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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 89 36
Rank change year-on-year +50 -53 -7
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 417 77 354
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 4.17% 2.22% 4.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.89% 2.70% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 290 68 242
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,302
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,445 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +10.89% +5.26%
75th Percentile £70,938 £75,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £70,000
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 7,083 2,847 5,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 70.77% 81.90% 75.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4,817 1,801 3,470
10th Percentile £30,575 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £31,750 £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 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +26 178 £65,000 -18.75% 64
Devon +17 69 £50,000 +8.11% 5
Bristol +2 68 £65,000 +8.33% 34
Wiltshire +21 48 £50,000 -16.67% 18
Dorset +17 26 £63,750 +63.46% 10
Somerset -24 20 £53,500 +12.63% 13
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 20 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 19 (4.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.92%) Confluence
4 5 (1.20%) Apache
4 5 (1.20%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.72%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Drupal
6 1 (0.24%) nginx
6 1 (0.24%) Site Server
6 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (3.12%) AutoCAD
1 13 (3.12%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 78 (18.71%) Azure
2 73 (17.51%) AWS
3 50 (11.99%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (8.39%) Entra ID
5 18 (4.32%) GCP
6 16 (3.84%) OpenShift
7 13 (3.12%) Serverless
8 10 (2.40%) GitHub
8 10 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (1.92%) IaaS
11 6 (1.44%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.44%) Amazon S3
12 5 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.20%) PaaS
13 4 (0.96%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 35 (8.39%) Firewall
2 32 (7.67%) DNS
3 30 (7.19%) DHCP
4 19 (4.56%) VLAN
4 19 (4.56%) WAN
5 18 (4.32%) TCP/IP
6 16 (3.84%) LAN
7 11 (2.64%) VoIP
8 10 (2.40%) Network Security
9 9 (2.16%) VPN
10 7 (1.68%) Wireless
11 6 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (1.20%) Software-Defined Networking
13 4 (0.96%) IPv4
13 4 (0.96%) SAN
14 3 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
14 3 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
14 3 (0.72%) NAS
14 3 (0.72%) SD-WAN
14 3 (0.72%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.88%) MySQL
2 9 (2.16%) InfluxDB
2 9 (2.16%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.72%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.72%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.72%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.24%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 32 (7.67%) GitLab
2 26 (6.24%) Git
3 24 (5.76%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.16%) Bitbucket
5 8 (1.92%) Robot Framework
5 8 (1.92%) TestRail
6 7 (1.68%) JIRA
7 6 (1.44%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.44%) Selenium
8 3 (0.72%) Subversion
9 1 (0.24%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.24%) Gatling
9 1 (0.24%) JMeter
9 1 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 45 (10.79%) Social Skills
2 43 (10.31%) Finance
3 18 (4.32%) Manufacturing
4 15 (3.60%) Aerospace
5 13 (3.12%) Retail
6 12 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (0.96%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (0.96%) Legal
8 4 (0.96%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.72%) Banking
9 3 (0.72%) Marketing
10 2 (0.48%) Automotive
10 2 (0.48%) Electronics
11 1 (0.24%) Advertising
11 1 (0.24%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 332 (79.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 105 (25.18%) Senior
3 95 (22.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 42 (10.07%) Infrastructure Support
5 39 (9.35%) Support Engineer
6 36 (8.63%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 36 (8.63%) IT Engineer
7 34 (8.15%) Cloud Engineer
8 31 (7.43%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 29 (6.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (5.76%) DevOps Engineer
11 23 (5.52%) Azure Engineer
12 22 (5.28%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (4.08%) IT Support
13 17 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
14 16 (3.84%) Electrical Engineer
15 14 (3.36%) Lead
15 14 (3.36%) Test Engineer
16 13 (3.12%) Linux Engineer
16 13 (3.12%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (14.63%) Terraform
2 13 (3.12%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (1.44%) Playwright
3 6 (1.44%) pytest
4 5 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
