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 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 102 45
Rank change year-on-year +46 -57 -15
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 177 56 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.55% 2.05% 4.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 2.29% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 122 43 301
10th Percentile £40,125 £46,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,888 £50,625 £42,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £71,991 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% +42.56% +6.32%
75th Percentile £65,000 £88,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £97,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,320 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.58% +10.64% -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 4,850 2,450 7,071
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 69.80% 89.88% 84.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,255 1,516 5,408
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +7.87% -2.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,614 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +39 68 £55,000 -42.11% 29
Bristol +3 39 £60,000 -16.66% 11
Wiltshire +11 34 £55,000 +6.59% 11
Devon -10 15 £42,750 -21.66% 4
Somerset -13 11 £55,000 - 5
Dorset -18 8 £60,000 -28.36% 5
Cornwall - 2 £47,000 -
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 6 (3.39%) Confluence
1 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (3.39%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.69%) IIS
3 2 (1.13%) Apache
3 2 (1.13%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.56%) Drupal
4 1 (0.56%) nginx
4 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.26%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.56%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 38 (21.47%) Azure
2 24 (13.56%) AWS
3 18 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.34%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.08%) GitHub
6 9 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (4.52%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.82%) GCP
9 4 (2.26%) IaaS
9 4 (2.26%) PaaS
10 3 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.69%) Serverless
11 2 (1.13%) Rubrik
12 1 (0.56%) AWS Control Tower
12 1 (0.56%) Copilot Studio
12 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.56%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 27 (15.25%) Firewall
2 22 (12.43%) DNS
3 21 (11.86%) WAN
4 20 (11.30%) DHCP
5 17 (9.60%) LAN
6 13 (7.34%) VPN
7 12 (6.78%) TCP/IP
8 10 (5.65%) Network Security
8 10 (5.65%) VLAN
9 8 (4.52%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (3.39%) Unified Communications
10 6 (3.39%) WebEx
11 5 (2.82%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (2.82%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (2.82%) SAN
12 3 (1.69%) LTE
12 3 (1.69%) NAS
12 3 (1.69%) SD-WAN
13 2 (1.13%) Internet
14 1 (0.56%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.39%) InfluxDB
2 3 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.56%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.56%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.56%) MySQL
4 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.56%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 16 (9.04%) Git
2 14 (7.91%) GitLab
3 12 (6.78%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.39%) JIRA
5 5 (2.82%) Robot Framework
5 5 (2.82%) Subversion
5 5 (2.82%) TestRail
6 3 (1.69%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.69%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.69%) Selenium
7 1 (0.56%) Gatling
7 1 (0.56%) JMeter
7 1 (0.56%) Vagrant
General
1 31 (17.51%) Social Skills
2 17 (9.60%) Finance
3 14 (7.91%) Aerospace
4 12 (6.78%) Retail
5 10 (5.65%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.08%) Marketing
6 9 (5.08%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.95%) Electronics
7 7 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.95%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.82%) Banking
9 4 (2.26%) Law
10 3 (1.69%) Automotive
11 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Advertising
12 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Legal
12 1 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 125 (70.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (18.08%) Senior
3 26 (14.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 22 (12.43%) IT Engineer
5 20 (11.30%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (7.34%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 13 (7.34%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (6.78%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (5.65%) Infrastructure Support
9 9 (5.08%) Security Engineer
10 8 (4.52%) Senior IT Engineer
10 8 (4.52%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.95%) Analyst
