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 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 618 751
Rank change year-on-year -14 +133 +117
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 68 24 83
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.083% 0.061% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.068% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 55 24 77
10th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +30.56% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,625 £67,968
90th Percentile £78,000 £81,750 £73,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £45,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +26.37% -17.27%

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 77,255 35,140 85,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 89.76% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 53,481 20,253 64,048
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.87%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,750
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 6 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 6 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 -5 29 £47,500 -9.52% 2
Yorkshire -21 20 £47,500 -9.52% 1
East of England - 11 £65,000 -
South East -16 10 £60,000 +20.00% 3
North West - 9 £40,000 -
London -20 8 £70,000 +16.67% 3
Midlands -19 5 £53,750 +34.38% 1
South West - 5 £80,000 - 2
West Midlands - 5 £53,750 - 1
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 56 (82.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (47.06%) Azure
2 32 (47.06%) Microsoft
3 27 (39.71%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (29.41%) PowerShell
5 20 (29.41%) Windows
6 18 (26.47%) Firewall
7 17 (25.00%) Active Directory
8 16 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (22.06%) Cloud Security
9 15 (22.06%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (22.06%) Vulnerability Management
10 14 (20.59%) Bash
10 14 (20.59%) Entra ID
10 14 (20.59%) SIEM
11 13 (19.12%) Microsoft Intune
11 13 (19.12%) Migration
12 11 (16.18%) Identity Management
12 11 (16.18%) Network Security
12 11 (16.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 10 (14.71%) Azure Monitor
13 10 (14.71%) Incident Management
13 10 (14.71%) Security Architecture
14 9 (13.24%) Linux
14 9 (13.24%) VPN
15 8 (11.76%) AWS
15 8 (11.76%) VMware
15 8 (11.76%) Windows Server
16 7 (10.29%) Hyper-V

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 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 32 (47.06%) Azure
2 24 (35.29%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (20.59%) Entra ID
4 10 (14.71%) Azure Monitor
5 8 (11.76%) AWS
6 5 (7.35%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (5.88%) Cloudflare
8 2 (2.94%) GCP
9 1 (1.47%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.47%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (26.47%) Firewall
2 11 (16.18%) Network Security
3 9 (13.24%) VPN
4 3 (4.41%) NGFW
5 2 (2.94%) BGP
5 2 (2.94%) HSRP
6 1 (1.47%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.47%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (1.47%) Internet
6 1 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.47%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 12 (17.65%) Finance
2 7 (10.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
3 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.47%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (5.88%) PKI
2 3 (4.41%) YubiKey
3 2 (2.94%) Replication
4 1 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (29.41%) Windows
2 9 (13.24%) Linux
3 8 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (82.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (39.71%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (22.06%) Cloud Security
4 15 (22.06%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (22.06%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (20.59%) SIEM
6 13 (19.12%) Migration
7 11 (16.18%) Identity Management
7 11 (16.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 10 (14.71%) Incident Management
8 10 (14.71%) Security Architecture
9 7 (10.29%) Incident Response
10 6 (8.82%) Data Loss Prevention
11 5 (7.35%) ITIL
11 5 (7.35%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (7.35%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 4 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
12 4 (5.88%) Zero Trust
13 3 (4.41%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (29.41%) PowerShell
2 14 (20.59%) Bash
3 4 (5.88%) Python
4 3 (4.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.35%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.88%) DV Cleared
3 3 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.94%) CCNA
4 2 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (2.94%) SSCP
5 1 (1.47%) Degree
5 1 (1.47%) MCSE
5 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.29%) NIST
2 6 (8.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.47%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.29%) Hyper-V
2 7 (10.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.88%) KVM
Systems Management
1 13 (19.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.88%) Graylog
2 4 (5.88%) Proxmox
2 4 (5.88%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.76%) VMware
3 6 (8.82%) Palo Alto
4 4 (5.88%) IBM
4 4 (5.88%) Qualys
4 4 (5.88%) Splunk
4 4 (5.88%) Tenable
4 4 (5.88%) Veeam
5 3 (4.41%) Cisco
6 2 (2.94%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.47%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.47%) Juniper
7 1 (1.47%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.47%) Meraki
7 1 (1.47%) Oracle
7 1 (1.47%) Zscaler