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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 96 32
Rank change year-on-year +59 -64 -11
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 372 75 414
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.08% 2.16% 5.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.70% 2.59% 6.84%
Number of salaries quoted 261 66 311
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £40,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,097 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +12.19% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 6,521 2,896 6,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.44% 83.29% 75.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,340 1,892 4,132
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,250 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% -11.47% -0.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +28 160 £65,000 -18.75% 40
Bristol +8 68 £65,000 +8.33% 17
Devon +9 49 £50,000 +5.26% 17
Wiltshire +23 44 £50,000 -13.04% 11
Dorset +15 24 £53,750 +37.82% 5
Somerset -19 19 £54,250 +14.21% 11
Cornwall - 8 £60,000 -
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 14 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.15%) Confluence
4 4 (1.08%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.81%) Apache
5 3 (0.81%) IIS
6 1 (0.27%) Drupal
6 1 (0.27%) nginx
6 1 (0.27%) Site Server
6 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.76%) AutoCAD
2 13 (3.49%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 69 (18.55%) Azure
2 68 (18.28%) AWS
3 45 (12.10%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (7.53%) Entra ID
5 14 (3.76%) GCP
6 13 (3.49%) OpenShift
7 9 (2.42%) GitHub
7 9 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.88%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.88%) Serverless
10 6 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.61%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.61%) IaaS
11 5 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.34%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (1.34%) PaaS
12 4 (1.08%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (8.33%) Firewall
2 28 (7.53%) DNS
3 26 (6.99%) DHCP
4 21 (5.65%) WAN
5 18 (4.84%) LAN
6 15 (4.03%) VLAN
7 14 (3.76%) TCP/IP
8 11 (2.96%) Network Security
9 10 (2.69%) VPN
10 7 (1.88%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (1.34%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.34%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (1.34%) Software-Defined Networking
11 5 (1.34%) Unified Communications
11 5 (1.34%) VoIP
11 5 (1.34%) WebEx
11 5 (1.34%) Wireless
12 4 (1.08%) IPv4
12 4 (1.08%) SAN
13 3 (0.81%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.42%) MySQL
2 8 (2.15%) InfluxDB
3 5 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.81%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.54%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.27%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.27%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (8.33%) GitLab
2 24 (6.45%) Git
3 23 (6.18%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.42%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.88%) JIRA
5 7 (1.88%) Robot Framework
5 7 (1.88%) TestRail
6 6 (1.61%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.61%) Selenium
7 2 (0.54%) Subversion
8 1 (0.27%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.27%) Gatling
8 1 (0.27%) JMeter
8 1 (0.27%) Vagrant
General
1 40 (10.75%) Social Skills
2 35 (9.41%) Finance
3 16 (4.30%) Manufacturing
4 15 (4.03%) Aerospace
5 13 (3.49%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.49%) Retail
6 11 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.61%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.34%) Banking
8 5 (1.34%) Marketing
9 4 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.81%) Automotive
10 3 (0.81%) Electronics
10 3 (0.81%) Legal
11 1 (0.27%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 290 (77.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 94 (25.27%) Senior
3 84 (22.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (8.87%) Cloud Engineer
4 33 (8.87%) IT Engineer
5 31 (8.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (7.80%) Infrastructure Support
7 26 (6.99%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (6.99%) Support Engineer
8 23 (6.18%) Azure Engineer
8 23 (6.18%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 22 (5.91%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (5.91%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (3.76%) IT Support
10 14 (3.76%) IT Support Engineer
11 13 (3.49%) Electrical Engineer
12 12 (3.23%) Linux Engineer
12 12 (3.23%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.23%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
13 11 (2.96%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.96%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (1.61%) Playwright
2 6 (1.61%) pytest
3 5 (1.34%) XMPP
