Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 133 83
Rank change year-on-year +36 -50 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 1,321 842 1,648
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.72% 2.43% 2.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 2.72% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,049 437 1,303
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,875 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% +11.83% -2.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £56,264
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +18.56% -3.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,637 30,994 56,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.45% 89.50% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 50,209 17,886 37,470
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,401
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -2.50% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
North of England -30 340 £50,000 -6.98% 55
South East +89 323 £60,000 +33.33% 55
South West +66 272 £55,000 +6.32% 50
North West -52 172 £50,000 -3.85% 31
Midlands +6 170 £50,000 +8.70% 21
Yorkshire +29 120 £53,750 -14.00% 18
East of England 0 115 £55,000 -12.00% 25
East Midlands +21 85 £50,000 +42.86% 5
West Midlands -33 85 £55,000 +10.44% 16
Wales -5 75 £45,000 -35.71% 3
North East -30 48 £45,000 -13.46% 8
Scotland +2 20 £50,000 -11.11% 20
Channel Islands +6 5 £75,000 +15.38%
Northern Ireland -75 1 £40,000 -38.46%
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 August 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1,273 (96.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 414 (31.34%) Azure
3 364 (27.55%) Microsoft
4 314 (23.77%) Windows
5 258 (19.53%) VMware
6 225 (17.03%) Microsoft 365
7 211 (15.97%) Active Directory
8 209 (15.82%) Windows Server
9 202 (15.29%) VMware Infrastructure
10 196 (14.84%) Firewall
11 181 (13.70%) Linux
12 175 (13.25%) Security Cleared
13 155 (11.73%) PowerShell
14 143 (10.83%) DNS
15 140 (10.60%) AWS
16 132 (9.99%) Entra ID
17 129 (9.77%) Hyper-V
18 126 (9.54%) Disaster Recovery
19 117 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
20 115 (8.71%) DHCP
21 109 (8.25%) VPN
22 105 (7.95%) ITIL
23 102 (7.72%) Microsoft Intune
24 100 (7.57%) Cybersecurity
25 96 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
26 94 (7.12%) DV Cleared
27 93 (7.04%) SC Cleared
28 92 (6.96%) Project Delivery
29 90 (6.81%) Terraform
30 87 (6.59%) WAN

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 80 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 65 (4.92%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.44%) IIS
4 8 (0.61%) Confluence
5 3 (0.23%) Apache
5 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (1.29%) AutoCAD
2 15 (1.14%) Civil 3D
3 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.076%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.076%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 414 (31.34%) Azure
2 225 (17.03%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (10.60%) AWS
4 132 (9.99%) Entra ID
5 47 (3.56%) SaaS
6 45 (3.41%) IaaS
7 27 (2.04%) PaaS
8 22 (1.67%) Nutanix
9 20 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
10 19 (1.44%) OCI
11 17 (1.29%) OpenShift
12 16 (1.21%) GCP
13 15 (1.14%) Cloudflare
14 14 (1.06%) Mimecast
15 13 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
16 11 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
17 10 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
18 9 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
19 8 (0.61%) Amazon S3
19 8 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 196 (14.84%) Firewall
2 143 (10.83%) DNS
3 115 (8.71%) DHCP
4 109 (8.25%) VPN
5 87 (6.59%) WAN
6 85 (6.43%) LAN
7 56 (4.24%) VLAN
8 53 (4.01%) TCP/IP
9 46 (3.48%) SAN
10 26 (1.97%) Network Security
11 21 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
12 19 (1.44%) VoIP
13 16 (1.21%) WLAN
14 12 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
14 12 (0.91%) NAS
15 11 (0.83%) SSL
15 11 (0.83%) Wireless
16 10 (0.76%) BGP
16 10 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
17 9 (0.68%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (0.53%) InfluxDB
4 6 (0.45%) MySQL
5 4 (0.30%) Neo4j
6 3 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.23%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.15%) KNIME
8 1 (0.076%) Adabas
8 1 (0.076%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 22 (1.67%) GitLab
2 18 (1.36%) JIRA
3 16 (1.21%) Git
4 10 (0.76%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.45%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.45%) Robot Framework
5 6 (0.45%) Selenium
5 6 (0.45%) TestRail
6 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.076%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.076%) Bitbucket
General
1 128 (9.69%) Social Skills
2 72 (5.45%) Finance
3 52 (3.94%) Public Sector
4 30 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (1.97%) Manufacturing
6 24 (1.82%) Telecoms
7 23 (1.74%) Retail
8 18 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (1.29%) Law
10 16 (1.21%) Legal
11 12 (0.91%) Aerospace
12 10 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (0.53%) Banking
13 7 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.45%) Marketing
15 4 (0.30%) Fire and Rescue
16 3 (0.23%) Automotive
16 3 (0.23%) Local Government
17 2 (0.15%) Military
18 1 (0.076%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
2 7 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (0.53%) XMPP
3 6 (0.45%) Apache NiFi
3 6 (0.45%) Playwright
