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 25 May 2026.

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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 56 40
Rank change year-on-year +30 -16 +52
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 65 3 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 4.74% 0.74% 5.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.02% 0.80% 6.16%
Number of salaries quoted 23 3 61
10th Percentile £38,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -2.70%
75th Percentile £65,625 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,500 £75,000
South West median annual salary £59,250 £52,115 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.69% +4.23% +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 1,294 376 1,606
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 93.07% 96.81%
Number of salaries quoted 893 215 1,242
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,650 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £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 £65,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,150 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,058 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.07% +2.12% -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 25 May 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 25 May 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 - 32 £41,250 -
Cheltenham -11 23 £55,000 -8.33% 3
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 25 May 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 65 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (60.00%) Linux
3 27 (41.54%) Security Cleared
4 26 (40.00%) Ansible
5 23 (35.38%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (33.85%) VMware
6 22 (33.85%) VMware Infrastructure
7 21 (32.31%) Microsoft
7 21 (32.31%) Python
8 20 (30.77%) Windows
9 19 (29.23%) Terraform
10 17 (26.15%) AWS
11 15 (23.08%) Firewall
12 14 (21.54%) Bash
12 14 (21.54%) Infrastructure Automation
12 14 (21.54%) LAN
12 14 (21.54%) WAN
13 13 (20.00%) DNS
13 13 (20.00%) Grafana
14 12 (18.46%) Cisco
14 12 (18.46%) DV Cleared
14 12 (18.46%) Kubernetes
14 12 (18.46%) Windows Server
15 11 (16.92%) Agile
15 11 (16.92%) CI/CD
15 11 (16.92%) Containerisation
15 11 (16.92%) DHCP
15 11 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (16.92%) PowerShell
15 11 (16.92%) 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 (7.69%) Confluence
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.08%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.54%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 17 (26.15%) AWS
2 11 (16.92%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (12.31%) Azure
4 6 (9.23%) OpenShift
5 3 (4.62%) Entra ID
5 3 (4.62%) GCP
6 1 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.54%) OCI
6 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (23.08%) Firewall
2 14 (21.54%) LAN
2 14 (21.54%) WAN
3 13 (20.00%) DNS
4 11 (16.92%) DHCP
5 7 (10.77%) TCP/IP
5 7 (10.77%) Unified Communications
5 7 (10.77%) VLAN
5 7 (10.77%) WebEx
6 6 (9.23%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (9.23%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (9.23%) VPN
7 4 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (4.62%) NAS
8 3 (4.62%) SAN
9 2 (3.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 10 (15.38%) GitLab
2 6 (9.23%) Git
3 5 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 4 (6.15%) Cypress.io
4 4 (6.15%) Robot Framework
4 4 (6.15%) Selenium
4 4 (6.15%) TestRail
5 3 (4.62%) JIRA
6 2 (3.08%) Bitbucket
General
1 10 (15.38%) Finance
2 9 (13.85%) Marketing
2 9 (13.85%) Public Sector
2 9 (13.85%) Telecoms
3 6 (9.23%) Banking
3 6 (9.23%) Retail
4 5 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.62%) Electronics
5 3 (4.62%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.62%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.77%) XMPP
2 5 (7.69%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (6.15%) Playwright
3 4 (6.15%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.46%) Replication
2 7 (10.77%) FlexPod
2 7 (10.77%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (10.77%) Onboarding
2 7 (10.77%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.62%) Cloud Native
4 3 (4.62%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (60.00%) Linux
2 20 (30.77%) Windows
3 12 (18.46%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.15%) CentOS
5 1 (1.54%) Android
5 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.54%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.54%) Unix
5 1 (1.54%) VMS
5 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (35.38%) Infrastructure as Code
3 14 (21.54%) Infrastructure Automation
4 11 (16.92%) Agile
4 11 (16.92%) CI/CD
4 11 (16.92%) Containerisation
5 10 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
6 9 (13.85%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (13.85%) Data Management
7 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (12.31%) DevOps
7 8 (12.31%) Project Delivery
8 7 (10.77%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (10.77%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (10.77%) High Availability
9 6 (9.23%) Collaborative Working
9 6 (9.23%) Patch Management
9 6 (9.23%) Performance Management
10 5 (7.69%) Test Automation
10 5 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 21 (32.31%) Python
2 14 (21.54%) Bash
3 11 (16.92%) PowerShell
4 4 (6.15%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (41.54%) Security Cleared
2 12 (18.46%) DV Cleared
3 6 (9.23%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.15%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (3.08%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) GDPR
2 4 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (6.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.54%) QA
System Software
1 22 (33.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 10 (15.38%) Docker
3 8 (12.31%) Hyper-V
4 7 (10.77%) vSphere
5 6 (9.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (9.23%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (40.00%) Ansible
2 19 (29.23%) Terraform
3 13 (20.00%) Grafana
4 12 (18.46%) Kubernetes
5 7 (10.77%) Cisco CUCM
5 7 (10.77%) vCenter Server
6 4 (6.15%) Kibana
6 4 (6.15%) logstash
7 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (4.62%) NetBackup
8 2 (3.08%) FortiGate
8 2 (3.08%) Prometheus
8 2 (3.08%) Puppet
9 1 (1.54%) Argo
9 1 (1.54%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (1.54%) Istio
9 1 (1.54%) linkerd
9 1 (1.54%) Mesos
9 1 (1.54%) Progress Chef
9 1 (1.54%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 22 (33.85%) VMware
2 21 (32.31%) Microsoft
3 12 (18.46%) Cisco
4 11 (16.92%) Splunk
5 9 (13.85%) Fortinet
6 8 (12.31%) Palo Alto
7 7 (10.77%) NetApp
8 6 (9.23%) Red Hat
9 5 (7.69%) Veeam
10 4 (6.15%) Atlassian
10 4 (6.15%) Dell
11 3 (4.62%) HP
11 3 (4.62%) Juniper
11 3 (4.62%) SAP
12 1 (1.54%) Oracle