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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 36 29
Rank change year-on-year -56 -7 +110
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 78 357 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.23% 4.75% 7.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 6.26% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 69 242 172
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,891 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +0.96%

All Process and 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 2,859 5,706 4,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 81.80% 75.93% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 3,429 3,375
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.33%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering 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 September 2025.

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 September 2025. 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
Bristol -13 21 £60,000 +20.00% 5
Gloucestershire -5 18 £80,000 +77.78% 20
Devon -12 17 £47,500 +5.56% 6
Somerset -13 8 £47,500 -2.56% 2
Dorset +22 7 £39,000 -13.33% 4
Wiltshire -41 5 £60,000 +13.21% 5
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (12.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.28%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.28%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 39 (50.00%) Azure
2 20 (25.64%) Entra ID
2 20 (25.64%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (14.10%) AWS
4 9 (11.54%) IaaS
5 8 (10.26%) Azure Stack
6 7 (8.97%) PaaS
7 5 (6.41%) Rubrik
7 5 (6.41%) Serverless
8 4 (5.13%) OCI
9 3 (3.85%) SaaS
10 2 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (2.56%) GitHub
10 2 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (1.28%) Google Workspace
11 1 (1.28%) Nutanix
11 1 (1.28%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.28%) OpenShift
11 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (21.79%) Firewall
2 10 (12.82%) VLAN
3 9 (11.54%) SD-WAN
3 9 (11.54%) TCP/IP
4 7 (8.97%) SAN
4 7 (8.97%) VPN
4 7 (8.97%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (7.69%) DHCP
5 6 (7.69%) DNS
5 6 (7.69%) LAN
5 6 (7.69%) WAN
6 3 (3.85%) Wireless
7 2 (2.56%) BGP
7 2 (2.56%) Network Security
7 2 (2.56%) OSPF
7 2 (2.56%) WLAN
8 1 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.28%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (20.51%) Public Sector
2 14 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 8 (10.26%) Legal
4 6 (7.69%) Local Government
5 3 (3.85%) Finance
6 2 (2.56%) Advertising
6 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 17 (21.79%) IT Engineer
2 17 (21.79%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (17.95%) Senior
4 10 (12.82%) Cloud Engineer
4 10 (12.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (10.26%) Infrastructure Support
6 7 (8.97%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (8.97%) Support Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) IT Support
8 5 (6.41%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) Lead
8 5 (6.41%) Support Specialist
8 5 (6.41%) Technical Specialist
8 5 (6.41%) Technical Support
8 5 (6.41%) Technical Support Specialist
9 4 (5.13%) Civil Engineer
9 4 (5.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (3.85%) Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) 802.1X
2 3 (3.85%) OLE
3 2 (2.56%) YAML
4 1 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Data Centre
1 9 (11.54%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (10.26%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.41%) BYOD
4 3 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.85%) NHS
5 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.28%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.28%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (35.90%) Windows
2 25 (32.05%) Windows Server
3 18 (23.08%) Linux
4 11 (14.10%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (10.26%) Rocky
6 3 (3.85%) Debian
6 3 (3.85%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.28%) Android
7 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.28%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (16.67%) Containerisation
1 13 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (12.82%) DevOps
2 10 (12.82%) Vulnerability Management
3 9 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (11.54%) Platform Engineering
4 7 (8.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (6.41%) CRM
6 5 (6.41%) Mentoring
6 5 (6.41%) Predictive Analysis
6 5 (6.41%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (6.41%) Project Management
6 5 (6.41%) Service Management
7 4 (5.13%) Business Strategy
7 4 (5.13%) Project Delivery
7 4 (5.13%) Technology Strategy
8 3 (3.85%) CI/CD
8 3 (3.85%) Decision Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 10 (12.82%) Python
3 6 (7.69%) Bash
4 2 (2.56%) Bicep
4 2 (2.56%) SQL
5 1 (1.28%) Perl
Qualifications
1 17 (21.79%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 13 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 9 (11.54%) Azure Certification
3 9 (11.54%) Degree
4 8 (10.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (10.26%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (6.41%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (3.85%) CCNP
6 3 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.85%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.85%) Postgraduate
7 2 (2.56%) CCIE
7 2 (2.56%) CCNA
8 1 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.41%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (6.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.85%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.28%) GDPR
3 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 27 (34.62%) Active Directory
2 19 (24.36%) Hyper-V
3 7 (8.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (6.41%) vSphere
5 4 (5.13%) Docker
5 4 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.56%) XenApp
7 1 (1.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (10.26%) Ansible
4 7 (8.97%) Terraform
5 3 (3.85%) SCCM
5 3 (3.85%) SmoothWall
6 1 (1.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.10%) VMware
3 8 (10.26%) Dell
3 8 (10.26%) Veeam
4 7 (8.97%) Aruba
5 6 (7.69%) Cisco
6 5 (6.41%) HP
6 5 (6.41%) Oracle
6 5 (6.41%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.85%) EMC
7 3 (3.85%) Red Hat
8 2 (2.56%) Citrix
8 2 (2.56%) Meraki
9 1 (1.28%) 3PAR
9 1 (1.28%) Google
9 1 (1.28%) Juniper
9 1 (1.28%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.28%) Splunk