Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £51,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 60 40
Rank change year-on-year +29 -20 +57
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 57 1 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 4.61% 0.24% 6.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.88% 0.26% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 24 1 63
10th Percentile £37,500 - £35,250
25th Percentile £40,938 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +9.09% -3.51%
75th Percentile £65,313 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 - £75,000
South West median annual salary £56,250 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +20.00% +7.53%

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 1,168 388 1,590
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 93.49% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 807 243 1,225
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,300 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,450 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%

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 22 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 22 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 - 27 £41,250 - 4
Cheltenham -9 19 £55,000 -8.33% 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 22 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 56 (98.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (63.16%) Linux
3 23 (40.35%) Ansible
3 23 (40.35%) Security Cleared
4 22 (38.60%) VMware
4 22 (38.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (36.84%) Microsoft
6 20 (35.09%) Infrastructure as Code
7 19 (33.33%) Windows
8 18 (31.58%) Python
9 16 (28.07%) Terraform
10 15 (26.32%) AWS
10 15 (26.32%) Firewall
11 13 (22.81%) DNS
11 13 (22.81%) LAN
11 13 (22.81%) WAN
12 12 (21.05%) Bash
12 12 (21.05%) Cisco
12 12 (21.05%) DV Cleared
12 12 (21.05%) Infrastructure Automation
13 11 (19.30%) DHCP
13 11 (19.30%) Grafana
13 11 (19.30%) PowerShell
13 11 (19.30%) Windows Server
14 10 (17.54%) Agile
14 10 (17.54%) CI/CD
14 10 (17.54%) Containerisation
14 10 (17.54%) Kubernetes
14 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (17.54%) 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 (8.77%) Confluence
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.75%) Apache
3 1 (1.75%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) AWS
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (12.28%) Azure
4 5 (8.77%) OpenShift
5 3 (5.26%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.51%) GCP
7 1 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.75%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.32%) Firewall
2 13 (22.81%) DNS
2 13 (22.81%) LAN
2 13 (22.81%) WAN
3 11 (19.30%) DHCP
4 8 (14.04%) TCP/IP
5 6 (10.53%) Unified Communications
5 6 (10.53%) VLAN
5 6 (10.53%) VPN
5 6 (10.53%) WebEx
6 5 (8.77%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (8.77%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (3.51%) NAS
8 2 (3.51%) Network Security
8 2 (3.51%) SAN
9 1 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (1.75%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.02%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 9 (15.79%) GitLab
2 6 (10.53%) Git
3 4 (7.02%) Cypress.io
3 4 (7.02%) Jenkins
3 4 (7.02%) Robot Framework
3 4 (7.02%) Selenium
3 4 (7.02%) TestRail
4 3 (5.26%) JIRA
5 2 (3.51%) Bitbucket
General
1 8 (14.04%) Marketing
1 8 (14.04%) Public Sector
1 8 (14.04%) Telecoms
2 7 (12.28%) Finance
3 6 (10.53%) Retail
4 5 (8.77%) Banking
5 4 (7.02%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.26%) Electronics
6 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.26%) Social Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.53%) XMPP
2 4 (7.02%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (7.02%) Playwright
2 4 (7.02%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Replication
2 6 (10.53%) FlexPod
2 6 (10.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 6 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.26%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.75%) CCTV
6 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (63.16%) Linux
2 19 (33.33%) Windows
3 11 (19.30%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.02%) CentOS
5 1 (1.75%) VMS
5 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (98.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (35.09%) Infrastructure as Code
3 12 (21.05%) Infrastructure Automation
4 10 (17.54%) Agile
4 10 (17.54%) CI/CD
4 10 (17.54%) Containerisation
5 8 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (14.04%) Collaborative Culture
6 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (12.28%) Data Management
6 7 (12.28%) Project Delivery
7 6 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (10.53%) DevOps
7 6 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (10.53%) High Availability
7 6 (10.53%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 5 (8.77%) Patch Management
8 5 (8.77%) Performance Management
8 5 (8.77%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (7.02%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 18 (31.58%) Python
2 12 (21.05%) Bash
3 11 (19.30%) PowerShell
4 4 (7.02%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (40.35%) Security Cleared
2 12 (21.05%) DV Cleared
3 4 (7.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 4 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.51%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (3.51%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.75%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.77%) GDPR
2 4 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.75%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (38.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.79%) Docker
2 9 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 7 (12.28%) vSphere
4 6 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 5 (8.77%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (8.77%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (40.35%) Ansible
2 16 (28.07%) Terraform
3 11 (19.30%) Grafana
4 10 (17.54%) Kubernetes
5 8 (14.04%) vCenter Server
6 6 (10.53%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (7.02%) Kibana
7 4 (7.02%) logstash
8 3 (5.26%) NetBackup
9 2 (3.51%) FortiGate
9 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (1.75%) Argo
10 1 (1.75%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (1.75%) Istio
10 1 (1.75%) linkerd
10 1 (1.75%) Mesos
10 1 (1.75%) Progress Chef
10 1 (1.75%) Prometheus
10 1 (1.75%) Proxmox
10 1 (1.75%) Puppet
Vendors
1 22 (38.60%) VMware
2 21 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 12 (21.05%) Cisco
4 10 (17.54%) Splunk
5 9 (15.79%) Fortinet
6 7 (12.28%) Palo Alto
7 6 (10.53%) NetApp
7 6 (10.53%) Red Hat
8 5 (8.77%) Veeam
9 4 (7.02%) Atlassian
9 4 (7.02%) Dell
10 3 (5.26%) HP
10 3 (5.26%) Juniper
10 3 (5.26%) SAP
11 1 (1.75%) Meraki
11 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds