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 1 October 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 118 46
Rank change year-on-year +74 -72 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 342 51 283
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.28% 1.44% 4.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 1.55% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 235 47 192
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -1.96%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 9,674 3,284 6,659
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 92.90% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,700 2,106 4,206
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 1 October 2026.

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 1 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
Gloucestershire +13 147 £65,000 -18.75% 35
Devon +24 67 £50,000 +11.11% 7
Bristol -7 49 £65,000 +18.18% 11
Wiltshire +7 38 £50,000 -14.89% 16
Dorset +16 19 £62,500 - 4
Somerset -20 14 £55,000 +15.79% 10
Cornwall - 7 £60,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 342 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 67 (19.59%) Microsoft
3 64 (18.71%) Security Cleared
4 55 (16.08%) Windows
5 50 (14.62%) Linux
6 48 (14.04%) Azure
7 41 (11.99%) Microsoft 365
8 40 (11.70%) AWS
9 36 (10.53%) Active Directory
9 36 (10.53%) Windows Server
10 35 (10.23%) Kubernetes
11 34 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (9.65%) Ansible
12 33 (9.65%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (9.36%) Terraform
14 31 (9.06%) DV Cleared
15 30 (8.77%) Agile
15 30 (8.77%) VMware
16 28 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 28 (8.19%) Python
17 27 (7.89%) Infrastructure Automation
17 27 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
18 26 (7.60%) DevOps
19 25 (7.31%) Entra ID
19 25 (7.31%) Hyper-V
20 24 (7.02%) CI/CD
20 24 (7.02%) DNS
21 22 (6.43%) Bash
21 22 (6.43%) Containerisation
21 22 (6.43%) Firewall

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 18 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.46%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.17%) Apache
4 3 (0.88%) Confluence
5 2 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (3.80%) AutoCAD
1 13 (3.80%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.04%) Azure
2 41 (11.99%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (11.70%) AWS
4 25 (7.31%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.22%) OpenShift
6 7 (2.05%) GCP
6 7 (2.05%) Serverless
7 5 (1.46%) IaaS
8 4 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.17%) OCI
9 3 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (0.88%) PaaS
10 2 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.58%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.29%) Amazon ELB
11 1 (0.29%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.29%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.02%) DNS
2 22 (6.43%) Firewall
3 20 (5.85%) DHCP
4 14 (4.09%) VLAN
5 13 (3.80%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.22%) VoIP
7 8 (2.34%) VPN
7 8 (2.34%) WAN
8 7 (2.05%) LAN
9 5 (1.46%) Network Security
10 3 (0.88%) SAN
10 3 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.88%) Wireless
11 2 (0.58%) NAS
12 1 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.29%) Internet
12 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.29%) WebEx
12 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.34%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.75%) InfluxDB
2 6 (1.75%) MySQL
3 4 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 15 (4.39%) GitLab
2 13 (3.80%) Git
3 10 (2.92%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.75%) Cypress.io
4 6 (1.75%) Robot Framework
4 6 (1.75%) Selenium
4 6 (1.75%) TestRail
5 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 34 (9.94%) Finance
2 31 (9.06%) Social Skills
3 15 (4.39%) Manufacturing
4 8 (2.34%) Aerospace
4 8 (2.34%) Public Sector
4 8 (2.34%) Retail
5 3 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (0.58%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.29%) Banking
7 1 (0.29%) Marketing
7 1 (0.29%) Military
7 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.36%) Terraform
2 9 (2.63%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.75%) Playwright
3 6 (1.75%) pytest
4 5 (1.46%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (0.88%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.29%) Node.js
6 1 (0.29%) OAuth
6 1 (0.29%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.29%) OpenID
6 1 (0.29%) SAML
6 1 (0.29%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (2.92%) Cloud Native
2 7 (2.05%) Product Ownership
3 5 (1.46%) Replication
4 3 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (0.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (0.88%) PKI
5 2 (0.58%) Cyberattack
5 2 (0.58%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.58%) Management Information System
5 2 (0.58%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.29%) FlexPod
6 1 (0.29%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.29%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.29%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (16.08%) Windows
2 50 (14.62%) Linux
3 36 (10.53%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.63%) CentOS
5 4 (1.17%) Unix
6 3 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.58%) Android
7 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.58%) Rocky
7 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.29%) VMS
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (9.65%) Infrastructure as Code
4 30 (8.77%) Agile
5 28 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (7.89%) Infrastructure Automation
7 26 (7.60%) DevOps
8 24 (7.02%) CI/CD
9 22 (6.43%) Containerisation
10 17 (4.97%) Collaborative Working
10 17 (4.97%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (4.97%) Project Delivery
11 16 (4.68%) ITIL
12 15 (4.39%) Disaster Recovery
13 14 (4.09%) Collaborative Culture
13 14 (4.09%) High Availability
14 13 (3.80%) Service Management
15 11 (3.22%) Change Management
15 11 (3.22%) Migration
15 11 (3.22%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.19%) Python
2 22 (6.43%) Bash
3 17 (4.97%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.92%) SQL
5 6 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.58%) Java
Qualifications
1 64 (18.71%) Security Cleared
2 31 (9.06%) DV Cleared
3 17 (4.97%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.63%) Degree
5 6 (1.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.88%) CCNP
7 3 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.88%) MCSE
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.34%) QA
3 6 (1.75%) GDPR
4 4 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 36 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 27 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.31%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.68%) Docker
5 6 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.17%) vSphere
8 3 (0.88%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.58%) KVM
9 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.29%) GPFS
10 1 (0.29%) Lustre
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.29%) QEMU
10 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (10.23%) Kubernetes
2 33 (9.65%) Ansible
3 14 (4.09%) Grafana
3 14 (4.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (2.63%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.34%) Puppet
6 7 (2.05%) Prometheus
7 6 (1.75%) Kibana
7 6 (1.75%) logstash
8 4 (1.17%) Argo
8 4 (1.17%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (1.17%) Istio
8 4 (1.17%) linkerd
8 4 (1.17%) Mesos
8 4 (1.17%) VxRail
9 3 (0.88%) Nessus
9 3 (0.88%) SCOM
9 3 (0.88%) vRealize
10 2 (0.58%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.58%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 67 (19.59%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.77%) VMware
3 16 (4.68%) Veeam
4 9 (2.63%) Red Hat
5 7 (2.05%) Splunk
6 6 (1.75%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.75%) Citrix
7 5 (1.46%) Cisco
8 4 (1.17%) Oracle
9 3 (0.88%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (0.88%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.58%) arcserve
10 2 (0.58%) HP
10 2 (0.58%) Juniper
10 2 (0.58%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.29%) Aruba
11 1 (0.29%) Dell
11 1 (0.29%) NetApp
11 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.29%) Zerto