Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Infrastructure Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Glasgow is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 October 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 60 52
Rank change year-on-year -12 -8 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 13 22 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 1.65% 2.20% 2.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.78% 2.26% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 7 22 17
10th Percentile - £35,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £41,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -17.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile - - £64,500
Scotland median annual salary £48,000 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.13% -6.00% +5.26%

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 732 975 662
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 97.60% 98.07%
Number of salaries quoted 320 535 512
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £74,900
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend 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 27 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, 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 Glasgow region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (61.54%) Azure
3 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (46.15%) Windows
4 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
5 5 (38.46%) Firewall
6 4 (30.77%) Azure Certification
6 4 (30.77%) Deployment Automation
6 4 (30.77%) DHCP
6 4 (30.77%) DNS
6 4 (30.77%) GCP
6 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
6 4 (30.77%) Kubernetes
6 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
6 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (30.77%) Python
6 4 (30.77%) Terraform
6 4 (30.77%) VMware
6 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
7 3 (23.08%) OLE
7 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
7 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
8 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
8 2 (15.38%) AWS
8 2 (15.38%) Cisco
8 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (15.38%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (15.38%) IIS
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.69%) WinCC
Cloud Services
1 8 (61.54%) Azure
2 4 (30.77%) GCP
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) DHCP
2 4 (30.77%) DNS
3 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (15.38%) VPN
4 1 (7.69%) Modbus
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (30.77%) Law
1 4 (30.77%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Private Cloud
2 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
3 2 (15.38%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (7.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
1 6 (46.15%) Windows Server
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Unix
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Deployment Automation
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL
5 2 (15.38%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Server Management
5 2 (15.38%) Server Virtualisation
5 2 (15.38%) Web Filtering
6 1 (7.69%) Network Design
6 1 (7.69%) Presales
6 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Azure Certification
2 3 (23.08%) DV Cleared
2 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (15.38%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) IEC 61131
2 1 (7.69%) IEC 61508
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Hyper-V
1 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Kubernetes
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (30.77%) Terraform
2 2 (15.38%) FortiGate
2 2 (15.38%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
1 4 (30.77%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco
2 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Rockwell
3 1 (7.69%) Siemens