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 28 October 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 112 54
Rank change year-on-year +70 -58 +21
Permanent Infrastructure Engineer jobs 363 59 222
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.28% 1.57% 3.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.55% 1.69% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 251 55 151
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,550 £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 £70,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 adverts in the South West matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
28 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the South West matching a recognised job title 10,226 3,483 5,826
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.41% 92.86% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 6,891 2,297 3,603
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -12.62% -3.47%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.15% -6.96% -4.17%

Infrastructure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Infrastructure Engineer job postings 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 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in the South West over the 6 months to 28 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 Infrastructure Engineer jobs within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire +15 153 £75,000 -6.25% 10
Devon +23 73 £50,000 +61.29% 3
Wiltshire +21 48 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Bristol -16 43 £60,000 - 7
Dorset +10 18 £54,250 -58.27% 1
Somerset -13 14 £55,000 +15.79% 3
Cornwall - 6 £60,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 October 2026, Infrastructure Engineer job ads cited 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 Infrastructure Engineer job ads across the South West region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Infrastructure Engineering100.0%363
2Security Cleared21.8%79
3Microsoft20.1%73
4Windows16.5%60
5Azure14.9%54
6Microsoft 36512.9%47
7DV Cleared11.8%43
8Linux11.6%42
9Windows Server10.7%39
10AWS10.5%38
11Active Directory10.2%37
12Cybersecurity9.1%33
13Ansible8.8%32
13Kubernetes8.8%32
13Terraform8.8%32
16Infrastructure as Code8.5%31
17Entra ID8.3%30
18DNS8.0%29
18Python8.0%29
20Agile7.7%28
20Infrastructure Automation7.7%28
22Hyper-V7.4%27
23DHCP7.2%26
23VMware7.2%26
25Continuous Improvement6.6%24
25DevOps6.6%24
25Firewall6.6%24
25PowerShell6.6%24
25VMware Infrastructure6.6%24
30Bash6.3%23

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 Engineer28.9%105
2Infrastructure Support Engineer9.4%34
3Cloud Infrastructure Engineer8.5%31
4Azure Infrastructure Engineer6.9%25
4IT Infrastructure Engineer6.9%25
6Electrical Engineer6.3%23
7Test Engineer4.4%16
8IT Support Engineer3.9%14
9DevOps Engineer3.3%12
9Microsoft 365 Engineer3.3%12
11Infrastructure Security Engineer3.0%11
12Linux Infrastructure Engineer2.8%10
133rd Line Infrastructure Engineer2.5%9
14AWS Infrastructure Engineer2.2%8
14QA Test Engineer2.2%8
16Lead Infrastructure Engineer1.7%6
16Senior Cloud Engineer1.7%6
18Collaboration Engineer1.4%5
18Infrastructure Operations Engineer1.4%5
18Messaging Engineer1.4%5
32 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in the South West