Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 185 78
Rank change year-on-year +100 -107 +22
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 346 107 376
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.94% 1.19% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 1.33% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 284 68 305
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,938 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.87% -6.19% +5.43%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,750 £64,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -

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 16,916 8,024 12,555
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 89.29% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 12,080 4,444 7,806
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,563 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

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 5 September 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 5 September 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
Thames Valley +87 128 £55,000 +22.22% 19
Hampshire +32 120 £65,000 +13.04% 16
Surrey +6 65 £60,000 +50.00% 11
Oxfordshire +14 56 £55,000 +26.44% 6
Buckinghamshire +20 42 £62,500 +28.21% 8
Berkshire +45 30 £50,000 +5.26% 5
Kent -24 14 £60,000 +20.00% 2
East Sussex - 13 £45,000 - 1
Sussex -7 2 £45,000 +28.57%
West Sussex - 2 £37,500 - 4
Middlesex - 2 £60,000 - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 September 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.

1 329 (95.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 139 (40.17%) Azure
3 114 (32.95%) Microsoft
4 101 (29.19%) Windows
5 80 (23.12%) VMware
6 73 (21.10%) Linux
7 71 (20.52%) Microsoft 365
8 60 (17.34%) Firewall
9 58 (16.76%) PowerShell
10 57 (16.47%) Windows Server
11 52 (15.03%) Active Directory
12 50 (14.45%) VMware Infrastructure
13 46 (13.29%) AWS
13 46 (13.29%) Security Cleared
14 43 (12.43%) DNS
15 42 (12.14%) Disaster Recovery
16 41 (11.85%) Entra ID
17 38 (10.98%) Hyper-V
17 38 (10.98%) VPN
18 37 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
19 33 (9.54%) Microsoft Intune
20 32 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
20 32 (9.25%) SC Cleared
21 29 (8.38%) SharePoint
22 28 (8.09%) Business Continuity
23 26 (7.51%) DHCP
23 26 (7.51%) DV Cleared
23 26 (7.51%) High Availability
24 25 (7.23%) WAN
25 24 (6.94%) 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 29 (8.38%) SharePoint
2 23 (6.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.45%) IIS
4 4 (1.16%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 139 (40.17%) Azure
2 71 (20.52%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (13.29%) AWS
4 41 (11.85%) Entra ID
5 23 (6.65%) SaaS
6 17 (4.91%) IaaS
7 14 (4.05%) Nutanix
8 12 (3.47%) Azure Sentinel
9 11 (3.18%) Cloudflare
10 10 (2.89%) PaaS
11 8 (2.31%) Mimecast
12 7 (2.02%) GCP
13 6 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (1.73%) OpenShift
14 5 (1.45%) Google Workspace
15 4 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (1.16%) Azure Stack
15 4 (1.16%) Datadog
16 3 (0.87%) Azure Key Vault
16 3 (0.87%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 60 (17.34%) Firewall
2 43 (12.43%) DNS
3 38 (10.98%) VPN
4 26 (7.51%) DHCP
5 25 (7.23%) WAN
6 24 (6.94%) LAN
7 20 (5.78%) VLAN
8 13 (3.76%) TCP/IP
8 13 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (2.60%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (2.60%) Internet
10 7 (2.02%) Network Security
11 5 (1.45%) SAN
11 5 (1.45%) VSAN
12 4 (1.16%) SSL
13 3 (0.87%) NetScaler
13 3 (0.87%) Wireless
14 2 (0.58%) NAS
14 2 (0.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 12 (3.47%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
General
1 38 (10.98%) Social Skills
2 14 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (3.76%) Finance
4 11 (3.18%) Legal
5 9 (2.60%) Retail
6 7 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.02%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.73%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.45%) Law
9 4 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.94%) Terraform
2 7 (2.02%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.16%) HTML
4 3 (0.87%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.29%) OpenTofu
5 1 (0.29%) Redfish
5 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.62%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.05%) Data Centre
3 12 (3.47%) Onboarding
4 11 (3.18%) PKI
4 11 (3.18%) Replication
5 10 (2.89%) iSeries
6 9 (2.60%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (2.02%) Clustering
8 5 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (0.87%) FPGA
9 3 (0.87%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.87%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.58%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.29%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 101 (29.19%) Windows
2 73 (21.10%) Linux
3 57 (16.47%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.47%) Ubuntu
5 8 (2.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (1.73%) CentOS
6 6 (1.73%) Rocky
7 2 (0.58%) VMS
8 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.29%) Debian
8 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (95.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (12.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 37 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (9.25%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (8.09%) Business Continuity
6 26 (7.51%) High Availability
7 24 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (6.36%) Business Continuity Planning
8 22 (6.36%) Vulnerability Management
9 20 (5.78%) Incident Management
10 19 (5.49%) Agile
10 19 (5.49%) BCP
11 18 (5.20%) CI/CD
11 18 (5.20%) DevOps
11 18 (5.20%) ITIL
11 18 (5.20%) Project Delivery
11 18 (5.20%) SIEM
11 18 (5.20%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (4.91%) Zero Trust
13 16 (4.62%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 58 (16.76%) PowerShell
2 14 (4.05%) Bash
3 12 (3.47%) Python
4 8 (2.31%) R
4 8 (2.31%) SQL
5 4 (1.16%) Go
6 3 (0.87%) Bicep
7 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 32 (9.25%) SC Cleared
3 26 (7.51%) DV Cleared
4 13 (3.76%) Azure Certification
4 13 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.45%) Degree
6 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (0.58%) MCSE
7 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.36%) Cyber Essentials
2 16 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.45%) NCSC
4 3 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.58%) GDPR
System Software
1 52 (15.03%) Active Directory
2 50 (14.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (10.98%) Hyper-V
4 24 (6.94%) vSphere
5 14 (4.05%) Docker
6 11 (3.18%) Firmware
6 11 (3.18%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.31%) KVM
7 8 (2.31%) VMware Server
8 5 (1.45%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.58%) Lustre
10 2 (0.58%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (9.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.36%) Kubernetes
2 22 (6.36%) vCenter Server
3 19 (5.49%) Ansible
4 9 (2.60%) ZABBIX
5 8 (2.31%) Graylog
5 8 (2.31%) Proxmox
6 7 (2.02%) SCCM
7 6 (1.73%) Nessus
8 4 (1.16%) Nagios
8 4 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.16%) VxRail
9 2 (0.58%) Argo
9 2 (0.58%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.58%) Grafana
10 1 (0.29%) FlexNet
10 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.29%) Rancher
10 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 114 (32.95%) Microsoft
2 80 (23.12%) VMware
3 24 (6.94%) Veeam
4 17 (4.91%) Cisco
5 14 (4.05%) IBM
6 13 (3.76%) Dell
7 10 (2.89%) Aruba
8 9 (2.60%) Palo Alto
8 9 (2.60%) Qualys
9 8 (2.31%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (2.02%) Oracle
10 7 (2.02%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.73%) Commvault
12 5 (1.45%) EMC
12 5 (1.45%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.45%) Google
12 5 (1.45%) HP
13 4 (1.16%) Citrix
13 4 (1.16%) Meraki
14 3 (0.87%) NetApp