Infrastructure Engineering Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 110 63
Rank change year-on-year +37 -47 -39
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,576 982 2,565
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.19% 2.91% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 3.29% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,278 545 2,121
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,400 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% -4.76%

All Process & 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 50,714 29,818 56,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.54% 88.25% 79.92%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 16,034 38,597
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £36,565
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,888 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.47% +3.43% -8.71%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Infrastructure Engineering

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 18 July 2026.

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 18 July 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 -15 440 £48,445 -11.92% 84
South East +81 389 £60,000 +33.33% 122
South West +53 296 £55,000 -3.84% 52
North West -17 244 £47,500 -10.17% 37
Midlands +16 217 £50,000 - 50
Yorkshire +27 144 £50,000 -23.08% 32
East of England +28 131 £55,000 -8.33% 22
West Midlands -11 111 £52,500 +5.00% 31
East Midlands +38 106 £50,000 +16.28% 19
Wales -5 73 £45,000 -32.46% 10
North East -23 52 £45,000 -13.46% 17
Scotland -1 23 £50,000 -9.09% 16
Channel Islands +6 5 £75,000 +15.38%
Northern Ireland -70 2 £41,000 -28.70% 6
Infrastructure Engineering
UK

Infrastructure Engineering
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
1 133 (8.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (6.79%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.21%) IIS
4 14 (0.89%) Confluence
5 6 (0.38%) Apache
6 5 (0.32%) OpenStack
7 4 (0.25%) nginx
7 4 (0.25%) PowerFactory
8 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.063%) Drupal
9 1 (0.063%) Site Server
9 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.08%) AutoCAD
3 9 (0.57%) Civil 3D
4 4 (0.25%) Revit
5 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.063%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.063%) Magento
4 1 (0.063%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 536 (34.01%) Azure
2 322 (20.43%) Microsoft 365
3 194 (12.31%) AWS
4 186 (11.80%) Entra ID
5 75 (4.76%) SaaS
6 44 (2.79%) IaaS
7 36 (2.28%) PaaS
8 34 (2.16%) Mimecast
9 26 (1.65%) GCP
10 23 (1.46%) OCI
11 20 (1.27%) OpenShift
12 19 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (1.21%) GitHub
12 19 (1.21%) OneDrive
13 18 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (1.14%) Cloudflare
13 18 (1.14%) Nutanix
14 17 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
14 17 (1.08%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 278 (17.64%) Firewall
2 190 (12.06%) DNS
3 149 (9.45%) DHCP
4 142 (9.01%) VPN
5 109 (6.92%) WAN
6 99 (6.28%) LAN
7 82 (5.20%) TCP/IP
8 78 (4.95%) VLAN
9 55 (3.49%) Network Security
10 52 (3.30%) SAN
11 37 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
12 35 (2.22%) Wireless
13 31 (1.97%) VoIP
14 22 (1.40%) BGP
15 18 (1.14%) SD-WAN
16 16 (1.02%) NAS
16 16 (1.02%) WLAN
17 13 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
18 11 (0.70%) IPsec
19 10 (0.63%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (0.82%) MongoDB
4 11 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.51%) InfluxDB
5 8 (0.51%) MySQL
6 7 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.25%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.19%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.13%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.13%) KNIME
9 2 (0.13%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.063%) Adabas
10 1 (0.063%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.063%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.063%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (2.79%) JIRA
2 35 (2.22%) GitLab
3 32 (2.03%) Git
4 26 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.63%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.44%) Robot Framework
6 7 (0.44%) TestRail
7 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.38%) Selenium
8 5 (0.32%) JMeter
8 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.25%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.25%) Locust
10 3 (0.19%) Subversion
11 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.063%) Artifactory
12 1 (0.063%) Claude Code
12 1 (0.063%) Gatling
12 1 (0.063%) PyCharm
12 1 (0.063%) Vagrant
General
1 192 (12.18%) Social Skills
2 105 (6.66%) Finance
3 60 (3.81%) Public Sector
4 54 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 45 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
6 41 (2.60%) Legal
7 39 (2.47%) Retail
8 34 (2.16%) Manufacturing
9 32 (2.03%) Telecoms
10 23 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
11 22 (1.40%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.02%) Law
14 14 (0.89%) Local Government
15 11 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (0.63%) Marketing
17 8 (0.51%) Banking
18 7 (0.44%) Social Housing
19 6 (0.38%) Automotive
20 4 (0.25%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 1,160 (73.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 363 (23.03%) Senior
3 304 (19.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 228 (14.47%) IT Engineer
5 161 (10.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 135 (8.57%) Support Engineer
7 133 (8.44%) Cloud Engineer
8 120 (7.61%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 98 (6.22%) Infrastructure Support
9 98 (6.22%) IT Support
10 83 (5.27%) IT Support Engineer
10 83 (5.27%) Network Engineer
11 79 (5.01%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 75 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
13 67 (4.25%) Lead
14 63 (4.00%) Security Engineer
