Infrastructure Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 668 613 690
Rank change year-on-year -55 +77 -8
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 92 23 61
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.089% 0.053% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.059% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 57 23 35
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,650 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £59,500
90th Percentile - £72,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 96,276 39,048 61,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.61% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67,273 23,161 35,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,281
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -0.51% -7.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.77% -2.39% -8.33%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security 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 Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
South East -26 33 £62,500 +35.87% 7
North of England -39 21 £40,000 -18.99% 9
London -45 17 £70,000 +16.67% 24
East of England - 12 £65,000 - 1
North West -12 11 £40,000 -20.00% 3
North East -66 6 £45,000 -7.69% 4
South West -69 6 £75,000 +50.00% 2
Yorkshire - 4 £51,500 - 2
Midlands -40 3 £57,500 +17.95% 4
East Midlands - 2 - - 4
West Midlands -47 1 £57,500 +17.95%
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 October 2026, Infrastructure Security 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 England region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 77 (83.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (39.13%) Firewall
4 28 (30.43%) Azure
5 27 (29.35%) Microsoft 365
5 27 (29.35%) Vulnerability Management
6 25 (27.17%) Windows
7 24 (26.09%) Microsoft
8 21 (22.83%) SIEM
9 20 (21.74%) Entra ID
10 18 (19.57%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (19.57%) Linux
11 16 (17.39%) AWS
11 16 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (15.22%) Business Continuity
12 14 (15.22%) Cyber Intelligence
12 14 (15.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 14 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
12 14 (15.22%) Security Operations
12 14 (15.22%) VPN
13 12 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (13.04%) PowerShell
14 11 (11.96%) Active Directory
15 10 (10.87%) Bash
15 10 (10.87%) Cisco
15 10 (10.87%) Cloud Security
15 10 (10.87%) Internet
15 10 (10.87%) ITIL
15 10 (10.87%) NIST
15 10 (10.87%) Python

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 7 (7.61%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.35%) Confluence
3 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.09%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (30.43%) Azure
2 27 (29.35%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (21.74%) Entra ID
4 16 (17.39%) AWS
5 7 (7.61%) GCP
6 5 (5.43%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.35%) Cloudflare
8 2 (2.17%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.17%) OCI
8 2 (2.17%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.09%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 36 (39.13%) Firewall
2 14 (15.22%) VPN
3 10 (10.87%) Internet
4 9 (9.78%) Cisco Nexus
4 9 (9.78%) LAN
4 9 (9.78%) WAN
4 9 (9.78%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (8.70%) TCP/IP
6 6 (6.52%) DNS
7 3 (3.26%) BGP
7 3 (3.26%) Network Security
7 3 (3.26%) NGFW
8 2 (2.17%) HSRP
9 1 (1.09%) BIG-IP
9 1 (1.09%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (1.09%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Development Applications
1 4 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.09%) GitLab
General
1 13 (14.13%) Finance
2 12 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 5 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (5.43%) Retail
4 2 (2.17%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.17%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.43%) Terraform
2 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.96%) Security Posture
2 5 (5.43%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.35%) PKI
4 2 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.17%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.17%) Replication
5 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.09%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (27.17%) Windows
2 18 (19.57%) Linux
3 10 (10.87%) Windows Server
4 4 (4.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (83.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (29.35%) Vulnerability Management
4 21 (22.83%) SIEM
5 18 (19.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 16 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
7 14 (15.22%) Business Continuity
7 14 (15.22%) Cyber Intelligence
7 14 (15.22%) Security Operations
8 12 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (10.87%) Cloud Security
9 10 (10.87%) ITIL
9 10 (10.87%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 9 (9.78%) BCP
10 9 (9.78%) Data Security
10 9 (9.78%) Incident Management
10 9 (9.78%) Incident Response
10 9 (9.78%) Project Delivery
10 9 (9.78%) Roadmaps
10 9 (9.78%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 10 (10.87%) Bash
2 10 (10.87%) Python
3 4 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (10.87%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.70%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (3.26%) CISSP
6 2 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.17%) CCNA
6 2 (2.17%) CCSP
6 2 (2.17%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.17%) SSCP
7 1 (1.09%) CCNP
7 1 (1.09%) Degree
7 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (10.87%) NIST
3 6 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.43%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 11 (11.96%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.43%) Docker
4 4 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 4 (4.35%) KVM
5 2 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.61%) Ansible
3 5 (5.43%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.43%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.35%) Graylog
4 4 (4.35%) Proxmox
4 4 (4.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 24 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.87%) Cisco
3 9 (9.78%) Aruba
3 9 (9.78%) Palo Alto
3 9 (9.78%) Qualys
4 8 (8.70%) VMware
5 7 (7.61%) Veeam
6 5 (5.43%) Meraki
7 4 (4.35%) IBM
8 3 (3.26%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.26%) Google
9 2 (2.17%) Juniper
9 2 (2.17%) Oracle
9 2 (2.17%) SOTI
10 1 (1.09%) Arista
10 1 (1.09%) Broadcom
10 1 (1.09%) F5
10 1 (1.09%) Red Hat