Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in England

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 77 52
Rank change year-on-year -79 -25 +138
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,068 2,857 4,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.15% 3.30% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 3.88% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 651 2,416 1,661
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,206 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,886 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £72,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,835 73,609 84,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.17% 85.09% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 23,750 53,947 50,379
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
North of England -30 456 £50,000 +8.70% 167
North West -3 386 £50,000 +5.26% 98
London -1 276 £72,500 +11.54% 339
South East -111 144 £45,000 -10.00% 203
Midlands -102 98 £45,000 - 95
West Midlands -38 71 £45,000 - 47
Yorkshire -55 59 £55,000 +22.22% 47
South West -91 50 £60,000 +20.00% 80
East of England -76 45 £55,320 +22.93% 64
East Midlands -90 27 £50,000 +11.11% 42
North East -31 11 £42,250 -4.57% 25
Infrastructure Engineering
UK

Infrastructure Engineering
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
1 157 (14.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.25%) IIS
4 9 (0.84%) nginx
5 6 (0.56%) Confluence
6 4 (0.37%) Apache
6 4 (0.37%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.19%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 28 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.50%) AutoCAD
3 4 (0.37%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.28%) Simulink
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.47%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.37%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.37%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.19%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.094%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.094%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 405 (37.92%) Azure
2 233 (21.82%) Microsoft 365
3 139 (13.01%) AWS
4 96 (8.99%) Entra ID
5 61 (5.71%) SaaS
6 44 (4.12%) GCP
7 42 (3.93%) IaaS
8 39 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (3.46%) Power Platform
10 32 (3.00%) PaaS
11 23 (2.15%) Azure AKS
12 20 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (1.87%) OneDrive
12 20 (1.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
13 18 (1.69%) PowerApps
14 17 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
14 17 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
14 17 (1.59%) GitHub
14 17 (1.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 358 (33.52%) VPN
2 264 (24.72%) Cisco IOS
3 217 (20.32%) Firewall
4 133 (12.45%) DNS
5 112 (10.49%) DHCP
6 99 (9.27%) WAN
7 89 (8.33%) LAN
8 75 (7.02%) Network Security
9 60 (5.62%) SAN
10 53 (4.96%) Wi-Fi
11 47 (4.40%) VLAN
12 44 (4.12%) SD-WAN
13 37 (3.46%) NAS
14 34 (3.18%) TCP/IP
15 24 (2.25%) Wireless
16 18 (1.69%) SMTP
17 14 (1.31%) BGP
18 13 (1.22%) Cisco ASA
18 13 (1.22%) Internet
19 11 (1.03%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.87%) Power BI
3 17 (1.59%) Data Hub
3 17 (1.59%) SQL CLR
4 14 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
5 12 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (0.94%) Metadata
6 10 (0.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 9 (0.84%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.75%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.37%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.19%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
12 2 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.19%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.19%) SAP BW
12 2 (0.19%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (2.90%) Jenkins
2 16 (1.50%) JIRA
3 13 (1.22%) Git
4 10 (0.94%) GitLab
5 7 (0.66%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (0.37%) Vagrant
7 3 (0.28%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.094%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.094%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.094%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.094%) Selenium
9 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.094%) Subversion
General
1 308 (28.84%) Analytical Skills
2 306 (28.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 212 (19.85%) Social Skills
4 163 (15.26%) Finance
5 42 (3.93%) Legal
6 38 (3.56%) Banking
7 31 (2.90%) Public Sector
8 25 (2.34%) Law
9 21 (1.97%) Back Office
10 20 (1.87%) Retail
11 16 (1.50%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.31%) Local Government
13 13 (1.22%) Games
13 13 (1.22%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.12%) Electronics
14 12 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (0.66%) Investment Banking
17 6 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
18 2 (0.19%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 842 (78.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 122 (11.42%) Senior
3 106 (9.93%) Support Engineer
4 97 (9.08%) Cloud Engineer
5 93 (8.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 91 (8.52%) Infrastructure Support
7 88 (8.24%) Azure Engineer
8 85 (7.96%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 74 (6.93%) IT Engineer
10 73 (6.84%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 71 (6.65%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 67 (6.27%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 47 (4.40%) Lead
14 42 (3.93%) Security Engineer
15 39 (3.65%) Network Engineer
16 36 (3.37%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
17 34 (3.18%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
