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 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 111 49
Rank change year-on-year +54 -62 +67
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 211 43 421
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.64% 1.44% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.80% 1.56% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 123 39 307
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,100 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,729 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% +3.46% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -

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 7,525 2,752 9,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.23% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 5,233 1,827 7,270
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,768 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -12.50%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +28 89 £52,500 -25.00% 27
Bristol +3 45 £65,000 +10.64% 3
Wiltshire +8 32 £52,500 -5.91% 9
Devon -14 24 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Dorset +6 9 £45,000 -46.27% 9
Somerset -29 9 £55,000 +15.79% 4
Cornwall - 3 £50,000 - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 June 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.

1 211 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (28.91%) Microsoft
3 53 (25.12%) Security Cleared
4 51 (24.17%) Linux
5 42 (19.91%) Windows
6 35 (16.59%) VMware
7 34 (16.11%) Azure
8 33 (15.64%) Ansible
9 32 (15.17%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (14.69%) VMware Infrastructure
11 30 (14.22%) Infrastructure as Code
12 28 (13.27%) DevOps
13 27 (12.80%) AWS
13 27 (12.80%) Kubernetes
13 27 (12.80%) Python
14 26 (12.32%) Windows Server
15 25 (11.85%) Terraform
16 24 (11.37%) DV Cleared
17 23 (10.90%) Firewall
18 22 (10.43%) Cybersecurity
18 22 (10.43%) Infrastructure Automation
19 21 (9.95%) Active Directory
19 21 (9.95%) GitLab
20 20 (9.48%) CI/CD
21 19 (9.00%) Agile
21 19 (9.00%) Bash
21 19 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
21 19 (9.00%) DNS
21 19 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
21 19 (9.00%) WAN

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 11 (5.21%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.37%) Confluence
4 4 (1.90%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.95%) IIS
6 1 (0.47%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (4.27%) AutoCAD
2 5 (2.37%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 34 (16.11%) Azure
2 32 (15.17%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (12.80%) AWS
4 12 (5.69%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.74%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.90%) GCP
7 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (1.42%) OCI
8 2 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.95%) IaaS
8 2 (0.95%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.95%) PaaS
9 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (10.90%) Firewall
2 19 (9.00%) DNS
2 19 (9.00%) WAN
3 18 (8.53%) LAN
4 16 (7.58%) DHCP
5 11 (5.21%) VPN
6 10 (4.74%) VLAN
7 9 (4.27%) TCP/IP
8 7 (3.32%) Network Security
8 7 (3.32%) Unified Communications
8 7 (3.32%) WebEx
9 6 (2.84%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (2.84%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (2.84%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.42%) NAS
10 3 (1.42%) SAN
10 3 (1.42%) VoIP
11 2 (0.95%) LTE
12 1 (0.47%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.32%) InfluxDB
2 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.47%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.47%) MySQL
3 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (9.95%) GitLab
2 9 (4.27%) Git
2 9 (4.27%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.84%) Cypress.io
3 6 (2.84%) Robot Framework
3 6 (2.84%) Selenium
3 6 (2.84%) TestRail
4 3 (1.42%) JIRA
5 2 (0.95%) Bitbucket
General
1 24 (11.37%) Finance
2 21 (9.95%) Social Skills
3 13 (6.16%) Retail
4 9 (4.27%) Aerospace
5 8 (3.79%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.79%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.84%) Banking
7 6 (2.84%) Marketing
8 5 (2.37%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.42%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.79%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (3.32%) Apache NiFi
2 7 (3.32%) XMPP
3 6 (2.84%) Keycloak
3 6 (2.84%) Playwright
3 6 (2.84%) pytest
4 2 (0.95%) OAuth
4 2 (0.95%) OAuth2
4 2 (0.95%) OpenID
4 2 (0.95%) SAML
5 1 (0.47%) Jinja
5 1 (0.47%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.47%) Node.js
5 1 (0.47%) REST
5 1 (0.47%) SOAP
5 1 (0.47%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.69%) Replication
2 8 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (3.79%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.32%) FlexPod
3 7 (3.32%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (2.84%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.37%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.37%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.42%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.42%) PKI
7 2 (0.95%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.95%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.95%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.95%) YubiKey
8 1 (0.47%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.47%) Social Media
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (24.17%) Linux
2 42 (19.91%) Windows
3 26 (12.32%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.32%) CentOS
5 3 (1.42%) Unix
6 2 (0.95%) Android
6 2 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.47%) Rocky
7 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.47%) VMS
7 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (14.22%) Infrastructure as Code
3 28 (13.27%) DevOps
4 22 (10.43%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (10.43%) Infrastructure Automation
5 20 (9.48%) CI/CD
6 19 (9.00%) Agile
6 19 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (8.53%) Collaborative Culture
8 16 (7.58%) Containerisation
9 14 (6.64%) Collaborative Working
10 13 (6.16%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (6.16%) High Availability
11 12 (5.69%) ITIL
11 12 (5.69%) Project Delivery
12 11 (5.21%) Data Management
13 9 (4.27%) Analytics
14 8 (3.79%) Service Management
14 8 (3.79%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 27 (12.80%) Python
2 19 (9.00%) Bash
3 17 (8.06%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.84%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (25.12%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.37%) DV Cleared
3 13 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (2.37%) Degree
7 4 (1.90%) CCNP
7 4 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.42%) MCSE
9 2 (0.95%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.95%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.47%) CCNA
10 1 (0.47%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.47%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.74%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.79%) GDPR
3 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.95%) NIST
3 2 (0.95%) QA
3 2 (0.95%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (14.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (9.95%) Active Directory
3 18 (8.53%) Hyper-V
4 14 (6.64%) Docker
5 7 (3.32%) vSphere
6 6 (2.84%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.84%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.90%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.47%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.47%) Firmware
9 1 (0.47%) GPFS
9 1 (0.47%) KVM
9 1 (0.47%) Lustre
9 1 (0.47%) QEMU
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.47%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (15.64%) Ansible
2 27 (12.80%) Kubernetes
3 25 (11.85%) Terraform
4 16 (7.58%) Grafana
5 9 (4.27%) vCenter Server
6 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (3.32%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (3.32%) VxRail
8 6 (2.84%) Kibana
8 6 (2.84%) logstash
9 5 (2.37%) Puppet
10 3 (1.42%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.95%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.95%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.47%) Argo
12 1 (0.47%) Istio
12 1 (0.47%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.47%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (28.91%) Microsoft
2 35 (16.59%) VMware
3 16 (7.58%) Cisco
4 14 (6.64%) Splunk
5 11 (5.21%) Fortinet
5 11 (5.21%) Red Hat
6 8 (3.79%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.32%) NetApp
8 6 (2.84%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.84%) BeyondTrust
8 6 (2.84%) Veeam
9 5 (2.37%) Dell
10 4 (1.90%) Juniper
10 4 (1.90%) Oracle
11 3 (1.42%) HP
12 2 (0.95%) Meraki
12 2 (0.95%) Tenable
12 2 (0.95%) Thales
13 1 (0.47%) Qualys
13 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow