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 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 114 41
Rank change year-on-year +59 -73 +73
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 237 58 393
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.81% 1.71% 4.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.97% 1.87% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 151 54 293
10th Percentile £38,750 £31,850 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,625 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £65,000
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 7,972 3,099 8,565
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.39% 91.61% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,452 2,090 6,342
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 23 July 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 July 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 +24 102 £55,000 -31.25% 24
Bristol -6 40 £65,000 +10.64% 4
Wiltshire +11 34 £50,000 -10.39% 7
Devon +5 33 £50,000 +27.39% 5
Somerset -28 12 £55,000 +15.79% 8
Dorset +9 11 £45,000 -46.27% 1
Cornwall - 5 £60,000 - 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 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.

1 237 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (25.74%) Microsoft
3 51 (21.52%) Linux
4 47 (19.83%) Security Cleared
5 43 (18.14%) Windows
6 42 (17.72%) Azure
7 37 (15.61%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (13.92%) VMware
9 32 (13.50%) Ansible
9 32 (13.50%) AWS
10 30 (12.66%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
12 28 (11.81%) Kubernetes
12 28 (11.81%) Terraform
13 27 (11.39%) Windows Server
14 26 (10.97%) Cybersecurity
15 25 (10.55%) Python
16 24 (10.13%) DevOps
17 23 (9.70%) Active Directory
17 23 (9.70%) Firewall
17 23 (9.70%) Infrastructure Automation
18 21 (8.86%) Agile
19 20 (8.44%) DNS
20 19 (8.02%) CI/CD
20 19 (8.02%) DV Cleared
20 19 (8.02%) WAN
21 18 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
21 18 (7.59%) Entra ID
21 18 (7.59%) GitLab
21 18 (7.59%) Hyper-V

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 14 (5.91%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.69%) Confluence
4 3 (1.27%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.84%) Apache
5 2 (0.84%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (5.49%) AutoCAD
2 9 (3.80%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 42 (17.72%) Azure
2 37 (15.61%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (13.50%) AWS
4 18 (7.59%) Entra ID
5 9 (3.80%) OpenShift
6 5 (2.11%) GCP
7 4 (1.69%) OCI
8 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.84%) IaaS
9 2 (0.84%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.84%) PaaS
10 1 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.42%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.42%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.70%) Firewall
2 20 (8.44%) DNS
3 19 (8.02%) WAN
4 17 (7.17%) DHCP
4 17 (7.17%) LAN
5 13 (5.49%) VLAN
6 10 (4.22%) TCP/IP
7 9 (3.80%) VPN
8 7 (2.95%) Network Security
8 7 (2.95%) Unified Communications
8 7 (2.95%) WebEx
8 7 (2.95%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.53%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (2.53%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (2.11%) VoIP
11 2 (0.84%) NAS
11 2 (0.84%) SAN
11 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.42%) Internet
12 1 (0.42%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.95%) InfluxDB
2 3 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
3 1 (0.42%) MySQL
3 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (7.59%) GitLab
2 10 (4.22%) Git
3 9 (3.80%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.53%) Cypress.io
4 6 (2.53%) Robot Framework
4 6 (2.53%) Selenium
4 6 (2.53%) TestRail
5 2 (0.84%) JIRA
6 1 (0.42%) Bitbucket
General
1 27 (11.39%) Finance
2 22 (9.28%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.06%) Retail
4 9 (3.80%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.38%) Aerospace
6 7 (2.95%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.53%) Banking
7 6 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.53%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.53%) Marketing
8 3 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.38%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.95%) XMPP
3 6 (2.53%) Apache NiFi
3 6 (2.53%) Playwright
3 6 (2.53%) pytest
4 5 (2.11%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.42%) Node.js
5 1 (0.42%) OAuth
5 1 (0.42%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.42%) OpenID
5 1 (0.42%) REST
5 1 (0.42%) SAML
5 1 (0.42%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.64%) Replication
2 8 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (3.38%) Onboarding
3 7 (2.95%) FlexPod
3 7 (2.95%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.11%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.27%) PKI
8 2 (0.84%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.84%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.84%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.42%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.42%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (21.52%) Linux
2 43 (18.14%) Windows
3 27 (11.39%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.95%) CentOS
5 3 (1.27%) Unix
6 2 (0.84%) Android
6 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.42%) Rocky
7 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.42%) VMS
7 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (12.66%) Infrastructure as Code
3 26 (10.97%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (10.13%) DevOps
5 23 (9.70%) Infrastructure Automation
6 21 (8.86%) Agile
7 19 (8.02%) CI/CD
8 18 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (7.17%) Collaborative Culture
10 16 (6.75%) Containerisation
11 15 (6.33%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (6.33%) Project Delivery
12 12 (5.06%) Data Management
12 12 (5.06%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (5.06%) ITIL
13 10 (4.22%) Collaborative Working
13 10 (4.22%) High Availability
13 10 (4.22%) Migration
14 8 (3.38%) Mentoring
14 8 (3.38%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 25 (10.55%) Python
2 17 (7.17%) Bash
3 16 (6.75%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.53%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (19.83%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.02%) DV Cleared
3 12 (5.06%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.38%) Degree
5 6 (2.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.69%) CCNP
6 4 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.27%) MCSE
8 2 (0.84%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.42%) CCNA
9 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.42%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (3.38%) GDPR
2 8 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.84%) QA
3 2 (0.84%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
System Software
1 29 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (9.70%) Active Directory
3 18 (7.59%) Hyper-V
4 14 (5.91%) Docker
5 7 (2.95%) vSphere
6 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.53%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.42%) Firmware
10 1 (0.42%) GPFS
10 1 (0.42%) KVM
10 1 (0.42%) Lustre
10 1 (0.42%) QEMU
10 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 32 (13.50%) Ansible
2 28 (11.81%) Kubernetes
2 28 (11.81%) Terraform
3 17 (7.17%) Grafana
4 10 (4.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.38%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.95%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (2.53%) Kibana
7 6 (2.53%) logstash
7 6 (2.53%) Puppet
7 6 (2.53%) VxRail
8 4 (1.69%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.84%) Argo
9 2 (0.84%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.84%) Istio
9 2 (0.84%) linkerd
9 2 (0.84%) Mesos
9 2 (0.84%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 61 (25.74%) Microsoft
2 33 (13.92%) VMware
3 15 (6.33%) Cisco
4 13 (5.49%) Splunk
5 11 (4.64%) Fortinet
6 10 (4.22%) Red Hat
7 9 (3.80%) Veeam
8 8 (3.38%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.95%) NetApp
10 6 (2.53%) Atlassian
11 5 (2.11%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (2.11%) Oracle
12 3 (1.27%) Dell
12 3 (1.27%) Juniper
13 2 (0.84%) HP
13 2 (0.84%) Meraki
14 1 (0.42%) arcserve
14 1 (0.42%) Citrix
14 1 (0.42%) Thales
14 1 (0.42%) Zerto