Infrastructure Security Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Infrastructure Security Engineer
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in the South West is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 230 214
Rank change year-on-year +56 -16 +96
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 1 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.028% 0.029% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.031% 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.34% -31.32% +14.29%
75th Percentile - - £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 3,333 6,534 4,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 94.54% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,140 4,124 3,490
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,575 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in the South West

Infrastructure Security Engineer
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 Security Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 October 2025. 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 - 1 £50,000 -
Infrastructure Security Engineer
England

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 5 October 2025, Infrastructure Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) VMware