Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Scotland is £52,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 214 169
Rank change year-on-year +80 -45 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 14 67 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.49% 0.99% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 1.03% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10 57 44
10th Percentile £37,375 £33,000 £34,855
25th Percentile £47,298 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £59,375 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,625 £72,433 £86,410
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,621 6,525 4,272
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 96.88% 90.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,375 2,619 2,331
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,443 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Scotland

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Scotland

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Scotland

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 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
Edinburgh +8 7 £54,500 -16.15% 8
Glasgow +154 4 £50,000 - 6
Aberdeen +27 2 £50,000 +11.11% 2
Renfrewshire - 1 £60,000 - 3
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Scotland region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (57.14%) Windows
3 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (42.86%) Azure
5 5 (35.71%) VMware
5 5 (35.71%) Firewall
5 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
5 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
5 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
6 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
6 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
6 4 (28.57%) Agile
7 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (21.43%) AWS
7 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
7 3 (21.43%) Cisco
7 3 (21.43%) Python
7 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (21.43%) LAN
7 3 (21.43%) WAN
7 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
7 3 (21.43%) Observability
7 3 (21.43%) Design Thinking
7 3 (21.43%) Release Train
7 3 (21.43%) Thought Leadership
7 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (21.43%) SDLC
7 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (7.14%) CICS
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (14.29%) GCP
3 2 (14.29%) PaaS
3 2 (14.29%) SaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) IaaS
4 1 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
1 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
2 3 (21.43%) LAN
2 3 (21.43%) WAN
3 2 (14.29%) DHCP
3 2 (14.29%) DNS
3 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (7.14%) BGP
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (7.14%) NAS
4 1 (7.14%) Network Security
4 1 (7.14%) OSPF
4 1 (7.14%) SAN
4 1 (7.14%) SSL
4 1 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) MySQL
1 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) Middleware
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Private Cloud
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) e-Learning
3 1 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server
3 2 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (7.14%) AIX
4 1 (7.14%) Solaris
4 1 (7.14%) Unix
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Agile
2 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 3 (21.43%) Design Thinking
3 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (21.43%) Observability
3 3 (21.43%) Release Train
3 3 (21.43%) SDLC
3 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Thought Leadership
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (7.14%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.14%) JCL
3 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (14.29%) BitLocker
3 2 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.14%) Puppet
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco
4 1 (7.14%) Apple
4 1 (7.14%) Dell
4 1 (7.14%) Fortinet
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle