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 14 November 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 180 83
Rank change year-on-year +81 -97 -8
Permanent Infrastructure Engineer jobs 353 102 351
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.66% 1.10% 3.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 1.21% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 260 69 250
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,000 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -2.06% -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
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title 19,684 8,453 10,835
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.41% 90.92% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 13,284 5,165 6,043
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +2.80%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,056 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.09% -7.73% -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 14 November 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 14 November 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 +54 127 £55,000 +15.79% 45
Hampshire +21 113 £65,000 +18.18% 29
Surrey +12 68 £60,000 +50.00% 16
Oxfordshire +1 54 £55,000 +26.44% 11
Buckinghamshire +18 38 £62,500 +31.58% 15
Berkshire +21 35 £50,000 -6.98% 22
Kent -14 16 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Sussex - 5 £45,000 -
West Sussex - 4 £37,500 - 5
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 14 November 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 Engineering95.2%336
2Azure31.7%112
3Microsoft26.9%95
4Windows25.2%89
5Linux18.7%66
6Microsoft 36518.1%64
6VMware18.1%64
8Active Directory15.6%55
8Firewall15.6%55
10DNS14.7%52
10PowerShell14.7%52
10Security Cleared14.7%52
13Windows Server12.7%45
14VPN12.5%44
15Disaster Recovery12.2%43
15Entra ID12.2%43
17Cybersecurity11.0%39
18VMware Infrastructure9.9%35
19Business Continuity9.3%33
19DHCP9.3%33
19Microsoft Intune9.3%33
22AWS9.1%32
22DV Cleared9.1%32
22Kubernetes9.1%32
22SC Cleared9.1%32
26Problem-Solving8.5%30
26SharePoint8.5%30
28Vulnerability Management7.9%28
29Hyper-V7.6%27
29TCP/IP7.6%27

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 Engineer21.2%75
2Cloud Infrastructure Engineer13.6%48
3Infrastructure Security Engineer10.8%38
4IT Infrastructure Engineer7.9%28
5Network Infrastructure Engineer7.1%25
6Azure Infrastructure Engineer5.9%21
6Network Engineer5.9%21
8Infrastructure Support Engineer5.7%20
9Systems Engineer4.0%14
10Platform Engineer3.7%13
11Cybersecurity Engineer3.1%11
11Network Security Engineer3.1%11
133rd Line Infrastructure Engineer2.8%10
14Junior Infrastructure Engineer2.5%9
14Nutanix Engineer2.5%9
14Senior Firewall Engineer2.5%9
14Senior Network Security Engineer2.5%9
14SIEM Engineer2.5%9
19IT Support Engineer2.3%8
19Storage Engineer2.3%8
123 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in the South East