Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £55,000 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 58 67 57
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 1 10 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.14% 1.28% 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 1.42% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 12
10th Percentile - £54,600 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,625 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile - £66,000 -
South East median annual salary £58,750 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.08% +14.29% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 697 706 724
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 90.05% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 489 376 601
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,645 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £75,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire 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
Oxford +5 1 £55,000 -8.33%
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
South East

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 14 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable