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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 91 37
Rank change year-on-year +51 -54 +12
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 421 80 311
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.00% 2.24% 4.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.62% 2.72% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 282 71 208
10th Percentile £37,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,375 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,194 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% +14.39% +5.26%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £59,988
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 7,496 2,941 5,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.23% 82.17% 75.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,088 1,827 2,988
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,924 £31,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 October 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 October 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 +21 182 £65,000 -18.75% 60
Devon +18 74 £50,000 +11.11% 13
Bristol -1 67 £65,000 +6.12% 16
Wiltshire +18 46 £50,000 -14.89% 28
Dorset +12 26 £46,000 +17.95% 12
Somerset -23 18 £53,500 +12.63% 10
Cornwall - 7 £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 17 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.43%) Confluence
4 5 (1.19%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.95%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (3.09%) AutoCAD
1 13 (3.09%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 75 (17.81%) Azure
2 71 (16.86%) AWS
3 43 (10.21%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (8.08%) Entra ID
5 21 (4.99%) GCP
6 15 (3.56%) OpenShift
7 12 (2.85%) Serverless
8 8 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.90%) GitHub
8 8 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.43%) IaaS
11 5 (1.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.19%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (0.95%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (0.95%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (7.13%) DNS
2 28 (6.65%) Firewall
3 27 (6.41%) DHCP
4 16 (3.80%) VLAN
5 14 (3.33%) TCP/IP
6 11 (2.61%) VoIP
7 10 (2.38%) WAN
8 9 (2.14%) Network Security
9 8 (1.90%) LAN
10 7 (1.66%) VPN
10 7 (1.66%) Wireless
11 5 (1.19%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (0.95%) Internet
12 4 (0.95%) IPv4
12 4 (0.95%) SAN
13 3 (0.71%) NAS
13 3 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.48%) SD-WAN
15 1 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
15 1 (0.24%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.85%) MySQL
2 9 (2.14%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.66%) InfluxDB
4 3 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.71%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (7.36%) GitLab
2 30 (7.13%) Git
3 22 (5.23%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.38%) Bitbucket
5 7 (1.66%) Robot Framework
5 7 (1.66%) TestRail
6 6 (1.43%) JIRA
7 5 (1.19%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.19%) Selenium
8 4 (0.95%) Subversion
9 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
General
1 48 (11.40%) Finance
2 44 (10.45%) Social Skills
3 19 (4.51%) Manufacturing
4 11 (2.61%) Aerospace
4 11 (2.61%) Public Sector
4 11 (2.61%) Retail
5 10 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (1.66%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (0.95%) Legal
8 2 (0.48%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.24%) Banking
9 1 (0.24%) Marketing
9 1 (0.24%) Military
9 1 (0.24%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 337 (80.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 111 (26.37%) Senior
3 102 (24.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (9.03%) Infrastructure Support
5 36 (8.55%) Support Engineer
6 35 (8.31%) Cloud Engineer
6 35 (8.31%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 32 (7.60%) IT Engineer
8 31 (7.36%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 30 (7.13%) DevOps Engineer
10 27 (6.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (5.46%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (5.23%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (4.51%) Electrical Engineer
14 15 (3.56%) IT Support
14 15 (3.56%) IT Support Engineer
14 15 (3.56%) Lead
15 13 (3.09%) Test Engineer
16 12 (2.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
17 11 (2.61%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (14.01%) Terraform
