Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 70 31
Rank change year-on-year -89 -39 +106
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 812 2,640 4,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.06% 3.54% 7.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 4.30% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 418 2,227 1,078
10th Percentile £35,175 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.96% +7.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £67,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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 -40 437 £52,000 +13.04% 354
North West -1 377 £50,000 +3.09% 186
South East -114 145 £45,000 -10.00% 456
Midlands -85 94 £45,147 +0.33% 247
West Midlands -50 66 £45,000 - 125
East of England -72 50 £55,320 +22.93% 200
Yorkshire -73 49 £60,000 +33.33% 126
South West -98 44 £57,194 +14.39% 180
Scotland +55 28 £52,500 +16.67% 70
East Midlands -79 28 £46,750 +3.89% 104
North East -23 11 £52,000 +17.45% 46
Wales -2 10 £48,073 +17.06% 44
Northern Ireland +42 5 £53,750 -10.42% 15
Infrastructure Engineering
UK

Infrastructure Engineering
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
1 118 (14.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.34%) IIS
4 8 (0.99%) Confluence
5 7 (0.86%) Apache
6 4 (0.49%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.25%) CICS
8 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (2.59%) AutoCAD
2 17 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.49%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.37%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.49%) SAP Business One
2 3 (0.37%) Primavera
3 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 213 (26.23%) Azure
2 116 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 82 (10.10%) AWS
4 44 (5.42%) Entra ID
5 32 (3.94%) SaaS
6 30 (3.69%) GCP
7 24 (2.96%) IaaS
8 21 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (2.59%) Power Platform
9 19 (2.34%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (2.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 16 (1.97%) Amazon S3
11 16 (1.97%) Serverless
12 14 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.72%) PaaS
13 13 (1.60%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.35%) AWS KMS
14 11 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.23%) Nutanix
16 9 (1.11%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 302 (37.19%) VPN
2 264 (32.51%) Cisco IOS
3 117 (14.41%) Firewall
4 87 (10.71%) DNS
5 76 (9.36%) DHCP
6 65 (8.00%) WAN
7 53 (6.53%) LAN
8 52 (6.40%) SAN
9 33 (4.06%) NAS
10 31 (3.82%) Network Security
11 30 (3.69%) SD-WAN
12 27 (3.33%) VLAN
13 26 (3.20%) TCP/IP
14 24 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
15 19 (2.34%) SMTP
16 11 (1.35%) 5G
16 11 (1.35%) Bluetooth
16 11 (1.35%) LTE
17 10 (1.23%) Remote Desktop
18 8 (0.99%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.65%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.11%) Data Hub
3 9 (1.11%) Power BI
3 9 (1.11%) SQL CLR
4 8 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.86%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.74%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (0.62%) Metadata
8 4 (0.49%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.37%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.25%) DB2
10 2 (0.25%) MySQL
11 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (2.46%) Jenkins
2 16 (1.97%) JIRA
3 13 (1.60%) Git
4 7 (0.86%) Vagrant
5 6 (0.74%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.62%) GitLab
7 4 (0.49%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.12%) Selenium
10 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 304 (37.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 280 (34.48%) Analytical Skills
3 148 (18.23%) Social Skills
4 80 (9.85%) Finance
5 43 (5.30%) Public Sector
6 33 (4.06%) Legal
7 20 (2.46%) Banking
7 20 (2.46%) Local Government
8 14 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 13 (1.60%) Retail
10 12 (1.48%) Electronics
11 11 (1.35%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.23%) Back Office
13 9 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (0.99%) Law
15 7 (0.86%) Games
16 6 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.49%) Advertising
17 4 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 664 (81.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 96 (11.82%) Support Engineer
3 91 (11.21%) Infrastructure Support
4 86 (10.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 78 (9.61%) Senior
6 67 (8.25%) Cloud Engineer
7 62 (7.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 61 (7.51%) IT Engineer
9 58 (7.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 45 (5.54%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 45 (5.54%) Lead
11 43 (5.30%) Civil Engineer
12 42 (5.17%) Azure Engineer
13 35 (4.31%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (3.57%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (3.33%) IT Support
16 25 (3.08%) IT Support Engineer
17 23 (2.83%) Network Engineer
18 21 (2.59%) Principal Engineer
18 21 (2.59%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (32.39%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (1.48%) ARM Templates
3 10 (1.23%) OLE
4 9 (1.11%) Middleware
