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 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 620 668
Rank change year-on-year +33 +48 +281
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 44 53 85
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.077% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.13% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 35 43 80
10th Percentile £43,000 £37,716 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,875 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - -12.28% -8.80%
75th Percentile £66,875 £58,750 £67,968
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,750 £73,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year - -12.28% -5.00%

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 52,236 41,887 62,653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.12% 91.66% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 33,373 21,942 50,063
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -1 12 £48,000 -4.00% 1
London +45 9 £57,500 -23.33%
North of England -15 8 £47,500 +25.21% 3
Yorkshire -23 8 £47,500 -5.00% 1
West Midlands +30 7 £50,000 - 2
Midlands +12 7 £50,000 - 2
South West - 7 £80,000 - 4
East of England - 1 £46,160 -
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 February 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 43 (97.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (63.64%) Azure
3 23 (52.27%) Microsoft
4 21 (47.73%) Network Security
5 18 (40.91%) Firewall
6 17 (38.64%) Active Directory
6 17 (38.64%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (36.36%) SIEM
7 16 (36.36%) VPN
8 15 (34.09%) Entra ID
9 14 (31.82%) Cloud Security
9 14 (31.82%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (29.55%) Incident Response
10 13 (29.55%) Windows
11 12 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
12 11 (25.00%) Business Continuity
12 11 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (25.00%) Migration
12 11 (25.00%) VMware
12 11 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 11 (25.00%) Windows Server
13 10 (22.73%) PowerShell
13 10 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
13 10 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
14 9 (20.45%) Security Operations
15 8 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 8 (18.18%) Security Architecture
15 8 (18.18%) Situational Awareness
15 8 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence

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 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 28 (63.64%) Azure
2 16 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (34.09%) Entra ID
4 7 (15.91%) AWS
5 6 (13.64%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (11.36%) GCP
7 4 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (4.55%) Mimecast
9 1 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (47.73%) Network Security
2 18 (40.91%) Firewall
3 16 (36.36%) VPN
4 6 (13.64%) TCP/IP
5 5 (11.36%) DNS
6 3 (6.82%) Internet
6 3 (6.82%) WAN
7 2 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (4.55%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (4.55%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (4.55%) LAN
7 2 (4.55%) VLAN
7 2 (4.55%) Wireless
8 1 (2.27%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (2.27%) DHCP
8 1 (2.27%) HSRP
8 1 (2.27%) IPv4
8 1 (2.27%) Miracast
8 1 (2.27%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (2.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Legal
3 6 (13.64%) Finance
4 5 (11.36%) Law
5 3 (6.82%) Retail
6 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Electronics
6 1 (2.27%) Games
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) CCTV
1 3 (6.82%) Security Posture
1 3 (6.82%) YubiKey
2 1 (2.27%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.27%) FMCG
2 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.27%) PKI
2 1 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (29.55%) Windows
2 11 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (97.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (38.64%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (36.36%) SIEM
4 14 (31.82%) Cloud Security
4 14 (31.82%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (29.55%) Incident Response
6 11 (25.00%) Business Continuity
6 11 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (25.00%) Migration
6 11 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 10 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (20.45%) Security Operations
9 8 (18.18%) Security Architecture
9 8 (18.18%) Situational Awareness
9 8 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
10 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
10 6 (13.64%) Identity Management
10 6 (13.64%) Incident Management
10 6 (13.64%) Information Security
11 5 (11.36%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.64%) Bash
3 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (11.36%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.82%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.27%) CCNP
4 1 (2.27%) CISSP
4 1 (2.27%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (13.64%) NIST
3 5 (11.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (9.09%) GDPR
5 3 (6.82%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (38.64%) Active Directory
2 10 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.09%) Hyper-V
4 3 (6.82%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (6.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.82%) vCenter Server
3 1 (2.27%) Ansible
3 1 (2.27%) Terraform
3 1 (2.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 23 (52.27%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.00%) VMware
3 7 (15.91%) Cisco
3 7 (15.91%) Palo Alto
3 7 (15.91%) Splunk
4 5 (11.36%) Meraki
4 5 (11.36%) Qualys
4 5 (11.36%) Tenable
5 4 (9.09%) Fortinet
5 4 (9.09%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.27%) Dell
6 1 (2.27%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.27%) NetApp
6 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.27%) Zscaler