Infrastructure Engineering Job Trends in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 96 43
Rank change year-on-year +44 -53 -16
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 197 55 415
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.65% 2.07% 4.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.84% 2.30% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 128 42 320
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,438 £50,313 £41,206
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,246 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.21% +33.16% +1.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £85,938 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,250 £97,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,320 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.58% +10.64% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,132 2,392 7,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 69.10% 89.92% 83.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,395 1,530 5,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,600 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% +4.16% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,568 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the South West region over the 6 months to 21 April 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 +36 80 £55,000 -42.11% 14
Bristol +6 48 £65,000 -9.71% 15
Wiltshire +9 32 £55,000 +6.59% 2
Devon -19 18 £42,750 -17.36% 4
Somerset -23 9 £55,000 - 8
Dorset -14 8 £60,000 +14.29% 2
Cornwall - 2 £47,000 - 1
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 8 (4.06%) Confluence
1 8 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.03%) IIS
4 2 (1.02%) Apache
4 2 (1.02%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.51%) Drupal
5 1 (0.51%) nginx
5 1 (0.51%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (3.05%) AutoCAD
2 2 (1.02%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 38 (19.29%) Azure
2 27 (13.71%) AWS
3 20 (10.15%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (6.09%) Entra ID
5 10 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (4.57%) OpenShift
7 8 (4.06%) GCP
7 8 (4.06%) GitHub
7 8 (4.06%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (3.05%) IaaS
9 5 (2.54%) PaaS
10 4 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.52%) Serverless
12 2 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (1.02%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.51%) AWS Control Tower
13 1 (0.51%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.51%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 29 (14.72%) Firewall
2 23 (11.68%) WAN
3 20 (10.15%) DNS
3 20 (10.15%) LAN
4 17 (8.63%) DHCP
5 12 (6.09%) TCP/IP
5 12 (6.09%) VPN
6 9 (4.57%) Network Security
7 8 (4.06%) VLAN
7 8 (4.06%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (3.05%) Unified Communications
8 6 (3.05%) WebEx
9 5 (2.54%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (2.54%) Cisco Firepower
9 5 (2.54%) SAN
10 3 (1.52%) LTE
10 3 (1.52%) NAS
10 3 (1.52%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.02%) Internet
12 1 (0.51%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.55%) InfluxDB
2 3 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.02%) MySQL
3 2 (1.02%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.51%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.51%) Power BI
4 1 (0.51%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (9.64%) GitLab
2 18 (9.14%) Git
3 14 (7.11%) Jenkins
4 8 (4.06%) JIRA
5 6 (3.05%) Robot Framework
5 6 (3.05%) TestRail
6 5 (2.54%) Subversion
7 4 (2.03%) Bitbucket
7 4 (2.03%) Cypress.io
7 4 (2.03%) Selenium
8 1 (0.51%) Gatling
8 1 (0.51%) JMeter
8 1 (0.51%) Vagrant
General
1 28 (14.21%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.66%) Finance
3 15 (7.61%) Aerospace
4 12 (6.09%) Retail
5 10 (5.08%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.57%) Marketing
6 9 (4.57%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.55%) Electronics
8 7 (3.55%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.05%) Analytical Skills
10 5 (2.54%) Banking
11 3 (1.52%) Automotive
11 3 (1.52%) Legal
12 1 (0.51%) Advertising
12 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Law
Job Titles
1 138 (70.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (19.80%) Senior
3 31 (15.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (11.68%) IT Engineer
5 21 (10.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (7.11%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (7.11%) Infrastructure Support
7 10 (5.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 10 (5.08%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (5.08%) Security Engineer
7 10 (5.08%) Support Engineer
8 9 (4.57%) Analyst
9 8 (4.06%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 8 (4.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 8 (4.06%) Senior IT Engineer
9 8 (4.06%) Senior Security Engineer
10 7 (3.55%) Linux Engineer
10 7 (3.55%) Support Analyst
11 6 (3.05%) Civil Engineer
