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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 103 32
Rank change year-on-year +62 -71 -11
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 351 73 418
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.92% 2.08% 5.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.47% 2.49% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 247 64 314
10th Percentile £38,750 £30,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £41,217
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,097 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +12.19% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £69,625
England median annual salary £57,303 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.50% +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 6,420 2,937 6,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.63% 83.75% 75.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,235 1,906 4,188
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,275 £54,325
Median % change year-on-year +11.62% -9.30% -1.23%
75th Percentile £73,750 £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 11 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 11 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 +34 153 £62,500 -21.88% 46
Bristol +8 66 £65,000 +8.33% 18
Devon +7 45 £50,000 +5.26% 11
Wiltshire +19 41 £50,000 -16.67% 14
Dorset +12 21 £45,000 +15.38% 7
Somerset -22 17 £54,250 +14.21% 11
Cornwall - 8 £60,000 - 2
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 15 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (2.28%) Confluence
4 3 (0.85%) Apache
4 3 (0.85%) IIS
4 3 (0.85%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.28%) Drupal
5 1 (0.28%) nginx
5 1 (0.28%) Site Server
5 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.99%) AutoCAD
2 12 (3.42%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.94%) Azure
2 64 (18.23%) AWS
3 47 (13.39%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (8.26%) Entra ID
5 14 (3.99%) GCP
6 12 (3.42%) OpenShift
7 8 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.28%) GitHub
7 8 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (1.99%) Serverless
9 6 (1.71%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (1.71%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.42%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.42%) IaaS
11 4 (1.14%) AWS CloudTrail
11 4 (1.14%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.12%) Firewall
2 29 (8.26%) DNS
3 27 (7.69%) DHCP
4 24 (6.84%) WAN
5 21 (5.98%) LAN
6 16 (4.56%) VLAN
7 14 (3.99%) TCP/IP
8 11 (3.13%) VPN
9 10 (2.85%) Network Security
10 8 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (1.99%) Unified Communications
11 7 (1.99%) WebEx
12 6 (1.71%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.71%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (1.42%) Software-Defined Networking
13 5 (1.42%) VoIP
14 4 (1.14%) IPv4
15 3 (0.85%) NAS
15 3 (0.85%) SAN
15 3 (0.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.28%) InfluxDB
2 5 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.42%) MySQL
3 3 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.85%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.57%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.28%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.28%) Redis
Development Applications
1 30 (8.55%) GitLab
2 22 (6.27%) Git
2 22 (6.27%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.28%) Bitbucket
4 7 (1.99%) JIRA
4 7 (1.99%) Robot Framework
4 7 (1.99%) TestRail
5 6 (1.71%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.71%) Selenium
6 2 (0.57%) Subversion
7 1 (0.28%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.28%) Gatling
7 1 (0.28%) JMeter
7 1 (0.28%) Vagrant
General
1 39 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 33 (9.40%) Finance
3 15 (4.27%) Aerospace
4 14 (3.99%) Manufacturing
5 13 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 12 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (3.42%) Retail
7 7 (1.99%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.71%) Banking
8 6 (1.71%) Marketing
9 4 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.14%) Legal
10 3 (0.85%) Automotive
10 3 (0.85%) Electronics
11 1 (0.28%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 271 (77.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (24.79%) Senior
3 76 (21.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (9.69%) IT Engineer
5 33 (9.40%) Cloud Engineer
6 31 (8.83%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 25 (7.12%) Infrastructure Support
9 23 (6.55%) Azure Engineer
10 22 (6.27%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (6.27%) Support Engineer
11 20 (5.70%) DevOps Engineer
12 19 (5.41%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 14 (3.99%) IT Support
13 14 (3.99%) IT Support Engineer
14 12 (3.42%) Linux Engineer
14 12 (3.42%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (3.42%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
