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 10 March 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 586 704
Rank change year-on-year -1 +118 +242
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 47 48 81
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.073% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 36 44 77
10th Percentile £43,000 £37,716 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% -10.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £67,968
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,875 £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 59,045 35,767 69,614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 90.67% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 38,347 20,975 55,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 10 March 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 10 March 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
North of England -36 13 £47,500 +25.21% 2
Yorkshire -43 13 £47,500 -5.00% 2
South East -20 12 £48,000 -4.00%
South West - 7 £80,000 -
London +7 6 £63,750 -3.77%
West Midlands +4 6 £50,000 -
Midlands -14 6 £50,000 -
East of England - 3 £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 10 March 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 44 (93.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (63.83%) Azure
3 24 (51.06%) Microsoft
4 20 (42.55%) Network Security
5 18 (38.30%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (36.17%) Active Directory
6 17 (36.17%) Cloud Security
6 17 (36.17%) Firewall
7 16 (34.04%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (34.04%) SIEM
8 14 (29.79%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (29.79%) Entra ID
8 14 (29.79%) VPN
9 13 (27.66%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (27.66%) PowerShell
10 12 (25.53%) Incident Response
10 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Intune
11 11 (23.40%) Migration
11 11 (23.40%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 10 (21.28%) Security Architecture
12 10 (21.28%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (21.28%) Windows
13 9 (19.15%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (19.15%) Bash
13 9 (19.15%) Business Continuity
13 9 (19.15%) Identity Management
13 9 (19.15%) Incident Management
13 9 (19.15%) Security Operations
13 9 (19.15%) VMware
13 9 (19.15%) Windows Server

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 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (4.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 30 (63.83%) Azure
2 16 (34.04%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (29.79%) Entra ID
4 9 (19.15%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (14.89%) AWS
6 5 (10.64%) GCP
7 3 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (4.26%) Mimecast
9 1 (2.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 20 (42.55%) Network Security
2 17 (36.17%) Firewall
3 14 (29.79%) VPN
4 4 (8.51%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.38%) DNS
5 3 (6.38%) Internet
5 3 (6.38%) WAN
6 2 (4.26%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (4.26%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (4.26%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (4.26%) LAN
6 2 (4.26%) VLAN
6 2 (4.26%) Wireless
7 1 (2.13%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.13%) DHCP
7 1 (2.13%) HSRP
7 1 (2.13%) Miracast
7 1 (2.13%) MPLS
7 1 (2.13%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (2.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.89%) Legal
3 5 (10.64%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Retail
5 2 (4.26%) Law
6 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Electronics
6 1 (2.13%) Games
6 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) CCTV
1 3 (6.38%) YubiKey
2 2 (4.26%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.13%) FMCG
3 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.13%) PKI
3 1 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.28%) Windows
2 9 (19.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (93.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (38.30%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (36.17%) Cloud Security
4 16 (34.04%) SIEM
5 14 (29.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (27.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (25.53%) Incident Response
8 11 (23.40%) Migration
8 11 (23.40%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 10 (21.28%) Security Architecture
9 10 (21.28%) Vulnerability Management
10 9 (19.15%) Business Continuity
10 9 (19.15%) Identity Management
10 9 (19.15%) Incident Management
10 9 (19.15%) Security Operations
11 8 (17.02%) Situational Awareness
11 8 (17.02%) Threat Intelligence
12 6 (12.77%) Data Protection
12 6 (12.77%) Information Security
13 5 (10.64%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.66%) PowerShell
2 9 (19.15%) Bash
Qualifications
1 5 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.38%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.13%) CCNP
4 1 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (10.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (10.64%) NIST
3 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 3 (6.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (36.17%) Active Directory
2 8 (17.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.38%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.38%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (6.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (25.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.38%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.13%) Ansible
3 1 (2.13%) Terraform
3 1 (2.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 24 (51.06%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.15%) VMware
3 7 (14.89%) Cisco
3 7 (14.89%) Palo Alto
3 7 (14.89%) Splunk
4 5 (10.64%) Meraki
4 5 (10.64%) Qualys
4 5 (10.64%) Tenable
5 4 (8.51%) SolarWinds
6 3 (6.38%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.13%) Dell
7 1 (2.13%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.13%) NetApp
7 1 (2.13%) Zscaler