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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 63 29
Rank change year-on-year -72 -34 +110
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 904 2,867 4,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.25% 3.56% 7.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 4.43% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 469 2,373 1,021
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £66,250 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -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 36,453 64,687 51,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.64% 80.31% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 17,942 43,790 28,121
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -30 463 £53,750 +16.85% 263
North West -10 390 £52,000 +9.47% 149
South East -123 146 £45,000 -10.00% 249
Midlands -72 123 £46,000 +2.22% 129
West Midlands -26 88 £46,000 -8.00% 79
South West -77 64 £57,194 +14.39% 140
East of England -74 61 £60,000 +33.33% 110
Yorkshire -65 57 £63,750 +41.67% 89
East Midlands -73 35 £43,000 -3.91% 50
Scotland +34 31 £55,000 +22.22% 71
North East -24 16 £52,000 +15.56% 25
Wales -5 15 £60,000 +46.10% 19
Northern Ireland +40 7 £57,500 -4.17% 41
Channel Islands - 1 £65,000 -
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
1 131 (14.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.43%) IIS
4 15 (1.66%) Confluence
5 6 (0.66%) Apache
6 4 (0.44%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.22%) CICS
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 22 (2.43%) AutoCAD
2 17 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.44%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.33%) Simulink
5 1 (0.11%) Autodesk Inventor
5 1 (0.11%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) SAP Business One
2 3 (0.33%) Primavera
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 249 (27.54%) Azure
2 130 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
3 108 (11.95%) AWS
4 56 (6.19%) Entra ID
5 34 (3.76%) SaaS
6 32 (3.54%) GCP
7 28 (3.10%) IaaS
8 26 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
8 26 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 23 (2.54%) Amazon S3
10 21 (2.32%) Power Platform
11 20 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (2.21%) Serverless
12 18 (1.99%) AWS KMS
13 17 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
14 16 (1.77%) PaaS
15 14 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 14 (1.55%) Amazon ELB
15 14 (1.55%) Amazon Glacier
16 13 (1.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 308 (34.07%) VPN
2 264 (29.20%) Cisco IOS
3 138 (15.27%) Firewall
4 99 (10.95%) DNS
5 91 (10.07%) DHCP
6 72 (7.96%) WAN
7 54 (5.97%) LAN
7 54 (5.97%) SAN
8 37 (4.09%) SD-WAN
9 36 (3.98%) TCP/IP
10 33 (3.65%) NAS
11 32 (3.54%) VLAN
12 30 (3.32%) Network Security
12 30 (3.32%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (2.10%) SMTP
14 11 (1.22%) 5G
14 11 (1.22%) Bluetooth
14 11 (1.22%) LTE
15 10 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (1.11%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 23 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (1.22%) Data Hub
3 11 (1.22%) SQL CLR
4 8 (0.88%) Power BI
5 7 (0.77%) MongoDB
5 7 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (0.55%) Metadata
7 5 (0.55%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.22%) DB2
10 2 (0.22%) MySQL
11 1 (0.11%) Big Data
11 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 27 (2.99%) Jenkins
2 23 (2.54%) JIRA
3 20 (2.21%) Git
4 14 (1.55%) Vagrant
5 5 (0.55%) GitLab
5 5 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
6 4 (0.44%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.11%) Selenium
8 1 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 311 (34.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 279 (30.86%) Analytical Skills
3 163 (18.03%) Social Skills
4 97 (10.73%) Finance
5 68 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 38 (4.20%) Legal
7 33 (3.65%) Local Government
8 19 (2.10%) Banking
9 15 (1.66%) Manufacturing
9 15 (1.66%) Retail
10 12 (1.33%) Electronics
10 12 (1.33%) Telecoms
11 11 (1.22%) Back Office
11 11 (1.22%) Law
12 9 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (0.77%) Games
14 6 (0.66%) Automotive
14 6 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.66%) Military
14 6 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 748 (82.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 120 (13.27%) Support Engineer
3 116 (12.83%) Infrastructure Support
4 110 (12.17%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 102 (11.28%) Senior
6 84 (9.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 81 (8.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 76 (8.41%) IT Engineer
9 71 (7.85%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 58 (6.42%) Lead
11 53 (5.86%) Civil Engineer
12 52 (5.75%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 45 (4.98%) Azure Engineer
14 42 (4.65%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
15 39 (4.31%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
16 34 (3.76%) IT Support
17 32 (3.54%) Principal Engineer
18 31 (3.43%) IT Support Engineer
19 30 (3.32%) Development Engineer
20 27 (2.99%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (29.09%) Elastic Stack
2 20 (2.21%) OLE
3 11 (1.22%) ARM Templates
4 10 (1.11%) Middleware
5 9 (1.00%) .NET
6 8 (0.88%) SAML
7 7 (0.77%) .NET Core
