Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 84 71
Rank change year-on-year -68 -13 +111
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 30 118 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.86% 2.74% 3.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 2.89% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25 82 91
10th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,750 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £64,000 £60,000 £60,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,187 4,078 3,217
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 94.84% 93.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,744 2,090 2,298
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £39,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £54,881
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +0.22% -0.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,094 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.92% -0.91%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Buckinghamshire -21 16 £47,500 +11.76% 19
Oxfordshire -3 9 £43,500 -17.92% 4
Berkshire -23 5 £53,750 +13.16% 41
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (76.67%) Azure
3 22 (73.33%) Microsoft
4 21 (70.00%) VMware
5 17 (56.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (53.33%) Firewall
6 16 (53.33%) Windows
7 15 (50.00%) Windows Server
8 13 (43.33%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (40.00%) Active Directory
9 12 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (40.00%) Hyper-V
9 12 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (36.67%) DNS
10 11 (36.67%) SAN
11 9 (30.00%) Agile
11 9 (30.00%) DHCP
11 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (26.67%) Entra ID
12 8 (26.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
12 8 (26.67%) ITIL
12 8 (26.67%) vSphere
13 7 (23.33%) Linux
13 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
14 6 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 6 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
14 6 (20.00%) SCCM
14 6 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
15 5 (16.67%) AWS
15 5 (16.67%) Business Continuity

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.67%) WinCC
4 1 (3.33%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 23 (76.67%) Azure
2 12 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (26.67%) Entra ID
4 5 (16.67%) AWS
5 4 (13.33%) GCP
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (53.33%) Firewall
2 11 (36.67%) DNS
2 11 (36.67%) SAN
3 9 (30.00%) DHCP
4 5 (16.67%) NAS
4 5 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 5 (16.67%) VLAN
4 5 (16.67%) WAN
4 5 (16.67%) Wireless
5 4 (13.33%) LAN
5 4 (13.33%) VPN
6 2 (6.67%) Modbus
7 1 (3.33%) Network Security
7 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Data Mining
General
1 10 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Driving Licence
1 2 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (6.67%) SCADA
2 1 (3.33%) CMDB
2 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (53.33%) Windows
2 15 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (23.33%) Linux
4 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
4 4 (13.33%) Mac OS
4 4 (13.33%) Unix
5 3 (10.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (43.33%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (30.00%) Agile
5 8 (26.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 8 (26.67%) ITIL
6 6 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (16.67%) Business Continuity
7 5 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
7 5 (16.67%) High Availability
7 5 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
7 5 (16.67%) Sprint Retrospective
8 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (13.33%) Information Security
8 4 (13.33%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (13.33%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (10.00%) Migration
9 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (16.67%) MCSE
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.33%) CCNA
5 1 (3.33%) CCNP
5 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) HND
5 1 (3.33%) MCP
5 1 (3.33%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (6.67%) IEC 61508
4 2 (6.67%) QA
5 1 (3.33%) GDPR
5 1 (3.33%) IEC 61131
5 1 (3.33%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (56.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (40.00%) Hyper-V
3 8 (26.67%) vSphere
4 6 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (13.33%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (20.00%) SCCM
3 2 (6.67%) SCOM
3 2 (6.67%) SCSM
4 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (70.00%) VMware
3 5 (16.67%) LogicMonitor
3 5 (16.67%) Palo Alto
4 4 (13.33%) Apple
4 4 (13.33%) Sophos
5 3 (10.00%) Trend Micro
5 3 (10.00%) Veeam
6 2 (6.67%) Rockwell
6 2 (6.67%) Siemens
7 1 (3.33%) Cisco
7 1 (3.33%) Qualys
7 1 (3.33%) Splunk
7 1 (3.33%) Tenable