IT Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 537 534
Rank change year-on-year -14 -3 +264
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 66 143 146
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.30% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.32% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 55 81 134
10th Percentile £38,200 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,315 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -5.64% -2.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 - £71,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +2.63%

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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

IT Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in England

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
Midlands +30 23 £47,500 +5.56% 4
South West +16 13 £65,000 +44.44% 2
East Midlands 0 13 £45,000 - 2
London +30 12 £62,500 +4.17% 2
West Midlands +22 10 £57,500 +27.78% 2
South East -1 9 £46,000 -23.33% 7
East of England - 7 £40,000 - 3
North of England -23 5 £35,000 -16.67% 15
Yorkshire -19 4 £35,000 -16.67% 8
North West -3 1 £37,500 -11.76% 3
IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 64 (96.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (62.12%) Azure
3 36 (54.55%) Microsoft
4 33 (50.00%) Firewall
5 31 (46.97%) Active Directory
5 31 (46.97%) Windows
6 30 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (39.39%) DNS
8 25 (37.88%) VPN
9 23 (34.85%) Entra ID
9 23 (34.85%) Microsoft Intune
10 22 (33.33%) Windows Server
11 21 (31.82%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (28.79%) DHCP
13 18 (27.27%) VLAN
14 17 (25.76%) VMware
15 16 (24.24%) ITIL
15 16 (24.24%) SaaS
16 15 (22.73%) SAN
16 15 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
17 14 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
17 14 (21.21%) Migration
18 13 (19.70%) SharePoint
19 12 (18.18%) Hyper-V
19 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
20 11 (16.67%) Azure Certification
20 11 (16.67%) Degree
20 11 (16.67%) TCP/IP
20 11 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
21 10 (15.15%) IaaS

IT Infrastructure 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 14 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (19.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 41 (62.12%) Azure
2 30 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (34.85%) Entra ID
4 16 (24.24%) SaaS
5 10 (15.15%) IaaS
5 10 (15.15%) PaaS
6 9 (13.64%) AWS
6 9 (13.64%) Datadog
7 8 (12.12%) GCP
8 6 (9.09%) iPaaS
9 3 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (4.55%) Azure Stack
9 3 (4.55%) Nutanix
10 2 (3.03%) Amazon S3
10 2 (3.03%) Cohesity
11 1 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (1.52%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (50.00%) Firewall
2 26 (39.39%) DNS
3 25 (37.88%) VPN
4 19 (28.79%) DHCP
5 18 (27.27%) VLAN
6 15 (22.73%) SAN
6 15 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (16.67%) TCP/IP
8 7 (10.61%) WAN
9 6 (9.09%) LAN
9 6 (9.09%) Network Security
10 3 (4.55%) IP Telephony
11 2 (3.03%) IPsec
11 2 (3.03%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (3.03%) SSL
11 2 (3.03%) Wireless
12 1 (1.52%) iSCSI
12 1 (1.52%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Chocolatey
2 3 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 22 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.21%) Finance
3 11 (16.67%) Law
4 9 (13.64%) Legal
5 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.09%) Banking
5 6 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (7.58%) Retail
7 3 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) Clustering
1 6 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (4.55%) iPad
2 3 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.03%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (3.03%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.52%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (46.97%) Windows
2 22 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.55%) Android
3 3 (4.55%) Linux
3 3 (4.55%) Rocky
3 3 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (96.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (31.82%) Disaster Recovery
3 16 (24.24%) ITIL
4 14 (21.21%) Migration
5 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (13.64%) Business Continuity
6 9 (13.64%) ITSM
7 6 (9.09%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (9.09%) Computer Science
7 6 (9.09%) Risk Management
7 6 (9.09%) Security Patching
8 5 (7.58%) Cloud Security
8 5 (7.58%) Customer Requirements
8 5 (7.58%) Data Protection
8 5 (7.58%) Incident Response
8 5 (7.58%) People Management
8 5 (7.58%) Security Operations
8 5 (7.58%) SIEM
8 5 (7.58%) Situational Awareness
8 5 (7.58%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 11 (16.67%) Degree
2 6 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (7.58%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (7.58%) CCNA
3 5 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (7.58%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.55%) DBS Check
4 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared
4 3 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.03%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.64%) GDPR
1 9 (13.64%) SLA
2 4 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.03%) GxP
4 2 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (46.97%) Active Directory
2 12 (18.18%) Hyper-V
3 11 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (3.03%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (34.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (15.15%) SCCM
3 6 (9.09%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (4.55%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.03%) Ansible
6 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 17 (25.76%) VMware
3 8 (12.12%) Veeam
4 6 (9.09%) AppDynamics
4 6 (9.09%) Cisco
4 6 (9.09%) Dynatrace
4 6 (9.09%) ServiceNow
4 6 (9.09%) Tenable
5 5 (7.58%) Meraki
6 4 (6.06%) Google
7 3 (4.55%) Apple
7 3 (4.55%) Dell
7 3 (4.55%) Remedy
8 2 (3.03%) Fortinet
8 2 (3.03%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.52%) Sage
9 1 (1.52%) Ubiquiti