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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 95 38
Rank change year-on-year +54 -57 -15
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 294 76 463
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.58% 2.33% 4.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.00% 2.73% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 180 65 350
10th Percentile £37,375 £30,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,194 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +14.39% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £58,563
90th Percentile £80,250 £90,000 £68,750
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 5,877 2,780 7,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.51% 85.28% 78.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,874 1,805 5,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,396
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.57% -3.37%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,343 £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 10 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 10 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 +36 128 £55,000 -31.25% 25
Bristol +5 54 £65,000 +8.33% 8
Wiltshire +17 39 £50,000 -16.67% 11
Devon -10 35 £50,000 +5.26% 7
Dorset +3 18 £45,000 -46.27% 5
Somerset -26 15 £55,000 +15.79% 5
Cornwall - 5 £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 16 (5.44%) SharePoint
2 13 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.40%) Confluence
4 4 (1.36%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.02%) IIS
6 2 (0.68%) Apache
7 1 (0.34%) Drupal
7 1 (0.34%) nginx
7 1 (0.34%) Site Server
7 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.40%) AutoCAD
2 6 (2.04%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 60 (20.41%) Azure
2 46 (15.65%) AWS
2 46 (15.65%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (8.16%) Entra ID
4 14 (4.76%) OpenShift
5 12 (4.08%) GCP
6 9 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (2.38%) Serverless
8 6 (2.04%) GitHub
8 6 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.70%) Amazon S3
9 5 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.70%) IaaS
10 4 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.36%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (1.36%) AWS Fargate
10 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.59%) Firewall
2 32 (10.88%) DNS
3 29 (9.86%) DHCP
4 27 (9.18%) WAN
5 23 (7.82%) LAN
6 15 (5.10%) VLAN
7 14 (4.76%) TCP/IP
8 12 (4.08%) VPN
9 9 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (2.38%) Network Security
10 7 (2.38%) Unified Communications
10 7 (2.38%) WebEx
11 6 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (2.04%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (1.70%) NAS
12 5 (1.70%) SAN
12 5 (1.70%) VoIP
13 4 (1.36%) IPv4
13 4 (1.36%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.36%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.06%) InfluxDB
2 4 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.36%) MySQL
3 3 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.68%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.68%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.68%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.34%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.34%) Redis
Development Applications
1 33 (11.22%) GitLab
2 25 (8.50%) Git
3 24 (8.16%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.06%) Bitbucket
4 9 (3.06%) JIRA
5 8 (2.72%) Robot Framework
5 8 (2.72%) TestRail
6 7 (2.38%) Cypress.io
6 7 (2.38%) Selenium
7 4 (1.36%) Subversion
8 1 (0.34%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.34%) Gatling
8 1 (0.34%) JMeter
8 1 (0.34%) Vagrant
General
1 39 (13.27%) Finance
2 32 (10.88%) Social Skills
3 19 (6.46%) Aerospace
4 13 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (3.74%) Retail
6 8 (2.72%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.72%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.72%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.04%) Banking
7 6 (2.04%) Marketing
8 4 (1.36%) Legal
9 3 (1.02%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.02%) Automotive
9 3 (1.02%) Electronics
10 1 (0.34%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 226 (76.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 69 (23.47%) Senior
3 59 (20.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 31 (10.54%) IT Engineer
5 28 (9.52%) Cloud Engineer
6 26 (8.84%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (8.16%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (7.48%) Infrastructure Support
9 21 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (6.80%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 19 (6.46%) Support Engineer
12 16 (5.44%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (5.44%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 12 (4.08%) IT Support
13 12 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
