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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 98 38
Rank change year-on-year +54 -60 -16
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 261 57 483
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.34% 2.02% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.80% 2.25% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 170 44 364
10th Percentile £38,625 £43,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,750 £66,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -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 5,435 2,531 8,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 69.63% 89.53% 78.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,635 1,585 5,980
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,058 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.72% -0.86% -4.63%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,114 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +30 102 £55,000 -31.25% 24
Bristol +17 61 £65,000 +8.33% 7
Wiltshire +15 39 £52,500 -5.91% 18
Devon -6 29 £50,000 -3.34% 7
Dorset +4 15 £45,000 -46.27% 12
Somerset -25 11 £55,000 +15.79% 7
Cornwall - 4 £50,000 -
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 12 (4.60%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.21%) Confluence
3 9 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.15%) IIS
4 3 (1.15%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.77%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) Drupal
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) Site Server
6 1 (0.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (3.45%) AutoCAD
2 5 (1.92%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 53 (20.31%) Azure
2 38 (14.56%) AWS
3 35 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (6.90%) Entra ID
5 10 (3.83%) OpenShift
6 9 (3.45%) GCP
7 7 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.68%) Serverless
8 6 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (2.30%) GitHub
8 6 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.30%) IaaS
9 5 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.92%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.92%) PaaS
10 4 (1.53%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (1.53%) AWS Fargate
10 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.26%) Firewall
2 25 (9.58%) DNS
2 25 (9.58%) WAN
3 22 (8.43%) DHCP
3 22 (8.43%) LAN
4 13 (4.98%) VPN
5 11 (4.21%) TCP/IP
5 11 (4.21%) VLAN
6 10 (3.83%) Network Security
7 8 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (2.68%) Unified Communications
8 7 (2.68%) WebEx
9 6 (2.30%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (2.30%) Cisco Firepower
10 4 (1.53%) IPv4
10 4 (1.53%) NAS
10 4 (1.53%) SAN
10 4 (1.53%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (1.15%) LTE
11 3 (1.15%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.68%) InfluxDB
2 3 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.77%) MySQL
3 2 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.38%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.38%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.38%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (10.73%) GitLab
2 19 (7.28%) Jenkins
3 18 (6.90%) Git
4 10 (3.83%) JIRA
5 7 (2.68%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.30%) Robot Framework
6 6 (2.30%) TestRail
7 5 (1.92%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.92%) Selenium
8 2 (0.77%) Subversion
9 1 (0.38%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.38%) Gatling
9 1 (0.38%) JMeter
9 1 (0.38%) Vagrant
General
1 35 (13.41%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.20%) Finance
3 16 (6.13%) Aerospace
4 13 (4.98%) Retail
5 12 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.07%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.07%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.68%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.30%) Banking
8 6 (2.30%) Marketing
9 4 (1.53%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.53%) Legal
10 3 (1.15%) Automotive
10 3 (1.15%) Electronics
11 1 (0.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 200 (76.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 60 (22.99%) Senior
3 50 (19.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (11.49%) IT Engineer
5 24 (9.20%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (8.43%) Cloud Engineer
7 21 (8.05%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (6.90%) Infrastructure Support
9 16 (6.13%) Azure Engineer
10 15 (5.75%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (5.36%) Support Engineer
12 13 (4.98%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (4.60%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 10 (3.83%) Security Engineer
15 9 (3.45%) Analyst
16 8 (3.07%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
16 8 (3.07%) IT Support
16 8 (3.07%) IT Support Engineer
16 8 (3.07%) Senior Security Engineer
