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 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 45 79
Rank change year-on-year -75 +34 +91
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 52 316 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.49% 4.21% 3.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 4.44% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 48 213 131
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £70,000 £55,000 £61,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -1.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 3,218 7,120 4,475
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 94.88% 93.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,108 4,618 3,500
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,272 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -5.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer 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 September 2025.

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 September 2025. 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 -6 18 £80,000 +77.78% 14
Bristol -13 14 £55,000 +10.00% 6
Devon -19 11 £45,000 - 3
Wiltshire -38 4 £57,500 +9.52% 3
Somerset -15 2 £47,500 -9.52% 1
Dorset +14 1 - - 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 52 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (51.92%) Azure
3 24 (46.15%) Windows
3 24 (46.15%) Active Directory
4 23 (44.23%) Windows Server
5 18 (34.62%) Entra ID
5 18 (34.62%) Hyper-V
5 18 (34.62%) Microsoft
6 15 (28.85%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (28.85%) Public Sector
7 14 (26.92%) Firewall
8 13 (25.00%) DV Cleared
8 13 (25.00%) Security Cleared
8 13 (25.00%) Linux
9 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Intune
10 10 (19.23%) Kubernetes
10 10 (19.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 9 (17.31%) Containerisation
11 9 (17.31%) Azure Certification
11 9 (17.31%) SD-WAN
11 9 (17.31%) VLAN
11 9 (17.31%) PowerShell
11 9 (17.31%) VMware
11 9 (17.31%) SQL Server
11 9 (17.31%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (17.31%) IaaS
11 9 (17.31%) SC Cleared
12 8 (15.38%) Veeam
12 8 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance

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

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

Application Platforms
1 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.92%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 27 (51.92%) Azure
2 18 (34.62%) Entra ID
3 15 (28.85%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (17.31%) IaaS
5 8 (15.38%) Azure Stack
6 7 (13.46%) PaaS
7 5 (9.62%) Rubrik
7 5 (9.62%) Serverless
8 3 (5.77%) AWS
9 2 (3.85%) SaaS
10 1 (1.92%) Google Workspace
10 1 (1.92%) Nutanix
10 1 (1.92%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.92%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (26.92%) Firewall
2 9 (17.31%) SD-WAN
2 9 (17.31%) VLAN
3 8 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 7 (13.46%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (11.54%) DHCP
5 6 (11.54%) DNS
5 6 (11.54%) SAN
6 4 (7.69%) LAN
6 4 (7.69%) WAN
7 3 (5.77%) VPN
7 3 (5.77%) Wireless
8 2 (3.85%) BGP
8 2 (3.85%) Network Security
8 2 (3.85%) OSPF
8 2 (3.85%) WLAN
9 1 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.92%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.31%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
General
1 15 (28.85%) Public Sector
2 6 (11.54%) Social Skills
3 5 (9.62%) Local Government
4 3 (5.77%) Finance
4 3 (5.77%) Legal
5 2 (3.85%) Advertising
5 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) 802.1X
2 3 (5.77%) OLE
3 1 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.31%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 8 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 5 (9.62%) BYOD
4 3 (5.77%) NHS
5 1 (1.92%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.92%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (46.15%) Windows
2 23 (44.23%) Windows Server
3 13 (25.00%) Linux
4 10 (19.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (15.38%) Rocky
6 1 (1.92%) Android
6 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.92%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (17.31%) Containerisation
3 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (9.62%) Predictive Analysis
4 5 (9.62%) Preventative Maintenance
5 4 (7.69%) DevOps
5 4 (7.69%) Mentoring
5 4 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 4 (7.69%) Project Management
6 3 (5.77%) Business Continuity
6 3 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (5.77%) Due Diligence
6 3 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (5.77%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (5.77%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 2 (3.85%) Decision Intelligence
7 2 (3.85%) Systems Engineering
7 2 (3.85%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (17.31%) PowerShell
2 6 (11.54%) Python
3 5 (9.62%) Bash
4 2 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 13 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (17.31%) Azure Certification
2 9 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 8 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (15.38%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (5.77%) Degree
4 3 (5.77%) Postgraduate
5 2 (3.85%) CCIE
5 2 (3.85%) CCNA
5 2 (3.85%) CCNP
5 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.77%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 24 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 18 (34.62%) Hyper-V
3 6 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (9.62%) vSphere
5 3 (5.77%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (3.85%) Docker
6 2 (3.85%) XenApp
7 1 (1.92%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (19.23%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.77%) Ansible
4 2 (3.85%) SCCM
4 2 (3.85%) SmoothWall
5 1 (1.92%) Terraform
5 1 (1.92%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (17.31%) VMware
3 8 (15.38%) Dell
3 8 (15.38%) Veeam
4 7 (13.46%) Aruba
5 5 (9.62%) Cisco
5 5 (9.62%) HP
6 4 (7.69%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.85%) Citrix
7 2 (3.85%) EMC
7 2 (3.85%) Meraki
8 1 (1.92%) 3PAR
8 1 (1.92%) Google
8 1 (1.92%) Juniper
8 1 (1.92%) SonicWALL
8 1 (1.92%) Splunk