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 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 171 87
Rank change year-on-year +79 -84 +80
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 257 108 506
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.78% 1.39% 2.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.64% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 215 72 462
10th Percentile £42,500 - £36,313
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £60,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,910 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.63% +11.82% -

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 13,772 6,604 16,108
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.27% 84.95% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9,508 3,489 11,664
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.48% +9.52% -13.65%

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 30 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 30 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 +23 91 £65,000 +18.18% 10
Thames Valley +54 76 £57,000 +14.00% 24
Buckinghamshire +27 47 £60,000 +9.09% 14
Surrey -17 40 £57,500 +43.75% 6
East Sussex +9 24 £45,000 +63.64%
Oxfordshire +9 19 £45,000 - 6
Kent -18 18 £45,000 -18.18% 7
Berkshire +14 10 £52,500 +7.69% 4
West Sussex - 4 £60,000 -
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 30 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.

1 257 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 102 (39.69%) Azure
3 92 (35.80%) Microsoft
4 69 (26.85%) Windows
5 53 (20.62%) Microsoft 365
6 52 (20.23%) VMware
7 46 (17.90%) Linux
8 43 (16.73%) AWS
9 41 (15.95%) Firewall
10 39 (15.18%) Windows Server
11 36 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (13.23%) Active Directory
12 34 (13.23%) Security Cleared
13 33 (12.84%) PowerShell
14 31 (12.06%) VMware Infrastructure
15 27 (10.51%) Hyper-V
16 26 (10.12%) VPN
17 24 (9.34%) Microsoft Intune
18 23 (8.95%) DNS
19 22 (8.56%) Entra ID
20 21 (8.17%) SaaS
20 21 (8.17%) SC Cleared
20 21 (8.17%) SQL Server
20 21 (8.17%) Veeam
21 18 (7.00%) Disaster Recovery
21 18 (7.00%) Technical Leadership
22 17 (6.61%) IaaS
22 17 (6.61%) ITIL
23 16 (6.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
23 16 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange

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 (6.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.84%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.56%) Confluence
3 4 (1.56%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 102 (39.69%) Azure
2 53 (20.62%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (16.73%) AWS
4 22 (8.56%) Entra ID
5 21 (8.17%) SaaS
6 17 (6.61%) IaaS
7 15 (5.84%) PaaS
8 12 (4.67%) Mimecast
9 11 (4.28%) Cloudflare
10 9 (3.50%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (2.33%) GCP
11 6 (2.33%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.56%) Nutanix
13 3 (1.17%) Datadog
13 3 (1.17%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 2 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
15 1 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
15 1 (0.39%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 41 (15.95%) Firewall
2 26 (10.12%) VPN
3 23 (8.95%) DNS
4 14 (5.45%) DHCP
5 11 (4.28%) LAN
5 11 (4.28%) SAN
5 11 (4.28%) WAN
6 6 (2.33%) Network Security
6 6 (2.33%) VLAN
7 5 (1.95%) VoIP
8 3 (1.17%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.78%) NAS
9 2 (0.78%) NetScaler
9 2 (0.78%) VSAN
10 1 (0.39%) SSL
10 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 15 (5.84%) JIRA
General
1 23 (8.95%) Social Skills
2 13 (5.06%) Legal
3 8 (3.11%) Finance
4 6 (2.33%) Telecoms
5 5 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.56%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.78%) Military
8 2 (0.78%) Retail
9 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.78%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.67%) Data Centre
2 10 (3.89%) iSeries
2 10 (3.89%) PKI
3 6 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.33%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (1.95%) Replication
5 3 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.17%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.78%) Clustering
6 2 (0.78%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.39%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 69 (26.85%) Windows
2 46 (17.90%) Linux
3 39 (15.18%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (2.72%) CentOS
5 7 (2.72%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (7.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (7.00%) Technical Leadership
4 17 (6.61%) ITIL
5 15 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (5.84%) Incident Management
6 14 (5.45%) Vulnerability Management
7 13 (5.06%) Agile
8 12 (4.67%) Change Management
8 12 (4.67%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (4.67%) DevOps
8 12 (4.67%) High Availability
8 12 (4.67%) Performance Tuning
8 12 (4.67%) SIEM
9 11 (4.28%) Identity Management
9 11 (4.28%) Project Delivery
9 11 (4.28%) Workflow
10 10 (3.89%) DevSecOps
10 10 (3.89%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 33 (12.84%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.28%) R
3 9 (3.50%) Bash
4 8 (3.11%) Python
5 6 (2.33%) SQL
6 2 (0.78%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 34 (13.23%) Security Cleared
2 21 (8.17%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.45%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.33%) Degree
5 5 (1.95%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.17%) MCSE
8 2 (0.78%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.78%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.39%) CCIE
9 1 (0.39%) CCNA
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.56%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.78%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.39%) NCSC
5 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 34 (13.23%) Active Directory
2 31 (12.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.51%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.11%) KVM
4 8 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (3.11%) vSphere
5 4 (1.56%) Firmware
6 3 (1.17%) Docker
6 3 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.17%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 24 (9.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.84%) Terraform
3 12 (4.67%) Ansible
3 12 (4.67%) vCenter Server
4 8 (3.11%) Graylog
4 8 (3.11%) Proxmox
4 8 (3.11%) ZABBIX
5 7 (2.72%) Kubernetes
5 7 (2.72%) Nessus
5 7 (2.72%) SCCM
6 3 (1.17%) Nagios
6 3 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.78%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.39%) VxRail
Vendors
1 92 (35.80%) Microsoft
2 52 (20.23%) VMware
3 21 (8.17%) Veeam
4 14 (5.45%) IBM
5 11 (4.28%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (2.72%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.33%) Cisco
7 6 (2.33%) Commvault
7 6 (2.33%) HP
7 6 (2.33%) NetApp
8 5 (1.95%) 3PAR
8 5 (1.95%) EMC
8 5 (1.95%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.17%) Dell
9 3 (1.17%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.78%) Citrix
10 2 (0.78%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.78%) Meraki
10 2 (0.78%) Zerto
11 1 (0.39%) CheckPoint