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 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 117 57
Rank change year-on-year +74 -60 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 349 58 235
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.28% 1.62% 3.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 1.74% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 242 54 161
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,538 £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 £65,000 £69,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £65,272
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 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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 9,850 3,338 6,193
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.48% 93.03% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 6,766 2,168 3,825
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 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.27% -4.35% -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 16 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 16 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 +14 145 £65,000 -18.75% 21
Devon +21 70 £50,000 +60.00% 8
Bristol -10 48 £65,000 +8.33% 6
Wiltshire +17 46 £50,000 -11.11% 17
Dorset +12 18 £54,250 - 4
Somerset -18 14 £55,000 +15.79% 9
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 16 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Infrastructure Engineering100.0%349
2Microsoft20.9%73
3Security Cleared19.5%68
4Windows16.3%57
5Azure16.0%56
6Microsoft 36512.9%45
7Linux11.7%41
8Windows Server11.2%39
9Active Directory10.9%38
10AWS10.6%37
11DV Cleared9.5%33
11Kubernetes9.5%33
13Ansible9.2%32
13Cybersecurity9.2%32
13Infrastructure as Code9.2%32
13Terraform9.2%32
17Entra ID8.6%30
18Python8.3%29
19Agile8.0%28
19DNS8.0%28
19Infrastructure Automation8.0%28
22Hyper-V7.7%27
22VMware7.7%27
24DevOps7.2%25
24DHCP7.2%25
26Continuous Improvement6.9%24
26VMware Infrastructure6.9%24
28Bash6.6%23
28Firewall6.6%23
30PowerShell6.3%22

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Infrastructure Engineer30.1%105
2Cloud Infrastructure Engineer9.7%34
2Infrastructure Support Engineer9.7%34
4Azure Infrastructure Engineer8.0%28
5IT Infrastructure Engineer7.4%26
6Electrical Engineer6.0%21
7IT Support Engineer4.0%14
8Test Engineer3.7%13
9Microsoft 365 Engineer3.4%12
10DevOps Engineer2.9%10
10Linux Infrastructure Engineer2.9%10
123rd Line Infrastructure Engineer2.3%8
12AWS Infrastructure Engineer2.3%8
14Civil Engineer1.7%6
14Infrastructure Security Engineer1.7%6
14Lead Infrastructure Engineer1.7%6
14Senior Cloud Engineer1.7%6
18Collaboration Engineer1.4%5
18Infrastructure Operations Engineer1.4%5
18Messaging Engineer1.4%5
66 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in the South West