Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 53 40
Rank change year-on-year +28 -13 +39
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 95 14 95
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 5.35% 2.50% 5.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.67% 2.66% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 33 11 62
10th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £66,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +68.42% -15.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £60,000
90th Percentile - - £75,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +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 1,676 527 1,583
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 94.11% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,120 326 1,195
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -9.91%
75th Percentile £78,211 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £80,000
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 15 July 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 15 July 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 0 46 £40,000 -50.00% 7
Cheltenham -8 28 £75,000 +25.00% 13
Tewkesbury - 1 £52,500 -
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 15 July 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 95 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (44.21%) Linux
3 32 (33.68%) Security Cleared
4 31 (32.63%) Microsoft
5 28 (29.47%) Ansible
6 26 (27.37%) Infrastructure as Code
7 25 (26.32%) Terraform
8 24 (25.26%) Python
9 23 (24.21%) AWS
9 23 (24.21%) VMware
9 23 (24.21%) VMware Infrastructure
10 22 (23.16%) Windows
11 19 (20.00%) Kubernetes
11 19 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (17.89%) Bash
12 17 (17.89%) Grafana
12 17 (17.89%) Infrastructure Automation
13 16 (16.84%) Agile
13 16 (16.84%) CI/CD
14 15 (15.79%) Collaborative Culture
14 15 (15.79%) Containerisation
15 14 (14.74%) Firewall
15 14 (14.74%) PowerShell
15 14 (14.74%) Splunk
16 13 (13.68%) Docker
16 13 (13.68%) LAN
16 13 (13.68%) Project Delivery
16 13 (13.68%) WAN
17 12 (12.63%) Azure
17 12 (12.63%) GitLab

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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.21%) Confluence
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.11%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.05%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 23 (24.21%) AWS
2 19 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (12.63%) Azure
4 9 (9.47%) OpenShift
5 5 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.21%) GCP
6 4 (4.21%) OCI
7 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.11%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 14 (14.74%) Firewall
2 13 (13.68%) LAN
2 13 (13.68%) WAN
3 9 (9.47%) DNS
4 7 (7.37%) DHCP
4 7 (7.37%) Unified Communications
4 7 (7.37%) VLAN
4 7 (7.37%) WebEx
5 6 (6.32%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (6.32%) Cisco Firepower
6 5 (5.26%) VPN
7 4 (4.21%) TCP/IP
7 4 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.11%) NAS
8 2 (2.11%) Network Security
8 2 (2.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.37%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 12 (12.63%) GitLab
2 9 (9.47%) Git
2 9 (9.47%) Jenkins
3 7 (7.37%) Cypress.io
3 7 (7.37%) Robot Framework
3 7 (7.37%) Selenium
3 7 (7.37%) TestRail
4 2 (2.11%) JIRA
5 1 (1.05%) Bitbucket
General
1 13 (13.68%) Finance
2 7 (7.37%) Aerospace
3 6 (6.32%) Banking
3 6 (6.32%) Marketing
3 6 (6.32%) Public Sector
3 6 (6.32%) Retail
3 6 (6.32%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.16%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.47%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (7.37%) Playwright
2 7 (7.37%) pytest
2 7 (7.37%) XMPP
3 1 (1.05%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.58%) Replication
2 7 (7.37%) FlexPod
2 7 (7.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (7.37%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.37%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.37%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (3.16%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.11%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 42 (44.21%) Linux
2 22 (23.16%) Windows
3 11 (11.58%) Windows Server
4 7 (7.37%) CentOS
5 2 (2.11%) Android
5 2 (2.11%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.11%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.11%) Unix
6 1 (1.05%) Rocky
6 1 (1.05%) VMS
6 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (27.37%) Infrastructure as Code
3 17 (17.89%) Infrastructure Automation
4 16 (16.84%) Agile
4 16 (16.84%) CI/CD
5 15 (15.79%) Collaborative Culture
5 15 (15.79%) Containerisation
6 13 (13.68%) Project Delivery
7 11 (11.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (9.47%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (9.47%) Test Automation
9 8 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (8.42%) Data Management
9 8 (8.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (7.37%) Dashboard Development
10 7 (7.37%) DevOps
10 7 (7.37%) High Availability
10 7 (7.37%) Software Testing
10 7 (7.37%) Test Management
11 6 (6.32%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (25.26%) Python
2 17 (17.89%) Bash
3 14 (14.74%) PowerShell
4 7 (7.37%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (33.68%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.47%) DV Cleared
3 8 (8.42%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (2.11%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.32%) GDPR
2 4 (4.21%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.11%) QA
System Software
1 23 (24.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (13.68%) Docker
3 9 (9.47%) Active Directory
4 7 (7.37%) Hyper-V
4 7 (7.37%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (7.37%) vSphere
5 6 (6.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 6 (6.32%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (4.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (29.47%) Ansible
2 25 (26.32%) Terraform
3 19 (20.00%) Kubernetes
4 17 (17.89%) Grafana
5 9 (9.47%) vCenter Server
6 7 (7.37%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (7.37%) Kibana
6 7 (7.37%) logstash
7 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (4.21%) Puppet
8 3 (3.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (2.11%) FortiGate
9 2 (2.11%) NetBackup
10 1 (1.05%) Argo
10 1 (1.05%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (1.05%) Istio
10 1 (1.05%) linkerd
10 1 (1.05%) Mesos
10 1 (1.05%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 31 (32.63%) Microsoft
2 23 (24.21%) VMware
3 14 (14.74%) Splunk
4 11 (11.58%) Cisco
5 9 (9.47%) Fortinet
5 9 (9.47%) Red Hat
6 8 (8.42%) Palo Alto
7 7 (7.37%) Atlassian
7 7 (7.37%) NetApp
8 4 (4.21%) Oracle
8 4 (4.21%) Veeam
9 3 (3.16%) Dell
10 2 (2.11%) HP
10 2 (2.11%) Juniper