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 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 622 745
Rank change year-on-year -23 +123 +61
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 73 25 77
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.084% 0.058% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.064% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 59 25 62
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £69,492
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,500 £86,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £57,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% +3.07% -5.00%

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 82,278 39,084 83,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 90.38% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57,869 23,488 61,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,246 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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
North of England -9 29 £40,000 -23.81%
Yorkshire -11 17 £47,500 -9.52%
London -28 14 £75,000 +15.38%
South East -18 13 £60,000 +20.00% 1
East of England - 11 £65,000 -
North West +2 9 £40,000 -20.00%
Midlands -30 3 £65,000 +62.50%
North East -48 3 £40,000 -24.71%
South West - 3 £60,000 -
West Midlands - 3 £65,000 -
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 July 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 60 (82.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (46.58%) Azure
3 31 (42.47%) Cybersecurity
4 30 (41.10%) Microsoft
5 29 (39.73%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (36.99%) Firewall
6 27 (36.99%) Windows
7 20 (27.40%) Entra ID
8 19 (26.03%) PowerShell
9 16 (21.92%) Active Directory
9 16 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (21.92%) Microsoft Intune
10 15 (20.55%) Disaster Recovery
10 15 (20.55%) Vulnerability Management
11 14 (19.18%) Cloud Security
12 13 (17.81%) Linux
12 13 (17.81%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 12 (16.44%) Bash
13 12 (16.44%) Migration
13 12 (16.44%) Windows Server
14 11 (15.07%) SIEM
15 10 (13.70%) AWS
15 10 (13.70%) VPN
16 9 (12.33%) ITIL
17 8 (10.96%) Identity Management
17 8 (10.96%) Incident Management
17 8 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
17 8 (10.96%) VMware
18 7 (9.59%) Azure Monitor
18 7 (9.59%) Security Architecture

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 4 (5.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 34 (46.58%) Azure
2 29 (39.73%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (27.40%) Entra ID
4 10 (13.70%) AWS
5 7 (9.59%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (6.85%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (5.48%) Cloudflare
8 2 (2.74%) GCP
8 2 (2.74%) OCI
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.37%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 27 (36.99%) Firewall
2 10 (13.70%) VPN
3 5 (6.85%) Network Security
4 4 (5.48%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.11%) BGP
5 3 (4.11%) Internet
5 3 (4.11%) NGFW
6 2 (2.74%) HSRP
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.37%) LAN
7 1 (1.37%) WAN
7 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) JIRA
General
1 13 (17.81%) Finance
2 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.74%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.74%) Legal
5 1 (1.37%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Hybrid Cloud
1 6 (8.22%) Security Posture
2 4 (5.48%) PKI
3 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.74%) Replication
5 1 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.37%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 27 (36.99%) Windows
2 13 (17.81%) Linux
3 12 (16.44%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (82.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (42.47%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (20.55%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (20.55%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (19.18%) Cloud Security
6 13 (17.81%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 12 (16.44%) Migration
8 11 (15.07%) SIEM
9 9 (12.33%) ITIL
10 8 (10.96%) Identity Management
10 8 (10.96%) Incident Management
11 7 (9.59%) Security Architecture
12 6 (8.22%) AI
12 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (6.85%) Incident Response
13 5 (6.85%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 4 (5.48%) Business Continuity
14 4 (5.48%) Zero Trust
15 3 (4.11%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (26.03%) PowerShell
2 12 (16.44%) Bash
3 5 (6.85%) Python
3 5 (6.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (4.11%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.74%) CCNA
2 2 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared
2 2 (2.74%) SSCP
3 1 (1.37%) Degree
3 1 (1.37%) MCSE
3 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (8.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (5.48%) NIST
4 3 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (21.92%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.48%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.48%) KVM
Systems Management
1 16 (21.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.48%) Graylog
2 4 (5.48%) Proxmox
2 4 (5.48%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.37%) Ansible
3 1 (1.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (41.10%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.96%) VMware
3 7 (9.59%) Veeam
4 5 (6.85%) Cisco
4 5 (6.85%) Palo Alto
5 4 (5.48%) IBM
6 3 (4.11%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.74%) Juniper
7 2 (2.74%) Oracle
7 2 (2.74%) Qualys
8 1 (1.37%) Arista
8 1 (1.37%) Aruba
8 1 (1.37%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.37%) LogRhythm
8 1 (1.37%) Meraki
8 1 (1.37%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.37%) Splunk
8 1 (1.37%) Tenable
8 1 (1.37%) Zscaler