Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South West

The median annual salary for an Infrastructure Engineer was £40,000 in advertised job vacancies in the South West during the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Infrastructure Engineer England / South West
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	162	165	118
Rank change year-on-year	+3	-47
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer	82	72	144
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West	1.55%	1.39%	2.40%
As % of the Job Titles category	1.59%	1.43%	2.47%
Number of salaries quoted	75	52	129
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£32,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than	£31,000	£30,750	£26,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£47,500	£45,000
UK excluding London median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£37,500
% change year-on-year	-	+6.66%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles South West
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	5151	5050	5839
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West	97.06%	97.62%	97.15%
Number of salaries quoted	4281	4276	4924
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£25,000	£23,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£55,500	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South West that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

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 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Bristol	-3	29	£40,000	-5.88%	4
Wiltshire	+5	14	£37,500	-11.76%	2
Gloucestershire	-19	14	£42,500	+6.25%	6
Cornwall	-	13	£55,000	-
Somerset	-7	6	£31,500	-10.63%	1
Dorset	+1	4	£32,500	-17.72%	1
Devon	+3	2	£32,500	-2.98%	1
Infrastructure Engineer England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1	91 (67.91%)	Windows
2	86 (64.18%)	VMware
3	59 (44.03%)	Windows Server
4	52 (38.81%)	Active Directory
5	46 (34.33%)	Linux
6	38 (28.36%)	Cisco
7	37 (27.61%)	ITIL
8	35 (26.12%)	Microsoft
8	35 (26.12%)	Windows Server 2012
9	33 (24.63%)	Firewall
10	32 (23.88%)	Windows Server 2008
11	29 (21.64%)	VMware Infrastructure
11	29 (21.64%)	MS Exchange
12	27 (20.15%)	Security Cleared
13	24 (17.91%)	Python

14	22 (16.42%)	vSphere
14	22 (16.42%)	Office 365
15	20 (14.93%)	Cybersecurity
15	20 (14.93%)	SIEM
16	19 (14.18%)	Unix
16	19 (14.18%)	SQL Server
16	19 (14.18%)	WAN
17	18 (13.43%)	Microsoft Certification
17	18 (13.43%)	MCSE
18	17 (12.69%)	LAN
18	17 (12.69%)	Hyper-V
18	17 (12.69%)	PowerShell
19	16 (11.94%)	Exchange Server 2010
19	16 (11.94%)	VMware ESXi
19	16 (11.94%)	Telecoms

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	29 (21.64%)	MS Exchange
2	16 (11.94%)	Exchange Server 2010
3	8 (5.97%)	Skype for Business
4	7 (5.22%)	IIS
5	6 (4.48%)	Apache
5	6 (4.48%)	Exchange Server 2013
6	5 (3.73%)	Exchange Server 2003
6	5 (3.73%)	Exchange Server 2007
7	4 (2.99%)	OpenStack
7	4 (2.99%)	Tomcat
8	3 (2.24%)	WebSphere
9	1 (0.75%)	Confluence
9	1 (0.75%)	IBM Notes
9	1 (0.75%)	JBoss
9	1 (0.75%)	SharePoint

Applications
1	3 (2.24%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (0.75%)	Microsoft Excel
2	1 (0.75%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
2	1 (0.75%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	3 (2.24%)	Oracle EBS

