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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 89 35
Rank change year-on-year +46 -54 -11
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 306 77 448
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.62% 2.28% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.07% 2.70% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 200 67 342
10th Percentile £37,250 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,194 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% +14.39% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £76,375 £88,500 £70,000
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 6,039 2,849 7,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.44% 84.54% 77.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,973 1,859 5,064
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,440
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £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 22 July 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 22 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 +36 131 £55,000 -31.25% 22
Bristol +5 57 £65,000 +8.33% 10
Wiltshire +13 40 £50,000 -16.67% 8
Devon +2 39 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Dorset +8 18 £45,000 -14.29% 3
Somerset -31 15 £55,000 +15.79% 8
Cornwall - 6 £55,000 - 2
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 16 (5.23%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (2.94%) Confluence
4 3 (0.98%) Apache
4 3 (0.98%) IIS
4 3 (0.98%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.33%) Drupal
5 1 (0.33%) nginx
5 1 (0.33%) Site Server
5 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (4.25%) AutoCAD
2 9 (2.94%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 65 (21.24%) Azure
2 51 (16.67%) AWS
3 46 (15.03%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (9.15%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.92%) GCP
5 12 (3.92%) OpenShift
6 8 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (2.29%) Serverless
8 6 (1.96%) GitHub
8 6 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.63%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.63%) IaaS
10 4 (1.31%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.31%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (11.11%) Firewall
2 29 (9.48%) DNS
3 26 (8.50%) DHCP
4 25 (8.17%) WAN
5 21 (6.86%) LAN
6 15 (4.90%) VLAN
7 13 (4.25%) TCP/IP
8 10 (3.27%) VPN
9 9 (2.94%) Network Security
9 9 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (2.29%) Unified Communications
10 7 (2.29%) WebEx
11 6 (1.96%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.96%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (1.63%) VoIP
13 4 (1.31%) IPv4
13 4 (1.31%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.31%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.98%) NAS
14 3 (0.98%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.61%) InfluxDB
2 4 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.31%) MySQL
3 3 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.98%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.65%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.65%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.65%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.33%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 32 (10.46%) GitLab
2 23 (7.52%) Git
3 22 (7.19%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.61%) Bitbucket
4 8 (2.61%) JIRA
5 7 (2.29%) Robot Framework
5 7 (2.29%) TestRail
6 6 (1.96%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.96%) Selenium
7 3 (0.98%) Subversion
8 1 (0.33%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.33%) Gatling
8 1 (0.33%) JMeter
8 1 (0.33%) Vagrant
General
1 37 (12.09%) Finance
2 34 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 16 (5.23%) Aerospace
4 12 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (3.92%) Retail
5 10 (3.27%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.61%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.29%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.96%) Banking
8 6 (1.96%) Marketing
9 4 (1.31%) Legal
10 3 (0.98%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.98%) Automotive
10 3 (0.98%) Electronics
11 1 (0.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 236 (77.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 77 (25.16%) Senior
3 67 (21.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 28 (9.15%) Cloud Engineer
6 27 (8.82%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (8.50%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (7.52%) Infrastructure Support
9 22 (7.19%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (6.86%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (6.54%) Support Engineer
12 17 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
12 17 (5.56%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 13 (4.25%) IT Support
13 13 (4.25%) IT Support Engineer
14 12 (3.92%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 10 (3.27%) Civil Engineer
