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 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 187 79
Rank change year-on-year +95 -108 +19
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 343 95 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.81% 1.06% 3.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 1.18% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 260 58 274
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £39,750 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -5.15% +2.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £64,500
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 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 17,724 8,052 11,838
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 89.95% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 12,538 4,472 6,613
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,670 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,925 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,281
% change year-on-year +7.27% -0.51% -7.87%

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 10 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 IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +80 131 £58,750 +30.56% 40
Hampshire +24 114 £70,000 +29.63% 36
Surrey +13 67 £60,000 +50.00% 16
Oxfordshire +11 56 £55,000 +26.44% 18
Buckinghamshire +26 40 £62,500 +31.58% 12
Berkshire +42 35 £50,000 -4.76% 11
Kent -24 17 £60,000 +20.00% 9
East Sussex - 6 £45,000 - 4
Sussex -8 3 £45,000 +28.57%
West Sussex - 3 £37,500 - 3
Middlesex - 2 £60,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 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.

1 326 (95.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 120 (34.99%) Azure
3 99 (28.86%) Microsoft
4 98 (28.57%) Windows
5 73 (21.28%) Linux
5 73 (21.28%) VMware
6 68 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
7 59 (17.20%) Firewall
8 55 (16.03%) PowerShell
9 54 (15.74%) Active Directory
9 54 (15.74%) Windows Server
10 49 (14.29%) DNS
11 45 (13.12%) Security Cleared
11 45 (13.12%) VMware Infrastructure
12 44 (12.83%) AWS
12 44 (12.83%) VPN
13 40 (11.66%) Disaster Recovery
14 39 (11.37%) Entra ID
15 37 (10.79%) Hyper-V
16 36 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
17 32 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
18 31 (9.04%) DHCP
18 31 (9.04%) Kubernetes
18 31 (9.04%) Microsoft Intune
18 31 (9.04%) SC Cleared
19 30 (8.75%) Business Continuity
20 29 (8.45%) Vulnerability Management
21 28 (8.16%) SharePoint
22 27 (7.87%) Terraform
23 26 (7.58%) 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 28 (8.16%) SharePoint
2 22 (6.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.17%) Confluence
3 4 (1.17%) IIS
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 120 (34.99%) Azure
2 68 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (12.83%) AWS
4 39 (11.37%) Entra ID
5 18 (5.25%) SaaS
6 13 (3.79%) Azure Sentinel
6 13 (3.79%) Nutanix
7 11 (3.21%) IaaS
8 10 (2.92%) Cloudflare
9 8 (2.33%) GCP
10 6 (1.75%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.46%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.46%) OneDrive
12 4 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.17%) Azure Stack
12 4 (1.17%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.17%) PaaS
13 3 (0.87%) Datadog
13 3 (0.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 59 (17.20%) Firewall
2 49 (14.29%) DNS
3 44 (12.83%) VPN
4 31 (9.04%) DHCP
5 24 (7.00%) VLAN
5 24 (7.00%) WAN
6 23 (6.71%) LAN
7 21 (6.12%) TCP/IP
8 15 (4.37%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (2.92%) Network Security
10 9 (2.62%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (2.62%) Internet
11 6 (1.75%) SAN
12 5 (1.46%) SSL
12 5 (1.46%) VSAN
12 5 (1.46%) Wireless
13 3 (0.87%) NAS
13 3 (0.87%) NetScaler
14 1 (0.29%) Structured Cabling
14 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.29%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (12.54%) Social Skills
2 15 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (3.21%) Finance
4 10 (2.92%) Retail
5 9 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (2.62%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.04%) Legal
6 7 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.75%) Aviation
8 5 (1.46%) Law
9 3 (0.87%) Military
9 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.58%) Police
11 1 (0.29%) Swedish Language
11 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.87%) Terraform
2 7 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (1.17%) HTML
4 2 (0.58%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.29%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.29%) OpenTofu
5 1 (0.29%) Redfish
5 1 (0.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.96%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.79%) PKI
4 10 (2.92%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.62%) Replication
6 7 (2.04%) Clustering
6 7 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (2.04%) iSeries
7 4 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (0.87%) FPGA
8 3 (0.87%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.87%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.58%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.58%) Robotics
9 2 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.29%) ARM Cortex
10 1 (0.29%) CCTV
10 1 (0.29%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 98 (28.57%) Windows
2 73 (21.28%) Linux
3 54 (15.74%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.21%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.04%) Rocky
6 6 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.17%) CentOS
8 2 (0.58%) VMS
8 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.29%) Debian
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (95.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (11.66%) Disaster Recovery
3 36 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
4 32 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (8.75%) Business Continuity
6 29 (8.45%) Vulnerability Management
7 26 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (7.58%) High Availability
8 24 (7.00%) DevOps
9 23 (6.71%) SIEM
10 22 (6.41%) Migration
11 21 (6.12%) Business Continuity Planning
12 20 (5.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 20 (5.83%) Project Delivery
13 18 (5.25%) BCP
13 18 (5.25%) CI/CD
14 17 (4.96%) Agile
14 17 (4.96%) ITIL
14 17 (4.96%) Zero Trust
15 15 (4.37%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (16.03%) PowerShell
2 20 (5.83%) Bash
3 17 (4.96%) Python
4 7 (2.04%) Go
4 7 (2.04%) SQL
5 4 (1.17%) Bicep
5 4 (1.17%) R
6 1 (0.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (13.12%) Security Cleared
2 31 (9.04%) SC Cleared
3 26 (7.58%) DV Cleared
4 13 (3.79%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.46%) Degree
7 2 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.58%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.58%) CCSP
7 2 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.58%) CISSP
7 2 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.29%) CCA
8 1 (0.29%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.29%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.12%) Cyber Essentials
2 17 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.46%) NCSC
3 5 (1.46%) NIST
4 2 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.29%) GDPR
5 1 (0.29%) SOC 1
System Software
1 54 (15.74%) Active Directory
2 45 (13.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (10.79%) Hyper-V
4 24 (7.00%) vSphere
5 21 (6.12%) Docker
6 11 (3.21%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.33%) Firmware
7 8 (2.33%) KVM
7 8 (2.33%) VMware Server
8 6 (1.75%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.17%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.58%) Lustre
10 2 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 31 (9.04%) Kubernetes
1 31 (9.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (6.12%) Ansible
2 21 (6.12%) vCenter Server
3 9 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (2.62%) ZABBIX
4 8 (2.33%) Graylog
4 8 (2.33%) Proxmox
4 8 (2.33%) SCCM
5 4 (1.17%) Nessus
5 4 (1.17%) VxRail
6 3 (0.87%) Grafana
6 3 (0.87%) Nagios
7 2 (0.58%) Argo
7 2 (0.58%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.29%) Autotask
8 1 (0.29%) FlexNet
8 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.29%) Rancher
8 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 99 (28.86%) Microsoft
2 73 (21.28%) VMware
3 23 (6.71%) Veeam
4 18 (5.25%) Cisco
5 14 (4.08%) Dell
6 11 (3.21%) IBM
7 10 (2.92%) Aruba
8 9 (2.62%) Google
8 9 (2.62%) Palo Alto
8 9 (2.62%) Qualys
9 7 (2.04%) Oracle
10 6 (1.75%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.46%) Citrix
11 5 (1.46%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.46%) Meraki
11 5 (1.46%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.87%) Commvault
12 3 (0.87%) Juniper
12 3 (0.87%) NetApp
13 2 (0.58%) Apple