2 13 (3.09%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (1.19%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (1.19%) Playwright
3 5 (1.19%) pytest
4 4 (0.95%) boto
5 3 (0.71%) ActiveMQ
5 3 (0.71%) Keycloak
5 3 (0.71%) LDAP
5 3 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (0.71%) RESTful
5 3 (0.71%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.48%) YAML
7 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.24%) Django
7 1 (0.24%) Node.js
7 1 (0.24%) OAuth
7 1 (0.24%) OpenID
7 1 (0.24%) Sass
7 1 (0.24%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.51%) Cloud Native
2 9 (2.14%) Driving Licence
3 8 (1.90%) Data Centre
3 8 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (1.43%) PKI
4 6 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.19%) Replication
6 4 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (0.95%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.71%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.48%) CCTV
8 2 (0.48%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.24%) Clustering
9 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.24%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.24%) PropTech
9 1 (0.24%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 81 (19.24%) Linux
2 68 (16.15%) Windows
3 48 (11.40%) Windows Server
4 10 (2.38%) CentOS
5 7 (1.66%) Unix
6 4 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.48%) Android
7 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.48%) Rocky
8 1 (0.24%) VMS
8 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (16.63%) Infrastructure as Code
2 69 (16.39%) DevOps
3 63 (14.96%) CI/CD
4 56 (13.30%) Containerisation
5 45 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (10.45%) Agile
7 37 (8.79%) Cybersecurity
8 35 (8.31%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (7.13%) Platform Engineering
10 27 (6.41%) Infrastructure Automation
11 26 (6.18%) Disaster Recovery
12 22 (5.23%) Collaborative Culture
12 22 (5.23%) Project Delivery
13 18 (4.28%) Mentoring
14 17 (4.04%) Collaborative Working
14 17 (4.04%) High Availability
14 17 (4.04%) ITIL
14 17 (4.04%) Observability
14 17 (4.04%) Technical Leadership
15 16 (3.80%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 51 (12.11%) Python
2 43 (10.21%) Bash
3 27 (6.41%) PowerShell
4 16 (3.80%) Java
5 11 (2.61%) Go
5 11 (2.61%) SQL
6 7 (1.66%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.19%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.95%) Rust
9 3 (0.71%) Bicep
9 3 (0.71%) C#
9 3 (0.71%) C++
Qualifications
1 101 (23.99%) Security Cleared
2 53 (12.59%) DV Cleared
3 30 (7.13%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.85%) Degree
5 8 (1.90%) AWS Certification
5 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (1.66%) Chartered Engineer
6 7 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.95%) CCNA
7 4 (0.95%) ISTQB
7 4 (0.95%) OSCP
7 4 (0.95%) RHCE
7 4 (0.95%) RHCSA
8 3 (0.71%) CCNP
8 3 (0.71%) MCSE
8 3 (0.71%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (2.85%) QA
3 4 (0.95%) GDPR
3 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.24%) SLA
4 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (11.16%) Active Directory
2 37 (8.79%) Docker
3 30 (7.13%) Hyper-V
3 30 (7.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.14%) vSphere
5 7 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.66%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.95%) Squid
8 3 (0.71%) NDS
9 2 (0.48%) KVM
9 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.24%) GPFS
10 1 (0.24%) Lustre
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 59 (14.01%) Kubernetes
2 48 (11.40%) Ansible
3 23 (5.46%) Grafana
4 18 (4.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (3.56%) Prometheus
6 14 (3.33%) Puppet
7 9 (2.14%) Argo
7 9 (2.14%) vCenter Server
8 7 (1.66%) Rancher
9 5 (1.19%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.19%) Kibana
9 5 (1.19%) logstash
9 5 (1.19%) Packer
9 5 (1.19%) ZABBIX
10 4 (0.95%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.95%) Istio
10 4 (0.95%) linkerd
10 4 (0.95%) Mesos
10 4 (0.95%) VxRail
10 4 (0.95%) yum
Vendors
1 89 (21.14%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.79%) VMware
3 16 (3.80%) Veeam
4 14 (3.33%) Red Hat
5 12 (2.85%) Splunk
6 9 (2.14%) Cisco
7 8 (1.90%) Oracle
8 6 (1.43%) Citrix
9 5 (1.19%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.19%) Google
10 3 (0.71%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (0.71%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.71%) ForgeRock
10 3 (0.71%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.71%) HP
10 3 (0.71%) Juniper
10 3 (0.71%) NetIQ
10 3 (0.71%) Okta
10 3 (0.71%) OpenText
11 2 (0.48%) arcserve