Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Hampshire

Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Hampshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 April 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 87 74
Rank change year-on-year +41 -13 +33
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 90 18 113
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 2.85% 1.13% 3.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.98% 1.21% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 77 14 99
10th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,250 £41,875 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -6.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,500 £54,625 £63,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 3,018 1,484 3,471
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.45% 93.45% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,140 1,124 2,700
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £26,613
25th Percentile £37,406 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -4.57%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

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 3 April 2026.

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 3 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
Farnborough +13 19 £75,000 +57.89% 8
Fareham - 17 £55,000 - 2
Basingstoke +24 15 £45,000 +5.88% 1
Portsmouth +2 10 £65,000 +136.36% 2
Eastleigh -4 4 £57,500 +23.66%
Yateley - 4 - -
Southampton -6 3 £50,000 -4.76%
Fleet - 1 £50,500 -
New Milton - 1 £45,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Hampshire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 90 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (28.89%) Windows
3 23 (25.56%) Security Cleared
4 22 (24.44%) Azure
5 18 (20.00%) Windows Server
6 14 (15.56%) VMware
7 13 (14.44%) AWS
7 13 (14.44%) Microsoft 365
8 12 (13.33%) Linux
8 12 (13.33%) SC Cleared
9 11 (12.22%) DV Cleared
9 11 (12.22%) PowerShell
9 11 (12.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 10 (11.11%) Firewall
11 9 (10.00%) Terraform
12 7 (7.78%) Infrastructure Maintenance
12 7 (7.78%) Microsoft
12 7 (7.78%) VPN
13 6 (6.67%) Agile
13 6 (6.67%) Business Continuity
13 6 (6.67%) GCP
13 6 (6.67%) Incident Response
13 6 (6.67%) Network Security
13 6 (6.67%) Performance Monitoring
13 6 (6.67%) Security Operations
13 6 (6.67%) SIEM
13 6 (6.67%) Situational Awareness
13 6 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
13 6 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
14 5 (5.56%) AI

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 1 (1.11%) IIS
1 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 22 (24.44%) Azure
2 13 (14.44%) AWS
2 13 (14.44%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (6.67%) GCP
4 4 (4.44%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (3.33%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.11%) IaaS
7 1 (1.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.11%) Firewall
2 7 (7.78%) VPN
3 6 (6.67%) Network Security
4 4 (4.44%) DHCP
4 4 (4.44%) DNS
5 3 (3.33%) SAN
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.11%) InfiniBand
6 1 (1.11%) NAS
6 1 (1.11%) NetScaler
6 1 (1.11%) PBX
6 1 (1.11%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.11%) VLAN
6 1 (1.11%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (7.78%) Finance
2 5 (5.56%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.33%) Legal
4 2 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.22%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.22%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.44%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.22%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.22%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.11%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 26 (28.89%) Windows
2 18 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 12 (13.33%) Linux
4 11 (12.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (5.56%) Ubuntu
6 4 (4.44%) CentOS
7 1 (1.11%) Unix
7 1 (1.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (7.78%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 6 (6.67%) Agile
3 6 (6.67%) Business Continuity
3 6 (6.67%) Incident Response
3 6 (6.67%) Performance Monitoring
3 6 (6.67%) Security Operations
3 6 (6.67%) SIEM
3 6 (6.67%) Situational Awareness
3 6 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (5.56%) AI
4 5 (5.56%) DevOps
4 5 (5.56%) High Availability
4 5 (5.56%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (5.56%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (4.44%) AI Transformation
5 4 (4.44%) Application Packaging
5 4 (4.44%) CI/CD
5 4 (4.44%) DevSecOps
6 3 (3.33%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.22%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.22%) Bash
2 2 (2.22%) Bicep
3 1 (1.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (25.56%) Security Cleared
2 12 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 11 (12.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.11%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.11%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (1.11%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.11%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.44%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.33%) vSphere
4 2 (2.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (1.11%) Ceph
5 1 (1.11%) Docker
5 1 (1.11%) Lustre
5 1 (1.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (10.00%) Terraform
2 5 (5.56%) Ansible
2 5 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.44%) Nessus
4 3 (3.33%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.11%) AirWatch
6 1 (1.11%) SCCM
6 1 (1.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (15.56%) VMware
2 7 (7.78%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.56%) Red Hat
4 3 (3.33%) Dynatrace
5 2 (2.22%) New Relic
5 2 (2.22%) Veeam
6 1 (1.11%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.11%) Cisco
6 1 (1.11%) Citrix
6 1 (1.11%) Commvault
6 1 (1.11%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.11%) Juniper
6 1 (1.11%) Mitel
6 1 (1.11%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.11%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.11%) Veritas