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 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 573 741
Rank change year-on-year -54 +168 +188
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 49 37 80
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.063% 0.099% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 35 36 76
10th Percentile £46,196 £37,716 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £38,679 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -28.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,375 £67,968
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -18.92%

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 71,466 33,303 77,907
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 89.28% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 46,824 21,286 59,791
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.37%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 19 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 19 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 -39 18 £47,500 -5.00%
North of England -56 18 £47,500 +25.21%
South East -50 7 £50,000 - 1
East of England - 7 £65,000 -
West Midlands -21 6 £50,000 -
Midlands -36 6 £50,000 +11.11%
South West - 6 £80,000 -
London -12 5 £70,000 -6.67% 2
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 42 (85.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (55.10%) Azure
3 25 (51.02%) Microsoft
4 20 (40.82%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (34.69%) Cloud Security
6 15 (30.61%) Active Directory
6 15 (30.61%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (30.61%) Network Security
7 14 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (28.57%) PowerShell
8 13 (26.53%) Entra ID
9 12 (24.49%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (24.49%) Firewall
10 11 (22.45%) Identity Management
10 11 (22.45%) Migration
10 11 (22.45%) Security Architecture
10 11 (22.45%) SIEM
10 11 (22.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 10 (20.41%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (20.41%) Bash
11 10 (20.41%) Incident Management
11 10 (20.41%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (16.33%) Incident Response
12 8 (16.33%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (16.33%) Windows
13 7 (14.29%) Palo Alto
13 7 (14.29%) VPN
13 7 (14.29%) Windows Server
14 6 (12.24%) Cisco
14 6 (12.24%) Splunk

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 27 (55.10%) Azure
2 15 (30.61%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (26.53%) Entra ID
4 10 (20.41%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (4.08%) AWS
6 1 (2.04%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.04%) GCP
6 1 (2.04%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (30.61%) Network Security
2 12 (24.49%) Firewall
3 7 (14.29%) VPN
4 3 (6.12%) Internet
5 2 (4.08%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (4.08%) Cisco Firepower
5 2 (4.08%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (4.08%) VLAN
5 2 (4.08%) WAN
5 2 (4.08%) Wireless
6 1 (2.04%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (2.04%) DHCP
6 1 (2.04%) DNS
6 1 (2.04%) HSRP
6 1 (2.04%) IPv4
6 1 (2.04%) LAN
6 1 (2.04%) Miracast
6 1 (2.04%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (12.24%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (2.04%) Electronics
2 1 (2.04%) Finance
2 1 (2.04%) Games
2 1 (2.04%) Legal
2 1 (2.04%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) YubiKey
2 2 (4.08%) CCTV
2 2 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.04%) FMCG
3 1 (2.04%) PKI
3 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.33%) Windows
2 7 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.04%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (85.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (40.82%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (34.69%) Cloud Security
4 14 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (24.49%) Disaster Recovery
6 11 (22.45%) Identity Management
6 11 (22.45%) Migration
6 11 (22.45%) Security Architecture
6 11 (22.45%) SIEM
6 11 (22.45%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 10 (20.41%) Incident Management
8 8 (16.33%) Incident Response
8 8 (16.33%) Vulnerability Management
9 5 (10.20%) Security Operations
10 4 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (8.16%) Situational Awareness
10 4 (8.16%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (8.16%) Threat Detection
10 4 (8.16%) Threat Intelligence
11 3 (6.12%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 14 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 10 (20.41%) Bash
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) CCNP
4 1 (2.04%) MCSE
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (8.16%) NIST
3 2 (4.08%) GDPR
3 2 (4.08%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (30.61%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.12%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (20.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) Ansible
2 1 (2.04%) SCCM
2 1 (2.04%) Terraform
2 1 (2.04%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (51.02%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.29%) Palo Alto
3 6 (12.24%) Cisco
3 6 (12.24%) Splunk
3 6 (12.24%) VMware
4 4 (8.16%) Qualys
4 4 (8.16%) Tenable
5 3 (6.12%) Meraki
6 2 (4.08%) Fortinet
6 2 (4.08%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.04%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.04%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.04%) NetApp
7 1 (2.04%) Zscaler