Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Hampshire

Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Hampshire is £54,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 78 74
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 28 98 56
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 1.35% 2.88% 2.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.44% 2.96% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 22 78 45
10th Percentile £37,575 £40,000 £41,550
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £47,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -10.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £76,025 £65,750 £67,500
South East median annual salary £46,250 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.64% -3.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,947 3,313 1,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 97.44% 96.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,215 2,119 1,228
10th Percentile £27,375 £31,950 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,438 £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £71,563
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.84% -0.91% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Hampshire over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Hampshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 2025. 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
Basingstoke +14 14 £57,500 +27.78% 2
Southampton +7 3 £70,000 +40.00%
Farnborough +5 1 - - 3
Tadley - 1 - -
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, 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 Hampshire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (53.57%) Active Directory
3 13 (46.43%) Security Cleared
3 13 (46.43%) VMware
4 12 (42.86%) DV Cleared
4 12 (42.86%) Windows
4 12 (42.86%) Windows Server
5 11 (39.29%) DNS
5 11 (39.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (35.71%) Azure
6 10 (35.71%) Firewall
7 8 (28.57%) Agile
7 8 (28.57%) AWS
7 8 (28.57%) DHCP
7 8 (28.57%) GCP
7 8 (28.57%) PowerShell
8 7 (25.00%) Ansible
8 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (25.00%) Network Security
8 7 (25.00%) vCenter Server
8 7 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (25.00%) VPN
9 6 (21.43%) Hyper-V
9 6 (21.43%) SMTP
10 5 (17.86%) Business Continuity
10 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (17.86%) Linux
10 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
10 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (14.29%) Citrix

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 7 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (14.29%) IIS
3 3 (10.71%) Apache
3 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) AutoCAD
1 2 (7.14%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) Azure
2 8 (28.57%) AWS
2 8 (28.57%) GCP
3 5 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (10.71%) OpenShift
5 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.57%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (39.29%) DNS
2 10 (35.71%) Firewall
3 8 (28.57%) DHCP
4 7 (25.00%) Network Security
4 7 (25.00%) VPN
5 6 (21.43%) SMTP
6 3 (10.71%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
6 3 (10.71%) VLAN
7 1 (3.57%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (3.57%) InfiniBand
7 1 (3.57%) NAS
7 1 (3.57%) NetScaler
7 1 (3.57%) PBX
7 1 (3.57%) SAN
7 1 (3.57%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (32.14%) Finance
3 7 (25.00%) Legal
4 4 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.71%) Local Government
6 2 (7.14%) Advertising
6 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.57%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) YAML
2 2 (7.14%) OLE
3 1 (3.57%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) PKI
2 3 (10.71%) Clustering
2 3 (10.71%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.71%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (10.71%) NHS
3 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) Windows
1 12 (42.86%) Windows Server
2 5 (17.86%) Linux
3 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.57%) Ubuntu
4 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (28.57%) Agile
3 5 (17.86%) Business Continuity
3 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 4 (14.29%) DevOps
4 4 (14.29%) High Availability
4 4 (14.29%) Incident Response
4 4 (14.29%) Information Security
4 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 4 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 4 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 4 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 4 (14.29%) SIEM
4 4 (14.29%) Situational Awareness
4 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (10.71%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.14%) Bash
3 1 (3.57%) Bicep
3 1 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Security Cleared
2 12 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 3 (10.71%) Postgraduate
5 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.57%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Degree
5 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (3.57%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (53.57%) Active Directory
2 11 (39.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (21.43%) Hyper-V
5 3 (10.71%) BitLocker
5 3 (10.71%) Docker
5 3 (10.71%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (10.71%) Terminal Services
5 3 (10.71%) vSphere
6 1 (3.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) Ansible
1 7 (25.00%) vCenter Server
2 3 (10.71%) Kubernetes
2 3 (10.71%) Nagios
2 3 (10.71%) Puppet
2 3 (10.71%) vMotion
3 1 (3.57%) AirWatch
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.57%) SCCM
3 1 (3.57%) SCOM
3 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) VMware
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.29%) Citrix
4 3 (10.71%) Google
4 3 (10.71%) HP
4 3 (10.71%) NetApp
4 3 (10.71%) Symantec
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco
5 1 (3.57%) Commvault
5 1 (3.57%) Dynatrace
5 1 (3.57%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.57%) Juniper
5 1 (3.57%) Mitel
5 1 (3.57%) New Relic
5 1 (3.57%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.57%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.57%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.57%) Veeam
5 1 (3.57%) Veritas