Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Somerset

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Somerset is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 September 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 48 35
Rank change year-on-year -20 -13 +5
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 14 2 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 1.22% 0.49% 3.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 0.55% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 13
10th Percentile £51,800 - £31,000
25th Percentile £54,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile - £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - - £58,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 1,046 363 647
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 89.41% 87.91%
Number of salaries quoted 671 183 397
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,462 £75,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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 Somerset.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Somerset.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Somerset

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Bath - 9 £55,000 -
Taunton - 5 - - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 28 September 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 Somerset region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (35.71%) QA
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
4 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (7.14%) Aruba
4 1 (7.14%) Azure
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.14%) Firewall
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
4 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
4 1 (7.14%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (7.14%) Veeam
4 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (7.14%) VMware
4 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (7.14%) WAN

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.14%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Aruba
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Veeam
1 1 (7.14%) VMware
1 1 (7.14%) Zerto