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 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 186 76
Rank change year-on-year +90 -110 +11
Permanent Infrastructure Engineer jobs 349 98 361
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.74% 1.09% 3.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.21% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 255 61 260
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £39,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -4.12% -3.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title 18,660 8,119 11,051
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.92% 90.14% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 12,970 4,579 6,213
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.63% -6.52% -4.17%

Infrastructure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Infrastructure Engineer job postings 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 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in the South East over the 6 months to 24 October 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 Infrastructure Engineer jobs within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +76 134 £57,500 +25.00% 35
Hampshire +24 118 £70,000 +24.44% 25
Surrey +10 67 £60,000 +50.00% 8
Oxfordshire +3 54 £55,000 +26.44% 10
Buckinghamshire +27 43 £62,500 +31.58% 15
Berkshire +32 37 £50,000 -4.76% 10
Kent -19 17 £60,000 +40.35% 8
Sussex - 3 £45,000 -
West Sussex - 3 £37,500 - 3
Middlesex - 2 £60,000 -
East Sussex - 2 £52,500 - 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Infrastructure Engineer job ads cited 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 Infrastructure Engineer job ads across the South East region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Infrastructure Engineering95.1%332
2Azure34.7%121
3Microsoft28.9%101
4Windows28.4%99
5Linux21.2%74
5Microsoft 36521.2%74
5VMware21.2%74
8Firewall17.5%61
9PowerShell16.9%59
10Active Directory16.3%57
11DNS16.0%56
12Security Cleared14.6%51
12VPN14.6%51
12Windows Server14.6%51
15Entra ID12.6%44
16VMware Infrastructure12.3%43
17Disaster Recovery12.0%42
18AWS11.7%41
19Cybersecurity11.5%40
20DHCP10.3%36
20SC Cleared10.3%36
22Hyper-V10.0%35
23Kubernetes9.5%33
23Microsoft Intune9.5%33
25Business Continuity9.2%32
25Problem-Solving9.2%32
25Vulnerability Management9.2%32
28SharePoint8.6%30
29Terraform8.3%29
30VLAN8.0%28

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Infrastructure Engineer22.1%77
2Cloud Infrastructure Engineer14.0%49
3Infrastructure Security Engineer10.6%37
4IT Infrastructure Engineer8.9%31
5Network Infrastructure Engineer7.2%25
6Network Engineer6.9%24
7Infrastructure Support Engineer5.4%19
8Azure Infrastructure Engineer5.2%18
9Systems Engineer4.6%16
103rd Line Infrastructure Engineer3.7%13
10Network Security Engineer3.7%13
12Platform Engineer2.9%10
13Cybersecurity Engineer2.6%9
13Nutanix Engineer2.6%9
13Senior Firewall Engineer2.6%9
13Senior Network Security Engineer2.6%9
13SIEM Engineer2.6%9
18AWS Infrastructure Engineer2.3%8
18Infrastructure Services Engineer2.3%8
18IT Support Engineer2.3%8
87 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in the South East