Infrastructure Services Engineer Job Trends in South Wales

Infrastructure Service Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Infrastructure Service Engineer salary in South Wales is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 March 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Services Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.11% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
Wales median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 831 323 996
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 95.00% 92.82%
Number of salaries quoted 543 206 783
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £46,604
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +12.65% +1.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £74,144 £70,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £50,124 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.22% +11.39% -

Infrastructure Services Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Services Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Infrastructure Services Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Infrastructure Services Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Services Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Services Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Infrastructure Services Engineer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Services Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
Cardiff - 1 £65,000 - 2
Infrastructure Services Engineer
Wales

Infrastructure Services Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 24 March 2026, Infrastructure Services 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 Wales region featuring Infrastructure Services Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Infrastructure Services Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) VMware