Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 91 210
Rank change year-on-year -85 +119 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 664 2,016 1,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.71% 2.74% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% 2.88% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 309 1,665 764
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,992
25th Percentile £39,750 £40,000 £39,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.06% +4.44%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £63,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer 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 28 May 2025.

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 28 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
North of England -21 370 £52,000 +15.56% 162
North West +8 326 £51,000 +13.33% 102
South East -114 107 £46,250 -7.50% 179
Midlands -95 82 £40,250 -10.56% 109
West Midlands -23 56 £40,000 -11.11% 54
East of England -56 47 £58,910 +30.91% 82
Yorkshire -41 34 £60,000 +33.33% 37
South West -93 30 £51,729 +3.46% 103
East Midlands -73 26 £46,000 +2.22% 50
Scotland +73 18 £50,000 +5.26% 46
North East -12 10 £52,000 +17.45% 25
Wales +17 9 £42,903 +4.47% 21
Northern Ireland +37 2 £53,750 -10.42% 11
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 657 (98.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 462 (69.58%) Windows
3 374 (56.33%) PowerShell
4 346 (52.11%) Linux
5 331 (49.85%) Problem-Solving
6 317 (47.74%) Terraform
7 309 (46.54%) DevOps
7 309 (46.54%) Hyper-V
8 308 (46.39%) Ansible
8 308 (46.39%) Python
9 304 (45.78%) Cisco
10 299 (45.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 293 (44.13%) VPN
12 286 (43.07%) vSphere
13 282 (42.47%) Bash
14 281 (42.32%) Docker
15 274 (41.27%) Analytical Skills
16 272 (40.96%) Task Automation
17 271 (40.81%) VMware NSX
18 269 (40.51%) Line Management
18 269 (40.51%) Juniper
19 266 (40.06%) Risk Management
19 266 (40.06%) Platform Engineering
20 265 (39.91%) Storage Management
20 265 (39.91%) Splunk
21 263 (39.61%) Android
21 263 (39.61%) Elastic Stack
22 262 (39.46%) Cisco IOS
23 260 (39.16%) Mathematics
23 260 (39.16%) Cyberattack

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 97 (14.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.11%) IIS
4 6 (0.90%) Apache
4 6 (0.90%) Confluence
5 4 (0.60%) Skype for Business
6 3 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.30%) CICS
7 2 (0.30%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (3.16%) AutoCAD
2 12 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.30%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 152 (22.89%) Azure
2 95 (14.31%) Microsoft 365
3 54 (8.13%) AWS
4 40 (6.02%) Entra ID
5 21 (3.16%) GCP
6 14 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
6 14 (2.11%) Power Platform
6 14 (2.11%) SaaS
7 13 (1.96%) IaaS
7 13 (1.96%) PowerApps
8 12 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
9 11 (1.66%) Nutanix
10 10 (1.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 9 (1.36%) PaaS
12 7 (1.05%) Amazon S3
12 7 (1.05%) AWS KMS
12 7 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (1.05%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 293 (44.13%) VPN
2 262 (39.46%) Cisco IOS
3 98 (14.76%) Firewall
4 74 (11.14%) DNS
5 64 (9.64%) DHCP
6 53 (7.98%) WAN
7 45 (6.78%) LAN
7 45 (6.78%) SAN
8 32 (4.82%) NAS
9 28 (4.22%) SD-WAN
10 23 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (3.31%) Network Security
12 20 (3.01%) TCP/IP
13 19 (2.86%) SMTP
14 18 (2.71%) VLAN
15 11 (1.66%) 5G
15 11 (1.66%) Bluetooth
15 11 (1.66%) LTE
16 8 (1.20%) Remote Desktop
17 7 (1.05%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.12%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.05%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.45%) Power BI
5 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.30%) DB2
6 2 (0.30%) MySQL
7 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.15%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.15%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (1.66%) JIRA
2 10 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.90%) Git
3 6 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
4 5 (0.75%) Vagrant
5 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) Selenium
7 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 299 (45.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 274 (41.27%) Analytical Skills
3 99 (14.91%) Social Skills
4 46 (6.93%) Finance
5 36 (5.42%) Public Sector
6 20 (3.01%) Local Government
7 14 (2.11%) Legal
8 12 (1.81%) Electronics
8 12 (1.81%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.66%) Retail
10 10 (1.51%) Banking
11 9 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.20%) Law
13 7 (1.05%) Games
13 7 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.45%) Advertising
15 3 (0.45%) Automotive
16 2 (0.30%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.30%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (39.61%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (1.51%) OLE
3 8 (1.20%) ARM Templates
4 7 (1.05%) Middleware
5 5 (0.75%) Web Services
6 4 (0.60%) YAML
7 2 (0.30%) .NET