11 7 (3.95%) Senior Security Engineer
12 6 (3.39%) Collaboration Engineer
12 6 (3.39%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 6 (3.39%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
12 6 (3.39%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 6 (3.39%) Linux Engineer
13 5 (2.82%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.95%) YAML
2 6 (3.39%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (3.39%) XMPP
3 3 (1.69%) Apache NiFi
3 3 (1.69%) Keycloak
3 3 (1.69%) OAuth
3 3 (1.69%) OAuth2
3 3 (1.69%) OpenID
3 3 (1.69%) Playwright
3 3 (1.69%) pytest
3 3 (1.69%) SAML
4 2 (1.13%) 802.1X
4 2 (1.13%) REST
4 2 (1.13%) SOAP
5 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.56%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.56%) Jinja
5 1 (0.56%) Memcached
5 1 (0.56%) NETCONF
5 1 (0.56%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.34%) Cloud Native
2 11 (6.21%) Driving Licence
3 9 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (5.08%) Replication
4 6 (3.39%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.39%) FlexPod
4 6 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.82%) YubiKey
6 4 (2.26%) CCTV
6 4 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.13%) BYOD
8 2 (1.13%) PMI
8 2 (1.13%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.56%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 46 (25.99%) Linux
2 45 (25.42%) Windows
3 31 (17.51%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.95%) CentOS
5 2 (1.13%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.13%) Unix
5 2 (1.13%) VMS
5 2 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.56%) Solaris
6 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.03%) Infrastructure as Code
2 35 (19.77%) DevOps
3 30 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (12.99%) CI/CD
5 20 (11.30%) Agile
5 20 (11.30%) Containerisation
6 18 (10.17%) Infrastructure Automation
7 17 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (9.04%) Collaborative Working
9 14 (7.91%) Platform Engineering
10 13 (7.34%) Collaborative Culture
11 12 (6.78%) ITIL
12 10 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (5.65%) Mentoring
13 9 (5.08%) Disaster Recovery
13 9 (5.08%) ITSM
13 9 (5.08%) Test Automation
13 9 (5.08%) Vulnerability Management
14 8 (4.52%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.38%) Python
2 25 (14.12%) Bash
3 24 (13.56%) PowerShell
4 9 (5.08%) Bicep
5 5 (2.82%) Go
5 5 (2.82%) Java
6 4 (2.26%) SQL
7 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.56%) PHP
8 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 70 (39.55%) Security Cleared
2 42 (23.73%) DV Cleared
3 27 (15.25%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.52%) Degree
4 8 (4.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (2.26%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.13%) CBAP
8 2 (1.13%) CCNA
8 2 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.13%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.56%) CCNP
9 1 (0.56%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.56%) RHCE
9 1 (0.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (7.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.39%) QA
4 5 (2.82%) GDPR
4 5 (2.82%) NIST
4 5 (2.82%) SLA
5 3 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.13%) NCSC
7 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (18.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 26 (14.69%) Active Directory
3 25 (14.12%) Docker
4 22 (12.43%) Hyper-V
5 12 (6.78%) vSphere
6 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (2.82%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 4 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.56%) Ceph
8 1 (0.56%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.56%) Firmware
8 1 (0.56%) KVM
8 1 (0.56%) Lustre
8 1 (0.56%) QEMU
8 1 (0.56%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.56%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (19.21%) Ansible
2 33 (18.64%) Kubernetes
3 24 (13.56%) Terraform
4 13 (7.34%) Grafana
5 10 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (3.95%) vCenter Server
7 6 (3.39%) Argo
7 6 (3.39%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (2.82%) Puppet
8 5 (2.82%) Rancher
8 5 (2.82%) yum
9 3 (1.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.69%) Kibana
9 3 (1.69%) logstash
9 3 (1.69%) NetBackup
9 3 (1.69%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.69%) VxRail
10 2 (1.13%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.13%) WSUS
Vendors
1 49 (27.68%) Microsoft
2 34 (19.21%) VMware
3 18 (10.17%) Cisco
4 14 (7.91%) Splunk
5 11 (6.21%) Fortinet
6 9 (5.08%) Red Hat
7 8 (4.52%) Palo Alto
8 6 (3.39%) Dell
8 6 (3.39%) NetApp
8 6 (3.39%) Veeam
9 5 (2.82%) HP
9 5 (2.82%) Tenable
10 4 (2.26%) Juniper
10 4 (2.26%) Meraki
10 4 (2.26%) SAP
11 3 (1.69%) Atlassian
11 3 (1.69%) BeyondTrust
11 3 (1.69%) Qualys
11 3 (1.69%) Thales
12 2 (1.13%) ServiceNow