Infrastructure Engineering Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Engineering
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 78 58
Rank change year-on-year -63 -20 +57
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 40 133 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.10% 3.08% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 3.65% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 29 90 103
10th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £36,189
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
South East median annual salary £46,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.12% -3.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,151 3,642 3,152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.02% 84.23% 93.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 1,759 2,183
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,425 £32,075
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,009 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £66,063 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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 -33 17 £47,500 +11.76% 16
Oxfordshire +1 13 £43,500 -20.91% 9
Berkshire -28 10 £52,500 +14.13% 16
Infrastructure Engineering
South East

Infrastructure Engineering
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 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.00%) WinCC
4 1 (2.50%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 27 (67.50%) Azure
2 16 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (22.50%) AWS
4 8 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 4 (10.00%) GCP
6 2 (5.00%) IaaS
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (42.50%) Firewall
2 13 (32.50%) SAN
3 11 (27.50%) DNS
4 9 (22.50%) DHCP
5 6 (15.00%) WAN
5 6 (15.00%) Wireless
6 5 (12.50%) LAN
6 5 (12.50%) NAS
6 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
6 5 (12.50%) VLAN
6 5 (12.50%) VPN
7 2 (5.00%) Modbus
8 1 (2.50%) Broadband
8 1 (2.50%) Network Security
8 1 (2.50%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Data Mining
1 3 (7.50%) NoSQL
General
1 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.00%) Retail
3 3 (7.50%) Finance
3 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.50%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Legal
5 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (77.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (17.50%) Infrastructure Support
2 7 (17.50%) Senior
2 7 (17.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) IT Support
3 5 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) IoT Software Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Research Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Research Software Engineer
4 3 (7.50%) Software Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Lead
5 2 (5.00%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) IoT
1 3 (7.50%) Operational Technology
2 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.00%) PKI
2 2 (5.00%) SCADA
3 1 (2.50%) CMDB
3 1 (2.50%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (45.00%) Windows
2 17 (42.50%) Windows Server
3 7 (17.50%) Linux
4 4 (10.00%) Apple iOS
4 4 (10.00%) Mac OS
4 4 (10.00%) Unix
5 3 (7.50%) Windows 10
6 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Cybersecurity
1 13 (32.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 12 (30.00%) Agile
3 9 (22.50%) ITIL
4 8 (20.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 6 (15.00%) Business Continuity
5 6 (15.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
6 5 (12.50%) High Availability
6 5 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
6 5 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective
7 4 (10.00%) Information Security
7 4 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
7 4 (10.00%) Migration
7 4 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (10.00%) Presales
7 4 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.00%) SQL
3 3 (7.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (15.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (12.50%) Degree
2 5 (12.50%) MCSE
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (7.50%) Azure Certification
4 3 (7.50%) CCNA
4 3 (7.50%) CCNP
4 3 (7.50%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.50%) HND
6 1 (2.50%) MCP
6 1 (2.50%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (5.00%) IEC 61508
4 2 (5.00%) QA
4 2 (5.00%) SLA
5 1 (2.50%) GDPR
5 1 (2.50%) IEC 61131
5 1 (2.50%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (47.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 15 (37.50%) Hyper-V
3 10 (25.00%) vSphere
4 6 (15.00%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (15.00%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (10.00%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (15.00%) SCCM
3 2 (5.00%) SCOM
3 2 (5.00%) SCSM
3 2 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (5.00%) Terraform
4 1 (2.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (65.00%) Microsoft
1 26 (65.00%) VMware
2 5 (12.50%) LogicMonitor
2 5 (12.50%) Palo Alto
2 5 (12.50%) Veeam
3 4 (10.00%) Apple
3 4 (10.00%) Sophos
4 3 (7.50%) Trend Micro
5 2 (5.00%) Rockwell
5 2 (5.00%) Siemens
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco
6 1 (2.50%) Qualys
6 1 (2.50%) Splunk
6 1 (2.50%) Tenable