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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 70 51
Rank change year-on-year -85 -19 +142
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,034 2,929 4,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.14% 3.31% 5.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 3.93% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 605 2,468 1,625
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £44,000 £41,154 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,886 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -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 45,477 74,482 83,229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.01% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 22,533 54,432 49,691
10th Percentile £29,625 £29,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,105
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 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,695 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 28 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 28 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 -34 436 £52,000 +13.04% 173
North West -1 376 £50,000 +3.09% 114
London -2 270 £73,750 +13.46% 312
South East -111 145 £45,000 -10.00% 179
Midlands -105 90 £45,074 +0.16% 90
West Midlands -46 63 £45,000 - 47
Yorkshire -73 49 £60,000 +33.33% 41
East of England -73 48 £55,320 +22.93% 76
South West -91 45 £57,194 +14.39% 101
East Midlands -86 27 £46,750 +3.89% 38
North East -23 11 £52,000 +17.45% 22
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
1 164 (15.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.71%) IIS
4 7 (0.68%) Apache
4 7 (0.68%) Confluence
4 7 (0.68%) nginx
5 4 (0.39%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.29%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.19%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.097%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.097%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 23 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.13%) AutoCAD
3 4 (0.39%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.29%) Simulink
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.39%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.39%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.19%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.097%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.097%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.097%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 388 (37.52%) Azure
2 216 (20.89%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (12.38%) AWS
4 95 (9.19%) Entra ID
5 58 (5.61%) SaaS
6 40 (3.87%) IaaS
7 39 (3.77%) GCP
8 38 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
9 36 (3.48%) Power Platform
10 28 (2.71%) PaaS
11 22 (2.13%) OneDrive
12 21 (2.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 20 (1.93%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (1.93%) Azure AKS
14 19 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
14 19 (1.84%) GitHub
15 18 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (1.74%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.64%) Serverless
17 16 (1.55%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 351 (33.95%) VPN
2 265 (25.63%) Cisco IOS
3 193 (18.67%) Firewall
4 126 (12.19%) DNS
5 103 (9.96%) DHCP
6 93 (8.99%) WAN
7 80 (7.74%) LAN
8 70 (6.77%) Network Security
9 59 (5.71%) SAN
10 50 (4.84%) Wi-Fi
11 43 (4.16%) SD-WAN
12 39 (3.77%) VLAN
13 36 (3.48%) NAS
13 36 (3.48%) TCP/IP
14 21 (2.03%) Wireless
15 19 (1.84%) SMTP
16 13 (1.26%) BGP
16 13 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
17 12 (1.16%) Internet
17 12 (1.16%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (8.32%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.03%) Data Hub
2 21 (2.03%) SQL CLR
3 19 (1.84%) Power BI
4 16 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (1.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 12 (1.16%) Metadata
8 9 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.58%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.39%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.19%) Big Data
12 2 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
12 2 (0.19%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.097%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 31 (3.00%) Jenkins
2 15 (1.45%) Git
2 15 (1.45%) JIRA
3 9 (0.87%) GitLab
4 6 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.48%) Vagrant
6 4 (0.39%) Bitbucket Server
7 3 (0.29%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.097%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.097%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.097%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.097%) Selenium
9 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.097%) Subversion
General
1 313 (30.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 300 (29.01%) Analytical Skills
3 219 (21.18%) Social Skills
4 174 (16.83%) Finance
5 44 (4.26%) Legal
6 40 (3.87%) Public Sector
7 33 (3.19%) Banking
8 25 (2.42%) Back Office
9 24 (2.32%) Local Government
10 19 (1.84%) Law
11 15 (1.45%) Retail
12 14 (1.35%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.26%) Games
14 12 (1.16%) Electronics
14 12 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.16%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.39%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 814 (78.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 119 (11.51%) Senior
3 111 (10.74%) Support Engineer
4 97 (9.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 95 (9.19%) Infrastructure Support
6 92 (8.90%) Azure Engineer
7 89 (8.61%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 89 (8.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 72 (6.96%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 72 (6.96%) IT Engineer
9 71 (6.87%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 70 (6.77%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 52 (5.03%) Lead