7 2 (0.30%) JSON
7 2 (0.30%) Node.js
7 2 (0.30%) SAML
8 1 (0.15%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.15%) OpenCL
8 1 (0.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 260 (39.16%) Cyberattack
2 38 (5.72%) Data Centre
3 27 (4.07%) Clustering
4 14 (2.11%) NHS
5 13 (1.96%) PKI
6 12 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
7 11 (1.66%) IoT
7 11 (1.66%) NB-IoT
8 8 (1.20%) Driving Licence
8 8 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.20%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.90%) Enterprise Storage
9 6 (0.90%) Product Ownership
9 6 (0.90%) Replication
9 6 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (0.75%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.75%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.75%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.60%) Blackberry
11 4 (0.60%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 462 (69.58%) Windows
2 346 (52.11%) Linux
3 263 (39.61%) Android
4 131 (19.73%) Windows Server
5 19 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (2.26%) Windows 10
7 14 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (1.81%) Unix
9 11 (1.66%) VMS
10 9 (1.36%) Ubuntu
10 9 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.05%) CentOS
11 7 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 5 (0.75%) Debian
13 4 (0.60%) AIX
13 4 (0.60%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
14 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
15 2 (0.30%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 657 (98.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 331 (49.85%) Problem-Solving
3 309 (46.54%) DevOps
4 272 (40.96%) Task Automation
5 269 (40.51%) Line Management
6 266 (40.06%) Platform Engineering
6 266 (40.06%) Risk Management
7 265 (39.91%) Storage Management
8 260 (39.16%) Mathematics
9 52 (7.83%) Disaster Recovery
10 50 (7.53%) ITIL
10 50 (7.53%) Mentoring
11 43 (6.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 43 (6.48%) High Availability
12 38 (5.72%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (4.67%) Cloud Security
14 30 (4.52%) Customer Service
15 28 (4.22%) Migration
16 27 (4.07%) Agile
16 27 (4.07%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 374 (56.33%) PowerShell
2 308 (46.39%) Python
3 282 (42.47%) Bash
4 28 (4.22%) SQL
5 6 (0.90%) Java
6 4 (0.60%) Bicep
6 4 (0.60%) Groovy
7 3 (0.45%) Perl
8 2 (0.30%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.15%) C
9 1 (0.15%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.15%) JCL
9 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (10.99%) Degree
2 68 (10.24%) Security Cleared
3 46 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 43 (6.48%) DV Cleared
5 32 (4.82%) Azure Certification
5 32 (4.82%) SC Cleared
6 19 (2.86%) MCSA
7 15 (2.26%) A+ Certification
7 15 (2.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 15 (2.26%) MCP
8 13 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
9 12 (1.81%) HND
9 12 (1.81%) MCSE
10 10 (1.51%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (1.05%) RIBA
12 6 (0.90%) Postgraduate
13 5 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.60%) CCNA
14 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.81%) Accessibility
2 10 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.36%) GDPR
4 8 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (0.75%) NIST
6 4 (0.60%) QA
7 3 (0.45%) SLA
8 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.15%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.15%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 309 (46.54%) Hyper-V
2 286 (43.07%) vSphere
3 281 (42.32%) Docker
4 271 (40.81%) VMware NSX
5 154 (23.19%) Active Directory
6 100 (15.06%) VMware Infrastructure
7 21 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
9 14 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.36%) BitLocker
11 8 (1.20%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (1.20%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.60%) DFS Replication
14 2 (0.30%) Dovecot
14 2 (0.30%) Postfix
14 2 (0.30%) XenApp
15 1 (0.15%) RACF
15 1 (0.15%) Squid
15 1 (0.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 317 (47.74%) Terraform
2 308 (46.39%) Ansible
3 31 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (4.22%) Kubernetes
5 22 (3.31%) Puppet
6 16 (2.41%) SCCM
7 14 (2.11%) vCenter Server
8 9 (1.36%) Progress Chef
9 8 (1.20%) SCOM
9 8 (1.20%) vMotion
9 8 (1.20%) WSUS
10 7 (1.05%) Grafana
11 6 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.90%) Nagios
11 6 (0.90%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.60%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.60%) Proxmox
13 3 (0.45%) Backup Exec
13 3 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 304 (45.78%) Cisco
2 269 (40.51%) Juniper
3 265 (39.91%) Splunk
4 260 (39.16%) 3PAR
5 202 (30.42%) Microsoft
6 140 (21.08%) VMware
7 29 (4.37%) Citrix
8 21 (3.16%) Veeam
9 15 (2.26%) Google
10 13 (1.96%) HP
11 12 (1.81%) Dell
12 11 (1.66%) ServiceNow
13 10 (1.51%) Meraki
14 9 (1.36%) Oracle
15 8 (1.20%) Red Hat
16 6 (0.90%) Sophos
16 6 (0.90%) Symantec
17 5 (0.75%) Apple
17 5 (0.75%) McAfee
17 5 (0.75%) SolarWinds