7 7 (0.77%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.66%) Dapper ORM
8 6 (0.66%) Entity Framework
9 5 (0.55%) AWS CDK
9 5 (0.55%) YAML
10 4 (0.44%) JSON
11 3 (0.33%) 802.1X
11 3 (0.33%) OAuth
11 3 (0.33%) Web Services
12 2 (0.22%) Node.js
12 2 (0.22%) XML
13 1 (0.11%) OpenCL
13 1 (0.11%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 260 (28.76%) Cyberattack
2 52 (5.75%) Data Centre
3 28 (3.10%) Clustering
4 26 (2.88%) NHS
5 25 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (2.65%) Private Cloud
7 20 (2.21%) Cloud Native
7 20 (2.21%) PKI
8 16 (1.77%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.66%) Management Information System
9 15 (1.66%) Replication
10 14 (1.55%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.55%) IoT
10 14 (1.55%) Product Ownership
10 14 (1.55%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.22%) NB-IoT
12 10 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.77%) Operational Technology
13 7 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 541 (59.85%) Windows
2 387 (42.81%) Linux
3 263 (29.09%) Android
4 197 (21.79%) Windows Server
5 30 (3.32%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (3.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (2.21%) VMS
8 19 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (1.99%) Windows 10
10 17 (1.88%) Unix
11 13 (1.44%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (1.00%) CentOS
13 9 (1.00%) Mac OS
14 6 (0.66%) Apple iOS
15 5 (0.55%) Debian
16 4 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
17 3 (0.33%) AIX
17 3 (0.33%) Rocky
18 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (41.26%) Problem-Solving
2 359 (39.71%) DevOps
3 283 (31.31%) Risk Management
4 276 (30.53%) Task Automation
5 275 (30.42%) Line Management
6 272 (30.09%) Platform Engineering
7 269 (29.76%) Storage Management
8 266 (29.42%) Mathematics
9 82 (9.07%) Mentoring
10 71 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 70 (7.74%) Disaster Recovery
12 63 (6.97%) Cloud Security
12 63 (6.97%) ITIL
13 57 (6.31%) Agile
13 57 (6.31%) Infrastructure as Code
14 53 (5.86%) High Availability
15 50 (5.53%) Project Delivery
16 47 (5.20%) Project Management
17 45 (4.98%) Cybersecurity
17 45 (4.98%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 413 (45.69%) PowerShell
2 341 (37.72%) Python
3 287 (31.75%) Bash
4 55 (6.08%) SQL
5 15 (1.66%) Groovy
6 9 (1.00%) C#
6 9 (1.00%) Java
7 8 (0.88%) T-SQL
8 4 (0.44%) Go
8 4 (0.44%) Perl
8 4 (0.44%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.33%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.22%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.11%) JCL
Qualifications
1 116 (12.83%) Security Cleared
2 109 (12.06%) Degree
3 65 (7.19%) DV Cleared
4 62 (6.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 59 (6.53%) SC Cleared
6 52 (5.75%) Azure Certification
7 27 (2.99%) MCSA
8 24 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
9 21 (2.32%) MCSE
10 20 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (2.10%) A+ Certification
11 19 (2.10%) MCP
11 19 (2.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 18 (1.99%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.77%) CCNA
13 16 (1.77%) CompTIA Security+
14 13 (1.44%) HND
14 13 (1.44%) Postgraduate
15 12 (1.33%) DBS Check
16 11 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.43%) Accessibility
1 22 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (1.88%) NIST
4 14 (1.55%) GDPR
4 14 (1.55%) QA
5 8 (0.88%) SLA
6 7 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.44%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.44%) NIST 800
7 4 (0.44%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.33%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.33%) NCSC
8 3 (0.33%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 337 (37.28%) Hyper-V
2 297 (32.85%) vSphere
3 290 (32.08%) Docker
4 272 (30.09%) VMware NSX
5 224 (24.78%) Active Directory
6 131 (14.49%) VMware Infrastructure
7 32 (3.54%) VMware ESXi
8 29 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (1.66%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.44%) DFS Replication
11 9 (1.00%) BitLocker
12 8 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
12 8 (0.88%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
14 3 (0.33%) Dovecot
14 3 (0.33%) Firmware
14 3 (0.33%) Postfix
15 2 (0.22%) XenApp
16 1 (0.11%) KVM
16 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 355 (39.27%) Terraform
2 337 (37.28%) Ansible
3 52 (5.75%) Kubernetes
4 45 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
5 26 (2.88%) SCCM
6 24 (2.65%) Puppet
7 19 (2.10%) vCenter Server
8 17 (1.88%) Grafana
9 16 (1.77%) Prometheus
10 14 (1.55%) Progress Chef
11 13 (1.44%) SCOM
12 11 (1.22%) WSUS
13 10 (1.11%) FortiGate
14 8 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.88%) vMotion
15 7 (0.77%) Backup Exec
15 7 (0.77%) Nessus
15 7 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
16 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 6 (0.66%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 323 (35.73%) Cisco
2 287 (31.75%) Microsoft
3 282 (31.19%) Juniper
4 268 (29.65%) Splunk
5 260 (28.76%) 3PAR
6 183 (20.24%) VMware
7 36 (3.98%) Citrix
8 35 (3.87%) Veeam
9 21 (2.32%) Google
9 21 (2.32%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.77%) Dell
11 15 (1.66%) HP
12 14 (1.55%) Oracle
12 14 (1.55%) Red Hat
13 12 (1.33%) Autodesk
13 12 (1.33%) Meraki
14 9 (1.00%) Fortinet
14 9 (1.00%) Palo Alto
14 9 (1.00%) Rapid7
15 8 (0.88%) McAfee