Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Infrastructure Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Glasgow is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 124 60
Rank change year-on-year +55 -64 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 14 25 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 1.87% 1.33% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 1.35% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8 25 11
10th Percentile - £36,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +27.16%
75th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £56,875
90th Percentile - £52,500 £62,500
Scotland median annual salary £50,250 £41,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.82% -17.50% +6.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 707 1,846 753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 98.51% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 289 653 589
10th Percentile £29,700 £31,496 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Glasgow

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Glasgow over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 Glasgow region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (57.14%) Azure
3 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
4 6 (42.86%) Windows
5 5 (35.71%) Firewall
6 4 (28.57%) Finance
6 4 (28.57%) Law
6 4 (28.57%) Marketing
6 4 (28.57%) VMware
6 4 (28.57%) Python
6 4 (28.57%) DHCP
6 4 (28.57%) DNS
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
6 4 (28.57%) OLE
6 4 (28.57%) Terraform
6 4 (28.57%) Deployment Automation
6 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
6 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (28.57%) GCP
6 4 (28.57%) Kubernetes
6 4 (28.57%) Private Cloud
6 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
7 3 (21.43%) Driving Licence
7 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
7 3 (21.43%) DV Cleared
7 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
8 2 (14.29%) AWS

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (14.29%) IIS
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.14%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 4 (28.57%) GCP
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
3 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) DHCP
2 4 (28.57%) DNS
3 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 2 (14.29%) VPN
4 1 (7.14%) Modbus
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (28.57%) Law
1 4 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Private Cloud
2 3 (21.43%) Driving Licence
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 2 (14.29%) Operational Technology
3 2 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (14.29%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
1 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Unix
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) Server Management
5 2 (14.29%) Server Virtualisation
5 2 (14.29%) Web Filtering
6 1 (7.14%) Network Design
6 1 (7.14%) Presales
6 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 3 (21.43%) DV Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) IEC 61131
2 1 (7.14%) IEC 61508
2 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Kubernetes
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (28.57%) Terraform
2 2 (14.29%) FortiGate
2 2 (14.29%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) VMware
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco
2 2 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.14%) Rockwell
3 1 (7.14%) Siemens