11 6 (3.05%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.06%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (3.05%) XMPP
3 5 (2.54%) YAML
4 4 (2.03%) Playwright
4 4 (2.03%) pytest
5 3 (1.52%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.52%) Keycloak
5 3 (1.52%) OAuth
5 3 (1.52%) OAuth2
5 3 (1.52%) OpenID
5 3 (1.52%) SAML
6 2 (1.02%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.02%) REST
6 2 (1.02%) SOAP
7 1 (0.51%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.51%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.51%) Jinja
7 1 (0.51%) Memcached
7 1 (0.51%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.51%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.11%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.58%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.08%) Replication
4 9 (4.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.55%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.05%) FlexPod
6 6 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.05%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (2.54%) CCTV
7 5 (2.54%) YubiKey
8 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.02%) BYOD
9 2 (1.02%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.02%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.02%) PMI
10 1 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 57 (28.93%) Linux
2 46 (23.35%) Windows
3 27 (13.71%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.55%) CentOS
5 3 (1.52%) Unix
5 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.02%) VMS
7 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.51%) Solaris
7 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (21.83%) Infrastructure as Code
2 40 (20.30%) DevOps
3 32 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (13.71%) CI/CD
5 23 (11.68%) Agile
6 21 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (9.64%) Containerisation
8 18 (9.14%) Infrastructure Automation
9 17 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (8.12%) Collaborative Culture
10 16 (8.12%) Collaborative Working
11 13 (6.60%) Platform Engineering
12 12 (6.09%) Mentoring
12 12 (6.09%) Test Automation
13 10 (5.08%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (5.08%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (5.08%) ITIL
14 9 (4.57%) High Availability
14 9 (4.57%) Project Delivery
14 9 (4.57%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.74%) Python
2 26 (13.20%) Bash
3 23 (11.68%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.55%) Bicep
4 7 (3.55%) SQL
5 6 (3.05%) Go
5 6 (3.05%) Java
6 4 (2.03%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.51%) PHP
Qualifications
1 70 (35.53%) Security Cleared
2 43 (21.83%) DV Cleared
3 26 (13.20%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.57%) Degree
5 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (2.03%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.52%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (1.52%) Postgraduate
9 2 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.02%) CBAP
9 2 (1.02%) CCNA
9 2 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.02%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (7.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.55%) GDPR
4 5 (2.54%) NIST
4 5 (2.54%) QA
5 3 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.02%) NCSC
6 2 (1.02%) SLA
6 2 (1.02%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (16.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (13.20%) Active Directory
3 24 (12.18%) Docker
4 19 (9.64%) Hyper-V
5 8 (4.06%) vSphere
6 6 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (3.05%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (2.54%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.51%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.51%) Firmware
9 1 (0.51%) KVM
9 1 (0.51%) QEMU
9 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.51%) Xen
Systems Management
1 36 (18.27%) Ansible
2 34 (17.26%) Kubernetes
3 27 (13.71%) Terraform
4 15 (7.61%) Grafana
5 10 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (4.06%) vCenter Server
7 6 (3.05%) Argo
7 6 (3.05%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (3.05%) Puppet
7 6 (3.05%) Rancher
8 5 (2.54%) yum
9 4 (2.03%) Kibana
9 4 (2.03%) logstash
10 3 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.52%) NetBackup
10 3 (1.52%) Progress Chef
10 3 (1.52%) Prometheus
10 3 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.52%) VxRail
11 2 (1.02%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (24.37%) Microsoft
2 34 (17.26%) VMware
3 17 (8.63%) Cisco
4 15 (7.61%) Splunk
5 11 (5.58%) Fortinet
5 11 (5.58%) Red Hat
6 7 (3.55%) Palo Alto
6 7 (3.55%) Veeam
7 6 (3.05%) Dell
7 6 (3.05%) NetApp
8 5 (2.54%) HP
8 5 (2.54%) Tenable
9 4 (2.03%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.03%) Juniper
9 4 (2.03%) SAP
10 3 (1.52%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (1.52%) Meraki
10 3 (1.52%) Qualys
10 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
11 2 (1.02%) Thales