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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 110 40
Rank change year-on-year +62 -70 -16
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 222 45 434
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.87% 1.71% 4.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 1.88% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 144 34 334
10th Percentile £38,825 £46,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,894 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,347 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% +14.69% -
75th Percentile £66,563 £79,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £68,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -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 5,322 2,388 7,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 68.91% 90.94% 81.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,518 1,452 5,675
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,775 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% -6.48%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +31 90 £55,000 -29.03% 15
Bristol +12 61 £65,000 -9.71% 11
Wiltshire +11 33 £52,500 +1.74% 8
Devon -4 24 £50,000 -3.34% 2
Dorset -12 6 £78,750 -5.97% 14
Somerset -25 4 £62,500 +31.58% 7
Cornwall - 4 £50,000 - 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 11 (4.95%) Confluence
2 9 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.80%) IIS
5 3 (1.35%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.90%) Apache
7 1 (0.45%) Drupal
7 1 (0.45%) nginx
7 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (4.05%) AutoCAD
2 5 (2.25%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 42 (18.92%) Azure
2 32 (14.41%) AWS
3 24 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.95%) Entra ID
5 9 (4.05%) GCP
5 9 (4.05%) OpenShift
6 6 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.70%) IaaS
7 5 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (2.25%) PaaS
7 5 (2.25%) Serverless
8 4 (1.80%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.80%) Amazon S3
8 4 (1.80%) GitHub
8 4 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.35%) AWS CloudTrail
9 3 (1.35%) AWS Fargate
9 3 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.90%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.51%) Firewall
2 25 (11.26%) WAN
3 22 (9.91%) DNS
3 22 (9.91%) LAN
4 19 (8.56%) DHCP
5 13 (5.86%) VPN
6 12 (5.41%) TCP/IP
7 9 (4.05%) Network Security
7 9 (4.05%) VLAN
8 8 (3.60%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (3.15%) Unified Communications
9 7 (3.15%) WebEx
10 6 (2.70%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (2.70%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (1.80%) LTE
12 3 (1.35%) IPv4
12 3 (1.35%) NAS
12 3 (1.35%) SAN
12 3 (1.35%) SD-WAN
12 3 (1.35%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.70%) InfluxDB
2 3 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.35%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.90%) MySQL
3 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.45%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.45%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.45%) Power BI
4 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 25 (11.26%) GitLab
2 20 (9.01%) Git
3 17 (7.66%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.95%) JIRA
5 7 (3.15%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.25%) Robot Framework
6 5 (2.25%) TestRail
7 4 (1.80%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.80%) Selenium
7 4 (1.80%) Subversion
8 1 (0.45%) Gatling
8 1 (0.45%) JMeter
8 1 (0.45%) Vagrant
General
1 31 (13.96%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.16%) Finance
3 18 (8.11%) Aerospace
4 13 (5.86%) Retail
5 11 (4.95%) Public Sector
6 10 (4.50%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.05%) Marketing
8 7 (3.15%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (2.70%) Banking
9 6 (2.70%) Electronics
10 4 (1.80%) Legal
11 3 (1.35%) Automotive
12 1 (0.45%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 170 (76.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 45 (20.27%) Senior
3 37 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 26 (11.71%) IT Engineer
5 23 (10.36%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (7.66%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.31%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) Infrastructure Support
10 11 (4.95%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (4.50%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (4.05%) Analyst
12 9 (4.05%) Security Engineer
12 9 (4.05%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 8 (3.60%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (3.60%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 8 (3.60%) Senior Security Engineer
14 7 (3.15%) Collaboration Engineer
14 7 (3.15%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.60%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (3.15%) XMPP
