Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South East is £50,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 March 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 152 82
Rank change year-on-year +45 -70 +101
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 196 120 465
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.59% 1.69% 3.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 1.96% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 159 88 427
10th Percentile £39,650 £35,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £58,302
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £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 11,539 6,111 13,531
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 86.17% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 7,654 3,633 10,275
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £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 £71,250 £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 18 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 18 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 +57 82 £55,000 +12.82% 21
Thames Valley -9 46 £50,000 - 17
Buckinghamshire -2 31 £48,000 -4.00% 10
Kent -16 24 £47,500 -5.00% 3
Surrey -20 22 £50,000 +25.00% 3
East Sussex +3 14 £45,000 +24.14% 1
Berkshire -18 10 £52,500 +5.00% 4
West Sussex -14 6 £60,000 -
Oxfordshire 0 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 18 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.

1 195 (99.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 69 (35.20%) Windows
3 61 (31.12%) Azure
4 59 (30.10%) Microsoft
5 42 (21.43%) Active Directory
6 41 (20.92%) Windows Server
7 39 (19.90%) VMware
8 38 (19.39%) Microsoft 365
9 36 (18.37%) Firewall
10 34 (17.35%) Security Cleared
11 28 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (13.78%) Microsoft Intune
13 26 (13.27%) Linux
14 22 (11.22%) DNS
15 21 (10.71%) SC Cleared
16 19 (9.69%) VPN
17 18 (9.18%) AWS
17 18 (9.18%) DHCP
17 18 (9.18%) Microsoft Exchange
17 18 (9.18%) PowerShell
17 18 (9.18%) SharePoint
17 18 (9.18%) vCenter Server
18 17 (8.67%) DV Cleared
18 17 (8.67%) Entra ID
19 16 (8.16%) Veeam
20 15 (7.65%) Performance Tuning
20 15 (7.65%) SAN
20 15 (7.65%) Security Operations
20 15 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
21 14 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement

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 18 (9.18%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (9.18%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.51%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 61 (31.12%) Azure
2 38 (19.39%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (9.18%) AWS
4 17 (8.67%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.12%) GCP
6 10 (5.10%) IaaS
6 10 (5.10%) Mimecast
7 9 (4.59%) PaaS
7 9 (4.59%) SaaS
8 3 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.51%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 36 (18.37%) Firewall
2 22 (11.22%) DNS
3 19 (9.69%) VPN
4 18 (9.18%) DHCP
5 15 (7.65%) SAN
6 13 (6.63%) Network Security
7 10 (5.10%) VLAN
8 8 (4.08%) WAN
9 6 (3.06%) VoIP
10 4 (2.04%) LAN
10 4 (2.04%) TCP/IP
10 4 (2.04%) Wireless
11 3 (1.53%) NAS
11 3 (1.53%) NetScaler
12 2 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (1.02%) VSAN
13 1 (0.51%) 5G
13 1 (0.51%) InfiniBand
13 1 (0.51%) Miracast
13 1 (0.51%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.63%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.53%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 13 (6.63%) JIRA
General
1 23 (11.73%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.16%) Legal
3 12 (6.12%) Finance
4 7 (3.57%) Manufacturing
4 7 (3.57%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.04%) Aerospace
6 3 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.02%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.02%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.51%) Advertising
8 1 (0.51%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.04%) LDAP
2 2 (1.02%) .NET
2 2 (1.02%) Middleware
3 1 (0.51%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.55%) Onboarding
2 4 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (1.53%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.02%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.02%) Clustering
4 2 (1.02%) PKI
5 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.51%) CCTV
5 1 (0.51%) CMDB
5 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.51%) FMCG
5 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 69 (35.20%) Windows
2 41 (20.92%) Windows Server
3 26 (13.27%) Linux
4 11 (5.61%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.04%) Mac OS
7 4 (2.04%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.53%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.02%) CentOS
10 1 (0.51%) Unix
10 1 (0.51%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (99.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (7.65%) Performance Tuning
3 15 (7.65%) Security Operations
4 14 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
5 13 (6.63%) Agile
6 12 (6.12%) Identity Management
6 12 (6.12%) ITIL
7 11 (5.61%) Change Management
7 11 (5.61%) DevOps
7 11 (5.61%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (5.10%) Business Continuity
8 10 (5.10%) Incident Management
8 10 (5.10%) SIEM
9 9 (4.59%) Incident Response
9 9 (4.59%) Proactive Monitoring
9 9 (4.59%) Workflow
10 8 (4.08%) Situational Awareness
10 8 (4.08%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.18%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.59%) R
3 4 (2.04%) SQL
4 3 (1.53%) Bash
4 3 (1.53%) Bicep
5 1 (0.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (17.35%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.67%) DV Cleared
4 9 (4.59%) Degree
5 6 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.04%) MCSE
7 4 (2.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.02%) CCNA
10 1 (0.51%) CCIE
10 1 (0.51%) CCNP
10 1 (0.51%) HND
10 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.51%) MCSA
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (0.51%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.02%) NIST
2 2 (1.02%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 42 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.63%) VMware ESXi
4 9 (4.59%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.06%) vSphere
6 5 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.02%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.51%) Ceph
8 1 (0.51%) Docker
8 1 (0.51%) Lustre
8 1 (0.51%) pfSense
8 1 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 27 (13.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (9.18%) vCenter Server
3 14 (7.14%) SCCM
4 8 (4.08%) Terraform
5 5 (2.55%) ZABBIX
6 4 (2.04%) Nagios
7 3 (1.53%) Ansible
7 3 (1.53%) Dell DRAC
7 3 (1.53%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.53%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.53%) SCOM
8 2 (1.02%) Nessus
8 2 (1.02%) SCSM
8 2 (1.02%) VxRail
9 1 (0.51%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.51%) Grafana
9 1 (0.51%) Puppet
Vendors
1 59 (30.10%) Microsoft
2 39 (19.90%) VMware
3 16 (8.16%) Veeam
4 13 (6.63%) NetApp
5 10 (5.10%) SolarWinds
6 9 (4.59%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (4.08%) 3PAR
8 7 (3.57%) Fortinet
9 6 (3.06%) Palo Alto
10 4 (2.04%) Cisco
10 4 (2.04%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.53%) Citrix
11 3 (1.53%) Dell
11 3 (1.53%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.53%) HP
11 3 (1.53%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.53%) Splunk
11 3 (1.53%) Trend Micro
12 2 (1.02%) Juniper
12 2 (1.02%) New Relic