Infrastructure Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 556 724
Rank change year-on-year -59 +168 +221
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 50 39 83
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.070% 0.11% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.076% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 36 38 79
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,716 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,875 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% -14.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,438 £67,968
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - -6.54% -5.40%

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 65,559 32,850 74,204
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 89.88% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 43,137 21,103 57,884
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,995
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.10% -8.34%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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
Yorkshire -47 18 £47,500 -5.00% 2
North of England -61 18 £47,500 +25.21% 2
South East -36 9 £50,000 - 2
London -8 6 £67,500 -10.00% 2
West Midlands -15 6 £50,000 -
Midlands -33 6 £50,000 +11.11%
South West - 6 £80,000 -
East of England - 5 £65,000 - 1
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 April 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 45 (90.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (60.00%) Azure
3 26 (52.00%) Microsoft
4 20 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (34.00%) Cloud Security
5 17 (34.00%) Network Security
6 16 (32.00%) Active Directory
6 16 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (30.00%) Firewall
7 15 (30.00%) PowerShell
8 14 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (28.00%) Entra ID
8 14 (28.00%) SIEM
9 13 (26.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (22.00%) Identity Management
10 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (22.00%) Migration
10 11 (22.00%) Security Architecture
10 11 (22.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 10 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (20.00%) Bash
11 10 (20.00%) Incident Management
11 10 (20.00%) Incident Response
12 9 (18.00%) VPN
12 9 (18.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 9 (18.00%) Windows
13 8 (16.00%) Windows Server
14 7 (14.00%) Cisco
14 7 (14.00%) Palo Alto
14 7 (14.00%) Security Operations

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:

Cloud Services
1 30 (60.00%) Azure
2 16 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (28.00%) Entra ID
4 10 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (8.00%) AWS
6 3 (6.00%) GCP
7 2 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (2.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 17 (34.00%) Network Security
2 15 (30.00%) Firewall
3 9 (18.00%) VPN
4 3 (6.00%) Internet
4 3 (6.00%) WAN
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (4.00%) LAN
5 2 (4.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.00%) VLAN
5 2 (4.00%) Wireless
6 1 (2.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (2.00%) DHCP
6 1 (2.00%) DMZ
6 1 (2.00%) DNS
6 1 (2.00%) HSRP
6 1 (2.00%) IPv4
6 1 (2.00%) Miracast
6 1 (2.00%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.00%) Finance
2 3 (6.00%) Legal
3 2 (4.00%) Retail
4 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Electronics
4 1 (2.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.00%) YubiKey
2 2 (4.00%) CCTV
2 2 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.00%) FMCG
3 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.00%) PKI
3 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.00%) Windows
2 8 (16.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (90.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (34.00%) Cloud Security
4 14 (28.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (28.00%) SIEM
5 13 (26.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (22.00%) Identity Management
6 11 (22.00%) Migration
6 11 (22.00%) Security Architecture
6 11 (22.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 10 (20.00%) Incident Management
7 10 (20.00%) Incident Response
8 9 (18.00%) Vulnerability Management
9 7 (14.00%) Security Operations
10 6 (12.00%) Situational Awareness
10 6 (12.00%) Threat Intelligence
11 5 (10.00%) Business Continuity
12 4 (8.00%) Data Protection
12 4 (8.00%) Information Security
12 4 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (20.00%) Bash
3 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.00%) CCNP
4 1 (2.00%) MCSE
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (10.00%) NIST
2 2 (4.00%) GDPR
2 2 (4.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 16 (32.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.00%) Ansible
3 1 (2.00%) SCCM
3 1 (2.00%) Terraform
3 1 (2.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 26 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) Cisco
2 7 (14.00%) Palo Alto
2 7 (14.00%) VMware
3 6 (12.00%) Splunk
4 4 (8.00%) Meraki
4 4 (8.00%) Qualys
4 4 (8.00%) Tenable
5 3 (6.00%) SolarWinds
6 2 (4.00%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.00%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.00%) Dell
7 1 (2.00%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.00%) NetApp
7 1 (2.00%) Zscaler