Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 55 71
Rank change year-on-year -59 +16 +79
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 59 214 184
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.50% 3.51% 4.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 3.72% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 55 145 121
10th Percentile £30,550 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +0.96%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,650 5,747 4,274
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 94.26% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,430 3,555 3,321
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,443
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £52,700
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% -2.28% +5.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,168 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.53% -4.17% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 West.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
Gloucestershire +12 21 £80,000 +77.78% 21
Bristol +2 17 £60,000 +20.00% 19
Devon -17 9 £31,000 -31.11% 2
Wiltshire -10 8 £55,000 +15.18% 10
Dorset 0 2 £130,000 +188.89% 2
Somerset -28 1 £47,500 -13.64% 10
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, 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 West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (98.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (59.32%) Azure
3 33 (55.93%) Windows
4 31 (52.54%) Active Directory
4 31 (52.54%) Windows Server
5 27 (45.76%) Microsoft
6 25 (42.37%) Hyper-V
7 24 (40.68%) Entra ID
8 19 (32.20%) Security Cleared
9 17 (28.81%) Firewall
9 17 (28.81%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (27.12%) VMware
11 15 (25.42%) Linux
12 14 (23.73%) DV Cleared
13 13 (22.03%) Microsoft Intune
13 13 (22.03%) PowerShell
13 13 (22.03%) VMware Infrastructure
14 12 (20.34%) DHCP
14 12 (20.34%) DNS
15 11 (18.64%) Containerisation
15 11 (18.64%) Kubernetes
15 11 (18.64%) vSphere
16 10 (16.95%) SC Cleared
16 10 (16.95%) VLAN
17 9 (15.25%) Azure Certification
17 9 (15.25%) IaaS
17 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
17 9 (15.25%) SD-WAN
17 9 (15.25%) SQL Server
17 9 (15.25%) Veeam

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.69%) Civil 3D
1 1 (1.69%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 35 (59.32%) Azure
2 24 (40.68%) Entra ID
3 17 (28.81%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (15.25%) IaaS
5 8 (13.56%) Azure Stack
6 7 (11.86%) PaaS
7 5 (8.47%) Rubrik
7 5 (8.47%) Serverless
8 4 (6.78%) AWS
9 3 (5.08%) OCI
10 2 (3.39%) Google Workspace
10 2 (3.39%) OpenShift
11 1 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (1.69%) Mimecast
11 1 (1.69%) Nutanix
11 1 (1.69%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (28.81%) Firewall
2 12 (20.34%) DHCP
2 12 (20.34%) DNS
3 10 (16.95%) VLAN
4 9 (15.25%) SD-WAN
4 9 (15.25%) VPN
5 8 (13.56%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (11.86%) TCP/IP
7 6 (10.17%) SAN
7 6 (10.17%) WAN
8 5 (8.47%) LAN
9 4 (6.78%) Wireless
10 2 (3.39%) WLAN
11 1 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (1.69%) InfiniBand
11 1 (1.69%) NAS
11 1 (1.69%) Network Security
11 1 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (1.69%) Telnet
11 1 (1.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.69%) GitLab
1 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 14 (23.73%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.78%) Law
3 4 (6.78%) Local Government
4 3 (5.08%) Finance
4 3 (5.08%) Legal
5 2 (3.39%) Advertising
5 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.47%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.39%) OLE
3 1 (1.69%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Data Centre
1 9 (15.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (13.56%) Onboarding
3 5 (8.47%) BYOD
4 4 (6.78%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (5.08%) NHS
6 1 (1.69%) CCTV
6 1 (1.69%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.69%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.69%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (55.93%) Windows
2 31 (52.54%) Windows Server
3 15 (25.42%) Linux
4 9 (15.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (13.56%) Rocky
6 1 (1.69%) Android
6 1 (1.69%) CentOS
6 1 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.69%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (98.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (18.64%) Containerisation
3 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (10.17%) ITIL
4 6 (10.17%) Server Management
5 5 (8.47%) ITSM
5 5 (8.47%) Mentoring
5 5 (8.47%) Predictive Analysis
5 5 (8.47%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (8.47%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (6.78%) Business Continuity
6 4 (6.78%) Incident Management
6 4 (6.78%) Project Delivery
6 4 (6.78%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (5.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (5.08%) Due Diligence
7 3 (5.08%) Project Management
7 3 (5.08%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.08%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.03%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.47%) Python
3 4 (6.78%) Bash
4 2 (3.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (32.20%) Security Cleared
2 14 (23.73%) DV Cleared
3 10 (16.95%) SC Cleared
4 9 (15.25%) Azure Certification
5 8 (13.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (13.56%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (6.78%) Degree
7 3 (5.08%) Postgraduate
8 2 (3.39%) CCIE
8 2 (3.39%) CCNA
8 2 (3.39%) CCNP
8 2 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.69%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (8.47%) SLA
3 3 (5.08%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.08%) GDPR
4 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (52.54%) Active Directory
2 25 (42.37%) Hyper-V
3 13 (22.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (18.64%) vSphere
5 4 (6.78%) Docker
5 4 (6.78%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (3.39%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.39%) VMware NSX
6 2 (3.39%) XenApp
7 1 (1.69%) Ceph
7 1 (1.69%) Lustre
7 1 (1.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 13 (22.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (18.64%) Kubernetes
3 5 (8.47%) Ansible
4 3 (5.08%) Terraform
4 3 (5.08%) vCenter Server
5 2 (3.39%) SCCM
6 1 (1.69%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 27 (45.76%) Microsoft
2 16 (27.12%) VMware
3 9 (15.25%) Veeam
4 8 (13.56%) Dell
5 7 (11.86%) Aruba
6 6 (10.17%) Cisco
7 5 (8.47%) HP
8 4 (6.78%) Meraki
8 4 (6.78%) Palo Alto
9 3 (5.08%) Oracle
10 2 (3.39%) Citrix
10 2 (3.39%) Fortinet
10 2 (3.39%) Google
10 2 (3.39%) SonicWALL
10 2 (3.39%) Thales
11 1 (1.69%) 3PAR
11 1 (1.69%) EMC
11 1 (1.69%) Juniper
11 1 (1.69%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.69%) Splunk