12 42 (4.06%) Civil Engineer
13 37 (3.58%) Network Engineer
14 33 (3.19%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (3.09%) Security Engineer
16 31 (3.00%) IT Support
17 29 (2.80%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
18 28 (2.71%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (25.63%) Elastic Stack
2 25 (2.42%) ARM Templates
3 13 (1.26%) .NET
4 11 (1.06%) SAML
5 10 (0.97%) .NET Core
5 10 (0.97%) .NET Framework
6 9 (0.87%) Dapper ORM
6 9 (0.87%) Entity Framework
7 8 (0.77%) Middleware
8 7 (0.68%) OLE
9 5 (0.48%) Web Services
9 5 (0.48%) YAML
10 4 (0.39%) AWS CDK
11 3 (0.29%) JSON
11 3 (0.29%) OAuth
12 2 (0.19%) REST
12 2 (0.19%) XML
13 1 (0.097%) ASP.NET Web API
13 1 (0.097%) FastAPI
13 1 (0.097%) OpenCL
Miscellaneous
1 262 (25.34%) Cyberattack
2 77 (7.45%) Data Centre
3 35 (3.38%) Clustering
4 33 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 32 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.61%) Private Cloud
7 25 (2.42%) Cloud Native
7 25 (2.42%) Public Cloud
8 20 (1.93%) PKI
9 18 (1.74%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.26%) NHS
12 12 (1.16%) Hedge funds
13 11 (1.06%) Driving Licence
13 11 (1.06%) IoT
13 11 (1.06%) NB-IoT
14 9 (0.87%) Product Ownership
14 9 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (0.87%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 8 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 629 (60.83%) Windows
2 413 (39.94%) Linux
3 269 (26.02%) Android
4 239 (23.11%) Windows Server
5 41 (3.97%) Windows 10
6 37 (3.58%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 24 (2.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 15 (1.45%) Ubuntu
9 15 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 14 (1.35%) Unix
11 11 (1.06%) VMS
12 9 (0.87%) Debian
13 8 (0.77%) AIX
13 8 (0.77%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.68%) CentOS
14 7 (0.68%) Mac OS
15 4 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.19%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (41.01%) Problem-Solving
2 405 (39.17%) DevOps
3 289 (27.95%) Platform Engineering
3 289 (27.95%) Task Automation
4 281 (27.18%) Risk Management
5 273 (26.40%) Line Management
6 268 (25.92%) Storage Management
7 266 (25.73%) Mathematics
8 112 (10.83%) Disaster Recovery
9 99 (9.57%) High Availability
10 97 (9.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 86 (8.32%) ITIL
12 76 (7.35%) CI/CD
13 75 (7.25%) Mentoring
14 70 (6.77%) Migration
15 69 (6.67%) Agile
16 68 (6.58%) Cloud Security
16 68 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
17 57 (5.51%) Project Management
18 53 (5.13%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 473 (45.74%) PowerShell
2 345 (33.37%) Python
3 293 (28.34%) Bash
4 82 (7.93%) SQL
5 16 (1.55%) T-SQL
6 13 (1.26%) C#
7 10 (0.97%) Java
8 5 (0.48%) Groovy
8 5 (0.48%) Perl
8 5 (0.48%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.39%) Go
10 3 (0.29%) Bicep
10 3 (0.29%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.29%) Ruby
11 2 (0.19%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.097%) C
12 1 (0.097%) C++
12 1 (0.097%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.097%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.097%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (11.32%) Degree
2 98 (9.48%) Security Cleared
3 65 (6.29%) Azure Certification
3 65 (6.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 56 (5.42%) DV Cleared
5 52 (5.03%) SC Cleared
6 41 (3.97%) Cisco Certification
7 32 (3.09%) CCNA
8 29 (2.80%) CCNP
9 25 (2.42%) MCSA
10 19 (1.84%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.64%) MCSE
12 16 (1.55%) A+ Certification
12 16 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 15 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (1.45%) MCP
14 13 (1.26%) Network+ Certification
15 12 (1.16%) HND
16 10 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (2.13%) GDPR
3 18 (1.74%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.64%) SLA
5 15 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.45%) NIST
6 8 (0.77%) HIPAA
6 8 (0.77%) QA
7 6 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.58%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.39%) JSP 440
8 4 (0.39%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.097%) COBIT
9 1 (0.097%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.097%) GRC
System Software
1 348 (33.66%) Hyper-V
2 315 (30.46%) Docker
3 306 (29.59%) vSphere
4 274 (26.50%) VMware NSX
5 266 (25.73%) Active Directory
6 172 (16.63%) VMware Infrastructure
7 51 (4.93%) VMware ESXi
8 44 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
9 21 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (1.16%) Firmware
11 8 (0.77%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (0.77%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.39%) DFS Replication
13 4 (0.39%) NFS
13 4 (0.39%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.19%) Dovecot
14 2 (0.19%) Postfix
14 2 (0.19%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 400 (38.68%) Terraform
2 355 (34.33%) Ansible
3 96 (9.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 90 (8.70%) Kubernetes
5 57 (5.51%) SCCM
6 28 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
7 27 (2.61%) Puppet
8 24 (2.32%) vCenter Server
9 20 (1.93%) Failover Clustering
10 18 (1.74%) Progress Chef
11 15 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 13 (1.26%) Grafana
12 13 (1.26%) Prometheus
12 13 (1.26%) SCOM
13 9 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
13 9 (0.87%) Nessus
13 9 (0.87%) WSUS
14 8 (0.77%) vMotion
15 7 (0.68%) Istio
16 6 (0.58%) Nagios
Vendors
1 390 (37.72%) Cisco
2 346 (33.46%) Microsoft
3 275 (26.60%) Juniper
4 267 (25.82%) Splunk
5 262 (25.34%) 3PAR
6 244 (23.60%) VMware
7 66 (6.38%) Citrix
8 54 (5.22%) Meraki
9 38 (3.68%) Veeam
10 36 (3.48%) Google
11 29 (2.80%) Palo Alto
12 22 (2.13%) Fortinet
13 21 (2.03%) Red Hat
14 20 (1.93%) Dell
14 20 (1.93%) ServiceNow
15 18 (1.74%) SolarWinds
16 15 (1.45%) CheckPoint
16 15 (1.45%) HP
17 13 (1.26%) NetApp
18 11 (1.06%) Oracle