Cloud Services
1	22 (16.42%)	Office 365
2	15 (11.19%)	Microsoft Azure
3	12 (8.96%)	Amazon AWS
4	6 (4.48%)	SaaS
5	4 (2.99%)	IaaS
5	4 (2.99%)	PaaS
6	1 (0.75%)	Amazon EC2
6	1 (0.75%)	AWS CloudFormation
6	1 (0.75%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
6	1 (0.75%)	Azure Active Directory
6	1 (0.75%)	Cloud Computing
6	1 (0.75%)	Dynamics 365
6	1 (0.75%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	33 (24.63%)	Firewall
2	19 (14.18%)	WAN
3	17 (12.69%)	LAN
4	12 (8.96%)	IP Telephony
5	11 (8.21%)	TCP/IP
6	9 (6.72%)	DNS
6	9 (6.72%)	VPN
7	7 (5.22%)	DHCP
7	7 (5.22%)	SAN
8	6 (4.48%)	MPLS
9	5 (3.73%)	HTTP
10	4 (2.99%)	HTTPS
10	4 (2.99%)	iSCSI
10	4 (2.99%)	SMTP
10	4 (2.99%)	SSH
10	4 (2.99%)	Telnet
10	4 (2.99%)	VLAN
11	2 (1.49%)	NAS
11	2 (1.49%)	Skype
11	2 (1.49%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	19 (14.18%)	SQL Server
2	3 (2.24%)	MySQL
3	2 (1.49%)	SQL Server 2016
4	1 (0.75%)	Amazon RDS
4	1 (0.75%)	Oracle Database
4	1 (0.75%)	SQL Server 2008
4	1 (0.75%)	SQL Server 2012
4	1 (0.75%)	SQL Server 2014

Development Applications
1	5 (3.73%)	Vagrant
2	2 (1.49%)	JIRA
2	2 (1.49%)	Octopus Deploy
3	1 (0.75%)	Ant
3	1 (0.75%)	Atlassian Bamboo
3	1 (0.75%)	Git (software)
3	1 (0.75%)	Jenkins
3	1 (0.75%)	Redmine

General
1	16 (11.94%)	Telecoms
2	15 (11.19%)	Finance
3	6 (4.48%)	Advertising
4	4 (2.99%)	Games
5	2 (1.49%)	Banking
5	2 (1.49%)	Manufacturing
6	1 (0.75%)	Marketing

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	9 (6.72%)	.NET
2	3 (2.24%)	LAMP
3	1 (0.75%)	ASP.NET
3	1 (0.75%)	SOAP
3	1 (0.75%)	Web Services

Miscellaneous
1	15 (11.19%)	Distributed Denial-of-Service
2	8 (5.97%)	Clustering
3	6 (4.48%)	Data Centre
4	4 (2.99%)	Cybercrime
4	4 (2.99%)	Enterprise Storage
5	3 (2.24%)	Management Information System
5	3 (2.24%)	Replication
6	2 (1.49%)	Client/Server
6	2 (1.49%)	iPad
6	2 (1.49%)	Public Cloud
7	1 (0.75%)	Cyber Attack
7	1 (0.75%)	Linux Command Line

Operating Systems
1	91 (67.91%)	Windows
2	59 (44.03%)	Windows Server
3	46 (34.33%)	Linux
4	35 (26.12%)	Windows Server 2012
5	32 (23.88%)	Windows Server 2008
6	19 (14.18%)	Unix
7	9 (6.72%)	Windows Server 2003
8	5 (3.73%)	CentOS
8	5 (3.73%)	Solaris
8	5 (3.73%)	Windows 10
9	3 (2.24%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	3 (2.24%)	Windows 7
10	1 (0.75%)	HPUX
10	1 (0.75%)	Mac OS X
10	1 (0.75%)	Oracle Linux
10	1 (0.75%)	Windows 8

Processes & Methodologies
1	37 (27.61%)	ITIL
2	20 (14.93%)	Cybersecurity
2	20 (14.93%)	SIEM
3	10 (7.46%)	Software Engineering
4	9 (6.72%)	DevOps
4	9 (6.72%)	Problem Management
5	7 (5.22%)	Agile Software Development
5	7 (5.22%)	Network Architecture
6	6 (4.48%)	Service Delivery
7	5 (3.73%)	Continuous Improvement
7	5 (3.73%)	Infrastructure Management
7	5 (3.73%)	Performance Monitoring
7	5 (3.73%)	Service Management
8	4 (2.99%)	Migration
8	4 (2.99%)	Proactive Monitoring
8	4 (2.99%)	Task Automation
9	3 (2.24%)	Customer Requirements
9	3 (2.24%)	Data Encryption
9	3 (2.24%)	Mentoring
10	2 (1.49%)	Technical Analysis

