Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 47 31
Rank change year-on-year +21 -16 +38
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 123 16 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 5.82% 2.80% 6.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.17% 3.00% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 56 13 52
10th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,938 £65,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £80,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +77.78% -19.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 - £70,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £53,365 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.06% +6.73% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 1,994 534 1,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 93.36% 96.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,314 365 844
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £80,000
South West median annual salary £53,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.31% -3.00% -8.41%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Gloucestershire

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 17 August 2026. 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
Gloucester -5 55 £65,000 -18.75% 5
Cheltenham +4 49 £75,000 +25.00% 8
Tewkesbury -7 1 £52,500 -25.00%
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 17 August 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 123 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (36.59%) Linux
3 35 (28.46%) Security Cleared
4 29 (23.58%) Terraform
5 28 (22.76%) Ansible
5 28 (22.76%) Microsoft
6 26 (21.14%) AWS
6 26 (21.14%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (19.51%) Python
8 23 (18.70%) Infrastructure Automation
8 23 (18.70%) Kubernetes
8 23 (18.70%) Windows
9 21 (17.07%) VMware
9 21 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
10 18 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (14.63%) Project Delivery
11 17 (13.82%) Bash
12 16 (13.01%) Agile
12 16 (13.01%) CI/CD
12 16 (13.01%) Containerisation
12 16 (13.01%) Grafana
13 15 (12.20%) Azure
14 14 (11.38%) Collaborative Culture
14 14 (11.38%) DV Cleared
15 13 (10.57%) Docker
15 13 (10.57%) Firewall
15 13 (10.57%) PowerShell
16 12 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 12 (9.76%) LAN
16 12 (9.76%) Splunk

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 5 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.44%) Confluence
3 3 (2.44%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.63%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.14%) AWS
2 18 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (12.20%) Azure
4 9 (7.32%) OpenShift
5 5 (4.07%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.07%) GCP
6 4 (3.25%) OCI
7 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.63%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon ELB
9 1 (0.81%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.81%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.81%) Route 53
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.57%) Firewall
2 12 (9.76%) LAN
2 12 (9.76%) WAN
3 9 (7.32%) DNS
4 7 (5.69%) DHCP
5 6 (4.88%) Unified Communications
5 6 (4.88%) VLAN
5 6 (4.88%) VPN
5 6 (4.88%) WebEx
6 5 (4.07%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (4.07%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (3.25%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.44%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.63%) NAS
9 2 (1.63%) Network Security
9 2 (1.63%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.88%) InfluxDB
2 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (7.32%) Git
1 9 (7.32%) GitLab
2 8 (6.50%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.88%) Cypress.io
3 6 (4.88%) Robot Framework
3 6 (4.88%) Selenium
3 6 (4.88%) TestRail
4 1 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 14 (11.38%) Finance
2 7 (5.69%) Aerospace
3 5 (4.07%) Banking
3 5 (4.07%) Marketing
3 5 (4.07%) Public Sector
3 5 (4.07%) Retail
3 5 (4.07%) Social Skills
3 5 (4.07%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.50%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (4.88%) Playwright
2 6 (4.88%) pytest
2 6 (4.88%) XMPP
3 1 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.13%) Replication
2 7 (5.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (4.88%) FlexPod
3 6 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (4.07%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 45 (36.59%) Linux
2 23 (18.70%) Windows
3 11 (8.94%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.88%) CentOS
5 2 (1.63%) Android
5 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.63%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.63%) Unix
6 1 (0.81%) Rocky
6 1 (0.81%) VMS
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (21.14%) Infrastructure as Code
3 23 (18.70%) Infrastructure Automation
4 18 (14.63%) Project Delivery
5 16 (13.01%) Agile
5 16 (13.01%) CI/CD
5 16 (13.01%) Containerisation
6 14 (11.38%) Collaborative Culture
7 12 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (8.94%) Collaborative Working
9 10 (8.13%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (7.32%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (7.32%) High Availability
11 8 (6.50%) DevOps
11 8 (6.50%) Test Automation
12 7 (5.69%) Data Management
13 6 (4.88%) Dashboard Development
13 6 (4.88%) Software Testing
13 6 (4.88%) Test Management
14 5 (4.07%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.51%) Python
2 17 (13.82%) Bash
3 13 (10.57%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.63%) SQL
6 1 (0.81%) Java
Qualifications
1 35 (28.46%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.38%) DV Cleared
3 8 (6.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (4.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (1.63%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.63%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.63%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.88%) GDPR
2 4 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.63%) QA
System Software
1 21 (17.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (10.57%) Docker
3 9 (7.32%) Active Directory
4 7 (5.69%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.88%) vSphere
6 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (4.07%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.81%) Firmware
8 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (23.58%) Terraform
2 28 (22.76%) Ansible
3 23 (18.70%) Kubernetes
4 16 (13.01%) Grafana
5 8 (6.50%) vCenter Server
6 6 (4.88%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (4.88%) Kibana
6 6 (4.88%) logstash
7 5 (4.07%) Puppet
8 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (3.25%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.63%) Argo
9 2 (1.63%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (1.63%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.63%) Istio
9 2 (1.63%) linkerd
9 2 (1.63%) Mesos
9 2 (1.63%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.81%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 28 (22.76%) Microsoft
2 21 (17.07%) VMware
3 12 (9.76%) Splunk
4 10 (8.13%) Cisco
5 8 (6.50%) Fortinet
5 8 (6.50%) Red Hat
6 7 (5.69%) Palo Alto
7 6 (4.88%) Atlassian
7 6 (4.88%) NetApp
8 4 (3.25%) Oracle
8 4 (3.25%) Veeam
9 3 (2.44%) Dell
10 2 (1.63%) HP
10 2 (1.63%) Juniper