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 15 April 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 60 40
Rank change year-on-year +27 -20 +56
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 51 2 101
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 4.32% 0.51% 6.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.58% 0.54% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 23 2 63
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £47,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% -1.79%
75th Percentile £65,625 £65,313 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £66,625 £75,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £61,644 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.78% +23.29% +8.70%

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 1,113 369 1,613
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 93.18% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 776 239 1,217
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,450 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,550 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -1.93%

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 April 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 April 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 - 22 £41,250 - 4
Cheltenham -12 19 £55,000 -2.22% 1
Tewkesbury - 2 £52,500 -
Stroud - 1 £40,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 15 April 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 50 (98.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (60.78%) Linux
3 22 (43.14%) Ansible
4 21 (41.18%) Security Cleared
5 20 (39.22%) Microsoft
5 20 (39.22%) VMware
5 20 (39.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (37.25%) Infrastructure as Code
7 18 (35.29%) Windows
8 17 (33.33%) Python
9 15 (29.41%) Firewall
9 15 (29.41%) Terraform
10 14 (27.45%) AWS
11 13 (25.49%) DNS
11 13 (25.49%) LAN
11 13 (25.49%) WAN
12 12 (23.53%) Cisco
12 12 (23.53%) Infrastructure Automation
13 11 (21.57%) Bash
13 11 (21.57%) DHCP
13 11 (21.57%) DV Cleared
13 11 (21.57%) Windows Server
14 10 (19.61%) Grafana
14 10 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (19.61%) PowerShell
15 9 (17.65%) Agile
15 9 (17.65%) CI/CD
15 9 (17.65%) Containerisation
15 9 (17.65%) Fortinet
15 9 (17.65%) Hyper-V

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 4 (7.84%) Confluence
2 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.96%) Apache
3 1 (1.96%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 14 (27.45%) AWS
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (13.73%) Azure
4 4 (7.84%) OpenShift
5 3 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.92%) GCP
7 1 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.96%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (29.41%) Firewall
2 13 (25.49%) DNS
2 13 (25.49%) LAN
2 13 (25.49%) WAN
3 11 (21.57%) DHCP
4 8 (15.69%) TCP/IP
5 6 (11.76%) Unified Communications
5 6 (11.76%) VLAN
5 6 (11.76%) VPN
5 6 (11.76%) WebEx
6 5 (9.80%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (9.80%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (7.84%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (3.92%) NAS
8 2 (3.92%) Network Security
8 2 (3.92%) SAN
9 1 (1.96%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.96%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) GitLab
2 5 (9.80%) Git
3 3 (5.88%) Cypress.io
3 3 (5.88%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.88%) Robot Framework
3 3 (5.88%) Selenium
3 3 (5.88%) TestRail
4 2 (3.92%) Bitbucket
4 2 (3.92%) JIRA
General
1 8 (15.69%) Marketing
1 8 (15.69%) Public Sector
1 8 (15.69%) Telecoms
2 6 (11.76%) Finance
2 6 (11.76%) Retail
3 5 (9.80%) Banking
4 4 (7.84%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.88%) Electronics
5 3 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.88%) Social Skills
6 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.76%) XMPP
2 3 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (5.88%) Playwright
2 3 (5.88%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.61%) Replication
2 6 (11.76%) FlexPod
2 6 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 6 (11.76%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.92%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.92%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.96%) CCTV
5 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (60.78%) Linux
2 18 (35.29%) Windows
3 11 (21.57%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.88%) CentOS
5 1 (1.96%) VMS
5 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (98.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (37.25%) Infrastructure as Code
3 12 (23.53%) Infrastructure Automation
4 9 (17.65%) Agile
4 9 (17.65%) CI/CD
4 9 (17.65%) Containerisation
5 8 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (13.73%) Collaborative Culture
6 7 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (13.73%) Data Management
6 7 (13.73%) Project Delivery
7 6 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (11.76%) DevOps
7 6 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (11.76%) High Availability
8 5 (9.80%) Patch Management
8 5 (9.80%) Performance Management
8 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (9.80%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 4 (7.84%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 17 (33.33%) Python
2 11 (21.57%) Bash
3 10 (19.61%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 11 (21.57%) DV Cleared
3 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (3.92%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.92%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.92%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) GDPR
2 4 (7.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (39.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (17.65%) Hyper-V
3 8 (15.69%) Active Directory
3 8 (15.69%) Docker
4 7 (13.73%) vSphere
5 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (9.80%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (9.80%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.96%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (43.14%) Ansible
2 15 (29.41%) Terraform
3 10 (19.61%) Grafana
4 9 (17.65%) Kubernetes
5 6 (11.76%) Cisco CUCM
5 6 (11.76%) vCenter Server
6 3 (5.88%) Kibana
6 3 (5.88%) logstash
6 3 (5.88%) NetBackup
7 2 (3.92%) FortiGate
7 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (1.96%) Argo
8 1 (1.96%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (1.96%) Istio
8 1 (1.96%) linkerd
8 1 (1.96%) Mesos
8 1 (1.96%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.96%) Prometheus
8 1 (1.96%) Proxmox
8 1 (1.96%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (39.22%) Microsoft
1 20 (39.22%) VMware
2 12 (23.53%) Cisco
3 9 (17.65%) Fortinet
3 9 (17.65%) Splunk
4 7 (13.73%) Palo Alto
5 6 (11.76%) NetApp
6 5 (9.80%) Red Hat
6 5 (9.80%) Veeam
7 4 (7.84%) Dell
8 3 (5.88%) Atlassian
8 3 (5.88%) HP
8 3 (5.88%) Juniper
8 3 (5.88%) SAP
9 1 (1.96%) Meraki
9 1 (1.96%) SolarWinds