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 £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 202 205
Rank change year-on-year +104 +3 -74
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 1,926 1,073 1,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.75% 1.74% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.90% 1.94% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,594 821 1,129
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,988 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,813 £40,000 £36,649
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% +2.86%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,550
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 66,397 55,186 67,621
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.30% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 47,063 31,277 42,902
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 +111 486 £45,000 - 41
South East +91 481 £50,000 +11.11% 61
South West +92 375 £50,000 +8.70% 53
Midlands +70 321 £45,000 -5.26% 42
North West +84 256 £45,000 -5.26% 24
East Midlands +64 164 £45,000 -10.00% 16
West Midlands +40 157 £45,000 -5.26% 26
Yorkshire +93 152 £44,000 -2.22% 11
East of England +57 152 £45,000 -10.00% 26
North East +41 77 £44,274 +4.17% 8
Scotland -44 66 £47,500 - 15
Wales +44 41 £41,067 +2.67% 3
Northern Ireland +20 8 £60,000 +33.33% 2
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 1,862 (96.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 912 (47.35%) Windows
3 784 (40.71%) Azure
4 728 (37.80%) VMware
5 694 (36.03%) Microsoft
6 610 (31.67%) Active Directory
7 580 (30.11%) Microsoft 365
8 523 (27.15%) Windows Server
9 474 (24.61%) VMware Infrastructure
10 424 (22.01%) Linux
11 374 (19.42%) Firewall
12 352 (18.28%) Social Skills
13 336 (17.45%) PowerShell
14 333 (17.29%) Hyper-V
15 331 (17.19%) DNS
16 324 (16.82%) ITIL
17 296 (15.37%) Security Cleared
18 292 (15.16%) AWS
19 265 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
20 241 (12.51%) Microsoft Exchange
21 238 (12.36%) DHCP
22 235 (12.20%) Cisco
22 235 (12.20%) Data Centre
23 234 (12.15%) WAN
24 191 (9.92%) LAN
25 186 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
26 178 (9.24%) SAN
27 177 (9.19%) DevOps
28 172 (8.93%) Finance
29 165 (8.57%) Mentoring

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
1 241 (12.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 162 (8.41%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.97%) IIS
4 9 (0.47%) CMS
5 7 (0.36%) Apache
6 5 (0.26%) Confluence
6 5 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.21%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.21%) WordPress
8 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.10%) JBoss
8 2 (0.10%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.10%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.052%) Moodle
9 1 (0.052%) WebSphere
Applications
1 56 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.36%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.10%) CATIA
5 2 (0.10%) NASTRAN
5 2 (0.10%) Trello
6 1 (0.052%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 784 (40.71%) Azure
2 580 (30.11%) Microsoft 365
3 292 (15.16%) AWS
4 163 (8.46%) Entra ID
5 106 (5.50%) IaaS
6 101 (5.24%) SaaS
7 51 (2.65%) PaaS
8 47 (2.44%) OneDrive
9 44 (2.28%) OpenShift
10 43 (2.23%) GCP
11 37 (1.92%) Nutanix
12 30 (1.56%) Power Platform
13 25 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
13 25 (1.30%) Amazon S3
14 23 (1.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 22 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
16 21 (1.09%) GitHub
17 20 (1.04%) Serverless
18 18 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
19 15 (0.78%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 374 (19.42%) Firewall
2 331 (17.19%) DNS
3 238 (12.36%) DHCP
4 234 (12.15%) WAN
5 191 (9.92%) LAN
6 178 (9.24%) SAN
7 132 (6.85%) VPN
8 113 (5.87%) TCP/IP
9 89 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
10 78 (4.05%) VLAN
11 71 (3.69%) SD-WAN
12 70 (3.63%) Wireless
13 57 (2.96%) HTTP
14 51 (2.65%) NAS
15 49 (2.54%) VoIP
16 39 (2.02%) WLAN
17 34 (1.77%) Network Security
18 33 (1.71%) MPLS
19 28 (1.45%) BGP
20 27 (1.40%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 35 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (1.66%) MySQL
4 17 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (0.52%) Big Data
5 10 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (0.21%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.21%) RDBMS
7 4 (0.21%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.16%) Power BI
9 2 (0.10%) DB2
10 1 (0.052%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.052%) MS Access
10 1 (0.052%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.052%) Redis
10 1 (0.052%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 39 (2.02%) GitLab
2 28 (1.45%) Git
2 28 (1.45%) JIRA
3 21 (1.09%) Artifactory
4 18 (0.93%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.52%) Trac
6 7 (0.36%) MSI
7 3 (0.16%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.052%) Chocolatey
9 1 (0.052%) TeamCity
General
1 352 (18.28%) Social Skills
2 172 (8.93%) Finance
3 111 (5.76%) Public Sector
4 64 (3.32%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (3.22%) Aerospace
6 59 (3.06%) Manufacturing
7 53 (2.75%) Law
8 39 (2.02%) Retail
9 38 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 38 (1.97%) Telecoms
10 30 (1.56%) Automotive
11 28 (1.45%) Legal
12 27 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (1.19%) Advertising
14 15 (0.78%) Banking
15 14 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (0.57%) Games
17 10 (0.52%) Military
18 6 (0.31%) Electronics
18 6 (0.31%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (1.09%) CSS
2 13 (0.67%) XML
3 12 (0.62%) Web Services
4 11 (0.57%) JSON
5 10 (0.52%) .NET
6 7 (0.36%) LDAP
