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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 672 611 688
Rank change year-on-year -61 +77 -12
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 86 20 61
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.083% 0.046% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.051% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 58 20 35
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,813 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,563 £51,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £59,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £118,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +2.27% -8.33%

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 96,260 39,089 64,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 90.45% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,768 23,344 38,067
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,852 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 26 September 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 26 September 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
South East -10 27 £62,500 +35.87% 15
North of England -41 21 £40,000 -20.00% 14
London -60 17 £70,000 +16.67% 17
East of England - 13 £65,000 - 5
North West -18 10 £40,000 -20.00% 4
South West - 6 £75,000 - 4
Yorkshire - 6 £51,500 - 3
North East -59 5 £40,000 -24.71% 7
Midlands -49 2 £57,500 +17.95% 2
West Midlands -39 1 £57,500 +17.95%
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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 70 (81.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 38 (44.19%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (40.70%) Firewall
4 27 (31.40%) Azure
4 27 (31.40%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (30.23%) Windows
6 25 (29.07%) Vulnerability Management
7 24 (27.91%) Microsoft
8 20 (23.26%) Entra ID
9 19 (22.09%) SIEM
10 17 (19.77%) Disaster Recovery
11 16 (18.60%) Linux
12 14 (16.28%) Security Operations
13 13 (15.12%) AWS
13 13 (15.12%) Business Continuity
13 13 (15.12%) Microsoft Intune
14 12 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 12 (13.95%) VPN
15 11 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (12.79%) PowerShell
15 11 (12.79%) Windows Server
16 10 (11.63%) Active Directory
16 10 (11.63%) Cisco
16 10 (11.63%) Cyber Intelligence
16 10 (11.63%) Internet
16 10 (11.63%) ITIL
17 9 (10.47%) Aruba
17 9 (10.47%) BCP
17 9 (10.47%) Business Continuity Planning

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 6 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.65%) Confluence
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 27 (31.40%) Azure
1 27 (31.40%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (23.26%) Entra ID
3 13 (15.12%) AWS
4 5 (5.81%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (5.81%) GCP
5 4 (4.65%) Cloudflare
6 2 (2.33%) OCI
7 1 (1.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.16%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.16%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.16%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 35 (40.70%) Firewall
2 12 (13.95%) VPN
3 10 (11.63%) Internet
4 9 (10.47%) Cisco Nexus
4 9 (10.47%) LAN
4 9 (10.47%) WAN
4 9 (10.47%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (6.98%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.49%) BGP
6 3 (3.49%) DNS
6 3 (3.49%) NGFW
7 2 (2.33%) HSRP
7 2 (2.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 13 (15.12%) Finance
2 11 (12.79%) Social Skills
3 5 (5.81%) Retail
4 4 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.33%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.33%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Graph
1 3 (3.49%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.79%) Security Posture
2 5 (5.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (4.65%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.65%) PKI
4 2 (2.33%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.33%) Replication
5 1 (1.16%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 26 (30.23%) Windows
2 16 (18.60%) Linux
3 11 (12.79%) Windows Server
4 5 (5.81%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (81.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 38 (44.19%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (29.07%) Vulnerability Management
4 19 (22.09%) SIEM
5 17 (19.77%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (16.28%) Security Operations
7 13 (15.12%) Business Continuity
8 12 (13.95%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (12.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (11.63%) Cyber Intelligence
10 10 (11.63%) ITIL
11 9 (10.47%) BCP
11 9 (10.47%) Business Continuity Planning
11 9 (10.47%) Data Security
11 9 (10.47%) Incident Management
11 9 (10.47%) Network Load Balancing
11 9 (10.47%) Penetration Testing
11 9 (10.47%) Threat Detection
12 8 (9.30%) Cloud Security
12 8 (9.30%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.79%) PowerShell
2 8 (9.30%) Bash
2 8 (9.30%) Python
3 5 (5.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (10.47%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.14%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.49%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.33%) CCNA
5 2 (2.33%) CISSP
5 2 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.33%) SSCP
6 1 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.16%) CCNP
6 1 (1.16%) CCSP
6 1 (1.16%) Degree
6 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (9.30%) NIST
3 6 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.81%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 10 (11.63%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.65%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.65%) KVM
4 3 (3.49%) Docker
5 1 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (15.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.65%) Ansible
2 4 (4.65%) Graylog
2 4 (4.65%) Proxmox
2 4 (4.65%) ZABBIX
3 3 (3.49%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (27.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.63%) Cisco
3 9 (10.47%) Aruba
3 9 (10.47%) Palo Alto
3 9 (10.47%) Qualys
4 8 (9.30%) VMware
5 7 (8.14%) Veeam
6 5 (5.81%) Meraki
7 4 (4.65%) IBM
8 3 (3.49%) Fortinet
9 2 (2.33%) Google
9 2 (2.33%) Juniper
9 2 (2.33%) Oracle
10 1 (1.16%) Arista
10 1 (1.16%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.16%) SOTI