Infrastructure Security Engineer Job Trends in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 608 661 669
Rank change year-on-year +53 +8 +377
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 22 63 42
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.052% 0.10% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.11% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 22 37 40
10th Percentile £43,325 £40,000 £43,625
25th Percentile £48,125 £45,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £62,500 £59,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £118,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -7.69%

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 38,604 59,518 48,107
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 95.18% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 23,213 34,172 37,107
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,358 £44,435
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £56,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% -6.67% -

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 17 October 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 17 October 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
London +39 13 £60,000 -46.67% 1
South East +5 4 £46,000 -8.00% 2
West Midlands +54 2 £48,750 -14.47%
Midlands +52 2 £48,750 -14.47%
North of England +6 2 £49,375 -5.95% 1
North West +2 1 £50,000 -9.09%
South West - 1 £50,000 -
North East - 1 £48,750 -
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 October 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 22 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (90.91%) Azure
3 14 (63.64%) Firewall
3 14 (63.64%) Microsoft
4 12 (54.55%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (54.55%) Entra ID
4 12 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (54.55%) Windows
5 11 (50.00%) Business Continuity
5 11 (50.00%) SIEM
6 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
6 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (40.91%) VMware
7 9 (40.91%) VPN
8 8 (36.36%) Incident Response
8 8 (36.36%) Network Security
9 7 (31.82%) AWS
9 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
9 7 (31.82%) VMware Infrastructure
9 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (27.27%) GDPR
10 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
10 6 (27.27%) NIST
10 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 6 (27.27%) Windows Server
11 5 (22.73%) Cloud Security
11 5 (22.73%) DNS
11 5 (22.73%) Migration

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 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
2 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 20 (90.91%) Azure
2 12 (54.55%) Entra ID
3 10 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (31.82%) AWS
5 4 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (13.64%) GCP
7 2 (9.09%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (9.09%) Azure Stack
7 2 (9.09%) IBM Cloud
7 2 (9.09%) PaaS
8 1 (4.55%) Google Workspace
8 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) Firewall
2 9 (40.91%) VPN
3 8 (36.36%) Network Security
4 5 (22.73%) DNS
4 5 (22.73%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.55%) DHCP
5 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.55%) LAN
5 1 (4.55%) NAS
5 1 (4.55%) SAN
5 1 (4.55%) SSL
5 1 (4.55%) VLAN
5 1 (4.55%) WAN
5 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Legal
3 5 (22.73%) Law
4 4 (18.18%) Finance
5 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 2 (9.09%) Retail
6 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (13.64%) Security Posture
2 2 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (4.55%) CCTV
3 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.09%) Linux
3 2 (9.09%) VMS
4 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (54.55%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 11 (50.00%) SIEM
4 8 (36.36%) Incident Response
5 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 5 (22.73%) Cloud Security
7 5 (22.73%) Migration
7 5 (22.73%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (22.73%) Security Operations
8 4 (18.18%) Data Protection
8 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (18.18%) Threat Detection
8 4 (18.18%) Zero Trust
9 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (13.64%) RBAC
9 3 (13.64%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
1 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.55%) CISSP
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (27.27%) GDPR
2 6 (27.27%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 7 (31.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 2 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (9.09%) vSphere
4 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (9.09%) Nessus
2 2 (9.09%) vCenter Server
3 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (4.55%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 9 (40.91%) VMware
3 4 (18.18%) Cisco
4 3 (13.64%) Meraki
5 2 (9.09%) Fortinet
5 2 (9.09%) IBM
5 2 (9.09%) SolarWinds
5 2 (9.09%) Tenable
6 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (4.55%) Dell
6 1 (4.55%) Google
6 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.55%) Qualys
6 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.55%) Splunk
6 1 (4.55%) Tanium
6 1 (4.55%) Zscaler