5 4 (0.96%) boto
6 3 (0.72%) Keycloak
6 3 (0.72%) LDAP
6 3 (0.72%) RESTful
6 3 (0.72%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.72%) XMPP
7 2 (0.48%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.48%) ActiveMQ
7 2 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.48%) YAML
8 1 (0.24%) ARM Templates
8 1 (0.24%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.24%) Node.js
8 1 (0.24%) React
8 1 (0.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.80%) Cloud Native
2 11 (2.64%) Driving Licence
2 11 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (1.92%) Data Centre
3 8 (1.92%) Replication
4 7 (1.68%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.20%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.20%) PKI
6 4 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (0.96%) Public Cloud
7 3 (0.72%) CCTV
7 3 (0.72%) FlexPod
7 3 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.48%) BYOD
8 2 (0.48%) Cyberattack
8 2 (0.48%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.48%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.48%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.24%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 85 (20.38%) Linux
2 74 (17.75%) Windows
3 53 (12.71%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.88%) CentOS
5 6 (1.44%) Unix
6 4 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.72%) VMS
8 2 (0.48%) Android
8 2 (0.48%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.48%) Rocky
8 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (15.83%) Infrastructure as Code
2 64 (15.35%) DevOps
3 59 (14.15%) CI/CD
4 52 (12.47%) Containerisation
5 42 (10.07%) Agile
5 42 (10.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (9.83%) Cybersecurity
7 34 (8.15%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (7.67%) Infrastructure Automation
9 27 (6.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 27 (6.47%) Project Delivery
10 25 (6.00%) Platform Engineering
11 23 (5.52%) Collaborative Culture
12 18 (4.32%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (4.32%) ITIL
12 18 (4.32%) Test Automation
13 17 (4.08%) High Availability
13 17 (4.08%) Mentoring
14 16 (3.84%) Observability
14 16 (3.84%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 47 (11.27%) Python
2 39 (9.35%) Bash
3 29 (6.95%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.12%) Java
4 13 (3.12%) SQL
5 10 (2.40%) Go
6 6 (1.44%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.96%) Rust
8 3 (0.72%) Bicep
9 2 (0.48%) C#
9 2 (0.48%) C++
9 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 100 (23.98%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.99%) DV Cleared
3 34 (8.15%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.12%) Degree
5 11 (2.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.16%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 8 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.68%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.20%) CCNA
9 5 (1.20%) RHCE
10 4 (0.96%) ISTQB
10 4 (0.96%) OSCP
10 4 (0.96%) RHCSA
11 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.72%) CCNP
11 3 (0.72%) MCSE
11 3 (0.72%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.48%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (2.64%) QA
3 8 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.68%) GDPR
5 2 (0.48%) SLA
5 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.24%) NCSC
System Software
1 51 (12.23%) Active Directory
2 37 (8.87%) Docker
3 34 (8.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 33 (7.91%) Hyper-V
5 11 (2.64%) vSphere
6 8 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.44%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.96%) Squid
10 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.72%) NDS
10 3 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.48%) KVM
11 2 (0.48%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.24%) GPFS
12 1 (0.24%) Lustre
12 1 (0.24%) QEMU
12 1 (0.24%) Xen
Systems Management
1 59 (14.15%) Kubernetes
2 53 (12.71%) Ansible
3 24 (5.76%) Grafana
4 20 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (3.12%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.12%) Puppet
6 9 (2.16%) vCenter Server
7 7 (1.68%) Argo
8 6 (1.44%) FortiGate
8 6 (1.44%) Kibana
8 6 (1.44%) logstash
8 6 (1.44%) Packer
8 6 (1.44%) Rancher
9 5 (1.20%) ZABBIX
10 4 (0.96%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.96%) Istio
10 4 (0.96%) linkerd
10 4 (0.96%) Mesos
10 4 (0.96%) VxRail
11 3 (0.72%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 87 (20.86%) Microsoft
2 41 (9.83%) VMware
3 18 (4.32%) Red Hat
3 18 (4.32%) Veeam
4 15 (3.60%) Splunk
5 14 (3.36%) Cisco
6 9 (2.16%) Oracle
7 7 (1.68%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.44%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.96%) Citrix
9 4 (0.96%) HP
9 4 (0.96%) Juniper
9 4 (0.96%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.72%) Aruba
10 3 (0.72%) BeyondTrust
10 3 (0.72%) CyberArk
10 3 (0.72%) ForgeRock
10 3 (0.72%) NetApp
10 3 (0.72%) NetIQ
10 3 (0.72%) OpenText