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 2 January 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 86 69
Rank change year-on-year -24 -17 +63
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 69 122 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.37% 2.84% 4.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% 3.03% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 61 77 131
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,000 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -3.85%

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 4,686 4,030 4,226
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 93.76% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,223 2,228 3,270
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,875 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

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 2 January 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 2 January 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
Bristol -4 22 £58,500 +6.36% 7
Gloucestershire +23 20 £61,695 +17.51% 12
Wiltshire +8 18 £55,000 +48.65% 7
Devon -7 8 £42,750 +51.37% 2
Dorset -1 1 £130,000 +67.40% 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 January 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 68 (98.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (43.48%) Microsoft
3 29 (42.03%) Windows
4 28 (40.58%) Azure
5 27 (39.13%) Active Directory
5 27 (39.13%) Windows Server
6 26 (37.68%) Security Cleared
7 20 (28.99%) Hyper-V
8 17 (24.64%) Entra ID
9 16 (23.19%) DV Cleared
10 15 (21.74%) PowerShell
10 15 (21.74%) VMware
11 14 (20.29%) VMware Infrastructure
12 12 (17.39%) DHCP
12 12 (17.39%) DNS
12 12 (17.39%) Firewall
12 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (17.39%) SC Cleared
13 10 (14.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 10 (14.49%) Linux
14 9 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
14 9 (13.04%) VPN
15 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
15 8 (11.59%) vSphere
15 8 (11.59%) Vulnerability Management
16 7 (10.14%) ITIL
16 7 (10.14%) ITSM
16 7 (10.14%) Network Security

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 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) IIS
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 28 (40.58%) Azure
2 17 (24.64%) Entra ID
3 9 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.25%) IaaS
4 5 (7.25%) PaaS
5 4 (5.80%) Azure Stack
6 3 (4.35%) OCI
7 2 (2.90%) AWS
7 2 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.90%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.90%) OpenShift
7 2 (2.90%) Rubrik
7 2 (2.90%) Serverless
8 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.45%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.45%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.45%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.45%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (17.39%) DHCP
1 12 (17.39%) DNS
1 12 (17.39%) Firewall
2 9 (13.04%) VPN
3 7 (10.14%) Network Security
4 6 (8.70%) TCP/IP
4 6 (8.70%) VLAN
5 4 (5.80%) SAN
6 3 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (4.35%) Wireless
7 2 (2.90%) LAN
7 2 (2.90%) LTE
7 2 (2.90%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.90%) WAN
8 1 (1.45%) InfiniBand
8 1 (1.45%) Internet
8 1 (1.45%) Intranet
8 1 (1.45%) NAS
8 1 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Git
1 2 (2.90%) GitLab
2 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 20 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 5 (7.25%) Finance
3 5 (7.25%) Retail
4 4 (5.80%) Law
5 3 (4.35%) Electronics
5 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.35%) Marketing
5 3 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) 802.1X
1 2 (2.90%) OAuth
1 2 (2.90%) OAuth2
1 2 (2.90%) OpenID
1 2 (2.90%) SAML
2 1 (1.45%) REST
2 1 (1.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) Data Centre
1 5 (7.25%) YubiKey
2 4 (5.80%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (5.80%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.35%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.90%) BYOD
4 2 (2.90%) CCTV
4 2 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.90%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.45%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.45%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 29 (42.03%) Windows
2 27 (39.13%) Windows Server
3 10 (14.49%) Linux
4 4 (5.80%) Rocky
4 4 (5.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.45%) CentOS
5 1 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.45%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (98.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (11.59%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (10.14%) ITIL
4 7 (10.14%) ITSM
5 6 (8.70%) Containerisation
5 6 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (7.25%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (7.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (7.25%) RBAC
6 5 (7.25%) Server Management
6 5 (7.25%) SIEM
6 5 (7.25%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (7.25%) Threat Detection
6 5 (7.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (5.80%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (5.80%) Incident Management
7 4 (5.80%) Patch Management
7 4 (5.80%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.74%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.25%) Bash
2 5 (7.25%) Python
3 2 (2.90%) SQL
4 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 26 (37.68%) Security Cleared
2 16 (23.19%) DV Cleared
3 12 (17.39%) SC Cleared
4 6 (8.70%) Degree
5 4 (5.80%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (5.80%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (7.25%) NIST
3 5 (7.25%) SLA
4 4 (5.80%) GDPR
5 2 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.90%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 27 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 20 (28.99%) Hyper-V
3 14 (20.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (11.59%) vSphere
5 3 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.90%) Docker
6 2 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.45%) Ceph
7 1 (1.45%) Lustre
7 1 (1.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (1.45%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.45%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 9 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.70%) Ansible
2 6 (8.70%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.35%) Terraform
3 3 (4.35%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (2.90%) SCCM
4 2 (2.90%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (2.90%) WSUS
5 1 (1.45%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.45%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.45%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 30 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 15 (21.74%) VMware
3 5 (7.25%) Dell
3 5 (7.25%) Tenable
3 5 (7.25%) Veeam
4 4 (5.80%) Cisco
5 3 (4.35%) Fortinet
5 3 (4.35%) HP
5 3 (4.35%) Meraki
5 3 (4.35%) Oracle
5 3 (4.35%) Qualys
5 3 (4.35%) SAP
5 3 (4.35%) SolarWinds
5 3 (4.35%) Splunk
6 2 (2.90%) Aruba
6 2 (2.90%) SonicWALL
6 2 (2.90%) Thales
7 1 (1.45%) Citrix
7 1 (1.45%) Google
7 1 (1.45%) Juniper