15 11 (3.13%) Electrical Engineer
16 10 (2.85%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.13%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (1.99%) XMPP
3 6 (1.71%) Playwright
3 6 (1.71%) pytest
4 4 (1.14%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.14%) boto
5 3 (0.85%) Keycloak
6 2 (0.57%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.57%) LDAP
6 2 (0.57%) RESTful
6 2 (0.57%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.57%) YAML
7 1 (0.28%) .NET
7 1 (0.28%) CSS
7 1 (0.28%) Node.js
7 1 (0.28%) OAuth
7 1 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.28%) REST
7 1 (0.28%) SAML
7 1 (0.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.56%) Cloud Native
1 16 (4.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 12 (3.42%) Replication
4 8 (2.28%) Data Centre
4 8 (2.28%) Onboarding
5 7 (1.99%) FlexPod
5 7 (1.99%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (1.71%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.14%) CCTV
7 4 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.14%) PKI
8 3 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.85%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.57%) BYOD
9 2 (0.57%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.57%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.57%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.28%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 80 (22.79%) Linux
2 65 (18.52%) Windows
3 42 (11.97%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.28%) CentOS
5 5 (1.42%) Unix
6 3 (0.85%) VMS
7 2 (0.57%) Android
7 2 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.28%) Rocky
8 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (17.09%) Infrastructure as Code
2 51 (14.53%) DevOps
3 50 (14.25%) CI/CD
4 41 (11.68%) Containerisation
5 33 (9.40%) Agile
6 32 (9.12%) Infrastructure Automation
7 31 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (7.12%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (6.55%) Project Delivery
11 22 (6.27%) Collaborative Culture
12 21 (5.98%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (5.41%) Platform Engineering
14 16 (4.56%) Test Automation
15 15 (4.27%) ITIL
15 15 (4.27%) Mentoring
16 14 (3.99%) High Availability
16 14 (3.99%) Technical Leadership
17 13 (3.70%) Migration
17 13 (3.70%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.97%) Python
2 33 (9.40%) Bash
3 29 (8.26%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.85%) Java
5 7 (1.99%) SQL
6 6 (1.71%) Go
6 6 (1.71%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.85%) Bicep
8 2 (0.57%) Rust
8 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.28%) C#
9 1 (0.28%) C++
9 1 (0.28%) PHP
Qualifications
1 82 (23.36%) Security Cleared
2 43 (12.25%) DV Cleared
3 33 (9.40%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.70%) Degree
5 12 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (2.56%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (1.99%) Chartered Engineer
9 5 (1.42%) CCNA
9 5 (1.42%) RHCE
10 4 (1.14%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.14%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.14%) OSCP
10 4 (1.14%) Postgraduate
10 4 (1.14%) RHCSA
11 3 (0.85%) CCNP
11 3 (0.85%) MCSE
12 2 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 10 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.28%) GDPR
4 5 (1.42%) QA
5 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.57%) SLA
5 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (11.97%) Active Directory
2 36 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (9.40%) Docker
4 27 (7.69%) Hyper-V
5 12 (3.42%) vSphere
6 8 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.71%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (1.71%) VMware NSX
8 5 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.14%) Squid
10 2 (0.57%) KVM
10 2 (0.57%) NDS
10 2 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.28%) Firmware
11 1 (0.28%) GPFS
11 1 (0.28%) Lustre
11 1 (0.28%) QEMU
11 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 55 (15.67%) Terraform
2 49 (13.96%) Ansible
3 48 (13.68%) Kubernetes
4 24 (6.84%) Grafana
5 17 (4.84%) Microsoft Intune
6 12 (3.42%) Puppet
7 10 (2.85%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.56%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.99%) Cisco CUCM
10 6 (1.71%) FortiGate
10 6 (1.71%) Kibana
10 6 (1.71%) logstash
10 6 (1.71%) Packer
11 5 (1.42%) ZABBIX
12 4 (1.14%) Argo
12 4 (1.14%) Rancher
12 4 (1.14%) VxRail
13 3 (0.85%) Proxmox
14 2 (0.57%) Istio
14 2 (0.57%) linkerd
Vendors
1 78 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.68%) VMware
3 20 (5.70%) Cisco
4 18 (5.13%) Splunk
5 16 (4.56%) Red Hat
6 13 (3.70%) Veeam
7 11 (3.13%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.56%) Oracle
9 8 (2.28%) Palo Alto
10 7 (1.99%) NetApp
11 6 (1.71%) Atlassian
12 5 (1.42%) HP
12 5 (1.42%) Juniper
13 3 (0.85%) Aruba
13 3 (0.85%) BeyondTrust
13 3 (0.85%) Dell
14 2 (0.57%) CyberArk
14 2 (0.57%) ForgeRock
14 2 (0.57%) Google
14 2 (0.57%) Okta