Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South East is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 75 89
Rank change year-on-year -116 +14 +82
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 96 365 256
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.07% 3.18% 3.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 3.29% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 59 264 192
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £64,850 £63,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +0.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,083 11,084 7,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 96.56% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,552 6,246 5,382
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £82,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 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
Thames Valley -81 29 £46,000 -3.16% 26
Hampshire -15 28 £55,000 +16.40% 22
Kent -22 22 £50,000 -2.44% 5
Surrey -12 17 £40,000 -24.88% 2
Buckinghamshire -34 14 £47,500 +11.76% 5
Oxfordshire -10 10 £43,500 -20.91% 4
Berkshire -25 5 £52,500 +14.13% 18
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, 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 94 (97.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 59 (61.46%) VMware
3 57 (59.38%) Windows
4 53 (55.21%) Microsoft
5 51 (53.13%) Active Directory
6 42 (43.75%) VMware Infrastructure
7 38 (39.58%) Windows Server
8 37 (38.54%) Azure
9 33 (34.38%) Firewall
10 31 (32.29%) DNS
11 29 (30.21%) PowerShell
12 28 (29.17%) SAN
13 26 (27.08%) DHCP
13 26 (27.08%) Microsoft 365
14 24 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (25.00%) Linux
14 24 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
15 23 (23.96%) Microsoft Intune
16 21 (21.88%) AWS
16 21 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
16 21 (21.88%) Security Cleared
16 21 (21.88%) vCenter Server
17 20 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
18 19 (19.79%) DevOps
18 19 (19.79%) Hyper-V
18 19 (19.79%) SCCM
18 19 (19.79%) VMware ESXi
19 18 (18.75%) Veeam
20 16 (16.67%) Agile
20 16 (16.67%) Performance Tuning

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 21 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.17%) IIS
4 3 (3.13%) Apache
5 2 (2.08%) WinCC
6 1 (1.04%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) AutoCAD
1 2 (2.08%) Civil 3D
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.04%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 37 (38.54%) Azure
2 26 (27.08%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (21.88%) AWS
4 11 (11.46%) GCP
5 10 (10.42%) Entra ID
6 6 (6.25%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (4.17%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (4.17%) Route 53
7 4 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (2.08%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (2.08%) Nutanix
8 2 (2.08%) OpenShift
8 2 (2.08%) OVHcloud
8 2 (2.08%) Serverless
9 1 (1.04%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (1.04%) IaaS
9 1 (1.04%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 33 (34.38%) Firewall
2 31 (32.29%) DNS
3 28 (29.17%) SAN
4 26 (27.08%) DHCP
5 13 (13.54%) VPN
6 12 (12.50%) NAS
7 10 (10.42%) VLAN
8 9 (9.38%) TCP/IP
9 8 (8.33%) WAN
10 7 (7.29%) Network Security
11 5 (5.21%) IP Telephony
11 5 (5.21%) SMTP
11 5 (5.21%) SNMP
12 4 (4.17%) LAN
12 4 (4.17%) SD-WAN
12 4 (4.17%) Wireless
13 2 (2.08%) InfiniBand
13 2 (2.08%) Modbus
13 2 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.29%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.08%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) JIRA
2 1 (1.04%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.04%) GitLab
2 1 (1.04%) Jenkins
General
1 36 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.33%) Finance
3 7 (7.29%) Legal
4 6 (6.25%) Automotive
5 5 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.21%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.13%) Local Government
6 3 (3.13%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.08%) Advertising
7 2 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.04%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) LDAP
1 3 (3.13%) YAML
2 2 (2.08%) OLE
3 1 (1.04%) .NET
3 1 (1.04%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.21%) Blackberry
1 5 (5.21%) PKI
2 4 (4.17%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.13%) NHS
3 3 (3.13%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.08%) Clustering
4 2 (2.08%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.08%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.08%) SCADA
4 2 (2.08%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.04%) CCTV
5 1 (1.04%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.04%) CMDB
5 1 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.04%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 57 (59.38%) Windows
2 38 (39.58%) Windows Server
3 24 (25.00%) Linux
4 11 (11.46%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (11.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (7.29%) Mac OS
6 5 (5.21%) Apple iOS
6 5 (5.21%) Unix
7 4 (4.17%) Windows 10
8 3 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.04%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (97.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 24 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 19 (19.79%) DevOps
5 16 (16.67%) Agile
5 16 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
6 14 (14.58%) Security Operations
7 13 (13.54%) High Availability
7 13 (13.54%) Information Security
8 12 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
9 11 (11.46%) ITIL
10 10 (10.42%) Kalman Filter
11 9 (9.38%) Business Continuity
11 9 (9.38%) Mentoring
11 9 (9.38%) Proactive Monitoring
12 8 (8.33%) Computer Science
12 8 (8.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
13 7 (7.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 29 (30.21%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.25%) Bash
2 6 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (1.04%) Bicep
3 1 (1.04%) Java
3 1 (1.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (12.50%) Degree
4 11 (11.46%) DV Cleared
4 11 (11.46%) SC Cleared
5 9 (9.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (7.29%) HND
7 6 (6.25%) MCSE
7 6 (6.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.13%) Postgraduate
9 2 (2.08%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.08%) CCNA
10 1 (1.04%) CCNP
10 1 (1.04%) HNC
10 1 (1.04%) MCP
10 1 (1.04%) MCSA
10 1 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.04%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (3.13%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.08%) IEC 61508
5 2 (2.08%) QA
6 1 (1.04%) GDPR
6 1 (1.04%) IEC 61131
6 1 (1.04%) NIST
System Software
1 51 (53.13%) Active Directory
2 42 (43.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (19.79%) Hyper-V
3 19 (19.79%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (8.33%) vSphere
5 5 (5.21%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (4.17%) Docker
6 4 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (2.08%) BitLocker
7 2 (2.08%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (2.08%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (2.08%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.04%) Ceph
8 1 (1.04%) Firmware
8 1 (1.04%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 23 (23.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (21.88%) vCenter Server
3 19 (19.79%) SCCM
4 10 (10.42%) Terraform
5 8 (8.33%) Ansible
6 7 (7.29%) Kubernetes
7 5 (5.21%) Nagios
8 3 (3.13%) Prometheus
8 3 (3.13%) ZABBIX
9 2 (2.08%) Puppet
9 2 (2.08%) SCOM
9 2 (2.08%) vMotion
10 1 (1.04%) AirWatch
10 1 (1.04%) PaperCut
10 1 (1.04%) Podman
10 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (1.04%) SCSM
10 1 (1.04%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 59 (61.46%) VMware
2 53 (55.21%) Microsoft
3 18 (18.75%) Veeam
4 15 (15.63%) NetApp
5 11 (11.46%) SolarWinds
6 10 (10.42%) 3PAR
7 5 (5.21%) McAfee
7 5 (5.21%) Palo Alto
7 5 (5.21%) Sophos
8 4 (4.17%) Apple
8 4 (4.17%) Citrix
8 4 (4.17%) Fortinet
8 4 (4.17%) LogicMonitor
9 3 (3.13%) Cisco
9 3 (3.13%) HP
9 3 (3.13%) ServiceNow
9 3 (3.13%) Splunk
10 2 (2.08%) Rockwell
10 2 (2.08%) Siemens
10 2 (2.08%) Symantec