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 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 626 600 771
Rank change year-on-year -26 +171 +74
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 78 26 90
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.093% 0.065% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% 0.073% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 63 26 80
10th Percentile £40,000 £48,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +17.50% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,375 £67,968
90th Percentile £79,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -25.00%

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 78,810 35,838 90,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 90.06% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 55,430 20,848 67,006
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,969 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
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 20 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 20 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 +2 32 £47,500 -9.52% 2
Yorkshire -19 22 £47,500 -9.52%
South East -13 12 £60,000 +20.00% 1
London -34 11 £75,000 +25.00% 1
East of England - 11 £65,000 -
North West +11 9 £40,000 -20.00% 1
South West - 7 £80,000 - 1
Midlands -22 5 £53,750 +34.38% 1
West Midlands - 5 £53,750 -
North East -49 1 £40,000 -30.43% 1
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 66 (84.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (47.44%) Azure
3 36 (46.15%) Microsoft
4 33 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
5 30 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (35.90%) Windows
7 23 (29.49%) Firewall
8 22 (28.21%) PowerShell
9 21 (26.92%) Entra ID
10 20 (25.64%) Active Directory
11 19 (24.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (21.79%) Disaster Recovery
12 17 (21.79%) Microsoft Intune
13 16 (20.51%) Cloud Security
14 15 (19.23%) Migration
14 15 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
15 14 (17.95%) Bash
15 14 (17.95%) Vulnerability Remediation
16 13 (16.67%) SIEM
16 13 (16.67%) Windows Server
17 12 (15.38%) Linux
18 11 (14.10%) Identity Management
19 10 (12.82%) AWS
19 10 (12.82%) Azure Monitor
19 10 (12.82%) Incident Management
19 10 (12.82%) Network Security
19 10 (12.82%) Security Architecture
20 9 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
20 9 (11.54%) VMware
20 9 (11.54%) VPN

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 (5.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 37 (47.44%) Azure
2 30 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (26.92%) Entra ID
4 10 (12.82%) AWS
4 10 (12.82%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (6.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (5.13%) Cloudflare
7 2 (2.56%) GCP
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (1.28%) ChatGPT
8 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.28%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (29.49%) Firewall
2 10 (12.82%) Network Security
3 9 (11.54%) VPN
4 3 (3.85%) NGFW
5 2 (2.56%) BGP
5 2 (2.56%) HSRP
5 2 (2.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.28%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (1.28%) Internet
6 1 (1.28%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
General
1 12 (15.38%) Finance
2 10 (12.82%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.56%) Legal
5 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.28%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (5.13%) PKI
2 4 (5.13%) Security Posture
3 3 (3.85%) YubiKey
4 2 (2.56%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.56%) Replication
5 1 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (35.90%) Windows
2 13 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 12 (15.38%) Linux
4 5 (6.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (84.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 33 (42.31%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (24.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (21.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (20.51%) Cloud Security
6 15 (19.23%) Migration
6 15 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
7 14 (17.95%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 13 (16.67%) SIEM
9 11 (14.10%) Identity Management
10 10 (12.82%) Incident Management
10 10 (12.82%) Security Architecture
11 8 (10.26%) Incident Response
12 7 (8.97%) ITIL
12 7 (8.97%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
13 6 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
14 5 (6.41%) AI
14 5 (6.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 5 (6.41%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.21%) PowerShell
2 14 (17.95%) Bash
3 5 (6.41%) SQL
4 4 (5.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (6.41%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.13%) DV Cleared
3 3 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.56%) CCNA
4 2 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (2.56%) SSCP
5 1 (1.28%) Degree
5 1 (1.28%) MCSE
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.28%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (8.97%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (8.97%) NIST
3 1 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 20 (25.64%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (8.97%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.13%) KVM
Systems Management
1 17 (21.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.13%) Graylog
2 4 (5.13%) Proxmox
2 4 (5.13%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.54%) VMware
3 6 (7.69%) Palo Alto
4 5 (6.41%) Veeam
5 4 (5.13%) IBM
5 4 (5.13%) Qualys
5 4 (5.13%) Splunk
5 4 (5.13%) Tenable
6 3 (3.85%) Cisco
6 3 (3.85%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.28%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.28%) Juniper
7 1 (1.28%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.28%) Meraki
7 1 (1.28%) Oracle
7 1 (1.28%) Zscaler