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 19 September 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 113 42
Rank change year-on-year +71 -71 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 335 52 316
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.28% 1.48% 4.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.52% 1.60% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 232 48 212
10th Percentile £37,625 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £64,425
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -

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 9,512 3,254 7,147
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.00% 92.73% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6,590 2,133 4,613
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,027 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.15% -11.71% -6.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 19 September 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 19 September 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 +19 141 £65,000 -18.75% 28
Devon +20 64 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Bristol -3 51 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Wiltshire +14 39 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Dorset +10 17 £65,000 - 2
Somerset -19 15 £55,000 +15.79% 10
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 19 September 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.

1 335 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (19.10%) Microsoft
3 63 (18.81%) Security Cleared
4 53 (15.82%) Windows
5 52 (15.52%) Linux
6 49 (14.63%) Azure
7 42 (12.54%) AWS
8 40 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
9 35 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (10.45%) Windows Server
10 34 (10.15%) Active Directory
10 34 (10.15%) Kubernetes
11 33 (9.85%) Ansible
12 32 (9.55%) Infrastructure as Code
12 32 (9.55%) Terraform
13 30 (8.96%) DV Cleared
13 30 (8.96%) VMware
14 29 (8.66%) Agile
15 27 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 27 (8.06%) DevOps
15 27 (8.06%) Infrastructure Automation
15 27 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
16 26 (7.76%) Python
17 25 (7.46%) Hyper-V
18 24 (7.16%) Firewall
19 23 (6.87%) CI/CD
19 23 (6.87%) Entra ID
20 22 (6.57%) DNS
21 21 (6.27%) Containerisation
22 20 (5.97%) 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 18 (5.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 18 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.49%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.19%) Apache
4 3 (0.90%) Confluence
5 2 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (3.88%) AutoCAD
1 13 (3.88%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 49 (14.63%) Azure
2 42 (12.54%) AWS
3 40 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (6.87%) Entra ID
5 11 (3.28%) OpenShift
6 8 (2.39%) GCP
7 7 (2.09%) Serverless
8 5 (1.49%) IaaS
9 4 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.19%) OCI
10 3 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.90%) PaaS
11 2 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.60%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.30%) AWS KMS
12 1 (0.30%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.30%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 24 (7.16%) Firewall
2 22 (6.57%) DNS
3 20 (5.97%) DHCP
4 15 (4.48%) VLAN
5 14 (4.18%) TCP/IP
6 11 (3.28%) VoIP
6 11 (3.28%) WAN
7 10 (2.99%) LAN
8 7 (2.09%) VPN
9 6 (1.79%) Network Security
10 4 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.90%) SAN
11 3 (0.90%) Wireless
12 2 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.60%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (0.60%) NAS
12 2 (0.60%) Unified Communications
12 2 (0.60%) WebEx
13 1 (0.30%) LTE
13 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.09%) InfluxDB
1 7 (2.09%) MySQL
2 6 (1.79%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (4.48%) GitLab
2 12 (3.58%) Git
3 10 (2.99%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.79%) Cypress.io
4 6 (1.79%) Robot Framework
4 6 (1.79%) Selenium
4 6 (1.79%) TestRail
5 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 32 (9.55%) Finance
2 29 (8.66%) Social Skills
3 14 (4.18%) Manufacturing
4 9 (2.69%) Aerospace
4 9 (2.69%) Public Sector
4 9 (2.69%) Retail
5 4 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (0.90%) Telecoms
7 2 (0.60%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (0.60%) Banking
7 2 (0.60%) Marketing
8 1 (0.30%) Military
8 1 (0.30%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.55%) Terraform
2 9 (2.69%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.79%) Playwright
3 6 (1.79%) pytest
4 5 (1.49%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (0.90%) Keycloak
6 2 (0.60%) XMPP
7 1 (0.30%) Node.js
7 1 (0.30%) OAuth
7 1 (0.30%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.30%) OpenID
7 1 (0.30%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.69%) Cloud Native
2 7 (2.09%) Product Ownership
3 6 (1.79%) Replication
4 4 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (1.19%) Onboarding
5 3 (0.90%) PKI
6 2 (0.60%) Cyberattack
6 2 (0.60%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.60%) FlexPod
6 2 (0.60%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.60%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.30%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.30%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (15.82%) Windows
2 52 (15.52%) Linux
3 35 (10.45%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.99%) CentOS
5 4 (1.19%) Unix
6 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.60%) Android
7 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.60%) Rocky
7 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.30%) VMS
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (9.55%) Infrastructure as Code
4 29 (8.66%) Agile
5 27 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 27 (8.06%) DevOps
5 27 (8.06%) Infrastructure Automation
6 23 (6.87%) CI/CD
7 21 (6.27%) Containerisation
8 18 (5.37%) Project Delivery
9 17 (5.07%) Collaborative Working
10 16 (4.78%) ITIL
11 15 (4.48%) Collaborative Culture
11 15 (4.48%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (4.18%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (3.88%) High Availability
13 13 (3.88%) Service Management
14 11 (3.28%) Change Management
14 11 (3.28%) Migration
14 11 (3.28%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (7.76%) Python
2 19 (5.67%) Bash
3 16 (4.78%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.99%) SQL
5 6 (1.79%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.30%) Java
Qualifications
1 63 (18.81%) Security Cleared
2 30 (8.96%) DV Cleared
3 17 (5.07%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.69%) Degree
5 6 (1.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.90%) CCNP
7 3 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.90%) MCSE
8 1 (0.30%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
8 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.30%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.30%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.39%) QA
3 7 (2.09%) GDPR
4 5 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.60%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
System Software
1 34 (10.15%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.46%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.07%) Docker
5 6 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (1.49%) vSphere
7 4 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.60%) KVM
8 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.30%) Firmware
9 1 (0.30%) GPFS
9 1 (0.30%) Lustre
9 1 (0.30%) QEMU
9 1 (0.30%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (10.15%) Kubernetes
2 33 (9.85%) Ansible
3 15 (4.48%) Grafana
4 12 (3.58%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.39%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.09%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.09%) Puppet
7 6 (1.79%) Kibana
7 6 (1.79%) logstash
8 4 (1.19%) Argo
8 4 (1.19%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (1.19%) Istio
8 4 (1.19%) linkerd
8 4 (1.19%) Mesos
8 4 (1.19%) VxRail
9 3 (0.90%) Nessus
9 3 (0.90%) SCOM
9 3 (0.90%) vRealize
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
10 2 (0.60%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 64 (19.10%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.96%) VMware
3 16 (4.78%) Veeam
4 11 (3.28%) Red Hat
5 8 (2.39%) Cisco
5 8 (2.39%) Splunk
6 6 (1.79%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.49%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.49%) Oracle
8 4 (1.19%) Citrix
9 3 (0.90%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (0.90%) Juniper
9 3 (0.90%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.60%) arcserve
10 2 (0.60%) Dell
10 2 (0.60%) HP
10 2 (0.60%) NetApp
11 1 (0.30%) Aruba
11 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.30%) Zerto