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 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 799 941
Rank change year-on-year +236 +142 -246
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 291 148 206
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 246 122 182
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 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +1.69% +4.12%
75th Percentile £50,188 £55,746 £52,500
90th Percentile £58,525 £64,875 £58,975
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% +4.71%

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 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 5 May 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 5 May 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 +89 102 £40,000 -11.11% 7
East Midlands +41 68 £40,000 -11.11% 6
North of England +89 66 £40,000 -3.03% 14
South West +6 39 £46,250 -7.50% 1
South East +28 38 £50,000 +11.11% 4
West Midlands +39 34 £42,500 -5.56% 1
London +110 29 £55,000 +2.33% 13
Yorkshire +105 29 £42,500 -5.56% 7
North West +26 25 £44,250 +7.27% 5
East of England +27 15 £42,500 -15.00% 3
North East +2 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 5 May 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
2 173 (59.45%) Windows
3 145 (49.83%) Azure
4 133 (45.70%) Microsoft 365
5 129 (44.33%) Microsoft
6 122 (41.92%) Active Directory
7 121 (41.58%) VMware
8 112 (38.49%) Firewall
9 102 (35.05%) Windows Server
10 81 (27.84%) VMware Infrastructure
11 55 (18.90%) Hyper-V
12 54 (18.56%) Microsoft Exchange
13 53 (18.21%) DNS
14 52 (17.87%) SharePoint
14 52 (17.87%) Cybersecurity
15 51 (17.53%) Social Skills
16 47 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
17 46 (15.81%) Entra ID
18 45 (15.46%) Linux
18 45 (15.46%) Cisco
19 44 (15.12%) DHCP
19 44 (15.12%) Disaster Recovery
19 44 (15.12%) Wi-Fi
19 44 (15.12%) Windows Server 2016
20 40 (13.75%) ITIL
21 38 (13.06%) WAN
22 37 (12.71%) Migration
22 37 (12.71%) PowerShell
23 36 (12.37%) Microsoft Intune
24 33 (11.34%) 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 54 (18.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (17.87%) SharePoint
3 10 (3.44%) 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
1 145 (49.83%) Azure
2 133 (45.70%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (15.81%) Entra ID
4 26 (8.93%) 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
11 3 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.03%) IaaS
11 3 (1.03%) PaaS
12 2 (0.69%) Azure DevOps
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 38 (13.06%) WAN
5 33 (11.34%) SAN
6 29 (9.97%) TCP/IP
7 26 (8.93%) LAN
8 23 (7.90%) VLAN
8 23 (7.90%) VPN
9 18 (6.19%) 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 24 (8.25%) 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 51 (17.53%) Social Skills
2 24 (8.25%) 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 2 (0.69%) JSON
1 2 (0.69%) LAMP
1 2 (0.69%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.34%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.34%) 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%) IoT
7 4 (1.37%) Clustering
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%) FlexPod
10 1 (0.34%) NHS
10 1 (0.34%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.34%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 173 (59.45%) Windows
2 102 (35.05%) Windows Server
3 45 (15.46%) Linux
4 44 (15.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (7.22%) Windows 10
6 20 (6.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (6.53%) Apple iOS
8 18 (6.19%) Android
8 18 (6.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (3.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (2.41%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.37%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.69%) Unix
12 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.34%) AIX
13 1 (0.34%) CentOS
13 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (98.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (17.87%) Cybersecurity
3 47 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (15.12%) Disaster Recovery
5 40 (13.75%) ITIL
6 37 (12.71%) Migration
7 23 (7.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (6.87%) Customer Service
8 20 (6.87%) Project Management
9 18 (6.19%) Infrastructure Management
10 16 (5.50%) Project Delivery
11 15 (5.15%) Logistics
12 14 (4.81%) Service Management
12 14 (4.81%) Storage Management
13 13 (4.47%) Containerisation
13 13 (4.47%) Service Delivery
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 37 (12.71%) PowerShell
2 22 (7.56%) SQL
3 10 (3.44%) Swift
4 6 (2.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (7.22%) 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%) CCAA
8 1 (0.34%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.34%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.75%) SLA
2 3 (1.03%) GDPR
2 3 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
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 Machines
10 2 (0.69%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.69%) pfSense
10 2 (0.69%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
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 4 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.37%) Proxmox
7 3 (1.03%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.03%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.69%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.69%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.69%) NetCrunch
8 2 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.69%) vRealize
9 1 (0.34%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 129 (44.33%) Microsoft
2 121 (41.58%) VMware
3 45 (15.46%) Cisco
4 28 (9.62%) Veeam
5 26 (8.93%) Citrix
6 15 (5.15%) HP
6 15 (5.15%) Meraki
7 12 (4.12%) Oracle
8 10 (3.44%) Acronis
9 9 (3.09%) NetApp
9 9 (3.09%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.75%) Aruba
10 8 (2.75%) Fortinet
11 7 (2.41%) Dell
12 6 (2.06%) McAfee
12 6 (2.06%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.72%) Nasuni
13 5 (1.72%) Rapid7
14 4 (1.37%) CyberArk
14 4 (1.37%) Cylance