Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 57 43
Rank change year-on-year +32 -14 +41
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 78 9 100
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 5.14% 1.91% 5.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.44% 2.03% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 25 6 62
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +40.00% -9.91%
75th Percentile £66,250 £80,000 £60,188
90th Percentile £75,000 - £75,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £51,729 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.32% +3.46% +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 1,435 444 1,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 94.27% 97.02%
Number of salaries quoted 989 257 1,299
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,750 £76,250
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +4 39 £40,000 -50.00% 4
Cheltenham -10 21 £68,750 +14.58% 9
Tewkesbury - 2 £52,500 -
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 78 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (47.44%) Linux
3 29 (37.18%) Security Cleared
4 28 (35.90%) Microsoft
5 25 (32.05%) Ansible
6 22 (28.21%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (28.21%) VMware
6 22 (28.21%) VMware Infrastructure
7 21 (26.92%) Python
7 21 (26.92%) Windows
8 20 (25.64%) Terraform
9 18 (23.08%) AWS
10 16 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
11 15 (19.23%) Firewall
11 15 (19.23%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (17.95%) Bash
12 14 (17.95%) Grafana
12 14 (17.95%) Kubernetes
12 14 (17.95%) LAN
12 14 (17.95%) WAN
13 13 (16.67%) CI/CD
13 13 (16.67%) Containerisation
14 12 (15.38%) Agile
14 12 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
14 12 (15.38%) DV Cleared
14 12 (15.38%) PowerShell
14 12 (15.38%) Splunk
14 12 (15.38%) Windows Server
15 11 (14.10%) Active Directory
15 11 (14.10%) Cisco

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 (6.41%) Confluence
1 5 (6.41%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.85%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.28%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 18 (23.08%) AWS
2 16 (20.51%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (11.54%) Azure
4 8 (10.26%) OpenShift
5 5 (6.41%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.85%) GCP
6 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.56%) OCI
7 2 (2.56%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 15 (19.23%) Firewall
2 14 (17.95%) LAN
2 14 (17.95%) WAN
3 10 (12.82%) DNS
4 8 (10.26%) DHCP
5 7 (8.97%) Unified Communications
5 7 (8.97%) VLAN
5 7 (8.97%) WebEx
6 6 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (7.69%) VPN
7 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
7 4 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (3.85%) NAS
8 3 (3.85%) SAN
9 2 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.41%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 10 (12.82%) GitLab
2 6 (7.69%) Git
2 6 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 5 (6.41%) Cypress.io
3 5 (6.41%) Robot Framework
3 5 (6.41%) Selenium
3 5 (6.41%) TestRail
4 3 (3.85%) JIRA
5 1 (1.28%) Bitbucket
General
1 9 (11.54%) Finance
2 6 (7.69%) Aerospace
2 6 (7.69%) Banking
2 6 (7.69%) Marketing
2 6 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 6 (7.69%) Retail
2 6 (7.69%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.85%) Social Skills
4 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.97%) XMPP
2 6 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (6.41%) Playwright
3 5 (6.41%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) Replication
2 7 (8.97%) FlexPod
2 7 (8.97%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (8.97%) Onboarding
2 7 (8.97%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (6.41%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.13%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.85%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (47.44%) Linux
2 21 (26.92%) Windows
3 12 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.41%) CentOS
5 2 (2.56%) Android
5 2 (2.56%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.28%) Unix
6 1 (1.28%) VMS
6 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (28.21%) Infrastructure as Code
3 15 (19.23%) Infrastructure Automation
4 13 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 13 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 12 (15.38%) Agile
5 12 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (11.54%) Data Management
6 9 (11.54%) DevOps
6 9 (11.54%) Project Delivery
7 8 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (10.26%) High Availability
8 7 (8.97%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (7.69%) Performance Management
9 6 (7.69%) Test Automation
10 5 (6.41%) Patch Management
10 5 (6.41%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (26.92%) Python
2 14 (17.95%) Bash
3 12 (15.38%) PowerShell
4 5 (6.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (37.18%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.38%) DV Cleared
3 6 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.56%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) GDPR
2 4 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 22 (28.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (14.10%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.10%) Docker
3 7 (8.97%) Hyper-V
3 7 (8.97%) vSphere
4 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 6 (7.69%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (6.41%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (6.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (32.05%) Ansible
2 20 (25.64%) Terraform
3 14 (17.95%) Grafana
3 14 (17.95%) Kubernetes
4 8 (10.26%) vCenter Server
5 7 (8.97%) Cisco CUCM
6 5 (6.41%) Kibana
6 5 (6.41%) logstash
7 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (2.56%) FortiGate
8 2 (2.56%) NetBackup
8 2 (2.56%) Prometheus
8 2 (2.56%) Puppet
9 1 (1.28%) Argo
9 1 (1.28%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (1.28%) Istio
9 1 (1.28%) linkerd
9 1 (1.28%) Mesos
9 1 (1.28%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 28 (35.90%) Microsoft
2 22 (28.21%) VMware
3 12 (15.38%) Splunk
4 11 (14.10%) Cisco
5 9 (11.54%) Fortinet
6 8 (10.26%) Palo Alto
7 7 (8.97%) NetApp
7 7 (8.97%) Red Hat
8 5 (6.41%) Atlassian
9 4 (5.13%) Veeam
10 3 (3.85%) Dell
11 2 (2.56%) HP
11 2 (2.56%) Juniper
11 2 (2.56%) Oracle