Programming Languages
1	24 (17.91%)	Python
2	17 (12.69%)	PowerShell
3	15 (11.19%)	Java
3	15 (11.19%)	JavaScript
4	14 (10.45%)	SQL
5	8 (5.97%)	Bash Shell
6	7 (5.22%)	C#
7	5 (3.73%)	VB.NET
8	4 (2.99%)	C
9	3 (2.24%)	AWK
9	3 (2.24%)	sed
10	1 (0.75%)	Korn

Qualifications
1	27 (20.15%)	Security Cleared
2	18 (13.43%)	MCSE
2	18 (13.43%)	Microsoft Certification
3	16 (11.94%)	CISSP
4	15 (11.19%)	CISM
4	15 (11.19%)	RHCA
4	15 (11.19%)	RHCE
4	15 (11.19%)	RHCSA
5	13 (9.70%)	CCNA
5	13 (9.70%)	Cisco Certification
6	11 (8.21%)	Degree
6	11 (8.21%)	DV Cleared
7	9 (6.72%)	SC Cleared
7	9 (6.72%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8	7 (5.22%)	MCSA
9	5 (3.73%)	CCNP
10	4 (2.99%)	MCP
11	2 (1.49%)	CCA
11	2 (1.49%)	Citrix Certification
12	1 (0.75%)	CCDP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	4 (2.99%)	SLA
2	2 (1.49%)	ISO/IEC 27001

System Software
1	52 (38.81%)	Active Directory
2	29 (21.64%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	22 (16.42%)	vSphere
4	17 (12.69%)	Hyper-V
5	16 (11.94%)	VMware ESXi
6	15 (11.19%)	Snort
7	6 (4.48%)	XenApp
8	4 (2.99%)	NFS
9	3 (2.24%)	XenDesktop
10	2 (1.49%)	Firmware
11	1 (0.75%)	Citrix Presentation Server
11	1 (0.75%)	ISA Server
11	1 (0.75%)	Samba
11	1 (0.75%)	Virtual Desktop
11	1 (0.75%)	Virtual Servers
11	1 (0.75%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	15 (11.19%)	Nessus
1	15 (11.19%)	SCCM
2	9 (6.72%)	SCOM
3	7 (5.22%)	Puppet
4	6 (4.48%)	Ansible
4	6 (4.48%)	Opscode Chef
5	5 (3.73%)	Nagios
6	4 (2.99%)	Backup Exec
7	3 (2.24%)	Host Intrusion Detection System
7	3 (2.24%)	Microsoft Clustering
7	3 (2.24%)	Network Intrusion Detection System
7	3 (2.24%)	OpenView
7	3 (2.24%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
7	3 (2.24%)	vMotion
8	2 (1.49%)	HAProxy
8	2 (1.49%)	vCenter Server
9	1 (0.75%)	McAfee ePO

Vendors
1	86 (64.18%)	VMware
2	38 (28.36%)	Cisco
3	35 (26.12%)	Microsoft
4	15 (11.19%)	Acunetix
4	15 (11.19%)	AlienVault
4	15 (11.19%)	LogRhythm
4	15 (11.19%)	Rapid7
4	15 (11.19%)	Splunk
5	12 (8.96%)	NetApp
6	10 (7.46%)	HP
7	9 (6.72%)	Citrix
8	7 (5.22%)	Juniper
8	7 (5.22%)	Red Hat
8	7 (5.22%)	SolarWinds
9	5 (3.73%)	Fortinet
9	5 (3.73%)	Oracle
10	4 (2.99%)	IBM
11	3 (2.24%)	Dell
11	3 (2.24%)	Lotus
11	3 (2.24%)	Symantec