Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 174 94
Rank change year-on-year +86 -80 +81
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 259 100 466
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.80% 1.28% 2.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 1.52% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 213 69 431
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £57,677
90th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £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 13,708 6,585 15,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 84.44% 93.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9,358 3,597 11,237
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +7.59% -12.01%

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 May 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 May 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 +36 97 £65,000 +23.81% 14
Thames Valley +48 69 £50,000 - 22
Buckinghamshire +21 41 £59,500 +8.18% 13
Surrey -11 38 £57,500 +43.75% 1
East Sussex +4 24 £45,000 +63.64%
Kent -22 21 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Oxfordshire +12 18 £47,500 +5.56% 4
Berkshire +7 10 £52,500 +5.00% 5
West Sussex - 6 £60,000 -
Middlesex - 2 £60,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 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.

1 259 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 99 (38.22%) Azure
3 80 (30.89%) Microsoft
4 71 (27.41%) Windows
5 48 (18.53%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (18.53%) VMware
6 42 (16.22%) Windows Server
7 41 (15.83%) Linux
8 37 (14.29%) AWS
9 36 (13.90%) Firewall
9 36 (13.90%) Security Cleared
10 34 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (12.74%) Active Directory
12 26 (10.04%) PowerShell
13 23 (8.88%) DNS
13 23 (8.88%) VMware Infrastructure
14 22 (8.49%) Entra ID
14 22 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
14 22 (8.49%) SC Cleared
14 22 (8.49%) VPN
15 20 (7.72%) SQL Server
16 19 (7.34%) Hyper-V
16 19 (7.34%) SaaS
17 17 (6.56%) Disaster Recovery
17 17 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
17 17 (6.56%) Veeam
18 15 (5.79%) DHCP
18 15 (5.79%) DV Cleared
18 15 (5.79%) IaaS
18 15 (5.79%) Incident Management

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 15 (5.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.16%) IIS
4 2 (0.77%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 99 (38.22%) Azure
2 48 (18.53%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (14.29%) AWS
4 22 (8.49%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.34%) SaaS
6 15 (5.79%) IaaS
6 15 (5.79%) PaaS
7 12 (4.63%) Mimecast
8 9 (3.47%) GCP
9 7 (2.70%) Cloudflare
10 5 (1.93%) OpenShift
11 4 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.16%) Datadog
12 3 (1.16%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.16%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.77%) Amazon ECS
13 2 (0.77%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (13.90%) Firewall
2 23 (8.88%) DNS
3 22 (8.49%) VPN
4 15 (5.79%) DHCP
5 11 (4.25%) SAN
5 11 (4.25%) WAN
6 10 (3.86%) LAN
7 8 (3.09%) Network Security
8 6 (2.32%) VLAN
9 5 (1.93%) VoIP
10 3 (1.16%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.16%) VSAN
10 3 (1.16%) Wireless
11 2 (0.77%) NAS
11 2 (0.77%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
12 1 (0.39%) HSRP
12 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.72%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 13 (5.02%) JIRA
General
1 20 (7.72%) Social Skills
2 14 (5.41%) Legal
3 11 (4.25%) Finance
4 6 (2.32%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.54%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (1.16%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.77%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.77%) Military
8 1 (0.39%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.77%) AWS CDK
1 2 (0.77%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (0.77%) Middleware
2 1 (0.39%) .NET
2 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.86%) Data Centre
1 10 (3.86%) iSeries
2 8 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (2.32%) PKI
4 5 (1.93%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (1.54%) Replication
6 3 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.77%) Clustering
7 2 (0.77%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.77%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.39%) CCTV
8 1 (0.39%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.39%) FMCG
8 1 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.39%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.39%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 71 (27.41%) Windows
2 42 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 41 (15.83%) Linux
4 11 (4.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (2.32%) CentOS
5 6 (2.32%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (6.56%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
4 15 (5.79%) Incident Management
5 14 (5.41%) Agile
5 14 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (5.02%) Identity Management
6 13 (5.02%) ITIL
6 13 (5.02%) Performance Tuning
7 12 (4.63%) Change Management
7 12 (4.63%) DevOps
8 11 (4.25%) Workflow
9 10 (3.86%) High Availability
9 10 (3.86%) Vulnerability Management
10 9 (3.47%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (3.47%) Infrastructure Maintenance
10 9 (3.47%) Project Delivery
10 9 (3.47%) SIEM
11 8 (3.09%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.04%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.25%) R
3 6 (2.32%) SQL
4 5 (1.93%) Bash
5 4 (1.54%) Python
6 2 (0.77%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 36 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 22 (8.49%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.79%) DV Cleared
4 5 (1.93%) Degree
5 4 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.16%) MCSE
6 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.77%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.77%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.39%) CCIE
8 1 (0.39%) CCNA
8 1 (0.39%) CCNP
8 1 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.93%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 33 (12.74%) Active Directory
2 23 (8.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (7.34%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (2.70%) vSphere
5 4 (1.54%) Firmware
5 4 (1.54%) KVM
6 3 (1.16%) Docker
6 3 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.77%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.77%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.41%) Terraform
3 11 (4.25%) vCenter Server
4 10 (3.86%) Ansible
5 7 (2.70%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.32%) Nessus
6 6 (2.32%) SCCM
7 4 (1.54%) Graylog
7 4 (1.54%) Proxmox
7 4 (1.54%) ZABBIX
8 3 (1.16%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.16%) Nagios
9 2 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.77%) VxRail
Vendors
1 80 (30.89%) Microsoft
2 48 (18.53%) VMware
3 17 (6.56%) Veeam
4 14 (5.41%) IBM
5 11 (4.25%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (2.70%) HP
6 7 (2.70%) NetApp
7 6 (2.32%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.32%) SolarWinds
8 5 (1.93%) 3PAR
8 5 (1.93%) Cisco
8 5 (1.93%) Commvault
9 4 (1.54%) EMC
9 4 (1.54%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.16%) Dell
11 2 (0.77%) Citrix
11 2 (0.77%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.77%) Meraki
11 2 (0.77%) Splunk
12 1 (0.39%) New Relic