7 6 (0.31%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.31%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.31%) JSON Schema
7 6 (0.31%) KML
7 6 (0.31%) LAMP
7 6 (0.31%) Regular Expression
7 6 (0.31%) Software Packaging
7 6 (0.31%) XML Schema
8 5 (0.26%) Middleware
9 4 (0.21%) EJB
9 4 (0.21%) YAML
10 3 (0.16%) AWS CDK
11 2 (0.10%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.10%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 235 (12.20%) Data Centre
2 95 (4.93%) Public Cloud
3 77 (4.00%) Driving Licence
4 63 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 54 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 43 (2.23%) PKI
7 38 (1.97%) Management Information System
8 34 (1.77%) Replication
9 31 (1.61%) Private Cloud
10 28 (1.45%) Clustering
11 24 (1.25%) IoT
12 18 (0.93%) EMC VNX
13 16 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
14 14 (0.73%) CMDB
15 13 (0.67%) CCTV
16 12 (0.62%) Fat Client
16 12 (0.62%) Operational Technology
16 12 (0.62%) Thin Client
17 11 (0.57%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 912 (47.35%) Windows
2 523 (27.15%) Windows Server
3 424 (22.01%) Linux
4 139 (7.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 112 (5.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 109 (5.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 85 (4.41%) Windows 10
8 80 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 38 (1.97%) Unix
10 36 (1.87%) Ubuntu
11 28 (1.45%) Android
11 28 (1.45%) Apple iOS
12 25 (1.30%) Windows 7
13 24 (1.25%) CentOS
14 21 (1.09%) VMS
15 18 (0.93%) Mac OS
15 18 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
16 17 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
16 17 (0.88%) Windows XP
17 9 (0.47%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,862 (96.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 324 (16.82%) ITIL
3 265 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
4 186 (9.66%) Cybersecurity
5 177 (9.19%) DevOps
6 165 (8.57%) Mentoring
7 161 (8.36%) Disaster Recovery
8 113 (5.87%) Migration
9 112 (5.82%) Coaching
10 97 (5.04%) Change Management
11 96 (4.98%) Infrastructure as Code
12 91 (4.72%) Agile
12 91 (4.72%) Customer Service
12 91 (4.72%) Roadmaps
13 89 (4.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 89 (4.62%) Service Management
14 74 (3.84%) Server Management
15 73 (3.79%) Service Delivery
16 72 (3.74%) Project Management
17 71 (3.69%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 336 (17.45%) PowerShell
2 120 (6.23%) Python
3 109 (5.66%) Bash
4 87 (4.52%) SQL
5 39 (2.02%) Java
6 15 (0.78%) Perl
7 10 (0.52%) Swift
8 9 (0.47%) ActionScript
8 9 (0.47%) VB
9 8 (0.42%) Shell Script
10 7 (0.36%) Bicep
11 3 (0.16%) C
11 3 (0.16%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.10%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.052%) AWK
13 1 (0.052%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.052%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.052%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 296 (15.37%) Security Cleared
2 164 (8.52%) Degree
3 159 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 155 (8.05%) DV Cleared
5 90 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
6 85 (4.41%) CCNA
7 50 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (2.08%) Azure Certification
9 35 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (1.66%) MCSE
11 26 (1.35%) HNC
12 25 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 22 (1.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 20 (1.04%) CCNP
15 17 (0.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 16 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
17 13 (0.67%) A+ Certification
18 12 (0.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
19 9 (0.47%) MCP
19 9 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (3.48%) SLA
2 27 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (0.78%) Data Quality
5 14 (0.73%) GDPR
5 14 (0.73%) NIST
6 8 (0.42%) QA
7 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.26%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.26%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.10%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.052%) PMO
System Software
1 610 (31.67%) Active Directory
2 474 (24.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 333 (17.29%) Hyper-V
4 112 (5.82%) Docker
5 108 (5.61%) VMware ESXi
6 86 (4.47%) Virtual Machines
7 79 (4.10%) vSphere
8 21 (1.09%) XenApp
9 20 (1.04%) Firmware
10 17 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.62%) NFS
11 12 (0.62%) pfSense
12 10 (0.52%) VMware NSX
12 10 (0.52%) VMware Server
12 10 (0.52%) XenDesktop
13 9 (0.47%) OpenSSH
14 8 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
15 6 (0.31%) KVM
16 5 (0.26%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 163 (8.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 161 (8.36%) Ansible
3 143 (7.42%) SCCM
4 108 (5.61%) Kubernetes
5 103 (5.35%) Terraform
6 86 (4.47%) vCenter Server
7 61 (3.17%) WSUS
8 43 (2.23%) Puppet
8 43 (2.23%) SCOM
9 37 (1.92%) EMC NetWorker
10 30 (1.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 27 (1.40%) FortiGate
12 25 (1.30%) Nagios
13 18 (0.93%) ZABBIX
14 17 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
15 16 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 16 (0.83%) NetBackup
15 16 (0.83%) SCDPM
16 15 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
17 14 (0.73%) Grafana
Vendors
1 728 (37.80%) VMware
2 694 (36.03%) Microsoft
3 235 (12.20%) Cisco
4 164 (8.52%) Veeam
5 129 (6.70%) Citrix
6 97 (5.04%) HP
7 94 (4.88%) Red Hat
8 64 (3.32%) Aruba
9 62 (3.22%) Dell
9 62 (3.22%) Meraki
10 54 (2.80%) Oracle
11 50 (2.60%) EMC
12 42 (2.18%) Fortinet
12 42 (2.18%) NetApp
13 39 (2.02%) SolarWinds
14 38 (1.97%) IBM
15 33 (1.71%) Google
16 32 (1.66%) Juniper
17 30 (1.56%) Palo Alto
18 29 (1.51%) Sophos