Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Surrey

Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Surrey is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 78 40
Rank change year-on-year -5 -38 +91
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 16 22 77
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.90% 1.96% 5.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 2.29% 5.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 72
10th Percentile - £31,425 £47,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,813 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £56,875 £60,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £64,000 -
South East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,612 962 1,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 85.66% 92.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 518 1,032
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £27,275
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,750 £85,375 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.52% +13.02% -9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Surrey

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 12 February 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
Woking - 4 £57,500 -
Epsom - 3 £50,000 -
Redhill -14 2 £50,000 +53.85% 1
Egham - 2 £45,000 -
Leatherhead - 2 - -
Farnham - 1 £47,500 -
Reigate - 1 £50,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 12 February 2026, Infrastructure 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 Surrey region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) Azure
3 5 (31.25%) Change Management
3 5 (31.25%) Entra ID
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
3 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (31.25%) VMware
4 4 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (25.00%) JIRA
4 4 (25.00%) Mimecast
4 4 (25.00%) R
4 4 (25.00%) SaaS
4 4 (25.00%) Windows
4 4 (25.00%) Workflow
5 3 (18.75%) Agile
5 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (18.75%) Firewall
5 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
5 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
6 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (31.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Entra ID
3 4 (25.00%) Mimecast
3 4 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (6.25%) 5G
3 1 (6.25%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (37.50%) Legal
2 3 (18.75%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (31.25%) Change Management
2 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 4 (25.00%) Workflow
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (6.25%) CI/CD
6 1 (6.25%) High Availability
6 1 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
6 1 (6.25%) Project Management
6 1 (6.25%) SIEM
6 1 (6.25%) SOAR
6 1 (6.25%) Tech Ops
6 1 (6.25%) Validation
6 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) R
2 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.25%) pfSense
3 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) Ansible
2 1 (6.25%) Grafana
2 1 (6.25%) Puppet
2 1 (6.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (31.25%) VMware
3 4 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 2 (12.50%) HP
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco
5 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.25%) Juniper
5 1 (6.25%) LogRhythm
5 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
5 1 (6.25%) Splunk
5 1 (6.25%) Tenable