Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in London

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary in London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 373 399
Rank change year-on-year +35 +26 +154
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 44 53 60
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.30% 0.34% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.37% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 35 37 49
10th Percentile £61,250 £54,450 £62,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -3.70% -1.92%
75th Percentile £93,125 £87,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -0.90%

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 13,243 14,312 18,388
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.25% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,766 8,248 14,805
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -2.03%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,525
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.15% -9.56%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Infrastructure Engineer in London

Senior 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 22 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 +24 8 £82,500 +32.00% 1
North London - 4 £75,000 -
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (97.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (81.82%) Azure
3 25 (56.82%) Microsoft
4 24 (54.55%) VMware
5 23 (52.27%) Windows
6 22 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (47.73%) Active Directory
7 21 (47.73%) Firewall
8 19 (43.18%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
9 16 (36.36%) Terraform
10 14 (31.82%) VPN
11 13 (29.55%) DHCP
11 13 (29.55%) DNS
11 13 (29.55%) Migration
11 13 (29.55%) SQL Server
12 12 (27.27%) Azure Certification
12 12 (27.27%) Windows Server
13 11 (25.00%) DevOps
13 11 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
14 10 (22.73%) AppDynamics
14 10 (22.73%) Entra ID
14 10 (22.73%) Infrastructure as Code
14 10 (22.73%) WAN
15 9 (20.45%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (20.45%) IaaS
15 9 (20.45%) ITIL
15 9 (20.45%) PaaS
15 9 (20.45%) SD-WAN
15 9 (20.45%) SharePoint

Senior 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 11 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (20.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 36 (81.82%) Azure
2 22 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (22.73%) Entra ID
4 9 (20.45%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (20.45%) IaaS
4 9 (20.45%) PaaS
5 7 (15.91%) Datadog
5 7 (15.91%) SaaS
6 6 (13.64%) OneDrive
7 4 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (4.55%) AWS
8 2 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.27%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.27%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 21 (47.73%) Firewall
2 14 (31.82%) VPN
3 13 (29.55%) DHCP
3 13 (29.55%) DNS
4 10 (22.73%) WAN
5 9 (20.45%) SD-WAN
6 8 (18.18%) SAN
7 7 (15.91%) VLAN
7 7 (15.91%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (13.64%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.27%) LAN
9 1 (2.27%) NetScaler
9 1 (2.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (29.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Chocolatey
2 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (40.91%) Finance
2 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Banking
4 8 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Law
6 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.27%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (13.64%) Cloud Native
2 6 (13.64%) Legacy Applications
3 4 (9.09%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.82%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (52.27%) Windows
2 12 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 6 (13.64%) Apple iOS
3 6 (13.64%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.55%) VMS
5 1 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (97.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (43.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (29.55%) Migration
4 11 (25.00%) DevOps
5 10 (22.73%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (20.45%) ITIL
7 8 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
8 7 (15.91%) Analytical Thinking
8 7 (15.91%) Cloud Operations
8 7 (15.91%) Computer Science
8 7 (15.91%) ITSM
8 7 (15.91%) Observability
8 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (15.91%) Security Patching
9 6 (13.64%) Benchmarking
9 6 (13.64%) Cost Management
9 6 (13.64%) Problem Management
9 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
9 6 (13.64%) Service Delivery
9 6 (13.64%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.64%) Bicep
3 1 (2.27%) Python
3 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (27.27%) Azure Certification
2 8 (18.18%) Degree
3 7 (15.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (2.27%) CISSP
5 1 (2.27%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) SLA
2 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.27%) NIST
4 1 (2.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (47.73%) Active Directory
2 8 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.27%) VMware Server
4 1 (2.27%) vSphere
4 1 (2.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
1 16 (36.36%) Terraform
2 7 (15.91%) SCCM
3 5 (11.36%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.55%) Ansible
5 1 (2.27%) SCOM
5 1 (2.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (56.82%) Microsoft
2 24 (54.55%) VMware
3 10 (22.73%) AppDynamics
4 7 (15.91%) Dynatrace
4 7 (15.91%) Tenable
5 6 (13.64%) New Relic
6 4 (9.09%) Cisco
7 3 (6.82%) Palo Alto
8 2 (4.55%) EMC
8 2 (4.55%) F5
8 2 (4.55%) ServiceNow
9 1 (2.27%) Citrix
9 1 (2.27%) Dell
9 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.27%) Juniper
9 1 (2.27%) NetApp
9 1 (2.27%) NVIDIA
9 1 (2.27%) Red Hat
9 1 (2.27%) SolarWinds
9 1 (2.27%) Splunk