Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South West is £58,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 128 57
Rank change year-on-year +59 -71 +78
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 169 29 368
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.19% 1.10% 4.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 1.20% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 110 26 269
10th Percentile £41,125 £41,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £41,206
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £52,115 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.29% +4.23% +5.26%
75th Percentile £69,688 £66,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,875 £63,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -

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 7,266 2,423 8,720
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.30% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,993 1,535 6,630
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,945
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,457 £57,560 £53,250
% change year-on-year -3.65% +8.09% -12.42%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +29 66 £52,500 -4.55% 9
Bristol +13 49 £65,000 +6.12% 3
Wiltshire +15 29 £60,000 +18.11% 4
Devon -9 17 £50,000 +0.78% 3
Somerset -24 3 £65,000 +36.84% 1
Cornwall - 3 £50,000 - 1
Dorset -13 2 - - 7
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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.

1 169 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (29.59%) Security Cleared
3 48 (28.40%) Microsoft
4 43 (25.44%) Linux
5 39 (23.08%) Windows
6 35 (20.71%) VMware
7 32 (18.93%) VMware Infrastructure
8 31 (18.34%) Ansible
9 28 (16.57%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (15.38%) Azure
10 26 (15.38%) DevOps
10 26 (15.38%) Windows Server
11 24 (14.20%) DV Cleared
11 24 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
11 24 (14.20%) Python
12 23 (13.61%) Active Directory
13 22 (13.02%) Firewall
14 21 (12.43%) Terraform
15 20 (11.83%) AWS
16 19 (11.24%) Infrastructure Automation
16 19 (11.24%) Kubernetes
16 19 (11.24%) WAN
17 18 (10.65%) Cisco
17 18 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
17 18 (10.65%) GitLab
17 18 (10.65%) Hyper-V
17 18 (10.65%) LAN
18 17 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
18 17 (10.06%) DNS
19 16 (9.47%) Microsoft 365

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 6 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.96%) Confluence
2 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.78%) IIS
3 3 (1.78%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.59%) Apache
Applications
1 9 (5.33%) AutoCAD
2 5 (2.96%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.38%) Azure
2 20 (11.83%) AWS
3 16 (9.47%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.14%) OpenShift
5 6 (3.55%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.78%) GCP
6 3 (1.78%) IaaS
6 3 (1.78%) PaaS
7 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.59%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.59%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.59%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.59%) OCI
8 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.59%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.59%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.02%) Firewall
2 19 (11.24%) WAN
3 18 (10.65%) LAN
4 17 (10.06%) DNS
5 14 (8.28%) DHCP
6 12 (7.10%) VPN
7 9 (5.33%) Network Security
7 9 (5.33%) TCP/IP
8 7 (4.14%) Unified Communications
8 7 (4.14%) VLAN
8 7 (4.14%) WebEx
9 6 (3.55%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (3.55%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (2.37%) LTE
11 3 (1.78%) NAS
11 3 (1.78%) SAN
12 2 (1.18%) Internet
13 1 (0.59%) BGP
13 1 (0.59%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.96%) InfluxDB
2 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.59%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.59%) MySQL
3 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (10.65%) GitLab
2 9 (5.33%) Git
3 6 (3.55%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.37%) Cypress.io
4 4 (2.37%) JIRA
4 4 (2.37%) Robot Framework
4 4 (2.37%) Selenium
4 4 (2.37%) TestRail
5 3 (1.78%) Bitbucket
General
1 20 (11.83%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.24%) Finance
3 14 (8.28%) Retail
4 11 (6.51%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.92%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.33%) Marketing
7 6 (3.55%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.55%) Banking
8 5 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.37%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.37%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.78%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.14%) XMPP
2 5 (2.96%) Apache NiFi
2 5 (2.96%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (2.96%) Keycloak
3 4 (2.37%) OAuth
3 4 (2.37%) OAuth2
3 4 (2.37%) OpenID
3 4 (2.37%) Playwright
3 4 (2.37%) pytest
3 4 (2.37%) SAML
4 2 (1.18%) REST
4 2 (1.18%) SOAP
5 1 (0.59%) Jinja
5 1 (0.59%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.59%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.10%) Replication
2 8 (4.73%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.14%) FlexPod
3 7 (4.14%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.14%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (2.96%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.96%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.96%) YubiKey
5 4 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.37%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.78%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.18%) Cyberattack
7 2 (1.18%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.59%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.59%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.59%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.59%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.59%) Social Media
8 1 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (25.44%) Linux
2 39 (23.08%) Windows
3 26 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.96%) CentOS
5 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.59%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.59%) Unix
6 1 (0.59%) VMS
6 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (16.57%) Infrastructure as Code
3 26 (15.38%) DevOps
4 24 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (11.24%) Infrastructure Automation
6 18 (10.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (8.88%) CI/CD
9 14 (8.28%) Agile
10 13 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
11 12 (7.10%) Collaborative Working
11 12 (7.10%) Containerisation
11 12 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
12 10 (5.92%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (5.92%) Data Management
12 10 (5.92%) High Availability
13 9 (5.33%) Analytics
13 9 (5.33%) ITIL
13 9 (5.33%) Project Delivery
14 7 (4.14%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.20%) Python
2 16 (9.47%) PowerShell
3 15 (8.88%) Bash
4 5 (2.96%) SQL
5 4 (2.37%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 50 (29.59%) Security Cleared
2 24 (14.20%) DV Cleared
3 15 (8.88%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.14%) Degree
4 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (1.18%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.18%) CCNP
6 2 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.59%) CCNA
7 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.59%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.59%) MCSE
7 1 (0.59%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (7.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (4.14%) GDPR
4 5 (2.96%) NIST
5 4 (2.37%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.18%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.59%) NCSC
8 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.59%) QA
System Software
1 32 (18.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (13.61%) Active Directory
3 18 (10.65%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.51%) Docker
5 8 (4.73%) vSphere
6 6 (3.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (3.55%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (3.55%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (2.96%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.78%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.59%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.59%) Firmware
9 1 (0.59%) KVM
9 1 (0.59%) QEMU
9 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.59%) Xen
Systems Management
1 31 (18.34%) Ansible
2 21 (12.43%) Terraform
3 19 (11.24%) Kubernetes
4 13 (7.69%) Grafana
5 8 (4.73%) vCenter Server
6 7 (4.14%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.96%) VxRail
8 4 (2.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (2.37%) Kibana
8 4 (2.37%) logstash
8 4 (2.37%) Puppet
8 4 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.78%) NetBackup
10 2 (1.18%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.18%) Progress Chef
10 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.18%) WSUS
11 1 (0.59%) linkerd
11 1 (0.59%) Mesos
Vendors
1 48 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 35 (20.71%) VMware
3 18 (10.65%) Cisco
4 14 (8.28%) Splunk
5 12 (7.10%) Fortinet
6 8 (4.73%) Palo Alto
6 8 (4.73%) Red Hat
7 7 (4.14%) NetApp
8 6 (3.55%) Dell
9 5 (2.96%) BeyondTrust
9 5 (2.96%) Juniper
9 5 (2.96%) Tenable
9 5 (2.96%) Veeam
10 4 (2.37%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.78%) HP
11 3 (1.78%) Meraki
11 3 (1.78%) Qualys
11 3 (1.78%) SAP
12 2 (1.18%) Oracle
12 2 (1.18%) Thales