16 8 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.68%) XMPP
3 6 (2.30%) Apache NiFi
3 6 (2.30%) Keycloak
4 5 (1.92%) Playwright
4 5 (1.92%) pytest
5 4 (1.53%) boto
6 3 (1.15%) OAuth
6 3 (1.15%) OAuth2
6 3 (1.15%) OpenID
6 3 (1.15%) SAML
7 2 (0.77%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.77%) YAML
8 1 (0.38%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.38%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.38%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.38%) NETCONF
8 1 (0.38%) RESTful
8 1 (0.38%) Vue
8 1 (0.38%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.13%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (4.98%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.98%) Replication
4 10 (3.83%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.07%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.68%) FlexPod
6 7 (2.68%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (2.30%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.92%) YubiKey
9 4 (1.53%) CCTV
9 4 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.15%) PKI
10 3 (1.15%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.77%) BYOD
11 2 (0.77%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.77%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.38%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 64 (24.52%) Linux
2 59 (22.61%) Windows
3 39 (14.94%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.68%) CentOS
5 3 (1.15%) Unix
6 2 (0.77%) Android
6 2 (0.77%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.77%) VMS
6 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (16.86%) Infrastructure as Code
2 42 (16.09%) DevOps
3 34 (13.03%) CI/CD
4 31 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (10.34%) Containerisation
5 27 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (9.20%) Agile
7 23 (8.81%) Infrastructure Automation
8 22 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (7.28%) Collaborative Culture
10 17 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (5.36%) Collaborative Working
12 13 (4.98%) Mentoring
12 13 (4.98%) Test Automation
13 12 (4.60%) High Availability
13 12 (4.60%) ITIL
14 11 (4.21%) Platform Engineering
15 10 (3.83%) Data Management
15 10 (3.83%) Project Delivery
16 9 (3.45%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 34 (13.03%) Python
2 26 (9.96%) Bash
2 26 (9.96%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.68%) Java
4 5 (1.92%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.92%) SQL
5 3 (1.15%) Bicep
5 3 (1.15%) Go
6 2 (0.77%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 74 (28.35%) Security Cleared
2 43 (16.48%) DV Cleared
3 27 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (3.83%) Degree
6 8 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.30%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (2.30%) CCNA
7 6 (2.30%) Chartered Engineer
8 5 (1.92%) RHCE
9 4 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.53%) ISTQB
9 4 (1.53%) OSCP
9 4 (1.53%) Postgraduate
9 4 (1.53%) RHCSA
10 3 (1.15%) CCNP
11 2 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (6.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.07%) GDPR
4 5 (1.92%) NIST
5 4 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.15%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.15%) QA
7 2 (0.77%) NCSC
7 2 (0.77%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (14.18%) Active Directory
2 36 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (10.34%) Docker
4 25 (9.58%) Hyper-V
5 12 (4.60%) vSphere
6 7 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (2.30%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.53%) Squid
9 4 (1.53%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.38%) Firmware
11 1 (0.38%) KVM
11 1 (0.38%) QEMU
11 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.38%) Xen
Systems Management
1 41 (15.71%) Ansible
2 37 (14.18%) Kubernetes
3 35 (13.41%) Terraform
4 18 (6.90%) Grafana
5 17 (6.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (3.45%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.68%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (2.68%) Puppet
8 6 (2.30%) FortiGate
8 6 (2.30%) Packer
8 6 (2.30%) VxRail
9 5 (1.92%) Kibana
9 5 (1.92%) logstash
9 5 (1.92%) Prometheus
10 4 (1.53%) ZABBIX
11 3 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (1.15%) Argo
11 3 (1.15%) Rancher
11 3 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.77%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 72 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 40 (15.33%) VMware
3 20 (7.66%) Cisco
3 20 (7.66%) Splunk
4 15 (5.75%) Red Hat
5 11 (4.21%) Fortinet
6 8 (3.07%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.68%) NetApp
7 7 (2.68%) Veeam
8 6 (2.30%) BeyondTrust
8 6 (2.30%) Oracle
9 5 (1.92%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.92%) Dell
9 5 (1.92%) Tenable
10 4 (1.53%) HP
10 4 (1.53%) Juniper
11 3 (1.15%) Qualys
12 2 (0.77%) Aruba
12 2 (0.77%) Google
12 2 (0.77%) Thales