13 12 (4.08%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 10 (3.40%) Linux Engineer
14 10 (3.40%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (3.06%) Test Engineer
16 8 (2.72%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.42%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (2.38%) Apache NiFi
2 7 (2.38%) Playwright
2 7 (2.38%) pytest
2 7 (2.38%) XMPP
3 6 (2.04%) Keycloak
4 4 (1.36%) boto
5 2 (0.68%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.68%) OAuth
5 2 (0.68%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.68%) OpenID
5 2 (0.68%) RESTful
5 2 (0.68%) SAML
5 2 (0.68%) YAML
6 1 (0.34%) .NET
6 1 (0.34%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.34%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.34%) CSS
6 1 (0.34%) Django
6 1 (0.34%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.10%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.76%) Driving Licence
2 14 (4.76%) Replication
3 10 (3.40%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.72%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.38%) FlexPod
5 7 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (1.36%) CCTV
6 4 (1.36%) PKI
7 3 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.02%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.68%) BYOD
8 2 (0.68%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 80 (27.21%) Linux
2 65 (22.11%) Windows
3 43 (14.63%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.06%) CentOS
5 6 (2.04%) Unix
6 3 (1.02%) VMS
7 2 (0.68%) Android
7 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Rocky
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (18.37%) Infrastructure as Code
2 49 (16.67%) DevOps
3 45 (15.31%) CI/CD
4 36 (12.24%) Containerisation
5 35 (11.90%) Agile
6 34 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (9.18%) Collaborative Culture
8 27 (9.18%) Infrastructure Automation
9 22 (7.48%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (6.12%) Test Automation
11 17 (5.78%) Collaborative Working
11 17 (5.78%) High Availability
12 15 (5.10%) Project Delivery
13 14 (4.76%) Data Management
13 14 (4.76%) Migration
13 14 (4.76%) Platform Engineering
14 13 (4.42%) Mentoring
15 12 (4.08%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 45 (15.31%) Python
2 35 (11.90%) Bash
3 27 (9.18%) PowerShell
4 11 (3.74%) Java
5 7 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.04%) Go
6 6 (2.04%) SQL
7 3 (1.02%) Bicep
7 3 (1.02%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.34%) C#
8 1 (0.34%) C++
8 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 84 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 42 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 29 (9.86%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (3.40%) Degree
6 9 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 6 (2.04%) AWS Certification
8 6 (2.04%) CCNA
8 6 (2.04%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.70%) RHCE
10 4 (1.36%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.36%) CCNP
10 4 (1.36%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.36%) OSCP
10 4 (1.36%) Postgraduate
10 4 (1.36%) RHCSA
11 3 (1.02%) MCSE
12 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.72%) GDPR
4 6 (2.04%) QA
5 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.34%) NCSC
7 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (13.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 38 (12.93%) Active Directory
3 32 (10.88%) Docker
4 27 (9.18%) Hyper-V
5 12 (4.08%) vSphere
6 9 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (2.04%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.70%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.70%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (1.36%) Squid
10 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.34%) Firmware
11 1 (0.34%) GPFS
11 1 (0.34%) KVM
11 1 (0.34%) Lustre
11 1 (0.34%) QEMU
11 1 (0.34%) Xen
Systems Management
1 51 (17.35%) Ansible
1 51 (17.35%) Kubernetes
2 45 (15.31%) Terraform
3 22 (7.48%) Grafana
4 16 (5.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.08%) Puppet
6 11 (3.74%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.38%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (2.38%) Kibana
7 7 (2.38%) logstash
7 7 (2.38%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.38%) VxRail
8 6 (2.04%) FortiGate
8 6 (2.04%) Packer
8 6 (2.04%) Rancher
9 5 (1.70%) Argo
10 4 (1.36%) yum
10 4 (1.36%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.68%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 78 (26.53%) Microsoft
2 43 (14.63%) VMware
3 20 (6.80%) Cisco
4 19 (6.46%) Splunk
5 18 (6.12%) Red Hat
6 11 (3.74%) Fortinet
6 11 (3.74%) Veeam
7 9 (3.06%) Oracle
8 8 (2.72%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.38%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.38%) NetApp
10 6 (2.04%) BeyondTrust
11 5 (1.70%) Dell
11 5 (1.70%) HP
12 4 (1.36%) Juniper
13 3 (1.02%) Aruba
14 2 (0.68%) Google
14 2 (0.68%) Meraki
14 2 (0.68%) Thales
15 1 (0.34%) Zerto