Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South West is £52,115 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 45 119
Rank change year-on-year -81 +74 +71
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 56 433 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.43% 4.31% 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 4.48% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 52 301 96
10th Percentile £30,950 £33,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,115 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,625 £55,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £76,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -

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 3,640 9,658 5,734
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 96.06% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,300 6,979 3,826
10th Percentile £26,475 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,099 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer 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 12 July 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 12 July 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
Bristol +21 22 £58,750 +20.51% 18
Gloucestershire -26 13 £80,000 +68.42% 27
Devon -2 10 £39,250 -12.78% 3
Wiltshire -36 4 £55,800 +9.41% 11
Dorset +1 3 £83,750 +86.11% 1
Somerset -9 2 £47,500 +15.15% 5
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 July 2025, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (98.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (48.21%) Azure
3 21 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 21 (37.50%) Active Directory
4 20 (35.71%) Windows
5 18 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (32.14%) Windows Server
6 16 (28.57%) Hyper-V
7 15 (26.79%) Entra ID
8 14 (25.00%) Linux
8 14 (25.00%) Firewall
9 13 (23.21%) Security Cleared
10 12 (21.43%) DV Cleared
10 12 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 12 (21.43%) VMware
10 12 (21.43%) SQL Server
11 11 (19.64%) PowerShell
12 10 (17.86%) Public Sector
12 10 (17.86%) SD-WAN
13 9 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Exchange
14 8 (14.29%) TCP/IP
14 8 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (14.29%) VLAN
14 8 (14.29%) IaaS
14 8 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
14 8 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
14 8 (14.29%) Kubernetes
15 7 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
15 7 (12.50%) Veeam

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (48.21%) Azure
2 18 (32.14%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (26.79%) Entra ID
4 8 (14.29%) IaaS
5 5 (8.93%) Azure Stack
5 5 (8.93%) PaaS
5 5 (8.93%) Rubrik
5 5 (8.93%) Serverless
6 4 (7.14%) AWS
7 3 (5.36%) SaaS
8 1 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (1.79%) Dagster
8 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.79%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.79%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.79%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 14 (25.00%) Firewall
2 10 (17.86%) SD-WAN
3 8 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 8 (14.29%) VLAN
3 8 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (10.71%) DHCP
4 6 (10.71%) DNS
4 6 (10.71%) LAN
4 6 (10.71%) WAN
5 5 (8.93%) SAN
6 3 (5.36%) VPN
7 2 (3.57%) BGP
7 2 (3.57%) Network Security
7 2 (3.57%) OSPF
7 2 (3.57%) Wireless
7 2 (3.57%) WLAN
8 1 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.79%) InfiniBand
8 1 (1.79%) NAS
8 1 (1.79%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.79%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.79%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (17.86%) Public Sector
2 5 (8.93%) Local Government
2 5 (8.93%) Social Skills
3 4 (7.14%) Legal
4 3 (5.36%) Advertising
4 3 (5.36%) Finance
4 3 (5.36%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.79%) Military
6 1 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.93%) 802.1X
2 3 (5.36%) OLE
3 1 (1.79%) .NET
3 1 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (8.93%) BYOD
2 5 (8.93%) Data Centre
2 5 (8.93%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.36%) NHS
4 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.79%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.79%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.79%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (35.71%) Windows
2 18 (32.14%) Windows Server
3 14 (25.00%) Linux
4 8 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (8.93%) Rocky
6 2 (3.57%) Android
6 2 (3.57%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.79%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (98.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (10.71%) Containerisation
5 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (8.93%) DevOps
5 5 (8.93%) ITIL
5 5 (8.93%) Predictive Analysis
5 5 (8.93%) Preventative Maintenance
6 4 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 4 (7.14%) Project Delivery
6 4 (7.14%) Project Management
6 4 (7.14%) Server Management
7 3 (5.36%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (5.36%) Business Continuity
7 3 (5.36%) Due Diligence
7 3 (5.36%) Migration
7 3 (5.36%) Service Management
7 3 (5.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.64%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.71%) Python
3 4 (7.14%) Bash
3 4 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (23.21%) Security Cleared
2 12 (21.43%) DV Cleared
3 6 (10.71%) Azure Certification
3 6 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (8.93%) Network+ Certification
5 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.36%) CCNA
6 3 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.36%) Degree
6 3 (5.36%) Postgraduate
7 2 (3.57%) CCIE
7 2 (3.57%) CCNP
7 2 (3.57%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.57%) MCSA
7 2 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (8.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.36%) Accessibility
System Software
1 21 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 16 (28.57%) Hyper-V
3 7 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (10.71%) vSphere
5 4 (7.14%) Docker
6 3 (5.36%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (3.57%) XenApp
8 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 5 (8.93%) Terraform
4 4 (7.14%) SCCM
5 3 (5.36%) Ansible
6 2 (3.57%) SmoothWall
7 1 (1.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.43%) VMware
3 7 (12.50%) Aruba
3 7 (12.50%) Cisco
3 7 (12.50%) Veeam
4 5 (8.93%) Dell
4 5 (8.93%) HP
5 4 (7.14%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.57%) Citrix
6 2 (3.57%) EMC
6 2 (3.57%) Meraki
7 1 (1.79%) 3PAR
7 1 (1.79%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.79%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (1.79%) Google
7 1 (1.79%) Juniper
7 1 (1.79%) NVIDIA
7 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.79%) SolarWinds
7 1 (1.79%) Splunk