15 10 (3.27%) Linux Engineer
15 10 (3.27%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
16 8 (2.61%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.59%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.29%) Apache NiFi
2 7 (2.29%) XMPP
3 6 (1.96%) Keycloak
3 6 (1.96%) Playwright
3 6 (1.96%) pytest
4 4 (1.31%) boto
5 2 (0.65%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.65%) RESTful
5 2 (0.65%) YAML
6 1 (0.33%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.33%) Django
6 1 (0.33%) Memcached
6 1 (0.33%) Node.js
6 1 (0.33%) OAuth
6 1 (0.33%) OpenID
6 1 (0.33%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.33%) REST
6 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.90%) Cloud Native
1 15 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (4.25%) Driving Licence
3 12 (3.92%) Replication
4 9 (2.94%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.61%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.29%) FlexPod
6 7 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
7 6 (1.96%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.31%) CCTV
8 4 (1.31%) PKI
9 3 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.98%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.65%) BYOD
10 2 (0.65%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.65%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.65%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 75 (24.51%) Linux
2 63 (20.59%) Windows
3 42 (13.73%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.61%) CentOS
5 5 (1.63%) Unix
6 3 (0.98%) VMS
7 2 (0.65%) Android
7 2 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.33%) Rocky
8 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (17.32%) Infrastructure as Code
2 48 (15.69%) DevOps
3 44 (14.38%) CI/CD
4 36 (11.76%) Containerisation
5 33 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (10.46%) Agile
7 29 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (8.82%) Infrastructure Automation
10 23 (7.52%) Collaborative Culture
11 22 (7.19%) Disaster Recovery
12 18 (5.88%) Project Delivery
13 16 (5.23%) Test Automation
14 14 (4.58%) High Availability
14 14 (4.58%) Mentoring
14 14 (4.58%) Migration
14 14 (4.58%) Platform Engineering
15 13 (4.25%) Collaborative Working
15 13 (4.25%) ITIL
16 12 (3.92%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (13.07%) Python
2 30 (9.80%) Bash
3 26 (8.50%) PowerShell
4 10 (3.27%) Java
5 6 (1.96%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.96%) SQL
6 5 (1.63%) Go
7 3 (0.98%) Bicep
8 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.33%) C#
9 1 (0.33%) C++
9 1 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 77 (25.16%) Security Cleared
2 39 (12.75%) DV Cleared
3 30 (9.80%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (3.92%) Degree
6 9 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (2.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (1.96%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.96%) CCNA
8 6 (1.96%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.63%) RHCE
10 4 (1.31%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.31%) CCNP
10 4 (1.31%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.31%) OSCP
10 4 (1.31%) Postgraduate
10 4 (1.31%) RHCSA
11 3 (0.98%) MCSE
12 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.61%) GDPR
4 5 (1.63%) QA
5 3 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.33%) NCSC
7 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (12.42%) Active Directory
2 36 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (10.46%) Docker
4 26 (8.50%) Hyper-V
5 12 (3.92%) vSphere
6 8 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.63%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.31%) Squid
9 4 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.98%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.33%) Firmware
12 1 (0.33%) GPFS
12 1 (0.33%) KVM
12 1 (0.33%) Lustre
12 1 (0.33%) QEMU
12 1 (0.33%) Xen
Systems Management
1 48 (15.69%) Kubernetes
2 47 (15.36%) Ansible
2 47 (15.36%) Terraform
3 23 (7.52%) Grafana
4 18 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (3.59%) Puppet
6 9 (2.94%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.94%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.29%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (2.29%) VxRail
8 6 (1.96%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.96%) Kibana
8 6 (1.96%) logstash
8 6 (1.96%) Packer
9 5 (1.63%) Argo
9 5 (1.63%) Rancher
10 4 (1.31%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.98%) yum
12 2 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.65%) linkerd
Vendors
1 78 (25.49%) Microsoft
2 40 (13.07%) VMware
3 19 (6.21%) Cisco
4 18 (5.88%) Splunk
5 16 (5.23%) Red Hat
6 11 (3.59%) Fortinet
6 11 (3.59%) Veeam
7 9 (2.94%) Oracle
8 8 (2.61%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.29%) NetApp
10 6 (1.96%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.96%) BeyondTrust
11 4 (1.31%) Dell
11 4 (1.31%) HP
12 3 (0.98%) Aruba
12 3 (0.98%) Juniper
13 2 (0.65%) Google
13 2 (0.65%) Meraki
13 2 (0.65%) Thales
14 1 (0.33%) CyberArk