Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 125 82
Rank change year-on-year +1 -43 +101
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 165 170 401
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.46% 2.06% 3.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 2.33% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 133 97 365
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £67,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 10,489 7,297 11,727
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 88.47% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6,759 3,785 8,909
10th Percentile £28,200 £31,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,799 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,921 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% +13.84% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 the South East.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 February 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
Hampshire +56 75 £55,000 +10.00% 14
Thames Valley -36 35 £48,000 -4.00% 19
Kent -9 24 £47,500 -5.00% 4
Buckinghamshire -16 22 £45,000 -10.00% 12
Surrey -11 16 £50,000 -13.04% 2
Berkshire -30 10 £52,500 +10.53% 3
East Sussex 0 8 £45,000 - 2
West Sussex -10 6 £60,000 +26.32% 2
Oxfordshire +4 3 £50,000 -20.00% 4
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 February 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 South East region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 164 (99.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (38.79%) Windows
3 46 (27.88%) Azure
4 45 (27.27%) Microsoft
5 43 (26.06%) Windows Server
6 41 (24.85%) Active Directory
7 39 (23.64%) VMware
8 32 (19.39%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (18.18%) Firewall
10 27 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
11 26 (15.76%) DNS
12 25 (15.15%) Security Cleared
13 24 (14.55%) DHCP
13 24 (14.55%) Microsoft Intune
14 20 (12.12%) Linux
15 19 (11.52%) vCenter Server
15 19 (11.52%) VPN
16 18 (10.91%) Veeam
17 17 (10.30%) AWS
17 17 (10.30%) DV Cleared
17 17 (10.30%) SAN
17 17 (10.30%) Security Operations
18 16 (9.70%) PowerShell
18 16 (9.70%) SCCM
19 15 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
19 15 (9.09%) NetApp
19 15 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
19 15 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
20 14 (8.48%) Performance Tuning
21 13 (7.88%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 13 (7.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 13 (7.88%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.61%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 46 (27.88%) Azure
2 32 (19.39%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (10.30%) AWS
4 13 (7.88%) Entra ID
5 11 (6.67%) GCP
6 5 (3.03%) IaaS
6 5 (3.03%) Mimecast
7 4 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (2.42%) PaaS
7 4 (2.42%) SaaS
8 2 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 30 (18.18%) Firewall
2 26 (15.76%) DNS
3 24 (14.55%) DHCP
4 19 (11.52%) VPN
5 17 (10.30%) SAN
6 13 (7.88%) Network Security
7 12 (7.27%) VLAN
8 6 (3.64%) TCP/IP
8 6 (3.64%) WAN
9 4 (2.42%) Wireless
10 3 (1.82%) NAS
10 3 (1.82%) NetScaler
11 2 (1.21%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (1.21%) LAN
11 2 (1.21%) VSAN
12 1 (0.61%) DMZ
12 1 (0.61%) Internet
12 1 (0.61%) IPv4
12 1 (0.61%) PBX
12 1 (0.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.24%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.82%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 8 (4.85%) JIRA
General
1 26 (15.76%) Social Skills
2 13 (7.88%) Finance
3 11 (6.67%) Legal
4 5 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 4 (2.42%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.21%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.21%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.21%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.61%) Advertising
8 1 (0.61%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.42%) LDAP
2 2 (1.21%) .NET
2 2 (1.21%) Middleware
3 1 (0.61%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.42%) Data Centre
1 4 (2.42%) Onboarding
2 3 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.21%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.21%) Clustering
3 2 (1.21%) PKI
4 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.61%) CCTV
4 1 (0.61%) CMDB
4 1 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.61%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.61%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (0.61%) FMCG
4 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.61%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 64 (38.79%) Windows
2 43 (26.06%) Windows Server
3 20 (12.12%) Linux
4 10 (6.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 9 (5.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (5.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (3.64%) Windows 10
7 4 (2.42%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.61%) Unix
8 1 (0.61%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (99.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (10.30%) Security Operations
4 15 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (8.48%) Performance Tuning
6 12 (7.27%) DevOps
7 11 (6.67%) Agile
7 11 (6.67%) Business Continuity
7 11 (6.67%) ITIL
8 10 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (6.06%) SIEM
9 9 (5.45%) Incident Response
9 9 (5.45%) Proactive Monitoring
10 8 (4.85%) Identity Management
10 8 (4.85%) Situational Awareness
10 8 (4.85%) Technical Leadership
10 8 (4.85%) Threat Intelligence
11 7 (4.24%) Customer Requirements
11 7 (4.24%) Data Protection
11 7 (4.24%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.70%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.42%) R
2 4 (2.42%) SQL
3 3 (1.82%) Bash
3 3 (1.82%) Bicep
4 1 (0.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.30%) DV Cleared
3 12 (7.27%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.24%) Degree
5 4 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.82%) MCSE
6 3 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.21%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.21%) CCNA
8 1 (0.61%) CCIE
8 1 (0.61%) CCNP
8 1 (0.61%) HND
8 1 (0.61%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.61%) MCSA
8 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.61%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.21%) NIST
2 2 (1.21%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 41 (24.85%) Active Directory
2 15 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
2 15 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.06%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.03%) vSphere
5 2 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (1.21%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.61%) Ceph
6 1 (0.61%) Docker
6 1 (0.61%) Lustre
6 1 (0.61%) pfSense
6 1 (0.61%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 24 (14.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (11.52%) vCenter Server
3 16 (9.70%) SCCM
4 5 (3.03%) Terraform
4 5 (3.03%) ZABBIX
5 4 (2.42%) Nagios
6 3 (1.82%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.82%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.82%) SCOM
7 2 (1.21%) Ansible
7 2 (1.21%) SCSM
7 2 (1.21%) VxRail
8 1 (0.61%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.61%) Grafana
8 1 (0.61%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.61%) Puppet
Vendors
1 45 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 39 (23.64%) VMware
3 18 (10.91%) Veeam
4 15 (9.09%) NetApp
5 12 (7.27%) SolarWinds
6 10 (6.06%) 3PAR
7 7 (4.24%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.64%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.42%) Cisco
9 4 (2.42%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (2.42%) Dynatrace
9 4 (2.42%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.82%) Citrix
10 3 (1.82%) Dell
10 3 (1.82%) HP
10 3 (1.82%) Splunk
10 3 (1.82%) Trend Micro
11 2 (1.21%) Juniper
11 2 (1.21%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (1.21%) New Relic