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 leading to 22 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 608 554 770
Rank change year-on-year -54 +216 +180
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 67 293 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.34% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.36% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 51 248 122
10th Percentile £33,125 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £57,500 £63,625
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,182 81,825 80,489
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 94.55% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,287 60,848 51,240
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

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 22 May 2025.

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 22 May 2025. 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
South East +82 26 £40,000 -20.00% 13
London +100 12 £70,000 +27.27% 10
North of England -8 12 £42,500 - 5
Midlands -36 9 £40,250 +0.63% 8
North West -22 6 £42,500 -8.60% 2
East Midlands -34 5 £37,500 -6.25% 6
South West +70 4 £48,750 +8.33% 3
West Midlands +39 4 £42,500 - 1
Yorkshire +38 3 £39,625 -6.76% 3
North East +37 3 £37,500 -
East of England +28 3 £54,000 +27.06% 5
IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 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 65 (97.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (77.61%) Windows
3 43 (64.18%) Active Directory
3 43 (64.18%) Microsoft
4 42 (62.69%) VMware
5 33 (49.25%) PowerShell
6 32 (47.76%) Windows Server
7 31 (46.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 28 (41.79%) Azure
9 27 (40.30%) VMware Infrastructure
10 26 (38.81%) Disaster Recovery
11 23 (34.33%) High Availability
11 23 (34.33%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (32.84%) Firewall
13 21 (31.34%) Security Cleared
14 19 (28.36%) SAN
15 18 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
16 17 (25.37%) Linux
17 16 (23.88%) NAS
18 14 (20.90%) Cisco
18 14 (20.90%) Entra ID
19 13 (19.40%) Virtual Environments
20 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
20 12 (17.91%) Kalman Filter
20 12 (17.91%) Hyper-V
20 12 (17.91%) DV Cleared
20 12 (17.91%) Degree
21 11 (16.42%) Business Continuity
21 11 (16.42%) DNS
21 11 (16.42%) HND

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 31 (46.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.99%) IIS
4 1 (1.49%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 28 (41.79%) Azure
2 23 (34.33%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (20.90%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.46%) Nutanix
5 4 (5.97%) IaaS
5 4 (5.97%) SaaS
6 3 (4.48%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
7 2 (2.99%) AWS
7 2 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (2.99%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.99%) PaaS
7 2 (2.99%) Route 53
7 2 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 22 (32.84%) Firewall
2 19 (28.36%) SAN
3 16 (23.88%) NAS
4 11 (16.42%) DNS
5 10 (14.93%) DHCP
5 10 (14.93%) VLAN
6 9 (13.43%) LAN
6 9 (13.43%) WAN
7 8 (11.94%) VPN
8 6 (8.96%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (7.46%) Network Security
10 4 (5.97%) IPv4
10 4 (5.97%) SD-WAN
11 3 (4.48%) IP Telephony
11 3 (4.48%) SNMP
11 3 (4.48%) TCP/IP
12 2 (2.99%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (2.99%) NetScaler
12 2 (2.99%) Unified Communications
12 2 (2.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 12 (17.91%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.45%) Finance
2 7 (10.45%) Telecoms
3 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.46%) Manufacturing
3 5 (7.46%) Retail
4 3 (4.48%) Banking
4 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.99%) Automotive
5 2 (2.99%) Law
5 2 (2.99%) Legal
5 2 (2.99%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.49%) Electronics
6 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) .NET
1 1 (1.49%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.49%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Clustering
2 6 (8.96%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.48%) Blackberry
3 3 (4.48%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) CCTV
5 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.49%) PKI
5 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 52 (77.61%) Windows
2 32 (47.76%) Windows Server
3 17 (25.37%) Linux
4 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (8.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (7.46%) Unix
7 2 (2.99%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.99%) VMS
7 2 (2.99%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.49%) Android
8 1 (1.49%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (97.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (38.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 23 (34.33%) High Availability
4 18 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (19.40%) Virtual Environments
6 12 (17.91%) Kalman Filter
7 11 (16.42%) Business Continuity
7 11 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (16.42%) ITIL
7 11 (16.42%) Server Building
8 10 (14.93%) Computer Science
9 9 (13.43%) Antivirus Management
9 9 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (13.43%) IT Strategy
9 9 (13.43%) Patch Management
9 9 (13.43%) Web Filtering
10 8 (11.94%) Change Control
10 8 (11.94%) Migration
11 7 (10.45%) Incident Management
11 7 (10.45%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (49.25%) PowerShell
2 7 (10.45%) SQL
3 2 (2.99%) Python
4 1 (1.49%) Bash
4 1 (1.49%) Java
4 1 (1.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (31.34%) Security Cleared
2 12 (17.91%) Degree
2 12 (17.91%) DV Cleared
3 11 (16.42%) HND
4 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (11.94%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.48%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.99%) MCSA
7 1 (1.49%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.49%) CCNA
7 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.49%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.49%) HNC
7 1 (1.49%) MCSE
7 1 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (2.99%) GDPR
3 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.49%) GRC
3 1 (1.49%) NIST
3 1 (1.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (64.18%) Active Directory
2 27 (40.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (17.91%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.97%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (4.48%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (4.48%) vSphere
6 2 (2.99%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (11.94%) SCCM
3 5 (7.46%) SCOM
4 3 (4.48%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.48%) Terraform
5 2 (2.99%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.99%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.99%) WSUS
6 1 (1.49%) CASB
6 1 (1.49%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 43 (64.18%) Microsoft
2 42 (62.69%) VMware
3 14 (20.90%) Cisco
4 10 (14.93%) Veeam
5 4 (5.97%) McAfee
6 3 (4.48%) NetApp
7 2 (2.99%) Bloomberg
7 2 (2.99%) Citrix
7 2 (2.99%) FactSet
7 2 (2.99%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.99%) Meraki
7 2 (2.99%) Mitel
7 2 (2.99%) Nasuni
7 2 (2.99%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (2.99%) Rapid7
7 2 (2.99%) Refinitiv
8 1 (1.49%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.49%) Okta
8 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.49%) Zscaler