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 27 June 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 636 609 773
Rank change year-on-year -27 +164 +69
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 77 24 81
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.091% 0.059% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.066% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 61 24 69
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,250 £35,736
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,625 £67,968
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,750 £81,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 79,755 36,318 87,533
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.17% 90.01% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,088 21,224 64,679
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,938
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 27 June 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 27 June 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 0 32 £43,750 -16.67%
Yorkshire -16 21 £47,500 -9.52%
London -33 14 £75,000 +15.38%
South East -16 12 £60,000 +20.00%
East of England - 11 £65,000 -
North West +10 9 £40,000 -20.00%
Midlands -28 4 £57,500 +43.75% 1
South West - 4 £70,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £57,500 -
North East -40 2 £40,000 -30.43%
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 June 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 65 (84.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (48.05%) Azure
3 34 (44.16%) Microsoft
4 32 (41.56%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (38.96%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (35.06%) Windows
7 25 (32.47%) Firewall
8 21 (27.27%) Entra ID
8 21 (27.27%) PowerShell
9 18 (23.38%) Active Directory
9 18 (23.38%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (22.08%) Microsoft Intune
11 16 (20.78%) Cloud Security
11 16 (20.78%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (18.18%) Bash
12 14 (18.18%) Migration
12 14 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
12 14 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 13 (16.88%) Linux
14 12 (15.58%) Windows Server
15 11 (14.29%) SIEM
16 10 (12.99%) AWS
16 10 (12.99%) Identity Management
16 10 (12.99%) VPN
17 9 (11.69%) Azure Monitor
17 9 (11.69%) Incident Management
17 9 (11.69%) Security Architecture
18 8 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 8 (10.39%) ITIL
18 8 (10.39%) VMware

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 4 (5.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 37 (48.05%) Azure
2 30 (38.96%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 10 (12.99%) AWS
5 9 (11.69%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (6.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (5.19%) Cloudflare
8 2 (2.60%) GCP
8 2 (2.60%) OCI
9 1 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.30%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 25 (32.47%) Firewall
2 10 (12.99%) VPN
3 7 (9.09%) Network Security
4 3 (3.90%) BGP
4 3 (3.90%) NGFW
4 3 (3.90%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.60%) HSRP
5 2 (2.60%) Internet
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.30%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) JIRA
General
1 13 (16.88%) Finance
2 9 (11.69%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.60%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.60%) Legal
5 1 (1.30%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (6.49%) Security Posture
3 4 (5.19%) PKI
4 2 (2.60%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.60%) Replication
5 1 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.30%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.30%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.30%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 27 (35.06%) Windows
2 13 (16.88%) Linux
3 12 (15.58%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (84.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (41.56%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (23.38%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (20.78%) Cloud Security
4 16 (20.78%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (18.18%) Migration
5 14 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 11 (14.29%) SIEM
7 10 (12.99%) Identity Management
8 9 (11.69%) Incident Management
8 9 (11.69%) Security Architecture
9 8 (10.39%) ITIL
10 7 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (7.79%) AI
11 6 (7.79%) Incident Response
12 5 (6.49%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 4 (5.19%) Data Loss Prevention
13 4 (5.19%) Zero Trust
14 3 (3.90%) Cyber Resilience
Programming Languages
1 21 (27.27%) PowerShell
2 14 (18.18%) Bash
3 5 (6.49%) Python
3 5 (6.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.19%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.60%) CCNA
3 2 (2.60%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (2.60%) SSCP
4 1 (1.30%) Degree
4 1 (1.30%) MCSE
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.30%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (7.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (6.49%) NIST
4 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.30%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (23.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.49%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.19%) KVM
Systems Management
1 17 (22.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.19%) Graylog
2 4 (5.19%) Proxmox
2 4 (5.19%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.30%) Ansible
3 1 (1.30%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (44.16%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.39%) VMware
3 6 (7.79%) Veeam
4 5 (6.49%) Palo Alto
5 4 (5.19%) Cisco
5 4 (5.19%) IBM
6 3 (3.90%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.60%) Juniper
7 2 (2.60%) Oracle
7 2 (2.60%) Qualys
7 2 (2.60%) Splunk
7 2 (2.60%) Tenable
8 1 (1.30%) Arista
8 1 (1.30%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.30%) LogRhythm
8 1 (1.30%) Meraki
8 1 (1.30%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.30%) Zscaler