4 4 (1.08%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.08%) boto
5 3 (0.81%) Keycloak
6 2 (0.54%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.54%) ActiveMQ
6 2 (0.54%) LDAP
6 2 (0.54%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.54%) RESTful
6 2 (0.54%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.54%) YAML
7 1 (0.27%) .NET
7 1 (0.27%) CSS
7 1 (0.27%) Memcached
7 1 (0.27%) OpenID
7 1 (0.27%) SAML
7 1 (0.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.57%) Cloud Native
2 14 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (2.96%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.69%) Replication
5 8 (2.15%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.88%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.88%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.34%) FlexPod
7 5 (1.34%) PKI
7 5 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.08%) CCTV
8 4 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.81%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.54%) BYOD
10 2 (0.54%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.54%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.54%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.27%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 82 (22.04%) Linux
2 67 (18.01%) Windows
3 45 (12.10%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.42%) CentOS
5 5 (1.34%) Unix
6 3 (0.81%) VMS
7 2 (0.54%) Android
7 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.27%) Rocky
8 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (16.94%) Infrastructure as Code
2 56 (15.05%) DevOps
3 55 (14.78%) CI/CD
4 44 (11.83%) Containerisation
5 36 (9.68%) Agile
6 32 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
6 32 (8.60%) Infrastructure Automation
7 31 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (6.45%) Project Delivery
10 23 (6.18%) Disaster Recovery
11 22 (5.91%) Collaborative Culture
11 22 (5.91%) Platform Engineering
12 18 (4.84%) Mentoring
13 16 (4.30%) ITIL
13 16 (4.30%) Test Automation
14 15 (4.03%) High Availability
14 15 (4.03%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (3.76%) Collaborative Working
15 14 (3.76%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 45 (12.10%) Python
2 36 (9.68%) Bash
3 30 (8.06%) PowerShell
4 11 (2.96%) Java
5 10 (2.69%) SQL
6 7 (1.88%) Go
7 6 (1.61%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.81%) Bicep
8 3 (0.81%) Rust
9 2 (0.54%) C#
9 2 (0.54%) C++
9 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 88 (23.66%) Security Cleared
2 45 (12.10%) DV Cleared
3 35 (9.41%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.49%) Degree
5 11 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.42%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 6 (1.61%) Chartered Engineer
10 5 (1.34%) CCNA
10 5 (1.34%) RHCE
11 4 (1.08%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.08%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.08%) OSCP
11 4 (1.08%) RHCSA
12 3 (0.81%) CCNP
12 3 (0.81%) MCSE
12 3 (0.81%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.15%) GDPR
4 7 (1.88%) QA
5 2 (0.54%) SLA
5 2 (0.54%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.27%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 44 (11.83%) Active Directory
2 36 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (9.14%) Docker
4 29 (7.80%) Hyper-V
5 11 (2.96%) vSphere
6 8 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.61%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 5 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (1.34%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.08%) Squid
10 2 (0.54%) KVM
10 2 (0.54%) NDS
10 2 (0.54%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.27%) Firmware
11 1 (0.27%) GPFS
11 1 (0.27%) Lustre
11 1 (0.27%) QEMU
11 1 (0.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 58 (15.59%) Terraform
2 51 (13.71%) Ansible
2 51 (13.71%) Kubernetes
3 22 (5.91%) Grafana
4 16 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (3.23%) Puppet
6 10 (2.69%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.42%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.61%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.61%) Kibana
8 6 (1.61%) logstash
8 6 (1.61%) Packer
9 5 (1.34%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (1.34%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.08%) Argo
10 4 (1.08%) Rancher
10 4 (1.08%) VxRail
11 3 (0.81%) Proxmox
12 2 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.54%) linkerd
Vendors
1 79 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 42 (11.29%) VMware
3 17 (4.57%) Cisco
4 16 (4.30%) Red Hat
4 16 (4.30%) Splunk
5 13 (3.49%) Veeam
6 9 (2.42%) Fortinet
6 9 (2.42%) Oracle
7 6 (1.61%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.61%) Palo Alto
8 5 (1.34%) HP
8 5 (1.34%) Juniper
8 5 (1.34%) NetApp
9 3 (0.81%) Aruba
9 3 (0.81%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (0.81%) Dell
10 2 (0.54%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.54%) ForgeRock
10 2 (0.54%) Google
10 2 (0.54%) Okta