Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 25 138
Rank change year-on-year -18 +113 -29
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 449 583 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.86% 8.41% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.78% 8.90% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 326 146 164
10th Percentile £35,625 £35,750 £31,680
25th Percentile £40,302 £41,875 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,419 £65,325
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,762 6,551 7,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.01% 94.49% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,564 3,653 5,037
10th Percentile £28,600 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,270 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the South West.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the South West

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 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 0 131 £55,000 - 20
Wiltshire +6 117 £50,500 +15.43% 22
Bristol -4 88 £57,500 -11.54% 21
Dorset -37 53 £44,036 -7.29% 6
Devon -33 31 £41,206 -5.81% 15
Somerset -28 27 £50,000 +7.53% 4
Cornwall - 2 £36,750 -
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (8.69%) SharePoint
2 32 (7.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.11%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (1.11%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (0.89%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.67%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.45%) Confluence
7 1 (0.22%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (1.11%) OrCAD
1 5 (1.11%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (0.45%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 144 (32.07%) Azure
2 99 (22.05%) Microsoft 365
3 92 (20.49%) AWS
4 63 (14.03%) SaaS
5 43 (9.58%) OpenShift
6 41 (9.13%) IaaS
7 39 (8.69%) Entra ID
8 38 (8.46%) PaaS
9 19 (4.23%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.90%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.78%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.89%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.67%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.67%) GCP
13 3 (0.67%) Power Automate
14 2 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.45%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.45%) Rubrik
14 2 (0.45%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 72 (16.04%) DNS
2 59 (13.14%) Firewall
3 52 (11.58%) DHCP
4 43 (9.58%) WAN
5 42 (9.35%) TCP/IP
6 37 (8.24%) HTTP
7 36 (8.02%) LAN
8 22 (4.90%) SAN
9 21 (4.68%) SD-WAN
10 19 (4.23%) NAS
11 17 (3.79%) VPN
12 15 (3.34%) Wireless
13 14 (3.12%) iSCSI
14 12 (2.67%) RS-232
15 11 (2.45%) Ethernet
16 10 (2.23%) Fibre Channel
16 10 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
17 8 (1.78%) Skype
18 7 (1.56%) WLAN
19 6 (1.34%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.68%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.45%) Big Data
3 5 (1.11%) MySQL
4 3 (0.67%) Power BI
5 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.22%) DB2
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (1.11%) LabVIEW
1 5 (1.11%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) MSI
3 1 (0.22%) GitLab
3 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
General
1 65 (14.48%) Aerospace
2 59 (13.14%) Social Skills
3 41 (9.13%) Public Sector
4 24 (5.35%) Manufacturing
5 18 (4.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (3.56%) Military
7 15 (3.34%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.34%) Electronics
8 14 (3.12%) Finance
9 7 (1.56%) Law
9 7 (1.56%) Retail
10 5 (1.11%) Aviation
10 5 (1.11%) Legal
11 4 (0.89%) Automotive
12 3 (0.67%) Games
12 3 (0.67%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.45%) Advertising
13 2 (0.45%) Banking
13 2 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.45%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 368 (81.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 76 (16.93%) Senior
3 69 (15.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 43 (9.58%) IT Engineer
5 37 (8.24%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 33 (7.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 32 (7.13%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (5.12%) Support Engineer
9 19 (4.23%) Consultant
10 18 (4.01%) Architect
10 18 (4.01%) AWS Architect
10 18 (4.01%) Cloud Architect
10 18 (4.01%) Cloud Consultant
10 18 (4.01%) Lead
11 17 (3.79%) Backup Engineer
11 17 (3.79%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (3.79%) Infrastructure Support
11 17 (3.79%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 17 (3.79%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (3.79%) Storage and Backup Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.78%) JSON
2 6 (1.34%) JSON Schema
2 6 (1.34%) KML