5 8 (0.99%) SAML
6 7 (0.86%) .NET
7 5 (0.62%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.62%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.62%) AWS CDK
7 5 (0.62%) Web Services
7 5 (0.62%) YAML
8 4 (0.49%) Dapper ORM
8 4 (0.49%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.49%) JSON
9 3 (0.37%) OAuth
10 2 (0.25%) Node.js
10 2 (0.25%) XML
11 1 (0.12%) ASP.NET Web API
11 1 (0.12%) OpenCL
11 1 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 260 (32.02%) Cyberattack
2 49 (6.03%) Data Centre
3 27 (3.33%) Clustering
4 20 (2.46%) PKI
4 20 (2.46%) Private Cloud
5 19 (2.34%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (1.72%) NHS
6 14 (1.72%) Product Ownership
6 14 (1.72%) Public Cloud
7 13 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.48%) IoT
8 12 (1.48%) Security Posture
9 11 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (1.35%) NB-IoT
10 10 (1.23%) Driving Licence
11 8 (0.99%) Replication
11 8 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.86%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 501 (61.70%) Windows
2 365 (44.95%) Linux
3 263 (32.39%) Android
4 160 (19.70%) Windows Server
5 20 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 18 (2.22%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (1.72%) Unix
10 12 (1.48%) Ubuntu
10 12 (1.48%) VMS
11 9 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.86%) CentOS
13 5 (0.62%) Debian
14 4 (0.49%) AIX
14 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (0.37%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.25%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 361 (44.46%) Problem-Solving
2 349 (42.98%) DevOps
3 275 (33.87%) Risk Management
4 274 (33.74%) Platform Engineering
5 273 (33.62%) Line Management
6 272 (33.50%) Task Automation
7 266 (32.76%) Storage Management
8 264 (32.51%) Mathematics
9 63 (7.76%) Disaster Recovery
10 61 (7.51%) Mentoring
11 58 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
12 57 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (6.65%) High Availability
14 53 (6.53%) ITIL
15 48 (5.91%) Cloud Security
16 47 (5.79%) Agile
17 40 (4.93%) Project Management
18 39 (4.80%) Migration
18 39 (4.80%) Project Delivery
19 37 (4.56%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 393 (48.40%) PowerShell
2 322 (39.66%) Python
3 285 (35.10%) Bash
4 48 (5.91%) SQL
5 10 (1.23%) Java
6 8 (0.99%) T-SQL
7 7 (0.86%) C#
8 6 (0.74%) Groovy
9 4 (0.49%) Perl
9 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.37%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.25%) Bicep
11 2 (0.25%) Go
11 2 (0.25%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.12%) C
12 1 (0.12%) JCL
Qualifications
1 102 (12.56%) Security Cleared
2 101 (12.44%) Degree
3 57 (7.02%) DV Cleared
4 55 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 55 (6.77%) SC Cleared
5 44 (5.42%) Azure Certification
6 24 (2.96%) MCSA
7 18 (2.22%) MCSE
8 17 (2.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 16 (1.97%) A+ Certification
9 16 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (1.97%) MCP
10 15 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (1.60%) HND
12 12 (1.48%) CCNA
13 11 (1.35%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.23%) Computer Science Degree
15 9 (1.11%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (1.60%) Accessibility
2 13 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.48%) NIST
4 9 (1.11%) GDPR
5 8 (0.99%) SLA
6 7 (0.86%) QA
7 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.49%) JSP 440
8 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.25%) NCSC
9 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 321 (39.53%) Hyper-V
2 292 (35.96%) vSphere
3 291 (35.84%) Docker
4 272 (33.50%) VMware NSX
5 186 (22.91%) Active Directory
6 117 (14.41%) VMware Infrastructure
7 29 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
8 27 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
9 16 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.11%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (0.99%) Terminal Services
12 6 (0.74%) DFS Replication
13 4 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.37%) Firmware
15 2 (0.25%) Dovecot
15 2 (0.25%) Postfix
15 2 (0.25%) XenApp
16 1 (0.12%) KVM
16 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 342 (42.12%) Terraform
2 325 (40.02%) Ansible
3 43 (5.30%) Kubernetes
4 39 (4.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (2.96%) Puppet
6 17 (2.09%) SCCM
6 17 (2.09%) vCenter Server
7 14 (1.72%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.23%) Grafana
8 10 (1.23%) WSUS
9 9 (1.11%) Prometheus
9 9 (1.11%) SCOM
10 8 (0.99%) Failover Clustering
10 8 (0.99%) vMotion
11 7 (0.86%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 6 (0.74%) Nagios
12 6 (0.74%) Nessus
12 6 (0.74%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 315 (38.79%) Cisco
2 275 (33.87%) Juniper
3 267 (32.88%) Splunk
4 260 (32.02%) 3PAR
5 249 (30.67%) Microsoft
6 168 (20.69%) VMware
7 34 (4.19%) Citrix
8 32 (3.94%) Veeam
9 21 (2.59%) Google
10 14 (1.72%) ServiceNow
11 13 (1.60%) Dell
11 13 (1.60%) HP
12 11 (1.35%) Meraki
13 10 (1.23%) Oracle
14 9 (1.11%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.99%) McAfee
16 7 (0.86%) Palo Alto
17 6 (0.74%) Fortinet
17 6 (0.74%) SolarWinds
17 6 (0.74%) Sophos