IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in England is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 801 931
Rank change year-on-year +242 +130 -229
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 291 152 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.16% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.18% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 246 125 181
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +2.27% +3.53%
75th Percentile £51,938 £55,995 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £64,500 £59,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.27% +3.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in England.

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in England

IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Midlands +82 103 £40,000 -11.11% 8
East Midlands +39 68 £40,000 -11.11% 6
North of England +94 65 £41,250 - 13
South West +30 38 £45,000 -10.00% 1
South East +30 37 £50,000 +11.11% 2
West Midlands +48 35 £42,500 -5.56% 2
London +112 30 £55,000 - 10
Yorkshire +113 29 £42,500 -5.56% 5
North West +24 24 £48,500 +17.58% 6
East of England +21 15 £42,500 -15.00% 2
North East +7 10 £37,500 -6.25% 4
IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, IT Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 287 (98.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 174 (59.79%) Windows
3 147 (50.52%) Azure
4 134 (46.05%) Microsoft 365
5 131 (45.02%) Microsoft
6 122 (41.92%) Active Directory
7 121 (41.58%) VMware
8 112 (38.49%) Firewall
9 104 (35.74%) Windows Server
10 81 (27.84%) VMware Infrastructure
11 56 (19.24%) Microsoft Exchange
12 55 (18.90%) Hyper-V
13 54 (18.56%) SharePoint
14 53 (18.21%) DNS
15 51 (17.53%) Cybersecurity
16 50 (17.18%) Social Skills
17 48 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
18 46 (15.81%) Entra ID
19 44 (15.12%) Windows Server 2016
19 44 (15.12%) Cisco
19 44 (15.12%) DHCP
19 44 (15.12%) Linux
19 44 (15.12%) Disaster Recovery
19 44 (15.12%) Wi-Fi
20 41 (14.09%) ITIL
21 40 (13.75%) PowerShell
22 39 (13.40%) WAN
23 37 (12.71%) Migration
24 36 (12.37%) Microsoft Intune
25 34 (11.68%) SAN

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 56 (19.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 54 (18.56%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.09%) IIS
4 2 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.34%) Confluence
5 1 (0.34%) Moodle
Applications
1 26 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 147 (50.52%) Azure
2 134 (46.05%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (15.81%) Entra ID
4 25 (8.59%) AWS
5 12 (4.12%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.75%) Mimecast
7 7 (2.41%) Nutanix
8 6 (2.06%) OCI
9 5 (1.72%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.37%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.37%) PaaS
11 3 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.03%) IaaS
12 2 (0.69%) OpenDNS
12 2 (0.69%) SaaS
13 1 (0.34%) Power Automate
13 1 (0.34%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.34%) Slack
13 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 112 (38.49%) Firewall
2 53 (18.21%) DNS
3 44 (15.12%) DHCP
3 44 (15.12%) Wi-Fi
4 39 (13.40%) WAN
5 34 (11.68%) SAN
6 29 (9.97%) TCP/IP
7 26 (8.93%) LAN
8 24 (8.25%) VLAN
8 24 (8.25%) VPN
9 19 (6.53%) SD-WAN
10 14 (4.81%) Network Security
11 9 (3.09%) VoIP
12 8 (2.75%) WLAN
13 7 (2.41%) BGP
14 6 (2.06%) Wireless
15 5 (1.72%) OSPF
16 4 (1.37%) MPLS
16 4 (1.37%) NAS
17 3 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.93%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.44%) MySQL
3 5 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.69%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 50 (17.18%) Social Skills
2 23 (7.90%) Finance
3 16 (5.50%) Law
3 16 (5.50%) Telecoms
4 14 (4.81%) Automotive
5 12 (4.12%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.75%) Japanese Language
7 7 (2.41%) Legal
8 6 (2.06%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.06%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.72%) Banking
9 5 (1.72%) Retail
10 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.03%) Military
12 2 (0.69%) Electronics
12 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.69%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.37%) JSON
2 2 (0.69%) LAMP
2 2 (0.69%) V-Ray
3 1 (0.34%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.00%) Data Centre
2 11 (3.78%) CCTV
3 9 (3.09%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.41%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.06%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.72%) Clustering
6 5 (1.72%) IoT
7 4 (1.37%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.37%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.37%) Thin Client
8 3 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.69%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.69%) PKI
10 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.34%) NHS
10 1 (0.34%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.34%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 174 (59.79%) Windows
2 104 (35.74%) Windows Server
3 44 (15.12%) Linux
3 44 (15.12%) Windows Server 2016
4 21 (7.22%) Windows 10
4 21 (7.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (6.53%) Apple iOS
6 18 (6.19%) Android
6 18 (6.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (3.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (2.41%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.37%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.69%) Unix
10 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.34%) AIX
11 1 (0.34%) CentOS
11 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (98.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 51 (17.53%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (15.12%) Disaster Recovery
5 41 (14.09%) ITIL
6 37 (12.71%) Migration
7 23 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (7.22%) Customer Service
9 19 (6.53%) Infrastructure Management
9 19 (6.53%) Project Management
10 16 (5.50%) Project Delivery
11 15 (5.15%) Logistics
11 15 (5.15%) Service Management
12 14 (4.81%) Service Delivery
12 14 (4.81%) Storage Management
13 13 (4.47%) Containerisation
14 11 (3.78%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 11 (3.78%) High Availability
15 10 (3.44%) Mathematics
15 10 (3.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.75%) PowerShell
2 24 (8.25%) SQL
3 10 (3.44%) Swift
4 7 (2.41%) Python
5 1 (0.34%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (7.56%) Degree
2 10 (3.44%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (3.09%) CCNA
3 9 (3.09%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (1.72%) MCSE
5 5 (1.72%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.03%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.03%) MCP
7 2 (0.69%) A+ Certification
7 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CCNP
8 1 (0.34%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (0.34%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.09%) SLA
2 3 (1.03%) GDPR
2 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 122 (41.92%) Active Directory
2 81 (27.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 55 (18.90%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.84%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (4.81%) Virtual Servers
6 13 (4.47%) vSphere
7 9 (3.09%) Docker
8 5 (1.72%) VMware Server
9 3 (1.03%) Firmware
9 3 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.69%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.69%) pfSense
10 2 (0.69%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 36 (12.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.15%) SCCM
3 10 (3.44%) WSUS
4 9 (3.09%) Ansible
5 6 (2.06%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 6 (2.06%) SCOM
5 6 (2.06%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.37%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.03%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.03%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.03%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.69%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Clustering
9 2 (0.69%) NetCrunch
9 2 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.69%) vRealize
10 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 131 (45.02%) Microsoft
2 121 (41.58%) VMware
3 44 (15.12%) Cisco
4 27 (9.28%) Citrix
4 27 (9.28%) Veeam
5 16 (5.50%) HP
6 15 (5.15%) Meraki
7 12 (4.12%) Oracle
8 10 (3.44%) Acronis
9 9 (3.09%) Fortinet
9 9 (3.09%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.75%) Aruba
10 8 (2.75%) NetApp
11 7 (2.41%) SolarWinds
12 6 (2.06%) Dell
12 6 (2.06%) McAfee
13 5 (1.72%) Nasuni
13 5 (1.72%) Rapid7
14 4 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.37%) CyberArk