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 7 October 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 120 46
Rank change year-on-year +75 -74 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 341 52 268
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.25% 1.45% 3.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.51% 1.56% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 234 48 182
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,445 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +16.73% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £70,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £86,750 £80,000 £65,000
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 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 9,724 3,328 6,442
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 92.96% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 6,731 2,139 4,057
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,248 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - -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 7 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 IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire +13 145 £65,000 -18.75% 26
Devon +24 69 £50,000 +31.58% 7
Bristol -14 47 £65,000 +8.33% 7
Wiltshire +14 40 £50,000 -14.89% 19
Dorset +12 18 £62,500 - 4
Somerset -16 14 £55,000 +15.79% 5
Cornwall - 7 £60,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 October 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.

1 341 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 67 (19.65%) Microsoft
3 63 (18.48%) Security Cleared
4 52 (15.25%) Windows
5 49 (14.37%) Azure
6 45 (13.20%) Linux
7 40 (11.73%) Microsoft 365
8 38 (11.14%) AWS
9 35 (10.26%) Windows Server
10 34 (9.97%) Active Directory
11 33 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
11 33 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
11 33 (9.68%) Kubernetes
12 32 (9.38%) Terraform
13 31 (9.09%) Ansible
13 31 (9.09%) DV Cleared
14 29 (8.50%) Agile
15 28 (8.21%) Python
16 27 (7.92%) Infrastructure Automation
17 26 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (7.62%) DevOps
17 26 (7.62%) VMware
18 25 (7.33%) Entra ID
19 24 (7.04%) Hyper-V
20 23 (6.74%) CI/CD
20 23 (6.74%) DNS
20 23 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
21 22 (6.45%) Bash
22 21 (6.16%) Firewall
23 20 (5.87%) DHCP

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 17 (4.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.69%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.47%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.59%) Confluence
6 1 (0.29%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (3.81%) AutoCAD
1 13 (3.81%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 49 (14.37%) Azure
2 40 (11.73%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (11.14%) AWS
4 25 (7.33%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.93%) OpenShift
6 7 (2.05%) GCP
6 7 (2.05%) Serverless
7 4 (1.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.17%) IaaS
7 4 (1.17%) OCI
8 3 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.59%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.59%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.59%) PaaS
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.29%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.29%) Route 53
10 1 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (6.74%) DNS
2 21 (6.16%) Firewall
3 20 (5.87%) DHCP
4 14 (4.11%) VLAN
5 12 (3.52%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.23%) VoIP
7 6 (1.76%) VPN
7 6 (1.76%) WAN
8 5 (1.47%) LAN
8 5 (1.47%) Network Security
9 4 (1.17%) SAN
10 3 (0.88%) NAS
10 3 (0.88%) Wireless
11 2 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.29%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.29%) WebEx
12 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.35%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.76%) MySQL
3 5 (1.47%) InfluxDB
4 3 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 14 (4.11%) GitLab
2 12 (3.52%) Git
3 8 (2.35%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.47%) Cypress.io
4 5 (1.47%) Robot Framework
4 5 (1.47%) Selenium
4 5 (1.47%) TestRail
5 1 (0.29%) JIRA
General
1 34 (9.97%) Finance
2 31 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 17 (4.99%) Manufacturing
4 8 (2.35%) Public Sector
4 8 (2.35%) Retail
5 7 (2.05%) Aerospace
6 3 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (0.59%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.29%) Banking
8 1 (0.29%) Marketing
8 1 (0.29%) Military
8 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.38%) Terraform
2 8 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (1.47%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (1.47%) Playwright
3 5 (1.47%) pytest
4 3 (0.88%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.29%) Node.js
5 1 (0.29%) OAuth
5 1 (0.29%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.29%) OpenID
5 1 (0.29%) SAML
5 1 (0.29%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (2.93%) Cloud Native
2 6 (1.76%) Product Ownership
3 5 (1.47%) Replication
4 3 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (0.88%) Onboarding
4 3 (0.88%) PKI
5 2 (0.59%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.59%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.29%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.29%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.29%) FlexPod
6 1 (0.29%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.29%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.29%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.29%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 52 (15.25%) Windows
2 45 (13.20%) Linux
3 35 (10.26%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.35%) CentOS
5 4 (1.17%) Unix
6 3 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.59%) Android
7 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.59%) Rocky
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 33 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
3 29 (8.50%) Agile
4 27 (7.92%) Infrastructure Automation
5 26 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (7.62%) DevOps
6 23 (6.74%) CI/CD
7 19 (5.57%) Containerisation
8 17 (4.99%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (4.69%) Collaborative Working
9 16 (4.69%) ITIL
10 15 (4.40%) Project Delivery
11 14 (4.11%) Collaborative Culture
11 14 (4.11%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (3.81%) High Availability
12 13 (3.81%) Service Management
13 12 (3.52%) Migration
14 11 (3.23%) Change Management
14 11 (3.23%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.21%) Python
2 22 (6.45%) Bash
3 17 (4.99%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.35%) SQL
5 5 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 63 (18.48%) Security Cleared
2 31 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 17 (4.99%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.64%) Degree
5 5 (1.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.88%) CCNP
6 3 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.88%) MCSE
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.29%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.35%) QA
3 4 (1.17%) GDPR
4 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 34 (9.97%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.04%) Hyper-V
3 23 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (3.81%) Docker
5 5 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.17%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.17%) vSphere
7 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.29%) GPFS
8 1 (0.29%) KVM
8 1 (0.29%) Lustre
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (9.68%) Kubernetes
2 31 (9.09%) Ansible
3 14 (4.11%) Grafana
4 13 (3.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (2.64%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.35%) Prometheus
6 8 (2.35%) Puppet
7 5 (1.47%) Argo
7 5 (1.47%) Kibana
7 5 (1.47%) logstash
8 4 (1.17%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (1.17%) Istio
8 4 (1.17%) linkerd
8 4 (1.17%) Mesos
8 4 (1.17%) VxRail
9 3 (0.88%) Nessus
9 3 (0.88%) SCOM
9 3 (0.88%) vRealize
10 2 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.59%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 67 (19.65%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.62%) VMware
3 15 (4.40%) Veeam
4 7 (2.05%) Red Hat
5 6 (1.76%) Citrix
5 6 (1.76%) Splunk
6 5 (1.47%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.47%) Cisco
7 4 (1.17%) Oracle
8 3 (0.88%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (0.59%) arcserve
9 2 (0.59%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.59%) HP
9 2 (0.59%) Juniper
10 1 (0.29%) Dell
10 1 (0.29%) NetApp
10 1 (0.29%) Palo Alto
10 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.29%) YouTube
10 1 (0.29%) Zerto