Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Exeter

Infrastructure Engineer
Devon > Exeter

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Exeter is £45,000 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 29 16 23
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2 14 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.91% 7.41% 4.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 7.73% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 3
10th Percentile - - £32,089
25th Percentile £42,500 £27,598 £35,221
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £28,243 £42,048
Median % change year-on-year +59.33% -32.83% +9.85%
75th Percentile £47,500 £35,000 £43,652
90th Percentile - £35,625 -
Devon median annual salary £42,750 £28,243 £37,500
% change year-on-year +51.37% -24.69% -6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 211 181 119
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.91% 95.77% 97.54%
Number of salaries quoted 157 116 101
10th Percentile £25,375 £28,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,100
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,491 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.03% +2.33% +8.17%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £61,000 £71,250 £65,975
Devon median annual salary £41,108 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -8.65% +5.88% +8.17%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Exeter

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Exeter.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Exeter

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 Exeter region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) VLAN
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) VMware