15 59 (3.74%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
16 57 (3.62%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
17 53 (3.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
18 45 (2.86%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.14%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (0.51%) Apache NiFi
3 7 (0.44%) Node.js
3 7 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (0.44%) XMPP
4 6 (0.38%) Keycloak
4 6 (0.38%) Playwright
4 6 (0.38%) pytest
4 6 (0.38%) SAML
5 5 (0.32%) .NET
5 5 (0.32%) FreeSWITCH
5 5 (0.32%) OAuth
5 5 (0.32%) OpenID
6 4 (0.25%) boto
6 4 (0.25%) Flash
6 4 (0.25%) Gherkin
6 4 (0.25%) HTML
6 4 (0.25%) Kafka
6 4 (0.25%) ModSecurity
6 4 (0.25%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 87 (5.52%) Driving Licence
2 80 (5.08%) Data Centre
3 58 (3.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 47 (2.98%) Replication
5 45 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.16%) Enterprise Storage
6 34 (2.16%) iSeries
6 34 (2.16%) PKI
7 28 (1.78%) CCTV
8 26 (1.65%) Cloud Native
9 19 (1.21%) Security Posture
10 15 (0.95%) Clustering
10 15 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (0.63%) Management Information System
13 9 (0.57%) Fat Client
13 9 (0.57%) Thin Client
14 8 (0.51%) CMDB
14 8 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 377 (23.92%) Windows
2 261 (16.56%) Windows Server
3 221 (14.02%) Linux
4 19 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.14%) CentOS
5 18 (1.14%) Ubuntu
5 18 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (1.08%) VMS
7 14 (0.89%) Mac OS
7 14 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 13 (0.82%) Unix
9 10 (0.63%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.63%) Debian
10 9 (0.57%) Android
11 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.25%) Rocky
12 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.19%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.063%) AIX
14 1 (0.063%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
2 155 (9.84%) Disaster Recovery
3 152 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 147 (9.33%) Cybersecurity
5 145 (9.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 123 (7.80%) CI/CD
7 119 (7.55%) ITIL
8 111 (7.04%) DevOps
9 100 (6.35%) Project Delivery
10 97 (6.15%) Mentoring
11 85 (5.39%) Migration
12 83 (5.27%) Technical Leadership
13 80 (5.08%) High Availability
14 76 (4.82%) Agile
15 74 (4.70%) Platform Engineering
16 71 (4.51%) Containerisation
17 68 (4.31%) Incident Management
18 58 (3.68%) Infrastructure Automation
19 53 (3.36%) Identity Management
20 52 (3.30%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 194 (12.31%) PowerShell
2 104 (6.60%) Python
3 83 (5.27%) Bash
4 60 (3.81%) SQL
5 28 (1.78%) R
6 21 (1.33%) Bicep
7 19 (1.21%) Java
8 7 (0.44%) Go
8 7 (0.44%) JavaScript
8 7 (0.44%) VBScript
9 5 (0.32%) Scala
10 3 (0.19%) C#
11 2 (0.13%) Groovy
11 2 (0.13%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.13%) VB
12 1 (0.063%) C++
12 1 (0.063%) Natural
12 1 (0.063%) PHP
12 1 (0.063%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 224 (14.21%) Security Cleared
2 135 (8.57%) SC Cleared
3 101 (6.41%) DV Cleared
4 62 (3.93%) Degree
5 55 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 52 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.16%) Azure Certification
8 30 (1.90%) CCNA
8 30 (1.90%) CCNP
9 15 (0.95%) AWS Certification
9 15 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 13 (0.82%) CCIE
10 13 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (0.82%) MCSE
11 10 (0.63%) DBS Check
11 10 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (0.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 7 (0.44%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (5.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 56 (3.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 14 (0.89%) SLA
5 13 (0.82%) GDPR
6 11 (0.70%) QA
7 9 (0.57%) NIST
8 7 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.44%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.38%) GRC
9 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.25%) WCAG
11 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.13%) NCSC
12 1 (0.063%) GxP
12 1 (0.063%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.063%) JSP 440
12 1 (0.063%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.063%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.063%) PMO
System Software
1 298 (18.91%) Active Directory
2 227 (14.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 150 (9.52%) Hyper-V
4 76 (4.82%) Docker
5 59 (3.74%) vSphere
6 26 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (1.46%) Firmware
8 20 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
9 18 (1.14%) VMware NSX
10 14 (0.89%) KVM
10 14 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
11 9 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 7 (0.44%) VMware Server
14 6 (0.38%) BitLocker
14 6 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 4 (0.25%) Squid
16 2 (0.13%) iptables
16 2 (0.13%) Xen
16 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 138 (8.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 131 (8.31%) Terraform
3 110 (6.98%) Kubernetes
4 102 (6.47%) Ansible
5 31 (1.97%) Grafana
6 28 (1.78%) vCenter Server
7 20 (1.27%) Puppet
8 18 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (1.08%) ZABBIX
10 15 (0.95%) SCCM
11 13 (0.82%) Prometheus
11 13 (0.82%) VxRail
12 11 (0.70%) Argo
13 10 (0.63%) Nessus
13 10 (0.63%) Proxmox
14 9 (0.57%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.51%) Graylog
16 7 (0.44%) Cisco CUCM
16 7 (0.44%) WSUS
17 6 (0.38%) logstash
Vendors
1 489 (31.03%) Microsoft
2 290 (18.40%) VMware
3 104 (6.60%) Cisco
4 74 (4.70%) Veeam
5 38 (2.41%) IBM
6 34 (2.16%) Oracle
7 31 (1.97%) Splunk
8 30 (1.90%) HP
9 29 (1.84%) CrowdStrike
9 29 (1.84%) Red Hat
10 28 (1.78%) Citrix
10 28 (1.78%) Palo Alto
11 27 (1.71%) Fortinet
12 24 (1.52%) Commvault
13 23 (1.46%) Meraki
14 21 (1.33%) Dell
14 21 (1.33%) NetApp
15 16 (1.02%) Apple
15 16 (1.02%) Zerto
16 15 (0.95%) EMC