Lead Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Lead Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 238 259
Rank change year-on-year +71 +21 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Infrastructure Engineer 10 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.32% 0.10% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.11% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -21.74% -
75th Percentile £65,000 - £60,250
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -21.74% -

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 2,533 6,358 5,507
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.00% 94.68% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,274 4,519 3,207
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,375 £37,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the Thames Valley

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the Thames Valley

Lead 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 Lead Infrastructure Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 May 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 - 10 £60,000 -
Lead Infrastructure Engineer
South East

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Lead Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (90.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 9 (90.00%) NB-IoT
2 9 (90.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (90.00%) Terraform
2 9 (90.00%) Windows Server
2 9 (90.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 9 (90.00%) 5G
2 9 (90.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 9 (90.00%) vSphere
2 9 (90.00%) Bash
2 9 (90.00%) Puppet
2 9 (90.00%) Ansible
2 9 (90.00%) IoT
2 9 (90.00%) Asset Management
2 9 (90.00%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Software Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Project Planning
2 9 (90.00%) Degree
2 9 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (90.00%) PowerShell
2 9 (90.00%) LTE
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Linux
2 9 (90.00%) Python
2 9 (90.00%) Bluetooth
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (90.00%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (90.00%) Electronics

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (90.00%) 5G
1 9 (90.00%) Bluetooth
1 9 (90.00%) LTE
1 9 (90.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (90.00%) Electronics
2 9 (90.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) IoT
1 9 (90.00%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Linux
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
1 9 (90.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (90.00%) Asset Management
2 9 (90.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 9 (90.00%) Penetration Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Project Planning
2 9 (90.00%) Software Testing
2 9 (90.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Bash
1 9 (90.00%) PowerShell
1 9 (90.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 9 (90.00%) Degree
1 9 (90.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (90.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (90.00%) Ansible
1 9 (90.00%) Puppet
1 9 (90.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (90.00%) VMware