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 15 August 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 661 635 715
Rank change year-on-year -26 +80 +29
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 73 19 56
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.077% 0.043% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.048% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 56 19 39
10th Percentile £40,000 £49,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £51,750 £40,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £59,125
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,750 £51,250
% change year-on-year +2.13% +14.63% -14.58%

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 88,788 39,586 68,659
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.58% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 62,342 23,878 46,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,201 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,076 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.96% - -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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -20 25 £40,000 -23.81% 1
South East - 16 £60,000 - 4
London -51 14 £72,500 +20.83% 17
East of England - 14 £65,000 - 2
Yorkshire -19 12 £49,500 -5.71%
North West +2 10 £40,000 -20.00% 1
North East -58 3 £40,000 -24.71%
South West - 3 £75,000 - 1
West Midlands -27 1 £57,500 +15.00%
Midlands -31 1 £57,500 +15.00%
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 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 56 (76.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (41.10%) Firewall
3 29 (39.73%) Azure
3 29 (39.73%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (35.62%) Windows
5 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
5 24 (32.88%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (24.66%) Vulnerability Management
7 17 (23.29%) Entra ID
8 16 (21.92%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (19.18%) Microsoft Intune
9 14 (19.18%) PowerShell
9 14 (19.18%) SIEM
10 13 (17.81%) Active Directory
10 13 (17.81%) Linux
11 12 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (15.07%) ITIL
12 11 (15.07%) Windows Server
13 9 (12.33%) AWS
13 9 (12.33%) Business Continuity
13 9 (12.33%) Incident Management
13 9 (12.33%) VMware
13 9 (12.33%) VPN
13 9 (12.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 8 (10.96%) Bash
14 8 (10.96%) Cisco
14 8 (10.96%) Cloud Security
14 8 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 8 (10.96%) Migration
14 8 (10.96%) VMware Infrastructure

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 29 (39.73%) Azure
2 24 (32.88%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (23.29%) Entra ID
4 9 (12.33%) AWS
5 5 (6.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (5.48%) Cloudflare
7 3 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.74%) GCP
8 2 (2.74%) OCI
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.37%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 30 (41.10%) Firewall
2 9 (12.33%) VPN
3 7 (9.59%) Internet
4 6 (8.22%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (8.22%) LAN
4 6 (8.22%) WAN
4 6 (8.22%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (4.11%) BGP
5 3 (4.11%) NGFW
5 3 (4.11%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.74%) HSRP
6 2 (2.74%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) JIRA
General
1 13 (17.81%) Finance
2 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.74%) Aerospace
3 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.74%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (6.85%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.48%) PKI
4 3 (4.11%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.74%) Replication
6 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.37%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 26 (35.62%) Windows
2 13 (17.81%) Linux
3 11 (15.07%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.85%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (76.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (39.73%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (24.66%) Vulnerability Management
4 16 (21.92%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (19.18%) SIEM
6 12 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (15.07%) ITIL
8 9 (12.33%) Business Continuity
8 9 (12.33%) Incident Management
8 9 (12.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 8 (10.96%) Cloud Security
9 8 (10.96%) Migration
10 6 (8.22%) AI
10 6 (8.22%) BCP
10 6 (8.22%) Business Continuity Planning
10 6 (8.22%) Data Security
10 6 (8.22%) Network Load Balancing
10 6 (8.22%) Penetration Testing
10 6 (8.22%) Security Operations
10 6 (8.22%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.18%) PowerShell
2 8 (10.96%) Bash
3 5 (6.85%) Python
3 5 (6.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.85%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.11%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (4.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.74%) CCNA
3 2 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.74%) SSCP
4 1 (1.37%) Degree
4 1 (1.37%) MCSE
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (9.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (6.85%) NIST
4 3 (4.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 13 (17.81%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.48%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.48%) KVM
4 1 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (19.18%) 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 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.33%) VMware
3 8 (10.96%) Cisco
4 7 (9.59%) Veeam
5 6 (8.22%) Aruba
5 6 (8.22%) Palo Alto
5 6 (8.22%) Qualys
6 4 (5.48%) IBM
7 3 (4.11%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.74%) Juniper
8 2 (2.74%) Oracle
9 1 (1.37%) Arista
9 1 (1.37%) Red Hat