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 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 627 599
Rank change year-on-year +49 -28 +372
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 25 61 46
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.049% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 23 42 42
10th Percentile £43,000 £37,716 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,580 £38,600 £51,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £69,250
90th Percentile £58,500 £59,425 £89,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% -11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 46,402 47,653 41,166
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 93.43% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 29,041 25,743 32,277
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 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
South East +26 10 £46,000 -16.36% 7
London +53 7 £55,000 +29.41%
West Midlands +35 4 £48,750 -2.50% 4
Midlands +17 4 £48,750 -8.88% 8
South West - 2 £50,000 - 4
North of England +19 1 £48,750 +28.51% 6
North East +4 1 £48,750 +28.51% 1
East of England - 1 £46,160 - 7
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, 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 25 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (76.00%) Azure
3 17 (68.00%) Firewall
4 15 (60.00%) VPN
5 14 (56.00%) Network Security
6 12 (48.00%) Business Continuity
6 12 (48.00%) SIEM
7 10 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (40.00%) Incident Response
7 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
8 9 (36.00%) Entra ID
8 9 (36.00%) Security Operations
8 9 (36.00%) Windows
9 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
9 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (32.00%) Situational Awareness
9 8 (32.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 8 (32.00%) VMware
10 7 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 7 (28.00%) Windows Server
11 6 (24.00%) AWS
11 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
11 6 (24.00%) Data Protection
11 6 (24.00%) Information Security
11 6 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 5 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (20.00%) Cisco
12 5 (20.00%) Customer Requirements

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 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) Azure
2 9 (36.00%) Entra ID
3 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (24.00%) AWS
5 5 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (20.00%) GCP
6 2 (8.00%) Mimecast
7 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 17 (68.00%) Firewall
2 15 (60.00%) VPN
3 14 (56.00%) Network Security
4 5 (20.00%) DNS
4 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (12.00%) WAN
6 2 (8.00%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (8.00%) Internet
6 2 (8.00%) LAN
6 2 (8.00%) VLAN
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (4.00%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (4.00%) DMZ
7 1 (4.00%) HSRP
7 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (4.00%) Miracast
7 1 (4.00%) MPLS
7 1 (4.00%) NAS
7 1 (4.00%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (4.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Legal
3 6 (24.00%) Finance
4 5 (20.00%) Law
5 3 (12.00%) Retail
6 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
7 1 (4.00%) Electronics
7 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) CCTV
1 3 (12.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.00%) FMCG
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.00%) PKI
2 1 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (48.00%) Business Continuity
2 12 (48.00%) SIEM
3 10 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 9 (36.00%) Security Operations
5 8 (32.00%) Situational Awareness
5 8 (32.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
6 6 (24.00%) Data Protection
6 6 (24.00%) Information Security
6 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
7 5 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (20.00%) Migration
7 5 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 4 (16.00%) RBAC
9 3 (12.00%) Business Continuity Planning
9 3 (12.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.00%) CCNP
2 1 (4.00%) CISSP
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (16.00%) GDPR
2 4 (16.00%) NIST
3 3 (12.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (12.00%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (12.00%) vSphere
4 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (12.00%) vCenter Server
3 1 (4.00%) Ansible
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
3 1 (4.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (32.00%) VMware
3 5 (20.00%) Cisco
4 4 (16.00%) Meraki
4 4 (16.00%) SolarWinds
5 3 (12.00%) Fortinet
5 3 (12.00%) Splunk
6 2 (8.00%) Palo Alto
6 2 (8.00%) Tenable
7 1 (4.00%) Dell
7 1 (4.00%) NetApp
7 1 (4.00%) Qualys
7 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 1 (4.00%) Tanium
7 1 (4.00%) Zscaler