3 5 (2.25%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (2.25%) Keycloak
4 4 (1.80%) OAuth
4 4 (1.80%) OAuth2
4 4 (1.80%) OpenID
4 4 (1.80%) Playwright
4 4 (1.80%) pytest
4 4 (1.80%) SAML
5 3 (1.35%) boto
6 2 (0.90%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.90%) REST
6 2 (0.90%) SOAP
7 1 (0.45%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.45%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.45%) Django
7 1 (0.45%) Memcached
7 1 (0.45%) RESTful
7 1 (0.45%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.31%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (5.41%) Replication
4 8 (3.60%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.60%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.15%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.15%) FlexPod
5 7 (3.15%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (2.70%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.25%) YubiKey
8 4 (1.80%) CCTV
9 3 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.90%) BYOD
10 2 (0.90%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.90%) PMI
11 1 (0.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 62 (27.93%) Linux
2 52 (23.42%) Windows
3 33 (14.86%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.70%) CentOS
5 4 (1.80%) Unix
6 2 (0.90%) VMS
6 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.45%) Android
7 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.45%) Solaris
7 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (19.82%) Infrastructure as Code
2 41 (18.47%) DevOps
3 31 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (13.06%) CI/CD
5 25 (11.26%) Agile
6 23 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (10.36%) Infrastructure Automation
7 19 (8.56%) Containerisation
7 19 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (8.11%) Collaborative Culture
8 18 (8.11%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (5.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (5.41%) Test Automation
10 11 (4.95%) ITIL
10 11 (4.95%) Mentoring
11 10 (4.50%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (4.50%) Data Management
11 10 (4.50%) High Availability
11 10 (4.50%) Platform Engineering
11 10 (4.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (16.67%) Python
2 28 (12.61%) Bash
3 25 (11.26%) PowerShell
4 8 (3.60%) Java
5 6 (2.70%) SQL
6 5 (2.25%) Go
7 4 (1.80%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.90%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.45%) Bicep
9 1 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 73 (32.88%) Security Cleared
2 40 (18.02%) DV Cleared
3 27 (12.16%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (5.41%) Degree
6 7 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.25%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.25%) CCNA
8 4 (1.80%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.80%) Chartered Engineer
8 4 (1.80%) Postgraduate
8 4 (1.80%) RHCE
9 3 (1.35%) CCNP
9 3 (1.35%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.35%) OSCP
9 3 (1.35%) RHCSA
10 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.90%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (6.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (3.15%) GDPR
4 5 (2.25%) NIST
4 5 (2.25%) QA
5 4 (1.80%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.90%) NCSC
7 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (15.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (13.96%) Active Directory
3 22 (9.91%) Docker
4 21 (9.46%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.50%) vSphere
6 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.70%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (2.25%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (1.35%) Squid
8 3 (1.35%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.45%) Firmware
9 1 (0.45%) KVM
9 1 (0.45%) QEMU
9 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.45%) Xen
Systems Management
1 42 (18.92%) Ansible
2 34 (15.32%) Kubernetes
3 33 (14.86%) Terraform
4 16 (7.21%) Grafana
5 13 (5.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (3.15%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (3.15%) Puppet
6 7 (3.15%) vCenter Server
7 5 (2.25%) Argo
7 5 (2.25%) Packer
7 5 (2.25%) Rancher
7 5 (2.25%) VxRail
8 4 (1.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.80%) Kibana
8 4 (1.80%) logstash
8 4 (1.80%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.80%) yum
9 3 (1.35%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 57 (25.68%) Microsoft
2 38 (17.12%) VMware
3 18 (8.11%) Cisco
3 18 (8.11%) Splunk
4 13 (5.86%) Red Hat
5 11 (4.95%) Fortinet
6 8 (3.60%) Palo Alto
7 7 (3.15%) NetApp
7 7 (3.15%) Veeam
8 6 (2.70%) Dell
9 5 (2.25%) BeyondTrust
9 5 (2.25%) HP
9 5 (2.25%) Juniper
9 5 (2.25%) Oracle
9 5 (2.25%) Tenable
10 4 (1.80%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.35%) Qualys
11 3 (1.35%) SAP
12 2 (0.90%) Aruba
12 2 (0.90%) Google