3 6 (0.45%) pytest
4 5 (0.38%) Keycloak
4 5 (0.38%) Node.js
4 5 (0.38%) OAuth
4 5 (0.38%) OpenID
4 5 (0.38%) SAML
5 4 (0.30%) HTML
5 4 (0.30%) ModSecurity
5 4 (0.30%) OAuth2
6 3 (0.23%) AWS CDK
6 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (0.15%) FreeSWITCH
7 2 (0.15%) Middleware
7 2 (0.15%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.076%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 49 (3.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 48 (3.63%) Data Centre
3 45 (3.41%) Driving Licence
4 43 (3.26%) Replication
5 32 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 29 (2.20%) PKI
7 28 (2.12%) Enterprise Storage
8 23 (1.74%) Clustering
9 15 (1.14%) CCTV
10 14 (1.06%) Security Posture
11 10 (0.76%) iSeries
11 10 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (0.76%) Management Information System
12 9 (0.68%) Fat Client
12 9 (0.68%) Thin Client
13 7 (0.53%) Cloud Native
13 7 (0.53%) CMDB
13 7 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (0.53%) FlexPod
13 7 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 314 (23.77%) Windows
2 209 (15.82%) Windows Server
3 181 (13.70%) Linux
4 18 (1.36%) Ubuntu
5 17 (1.29%) CentOS
6 16 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (0.98%) VMS
8 11 (0.83%) Mac OS
9 10 (0.76%) Unix
10 9 (0.68%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.61%) Android
12 7 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 6 (0.45%) Windows 10
14 5 (0.38%) Rocky
15 3 (0.23%) Debian
15 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
16 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
17 1 (0.076%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,273 (96.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 126 (9.54%) Disaster Recovery
3 117 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
4 105 (7.95%) ITIL
5 100 (7.57%) Cybersecurity
6 96 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
7 92 (6.96%) Project Delivery
8 83 (6.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 64 (4.84%) High Availability
10 63 (4.77%) CI/CD
11 61 (4.62%) DevOps
12 53 (4.01%) Migration
13 51 (3.86%) Infrastructure Automation
13 51 (3.86%) Mentoring
14 50 (3.79%) Agile
15 47 (3.56%) Business Continuity
16 46 (3.48%) Technical Leadership
17 41 (3.10%) Platform Engineering
18 37 (2.80%) Incident Management
19 35 (2.65%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 155 (11.73%) PowerShell
2 65 (4.92%) Python
3 52 (3.94%) Bash
4 49 (3.71%) SQL
5 13 (0.98%) Bicep
6 11 (0.83%) R
7 7 (0.53%) Java
8 6 (0.45%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.38%) Scala
10 1 (0.076%) Go
10 1 (0.076%) Natural
10 1 (0.076%) Ruby
10 1 (0.076%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.076%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 175 (13.25%) Security Cleared
2 94 (7.12%) DV Cleared
3 93 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 44 (3.33%) Degree
5 43 (3.26%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (2.12%) Azure Certification
8 25 (1.89%) CCNP
9 14 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (0.98%) MCSE
10 13 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (0.91%) CCNA
12 10 (0.76%) CCIE
13 8 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (0.61%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (0.53%) MCSA
15 6 (0.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (0.45%) JNCIP
16 5 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
16 5 (0.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 45 (3.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.21%) SLA
4 15 (1.14%) GDPR
5 11 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (0.61%) NIST
7 5 (0.38%) NCSC
8 4 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.23%) QA
10 2 (0.15%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.076%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.076%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.076%) GRC
11 1 (0.076%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 211 (15.97%) Active Directory
2 202 (15.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (9.77%) Hyper-V
4 52 (3.94%) vSphere
5 39 (2.95%) Docker
6 24 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (1.29%) Firmware
9 15 (1.14%) VMware NSX
10 14 (1.06%) KVM
11 11 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
11 11 (0.83%) VMware Server
12 8 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
13 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 2 (0.15%) Lustre
15 2 (0.15%) Xen
16 1 (0.076%) Ceph
16 1 (0.076%) GPFS
16 1 (0.076%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 102 (7.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (6.81%) Terraform
3 77 (5.83%) Ansible
4 63 (4.77%) Kubernetes
5 34 (2.57%) vCenter Server
6 22 (1.67%) Grafana
7 13 (0.98%) VxRail
8 12 (0.91%) SCCM
8 12 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
9 11 (0.83%) ZABBIX
10 10 (0.76%) Proxmox
10 10 (0.76%) WSUS
11 9 (0.68%) Nessus
11 9 (0.68%) Puppet
12 8 (0.61%) Graylog
12 8 (0.61%) Prometheus
13 7 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
13 7 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.45%) Kibana
Vendors
1 364 (27.55%) Microsoft
2 258 (19.53%) VMware
3 73 (5.53%) Veeam
4 70 (5.30%) Cisco
5 31 (2.35%) Oracle
6 25 (1.89%) Fortinet
7 23 (1.74%) Red Hat
8 22 (1.67%) Dell
9 20 (1.51%) Meraki
10 19 (1.44%) HP
11 18 (1.36%) NetApp
12 17 (1.29%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.29%) Splunk
13 16 (1.21%) Apple
14 15 (1.14%) Citrix
14 15 (1.14%) Commvault
14 15 (1.14%) Zerto
15 14 (1.06%) IBM
16 12 (0.91%) Aruba
17 11 (0.83%) CrowdStrike