18 30 (2.81%) Civil Engineer
18 30 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
19 27 (2.53%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (24.81%) Elastic Stack
2 24 (2.25%) ARM Templates
3 12 (1.12%) .NET
4 10 (0.94%) SAML
5 8 (0.75%) .NET Core
5 8 (0.75%) .NET Framework
6 7 (0.66%) Dapper ORM
6 7 (0.66%) Entity Framework
6 7 (0.66%) Middleware
6 7 (0.66%) OLE
6 7 (0.66%) Web Services
7 4 (0.37%) AWS CDK
8 3 (0.28%) JSON
8 3 (0.28%) OAuth
9 2 (0.19%) REST
9 2 (0.19%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.19%) XML
9 2 (0.19%) YAML
10 1 (0.094%) ADO
10 1 (0.094%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 262 (24.53%) Cyberattack
2 87 (8.15%) Data Centre
3 34 (3.18%) Management Information System
4 33 (3.09%) Clustering
4 33 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 27 (2.53%) Security Posture
6 26 (2.43%) Cloud Native
7 23 (2.15%) Private Cloud
8 17 (1.59%) PKI
9 14 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
11 12 (1.12%) Driving Licence
11 12 (1.12%) Hedge funds
12 11 (1.03%) IoT
12 11 (1.03%) NB-IoT
13 9 (0.84%) Product Ownership
14 8 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (0.66%) Cyber Security Posture
15 7 (0.66%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 664 (62.17%) Windows
2 428 (40.07%) Linux
3 269 (25.19%) Android
4 259 (24.25%) Windows Server
5 43 (4.03%) Windows 10
6 37 (3.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (2.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 25 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (1.78%) Ubuntu
10 16 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (1.31%) Unix
12 11 (1.03%) Debian
13 10 (0.94%) VMS
14 9 (0.84%) AIX
14 9 (0.84%) CentOS
14 9 (0.84%) Mac OS
15 8 (0.75%) Apple iOS
16 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.19%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (40.54%) Problem-Solving
2 408 (38.20%) DevOps
3 293 (27.43%) Platform Engineering
4 287 (26.87%) Task Automation
5 275 (25.75%) Line Management
5 275 (25.75%) Risk Management
6 267 (25.00%) Storage Management
7 266 (24.91%) Mathematics
8 121 (11.33%) Disaster Recovery
9 104 (9.74%) Infrastructure as Code
10 98 (9.18%) High Availability
11 90 (8.43%) ITIL
12 87 (8.15%) CI/CD
13 69 (6.46%) Cloud Security
14 68 (6.37%) Agile
14 68 (6.37%) Migration
15 67 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
16 64 (5.99%) Mentoring
17 63 (5.90%) Cybersecurity
18 60 (5.62%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 479 (44.85%) PowerShell
2 351 (32.87%) Python
3 295 (27.62%) Bash
4 82 (7.68%) SQL
5 14 (1.31%) T-SQL
6 12 (1.12%) C#
6 12 (1.12%) Java
7 5 (0.47%) Bicep
7 5 (0.47%) Perl
7 5 (0.47%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.37%) Go
8 4 (0.37%) Groovy
9 3 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (0.28%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.28%) Ruby
10 2 (0.19%) C
10 2 (0.19%) C++
10 2 (0.19%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.094%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.094%) VBA
Qualifications
1 118 (11.05%) Degree
2 103 (9.64%) Security Cleared
3 69 (6.46%) Azure Certification
4 66 (6.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 64 (5.99%) DV Cleared
6 54 (5.06%) SC Cleared
7 46 (4.31%) Cisco Certification
8 35 (3.28%) CCNA
9 31 (2.90%) CCNP
10 26 (2.43%) MCSA
11 22 (2.06%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.69%) MCSE
12 18 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 16 (1.50%) A+ Certification
13 16 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
14 15 (1.40%) MCP
15 13 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
16 11 (1.03%) HND
17 10 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (2.53%) GDPR
3 21 (1.97%) NIST
4 17 (1.59%) SLA
5 15 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.75%) HIPAA
7 6 (0.56%) QA
7 6 (0.56%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (0.37%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.37%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.094%) COBIT
10 1 (0.094%) GRC
System Software
1 359 (33.61%) Hyper-V
2 319 (29.87%) Docker
3 311 (29.12%) vSphere
4 278 (26.03%) VMware NSX
5 271 (25.37%) Active Directory
6 187 (17.51%) VMware Infrastructure
7 56 (5.24%) VMware ESXi
8 45 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
9 27 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
10 11 (1.03%) Firmware
11 8 (0.75%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (0.75%) Terminal Services
12 6 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
13 5 (0.47%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.28%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.28%) NFS
15 2 (0.19%) Dovecot
15 2 (0.19%) Postfix
16 1 (0.094%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 396 (37.08%) Terraform
2 351 (32.87%) Ansible
3 101 (9.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 93 (8.71%) Kubernetes
5 58 (5.43%) SCCM
6 30 (2.81%) vCenter Server
7 29 (2.72%) Puppet
8 26 (2.43%) Single Sign-On
9 20 (1.87%) Progress Chef
10 18 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
11 14 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 14 (1.31%) SCOM
12 12 (1.12%) Grafana
12 12 (1.12%) Prometheus
13 11 (1.03%) WSUS
14 10 (0.94%) Nessus
15 9 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
16 8 (0.75%) vMotion
17 7 (0.66%) Istio
18 6 (0.56%) Nagios
Vendors
1 400 (37.45%) Cisco
2 362 (33.90%) Microsoft
3 274 (25.66%) Juniper
4 268 (25.09%) VMware
5 267 (25.00%) Splunk
6 262 (24.53%) 3PAR
7 71 (6.65%) Citrix
8 54 (5.06%) Meraki
9 46 (4.31%) Veeam
10 37 (3.46%) Google
11 32 (3.00%) Palo Alto
12 23 (2.15%) Dell
12 23 (2.15%) Fortinet
12 23 (2.15%) ServiceNow
13 22 (2.06%) Red Hat
14 21 (1.97%) SolarWinds
15 16 (1.50%) CheckPoint
15 16 (1.50%) HP
16 15 (1.40%) NetApp
17 11 (1.03%) Oracle