Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 178 186
Rank change year-on-year -42 +8 +90
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 162 292 302
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.88% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 2.03% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 122 200 273
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,066 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,781 £60,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £84,375 £91,563 £76,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £112,500 £102,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -3.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,862 14,378 17,329
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.68% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,531 8,295 13,928
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
Central London +1 26 £63,750 +2.00% 4
North London +16 16 £75,000 -
East London -7 4 £87,500 +12.90% 2
South London +32 3 £52,750 -12.08% 1
West London +4 3 £60,000 +55.84% 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 London region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 151 (93.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 106 (65.43%) Azure
3 80 (49.38%) Windows
4 68 (41.98%) Active Directory
5 67 (41.36%) Microsoft
6 64 (39.51%) Firewall
7 62 (38.27%) VMware
8 53 (32.72%) Microsoft 365
9 52 (32.10%) Windows Server
10 42 (25.93%) Cisco
10 42 (25.93%) Microsoft Exchange
10 42 (25.93%) Terraform
11 38 (23.46%) Microsoft Intune
12 37 (22.84%) Disaster Recovery
12 37 (22.84%) VPN
13 36 (22.22%) PowerShell
14 35 (21.60%) DNS
15 34 (20.99%) Infrastructure as Code
16 31 (19.14%) DHCP
17 30 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
18 29 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
19 28 (17.28%) Entra ID
20 27 (16.67%) WAN
21 26 (16.05%) Migration
22 25 (15.43%) Linux
23 24 (14.81%) AWS
23 24 (14.81%) TCP/IP
24 20 (12.35%) Cloud Security
24 20 (12.35%) DevOps
25 19 (11.73%) Kubernetes

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 42 (25.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.85%) Apache
4 2 (1.23%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.62%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.62%) WebSphere Application Server
Cloud Services
1 106 (65.43%) Azure
2 53 (32.72%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (17.28%) Entra ID
4 24 (14.81%) AWS
5 18 (11.11%) SaaS
6 16 (9.88%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (5.56%) GitHub
8 9 (5.56%) IaaS
8 9 (5.56%) PaaS
8 9 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (4.94%) AWS Direct Connect
10 7 (4.32%) Datadog
10 7 (4.32%) Nutanix
11 6 (3.70%) Amazon S3
11 6 (3.70%) GCP
11 6 (3.70%) Power Platform
11 6 (3.70%) PowerApps
12 5 (3.09%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (3.09%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 64 (39.51%) Firewall
2 37 (22.84%) VPN
3 35 (21.60%) DNS
4 31 (19.14%) DHCP
5 27 (16.67%) WAN
6 24 (14.81%) TCP/IP
7 19 (11.73%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (11.11%) LAN
9 16 (9.88%) SD-WAN
10 12 (7.41%) VLAN
11 11 (6.79%) SAN
12 9 (5.56%) BGP
12 9 (5.56%) WLAN
13 8 (4.94%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (4.94%) NetScaler
13 8 (4.94%) NX-OS
14 7 (4.32%) MPLS
15 6 (3.70%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (3.70%) Internet
16 5 (3.09%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.62%) DB2
3 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (6.17%) Git
2 7 (4.32%) Chocolatey
3 5 (3.09%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 44 (27.16%) Finance
3 19 (11.73%) Banking
4 14 (8.64%) Law
5 11 (6.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (4.94%) Retail
8 7 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.70%) Back Office
9 6 (3.70%) Financial Institution
10 5 (3.09%) Legal
11 4 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.23%) Advertising
12 2 (1.23%) Front Office
13 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.70%) .NET
2 3 (1.85%) RESTful
3 2 (1.23%) WPF
4 1 (0.62%) EDI
4 1 (0.62%) Jinja
4 1 (0.62%) LAPP Stack
4 1 (0.62%) LDAP
4 1 (0.62%) NETCONF
4 1 (0.62%) REST
4 1 (0.62%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (0.62%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.20%) Data Centre
2 21 (12.96%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (9.26%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.79%) Management Information System
5 7 (4.32%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.70%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.85%) Blog
8 3 (1.85%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.85%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.23%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.23%) Replication
9 2 (1.23%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.23%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.62%) Clustering
10 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.62%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 80 (49.38%) Windows
2 52 (32.10%) Windows Server
3 25 (15.43%) Linux
4 10 (6.17%) Windows 10
5 8 (4.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (4.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (3.70%) VMS
8 5 (3.09%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.85%) SUSE
9 3 (1.85%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (1.23%) Unix
11 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (93.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (22.84%) Disaster Recovery
3 34 (20.99%) Infrastructure as Code
4 29 (17.90%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (16.05%) Migration
6 20 (12.35%) Cloud Security
6 20 (12.35%) DevOps
7 19 (11.73%) Platform Engineering
7 19 (11.73%) Roadmaps
8 17 (10.49%) Cost Management
8 17 (10.49%) Technology Roadmap
9 16 (9.88%) ITIL
9 16 (9.88%) Observability
9 16 (9.88%) Root Cause Analysis
10 15 (9.26%) Performance Optimisation
11 14 (8.64%) Performance Tuning
12 13 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (7.41%) ITSM
13 12 (7.41%) Service Management
14 11 (6.79%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 16 (9.88%) Python
3 9 (5.56%) SQL
4 6 (3.70%) Bicep
4 6 (3.70%) Java
4 6 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.85%) Go
6 2 (1.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (10.49%) Azure Certification
2 16 (9.88%) Degree
3 8 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.09%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.85%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.23%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.62%) CCNA
7 1 (0.62%) CISSP
7 1 (0.62%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.62%) MCSA
7 1 (0.62%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.56%) SLA
2 8 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.32%) PCI DSS
4 6 (3.70%) SOC 2
5 3 (1.85%) NIST
6 2 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.62%) GDPR
System Software
1 68 (41.98%) Active Directory
2 30 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (8.02%) vSphere
4 10 (6.17%) Firmware
5 6 (3.70%) Docker
5 6 (3.70%) NFS
6 5 (3.09%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.09%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.62%) Postfix
8 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.62%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.62%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 42 (25.93%) Terraform
2 38 (23.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (11.73%) Kubernetes
4 16 (9.88%) Ansible
5 15 (9.26%) SCCM
6 6 (3.70%) Argo
6 6 (3.70%) FortiGate
6 6 (3.70%) Grafana
6 6 (3.70%) Prometheus
7 4 (2.47%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.85%) Docker Swarm
8 3 (1.85%) Istio
8 3 (1.85%) linkerd
8 3 (1.85%) Mesos
8 3 (1.85%) Rancher
9 1 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.62%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.62%) SCOM
9 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.62%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 67 (41.36%) Microsoft
2 62 (38.27%) VMware
3 42 (25.93%) Cisco
4 14 (8.64%) Dynatrace
4 14 (8.64%) SolarWinds
5 12 (7.41%) Juniper
5 12 (7.41%) Palo Alto
5 12 (7.41%) ServiceNow
6 11 (6.79%) CheckPoint
6 11 (6.79%) Fortinet
6 11 (6.79%) Meraki
7 10 (6.17%) AppDynamics
7 10 (6.17%) Veeam
8 8 (4.94%) Commvault
8 8 (4.94%) Red Hat
9 7 (4.32%) Pure Storage
9 7 (4.32%) Tenable
10 6 (3.70%) New Relic
11 5 (3.09%) F5
11 5 (3.09%) Splunk