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 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 77 71
Rank change year-on-year -39 -6 +60
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 61 136 178
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.24% 3.03% 4.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 3.24% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 53 85 127
10th Percentile £38,000 £28,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,272 £60,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.80% -1.90% +1.94%

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 4,585 4,200 3,979
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 93.56% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,142 2,406 3,115
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,938 £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% - -

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 18 December 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 18 December 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 +22 22 £68,750 +41.03% 11
Bristol -12 17 £60,000 +14.29% 8
Wiltshire 0 12 £55,000 +48.65% 12
Devon -4 9 £42,750 +51.37% 3
Dorset +1 1 £130,000 +188.89% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, 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 60 (98.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (47.54%) Azure
2 29 (47.54%) Windows
3 27 (44.26%) Windows Server
4 25 (40.98%) Active Directory
4 25 (40.98%) Microsoft
5 22 (36.07%) Security Cleared
6 20 (32.79%) Entra ID
6 20 (32.79%) Hyper-V
7 15 (24.59%) PowerShell
8 13 (21.31%) DHCP
8 13 (21.31%) DNS
9 12 (19.67%) DV Cleared
9 12 (19.67%) Linux
9 12 (19.67%) VMware
10 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
10 11 (18.03%) VMware Infrastructure
11 10 (16.39%) Firewall
11 10 (16.39%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (13.11%) Containerisation
13 8 (13.11%) Kubernetes
13 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Intune
13 8 (13.11%) vSphere
14 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
14 7 (11.48%) Dell
14 7 (11.48%) TCP/IP
14 7 (11.48%) VLAN
14 7 (11.48%) VPN
15 6 (9.84%) Ansible

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 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.64%) IIS
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 29 (47.54%) Azure
2 20 (32.79%) Entra ID
3 10 (16.39%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (9.84%) Azure Stack
5 5 (8.20%) IaaS
5 5 (8.20%) PaaS
6 3 (4.92%) OCI
6 3 (4.92%) Rubrik
6 3 (4.92%) Serverless
7 2 (3.28%) AWS
7 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.28%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.28%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.64%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.64%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (21.31%) DHCP
1 13 (21.31%) DNS
2 10 (16.39%) Firewall
3 7 (11.48%) TCP/IP
3 7 (11.48%) VLAN
3 7 (11.48%) VPN
4 4 (6.56%) SAN
4 4 (6.56%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (4.92%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.92%) Wireless
6 2 (3.28%) LAN
6 2 (3.28%) LTE
6 2 (3.28%) WAN
7 1 (1.64%) InfiniBand
7 1 (1.64%) Internet
7 1 (1.64%) Intranet
7 1 (1.64%) NAS
7 1 (1.64%) Network Security
7 1 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.64%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Git
1 2 (3.28%) GitLab
2 1 (1.64%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.64%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 16 (26.23%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.03%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.20%) Finance
4 4 (6.56%) Law
5 3 (4.92%) Electronics
5 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.92%) Marketing
5 3 (4.92%) Retail
5 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) 802.1X
2 2 (3.28%) OAuth
2 2 (3.28%) OAuth2
2 2 (3.28%) OpenID
2 2 (3.28%) SAML
3 1 (1.64%) OLE
3 1 (1.64%) REST
3 1 (1.64%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.84%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (9.84%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.92%) BYOD
5 2 (3.28%) CCTV
5 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.64%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.64%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (47.54%) Windows
2 27 (44.26%) Windows Server
3 12 (19.67%) Linux
4 6 (9.84%) Rocky
4 6 (9.84%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.64%) CentOS
5 1 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.64%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (98.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (13.11%) Containerisation
4 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (9.84%) ITIL
5 6 (9.84%) ITSM
6 5 (8.20%) Server Management
7 4 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (6.56%) Cloud Security
7 4 (6.56%) Incident Management
7 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (6.56%) Patch Management
7 4 (6.56%) RBAC
7 4 (6.56%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (6.56%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (4.92%) Business Continuity
8 3 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (4.92%) Digital Marketing
8 3 (4.92%) Migration
8 3 (4.92%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.59%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.20%) Bash
2 5 (8.20%) Python
3 2 (3.28%) SQL
4 1 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 22 (36.07%) Security Cleared
2 12 (19.67%) DV Cleared
3 11 (18.03%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.84%) Azure Certification
4 6 (9.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (9.84%) Degree
4 6 (9.84%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (8.20%) SLA
2 4 (6.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (6.56%) GDPR
3 2 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (40.98%) Active Directory
2 20 (32.79%) Hyper-V
3 11 (18.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (13.11%) vSphere
5 3 (4.92%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (3.28%) Docker
7 1 (1.64%) Ceph
7 1 (1.64%) Lustre
7 1 (1.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.64%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.64%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (13.11%) Kubernetes
1 8 (13.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (9.84%) Ansible
3 3 (4.92%) Terraform
3 3 (4.92%) vCenter Server
4 2 (3.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (3.28%) SCCM
4 2 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.64%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.64%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.64%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 25 (40.98%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.67%) VMware
3 7 (11.48%) Dell
4 6 (9.84%) Veeam
5 4 (6.56%) Cisco
5 4 (6.56%) HP
6 3 (4.92%) Aruba
6 3 (4.92%) Fortinet
6 3 (4.92%) Meraki
6 3 (4.92%) Oracle
6 3 (4.92%) SAP
6 3 (4.92%) SolarWinds
7 2 (3.28%) SonicWALL
7 2 (3.28%) Thales
8 1 (1.64%) Citrix
8 1 (1.64%) Google
8 1 (1.64%) Juniper
8 1 (1.64%) Palo Alto