Network Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Network Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2026.

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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 - 222
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 2 0 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.035% - 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% - 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 16
10th Percentile £60,125 - -
25th Percentile £60,313 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 - £51,250
75th Percentile £62,813 - £56,875
90th Percentile £63,375 - £58,750
South East median annual salary £60,000 £27,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +118.18% -45.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 5,342 2,783 6,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 83.45% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,555 1,285 4,520
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,001 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Network Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Network 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 Network Infrastructure Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £61,250 - 2
Network Infrastructure Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2026, Network 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 Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) Cloudflare
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Graylog
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) KVM
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Proxmox
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) ZABBIX
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA

Network 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Cloudflare
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) KVM
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Graylog
1 2 (100.00%) Proxmox
1 2 (100.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) IBM