Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 219 273
Rank change year-on-year +9 +54 +88
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 195 335 437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.51% 1.42% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 1.50% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 163 281 385
10th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £41,875
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,625 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.08% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £87,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,624 22,265 32,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.22% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,221 16,628 23,661
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Central London +23 47 £75,000 +15.38% 13
South London +7 7 £61,644 +12.08% 1
West London +35 4 £49,000 -10.91% 2
North London -2 4 £70,000 +7.69%
East London -11 3 £77,500 +63.16% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 190 (97.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 139 (71.28%) Azure
3 118 (60.51%) Windows
4 87 (44.62%) Microsoft 365
5 86 (44.10%) Firewall
6 84 (43.08%) Microsoft
7 77 (39.49%) Cisco
8 75 (38.46%) Active Directory
9 74 (37.95%) Windows Server
10 70 (35.90%) PowerShell
11 69 (35.38%) VMware
12 63 (32.31%) Finance
13 58 (29.74%) Microsoft Intune
14 52 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (25.13%) Disaster Recovery
16 47 (24.10%) Linux
17 46 (23.59%) VMware Infrastructure
17 46 (23.59%) Social Skills
18 44 (22.56%) Entra ID
18 44 (22.56%) AWS
18 44 (22.56%) VPN
19 39 (20.00%) Kubernetes
19 39 (20.00%) Terraform
20 37 (18.97%) Meraki
20 37 (18.97%) Network Security
21 35 (17.95%) SCCM
22 32 (16.41%) Microsoft Exchange
22 32 (16.41%) DevOps
23 31 (15.90%) CI/CD
23 31 (15.90%) DNS

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (16.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (14.87%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.08%) IIS
4 2 (1.03%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.03%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.05%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 139 (71.28%) Azure
2 87 (44.62%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (22.56%) AWS
3 44 (22.56%) Entra ID
4 15 (7.69%) IaaS
5 14 (7.18%) Azure AKS
5 14 (7.18%) OneDrive
5 14 (7.18%) SaaS
6 12 (6.15%) GCP
6 12 (6.15%) PaaS
7 10 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.10%) Google Workspace
9 7 (3.59%) AWS Direct Connect
9 7 (3.59%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (3.59%) Power Platform
10 6 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (3.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (2.56%) Anthos
11 5 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 86 (44.10%) Firewall
2 44 (22.56%) VPN
3 37 (18.97%) Network Security
4 31 (15.90%) DNS
5 26 (13.33%) WAN
6 23 (11.79%) Wi-Fi
7 22 (11.28%) DHCP
7 22 (11.28%) LAN
8 16 (8.21%) Wireless
9 15 (7.69%) VLAN
10 13 (6.67%) TCP/IP
11 12 (6.15%) BGP
11 12 (6.15%) Cisco ASA
12 11 (5.64%) SD-WAN
13 9 (4.62%) NetScaler
13 9 (4.62%) WLAN
14 8 (4.10%) NX-OS
14 8 (4.10%) SSL
14 8 (4.10%) VXLAN
15 7 (3.59%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.54%) Power BI
3 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (4.10%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.05%) JIRA
3 3 (1.54%) CircleCI
4 2 (1.03%) Bitbucket Server
4 2 (1.03%) GitLab
General
1 63 (32.31%) Finance
2 46 (23.59%) Social Skills
3 14 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (5.13%) Banking
4 10 (5.13%) Law
5 6 (3.08%) Games
5 6 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.05%) Legal
6 4 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.54%) Back Office
7 3 (1.54%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.03%) iGaming
8 2 (1.03%) Publishing
8 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.62%) ARM Templates
2 4 (2.05%) .NET
3 2 (1.03%) Middleware
3 2 (1.03%) SAML
3 2 (1.03%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.51%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.51%) Django
4 1 (0.51%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.51%) Flask
4 1 (0.51%) LDAP
4 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.87%) Data Centre
2 15 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 13 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (5.64%) Public Cloud
5 9 (4.62%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.56%) Clustering
6 5 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.05%) Derivative
7 4 (2.05%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.05%) Hedge funds
7 4 (2.05%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.05%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.03%) Online Games
9 2 (1.03%) PKI
9 2 (1.03%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 118 (60.51%) Windows
2 74 (37.95%) Windows Server
3 47 (24.10%) Linux
4 25 (12.82%) Windows 10
5 11 (5.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.56%) AIX
8 4 (2.05%) Mac OS
8 4 (2.05%) VMS
9 2 (1.03%) Android
9 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.03%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.51%) Unix
10 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (97.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (25.13%) Disaster Recovery
4 32 (16.41%) DevOps
5 31 (15.90%) CI/CD
6 28 (14.36%) Business Continuity
6 28 (14.36%) Infrastructure as Code
7 26 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
8 25 (12.82%) ITIL
9 24 (12.31%) High Availability
9 24 (12.31%) Network Management
10 18 (9.23%) Incident Response
10 18 (9.23%) Migration
11 17 (8.72%) Cloud Security
12 16 (8.21%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (8.21%) Mentoring
12 16 (8.21%) Network Design
12 16 (8.21%) Patch Management
13 15 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
14 14 (7.18%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 70 (35.90%) PowerShell
2 27 (13.85%) Python
3 17 (8.72%) SQL
4 7 (3.59%) Bash
5 3 (1.54%) Java
5 3 (1.54%) Ruby
6 2 (1.03%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 28 (14.36%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (12.31%) CCNA
3 22 (11.28%) CCNP
4 17 (8.72%) Azure Certification
5 15 (7.69%) Degree
6 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (4.10%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.05%) CCIE
8 4 (2.05%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.54%) CCSA
9 3 (1.54%) CCSE
9 3 (1.54%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.03%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.51%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.51%) CCSP
11 1 (0.51%) CISSP
11 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.59%) SLA
3 5 (2.56%) GDPR
4 3 (1.54%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.54%) QA
4 3 (1.54%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.03%) NIST
6 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 75 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 46 (23.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (11.28%) VMware ESXi
4 21 (10.77%) Hyper-V
5 18 (9.23%) Docker
6 12 (6.15%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (5.64%) vSphere
8 10 (5.13%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (3.59%) Firmware
10 1 (0.51%) VirtualBox
10 1 (0.51%) VMware Server
10 1 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 58 (29.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 39 (20.00%) Terraform
3 35 (17.95%) SCCM
4 19 (9.74%) Ansible
5 16 (8.21%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (4.10%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (4.10%) vCenter Server
7 6 (3.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (3.08%) Nessus
8 5 (2.56%) SCOM
9 4 (2.05%) Istio
10 3 (1.54%) Argo
10 3 (1.54%) Consul
10 3 (1.54%) Grafana
10 3 (1.54%) NetBackup
10 3 (1.54%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.54%) Prometheus
10 3 (1.54%) Puppet
11 2 (1.03%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 84 (43.08%) Microsoft
2 77 (39.49%) Cisco
3 69 (35.38%) VMware
4 37 (18.97%) Meraki
5 24 (12.31%) Palo Alto
6 23 (11.79%) Citrix
7 19 (9.74%) Fortinet
8 15 (7.69%) SolarWinds
9 14 (7.18%) CheckPoint
10 10 (5.13%) Google
10 10 (5.13%) ServiceNow
11 9 (4.62%) Arista
12 8 (4.10%) Dell
12 8 (4.10%) Veeam
13 7 (3.59%) Dynatrace
13 7 (3.59%) Red Hat
14 6 (3.08%) NetApp
15 5 (2.56%) Infoblox
15 5 (2.56%) Juniper
16 4 (2.05%) FactSet