2 6 (1.34%) Regular Expression
2 6 (1.34%) Software Packaging
2 6 (1.34%) XML
2 6 (1.34%) XML Schema
3 4 (0.89%) EJB
4 3 (0.67%) Kafka
4 3 (0.67%) Spring
5 2 (0.45%) .NET
5 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.22%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.35%) Data Centre
2 32 (7.13%) Public Cloud
3 24 (5.35%) Cloud Native
3 24 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (4.01%) Enterprise Cloud
5 14 (3.12%) Driving Licence
5 14 (3.12%) EMC VNX
6 13 (2.90%) PKI
7 11 (2.45%) Analogue Electronics
7 11 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 11 (2.45%) Cyber Defence
8 9 (2.00%) Clustering
8 9 (2.00%) Fat Client
8 9 (2.00%) Thin Client
9 8 (1.78%) Replication
10 6 (1.34%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.11%) FPGA
11 5 (1.11%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.89%) Enterprise Storage
12 4 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 199 (44.32%) Windows
2 177 (39.42%) Linux
3 91 (20.27%) Windows Server
4 61 (13.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (3.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (3.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 14 (3.12%) Windows 10
8 13 (2.90%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.56%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.11%) VMS
11 4 (0.89%) CentOS
11 4 (0.89%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.89%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.89%) zOS
12 3 (0.67%) Unix
13 2 (0.45%) Android
13 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.22%) openSUSE
14 1 (0.22%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (15.14%) DevOps
2 47 (10.47%) Actionable Insight
2 47 (10.47%) Mentoring
3 41 (9.13%) ITIL
4 38 (8.46%) Collaborative Working
5 37 (8.24%) Software Architecture
6 36 (8.02%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (7.57%) Cybersecurity
8 30 (6.68%) Agile
9 27 (6.01%) Infrastructure as Code
9 27 (6.01%) Service Delivery
10 24 (5.35%) Service Management
11 23 (5.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (5.12%) Project Delivery
12 21 (4.68%) Containerisation
13 20 (4.45%) Change Management
13 20 (4.45%) Customer Service
14 17 (3.79%) Server Management
15 16 (3.56%) Physics
16 14 (3.12%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 104 (23.16%) PowerShell
2 88 (19.60%) Python
3 57 (12.69%) Bash
4 46 (10.24%) Java
5 17 (3.79%) SQL
6 6 (1.34%) C#
7 3 (0.67%) Rust
8 2 (0.45%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 191 (42.54%) Security Cleared
2 114 (25.39%) DV Cleared
3 71 (15.81%) SC Cleared
4 39 (8.69%) Degree
5 18 (4.01%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (3.56%) CCNA
7 10 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (1.56%) CCNP
10 6 (1.34%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.11%) A+ Certification
11 5 (1.11%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.89%) MCSE
13 3 (0.67%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.67%) CISSP
13 3 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.45%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.68%) SLA
2 7 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.11%) SOC 1
4 5 (1.11%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.67%) QA
6 1 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 121 (26.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 98 (21.83%) Active Directory
3 76 (16.93%) Hyper-V
4 48 (10.69%) Docker
5 31 (6.90%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (4.01%) Virtual Machines
6 18 (4.01%) vSphere
7 10 (2.23%) Firmware
8 8 (1.78%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.89%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.89%) XenApp
10 3 (0.67%) KVM
10 3 (0.67%) NFS
10 3 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.45%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.22%) Samba
Systems Management
1 92 (20.49%) Ansible
2 70 (15.59%) Kubernetes
3 61 (13.59%) Puppet
4 38 (8.46%) SCCM
5 34 (7.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 25 (5.57%) Terraform
7 20 (4.45%) vCenter Server
8 18 (4.01%) Nagios
9 17 (3.79%) EMC NetWorker
10 8 (1.78%) ZABBIX
11 6 (1.34%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Clustering
12 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 3 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.67%) Grafana
14 2 (0.45%) Jamf Pro
15 1 (0.22%) CASB
15 1 (0.22%) Kibana
15 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 164 (36.53%) VMware
2 123 (27.39%) Microsoft
3 60 (13.36%) Red Hat
4 58 (12.92%) Cisco
5 35 (7.80%) Veeam
6 25 (5.57%) Citrix
7 19 (4.23%) SolarWinds
8 17 (3.79%) EMC
9 15 (3.34%) HP
10 12 (2.67%) Brocade
11 11 (2.45%) Aruba
11 11 (2.45%) IBM
11 11 (2.45%) Meraki
11 11 (2.45%) ServiceNow
12 10 (2.23%) NetApp
13 6 (1.34%) Aderant
13 6 (1.34%) iManage
14 5 (1.11%) Fortinet
14 5 (1.11%) Oracle
14 5 (1.11%) Sparx