
2 27 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (0.79%) GDPR
5 15 (0.69%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.65%) NIST
7 10 (0.46%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.46%) QA
8 8 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.28%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.23%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.18%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.092%) PMO
13 1 (0.046%) NCSC
System Software
1 724 (33.47%) Active Directory
2 528 (24.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 332 (15.35%) Hyper-V
4 125 (5.78%) Docker
5 119 (5.50%) VMware ESXi
6 102 (4.72%) vSphere
7 85 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
8 25 (1.16%) XenApp
9 24 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
10 22 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
11 15 (0.69%) Firmware
12 14 (0.65%) NFS
13 13 (0.60%) pfSense
14 10 (0.46%) VMware Server
14 10 (0.46%) XenDesktop
15 9 (0.42%) OpenSSH
16 8 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
17 7 (0.32%) Terminal Services
18 6 (0.28%) DFS Replication
18 6 (0.28%) KVM
Systems Management
1 234 (10.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 185 (8.55%) Ansible
3 172 (7.95%) SCCM
4 135 (6.24%) Terraform
5 119 (5.50%) Kubernetes
6 97 (4.48%) vCenter Server
7 70 (3.24%) Puppet
8 63 (2.91%) WSUS
9 40 (1.85%) SCOM
10 37 (1.71%) EMC NetWorker
11 31 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 29 (1.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 26 (1.20%) Nagios
14 23 (1.06%) FortiGate
15 22 (1.02%) NetBackup
16 18 (0.83%) ZABBIX
17 17 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
18 16 (0.74%) SCDPM
19 15 (0.69%) Grafana
20 14 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 803 (37.12%) VMware
2 789 (36.48%) Microsoft
3 259 (11.97%) Cisco
4 179 (8.28%) Veeam
5 146 (6.75%) Citrix
6 115 (5.32%) Red Hat
7 106 (4.90%) HP
8 71 (3.28%) Dell
9 65 (3.01%) Aruba
10 61 (2.82%) Meraki
10 61 (2.82%) Oracle
11 47 (2.17%) Palo Alto
12 46 (2.13%) NetApp
12 46 (2.13%) SolarWinds
13 44 (2.03%) EMC
14 42 (1.94%) Fortinet
15 34 (1.57%) IBM
15 34 (1.57%) Juniper
16 31 (1.43%) Google
17 27 (1.25%) Commvault