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 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 137 82
Rank change year-on-year +29 -55 +109
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 191 128 454
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.58% 1.78% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 2.06% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 154 85 417
10th Percentile £38,775 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,854
90th Percentile £70,000 £61,500 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

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 11,271 6,221 13,274
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 86.60% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 7,434 3,616 10,111
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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% -9.69%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 +53 84 £55,000 +12.82% 12
Thames Valley -15 43 £50,000 - 14
Buckinghamshire -5 28 £48,000 -4.00% 9
Kent -16 24 £47,500 -9.52% 3
Surrey -16 19 £50,000 +25.00% 2
East Sussex +1 13 £45,000 +24.14% 2
Berkshire -16 10 £52,500 +5.00% 2
West Sussex -13 6 £60,000 -
Oxfordshire +6 5 £50,000 -16.67% 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 March 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.

1 190 (99.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 68 (35.60%) Windows
3 58 (30.37%) Azure
4 55 (28.80%) Microsoft
5 42 (21.99%) Active Directory
5 42 (21.99%) Windows Server
6 39 (20.42%) VMware
7 38 (19.90%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (17.80%) Security Cleared
9 33 (17.28%) Firewall
10 28 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (13.09%) Linux
11 25 (13.09%) Microsoft Intune
12 23 (12.04%) DNS
13 21 (10.99%) SC Cleared
14 20 (10.47%) DHCP
15 19 (9.95%) PowerShell
15 19 (9.95%) VPN
16 18 (9.42%) AWS
16 18 (9.42%) vCenter Server
17 17 (8.90%) DV Cleared
18 16 (8.38%) Entra ID
18 16 (8.38%) Microsoft Exchange
18 16 (8.38%) SharePoint
18 16 (8.38%) Veeam
18 16 (8.38%) VMware Infrastructure
19 15 (7.85%) SAN
19 15 (7.85%) Security Operations
20 14 (7.33%) Performance Tuning
20 14 (7.33%) SCCM

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 16 (8.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (8.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.52%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.52%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 58 (30.37%) Azure
2 38 (19.90%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (9.42%) AWS
4 16 (8.38%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.28%) GCP
6 9 (4.71%) IaaS
7 8 (4.19%) Mimecast
7 8 (4.19%) PaaS
8 7 (3.66%) SaaS
9 4 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.52%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 33 (17.28%) Firewall
2 23 (12.04%) DNS
3 20 (10.47%) DHCP
4 19 (9.95%) VPN
5 15 (7.85%) SAN
6 13 (6.81%) Network Security
7 11 (5.76%) VLAN
8 7 (3.66%) WAN
9 5 (2.62%) TCP/IP
10 4 (2.09%) VoIP
10 4 (2.09%) Wireless
11 3 (1.57%) LAN
11 3 (1.57%) NAS
11 3 (1.57%) NetScaler
12 2 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (1.05%) VSAN
13 1 (0.52%) 5G
13 1 (0.52%) InfiniBand
13 1 (0.52%) Miracast
13 1 (0.52%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.28%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.57%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 11 (5.76%) JIRA
General
1 24 (12.57%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.33%) Legal
3 13 (6.81%) Finance
4 7 (3.66%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.62%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.09%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.52%) Advertising
9 1 (0.52%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.09%) LDAP
2 2 (1.05%) .NET
2 2 (1.05%) Middleware
3 1 (0.52%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.62%) Onboarding
2 4 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (1.57%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.05%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.05%) Clustering
4 2 (1.05%) PKI
5 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.52%) CCTV
5 1 (0.52%) CMDB
5 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.52%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.52%) FMCG
5 1 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 68 (35.60%) Windows
2 42 (21.99%) Windows Server
3 25 (13.09%) Linux
4 11 (5.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (4.19%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (3.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.62%) Windows 10
8 4 (2.09%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.57%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.05%) CentOS
11 1 (0.52%) Unix
11 1 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (99.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (7.85%) Security Operations
4 14 (7.33%) Performance Tuning
5 13 (6.81%) Agile
5 13 (6.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (6.28%) ITIL
7 11 (5.76%) Business Continuity
7 11 (5.76%) DevOps
7 11 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (5.76%) Identity Management
7 11 (5.76%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (5.24%) SIEM
9 9 (4.71%) Change Management
9 9 (4.71%) Incident Response
9 9 (4.71%) Proactive Monitoring
10 8 (4.19%) Incident Management
10 8 (4.19%) Situational Awareness
10 8 (4.19%) Threat Intelligence
11 7 (3.66%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 19 (9.95%) PowerShell
2 7 (3.66%) R
3 4 (2.09%) SQL
4 3 (1.57%) Bash
4 3 (1.57%) Bicep
5 1 (0.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (17.80%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.99%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.90%) DV Cleared
4 9 (4.71%) Degree
5 6 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.57%) MCSE
7 3 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.05%) CCNA
9 1 (0.52%) CCIE
9 1 (0.52%) CCNP
9 1 (0.52%) HND
9 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.52%) MCSA
9 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.52%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.05%) NIST
2 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 42 (21.99%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.81%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (5.24%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.14%) vSphere
6 5 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.05%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.52%) Ceph
8 1 (0.52%) Docker
8 1 (0.52%) Lustre
8 1 (0.52%) pfSense
8 1 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 25 (13.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (9.42%) vCenter Server
3 14 (7.33%) SCCM
4 8 (4.19%) Terraform
5 5 (2.62%) ZABBIX
6 4 (2.09%) Nagios
7 3 (1.57%) Ansible
7 3 (1.57%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.57%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.57%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.57%) SCOM
8 2 (1.05%) Nessus
8 2 (1.05%) SCSM
8 2 (1.05%) VxRail
9 1 (0.52%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.52%) Grafana
9 1 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 55 (28.80%) Microsoft
2 39 (20.42%) VMware
3 16 (8.38%) Veeam
4 13 (6.81%) NetApp
5 10 (5.24%) SolarWinds
6 8 (4.19%) 3PAR
7 7 (3.66%) CrowdStrike
7 7 (3.66%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.14%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.09%) Cisco
9 4 (2.09%) Dynatrace
9 4 (2.09%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.57%) Citrix
10 3 (1.57%) Dell
10 3 (1.57%) HP
10 3 (1.57%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.57%) Splunk
10 3 (1.57%) Trend Micro
11 2 (1.05%) Juniper
11 2 (1.05%) New Relic