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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 68 32
Rank change year-on-year -88 -36 +103
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 805 2,599 4,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.07% 3.53% 7.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 4.27% 7.71%
Number of salaries quoted 416 2,204 1,101
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% +7.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £67,500 £72,500
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 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 28 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 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 -34 436 £52,000 +13.04% 331
North West -1 376 £50,000 +3.09% 189
South East -111 145 £45,000 -10.00% 408
Midlands -105 90 £45,074 +0.16% 225
West Midlands -46 63 £45,000 - 117
Yorkshire -73 49 £60,000 +33.33% 104
East of England -73 48 £55,320 +22.93% 178
South West -91 45 £57,194 +14.39% 189
East Midlands -86 27 £46,750 +3.89% 94
Scotland +57 26 £52,500 +15.38% 78
Wales +1 11 £49,735 +21.11% 34
North East -23 11 £52,000 +17.45% 43
Northern Ireland +42 5 £53,750 -10.42% 19
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
1 117 (14.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (2.98%) SharePoint
3 20 (2.48%) IIS
4 7 (0.87%) Apache
5 6 (0.75%) Confluence
6 4 (0.50%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.25%) CICS
8 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (2.61%) AutoCAD
2 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.50%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.37%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.50%) 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 (26.46%) Azure
2 117 (14.53%) Microsoft 365
3 81 (10.06%) AWS
4 44 (5.47%) Entra ID
5 32 (3.98%) SaaS
6 30 (3.73%) GCP
7 24 (2.98%) IaaS
8 22 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (2.61%) Power Platform
10 17 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
10 17 (2.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 16 (1.99%) Serverless
12 15 (1.86%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.74%) PaaS
14 13 (1.61%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
16 10 (1.24%) Nutanix
17 9 (1.12%) AWS KMS
17 9 (1.12%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 300 (37.27%) VPN
2 263 (32.67%) Cisco IOS
3 112 (13.91%) Firewall
4 87 (10.81%) DNS
5 75 (9.32%) DHCP
6 62 (7.70%) WAN
7 50 (6.21%) LAN
7 50 (6.21%) SAN
8 32 (3.98%) NAS
9 31 (3.85%) Network Security
10 29 (3.60%) SD-WAN
11 26 (3.23%) VLAN
12 24 (2.98%) TCP/IP
12 24 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
13 19 (2.36%) SMTP
14 11 (1.37%) 5G
14 11 (1.37%) Bluetooth
14 11 (1.37%) LTE
15 10 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
16 8 (0.99%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (1.12%) Data Hub
3 9 (1.12%) Power BI
3 9 (1.12%) SQL CLR
4 8 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (0.87%) MongoDB
6 6 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 5 (0.62%) Metadata
8 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
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
10 2 (0.25%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.12%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (2.24%) Jenkins
2 13 (1.61%) JIRA
3 11 (1.37%) Git
4 6 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (0.62%) Vagrant
6 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket Server
6 4 (0.50%) GitLab
7 3 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.12%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.12%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 303 (37.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 280 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
3 147 (18.26%) Social Skills
4 79 (9.81%) Finance
5 41 (5.09%) Public Sector
6 32 (3.98%) Legal
7 20 (2.48%) Banking
7 20 (2.48%) Local Government
8 14 (1.74%) Manufacturing
9 12 (1.49%) Electronics
9 12 (1.49%) Retail
10 11 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.24%) Back Office
12 9 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.99%) Law
14 7 (0.87%) Games
15 6 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.37%) Military
Job Titles
1 657 (81.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 92 (11.43%) Support Engineer
3 87 (10.81%) Infrastructure Support
4 82 (10.19%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 76 (9.44%) Senior
6 69 (8.57%) Cloud Engineer
7 61 (7.58%) IT Engineer
8 60 (7.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 58 (7.20%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (5.71%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 44 (5.47%) Lead
12 43 (5.34%) Azure Engineer
12 43 (5.34%) Civil Engineer
13 36 (4.47%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (3.48%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (3.23%) IT Support
16 24 (2.98%) IT Support Engineer
17 21 (2.61%) Principal Engineer
17 21 (2.61%) Senior Cloud Engineer
18 20 (2.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (32.67%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (1.49%) ARM Templates
3 10 (1.24%) OLE
4 8 (0.99%) Middleware
5 7 (0.87%) .NET
5 7 (0.87%) SAML
6 6 (0.75%) AWS CDK
7 5 (0.62%) .NET Core
7 5 (0.62%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.62%) Web Services
7 5 (0.62%) YAML
8 4 (0.50%) Dapper ORM
8 4 (0.50%) Entity Framework
8 4 (0.50%) JSON
9 3 (0.37%) OAuth
10 2 (0.25%) Node.js
10 2 (0.25%) XML
11 1 (0.12%) ADO
11 1 (0.12%) ASP.NET
11 1 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 260 (32.30%) Cyberattack
2 50 (6.21%) Data Centre
3 28 (3.48%) Clustering
4 20 (2.48%) Private Cloud
5 19 (2.36%) Cloud Native
5 19 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 19 (2.36%) PKI
6 15 (1.86%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.74%) NHS
7 14 (1.74%) Product Ownership
8 13 (1.61%) Management Information System
9 12 (1.49%) Security Posture
10 11 (1.37%) IoT
10 11 (1.37%) NB-IoT
11 10 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.99%) Driving Licence
12 8 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.87%) Replication
14 6 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
15 5 (0.62%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 497 (61.74%) Windows
2 361 (44.84%) Linux
3 263 (32.67%) Android
4 158 (19.63%) Windows Server
5 20 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (2.11%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 15 (1.86%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (1.49%) Unix
10 11 (1.37%) Ubuntu
11 10 (1.24%) VMS
12 9 (1.12%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.87%) CentOS
14 5 (0.62%) Debian
15 4 (0.50%) AIX
15 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
15 4 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.37%) Mac OS
16 3 (0.37%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.25%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (44.60%) Problem-Solving
2 348 (43.23%) DevOps
3 276 (34.29%) Platform Engineering
4 273 (33.91%) Line Management
4 273 (33.91%) Risk Management
5 272 (33.79%) Task Automation
6 265 (32.92%) Storage Management
7 263 (32.67%) Mathematics
8 61 (7.58%) Disaster Recovery
8 61 (7.58%) Infrastructure as Code
9 60 (7.45%) Mentoring
10 56 (6.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (6.83%) High Availability
12 54 (6.71%) ITIL
13 47 (5.84%) Cloud Security
14 46 (5.71%) Agile
15 40 (4.97%) Project Management
16 39 (4.84%) Migration
16 39 (4.84%) Project Delivery
17 37 (4.60%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 393 (48.82%) PowerShell
2 321 (39.88%) Python
3 285 (35.40%) Bash
4 46 (5.71%) SQL
5 10 (1.24%) Java
6 8 (0.99%) T-SQL
7 7 (0.87%) C#
8 4 (0.50%) Groovy
8 4 (0.50%) Perl
8 4 (0.50%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.37%) Bicep
9 3 (0.37%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.25%) Go
10 2 (0.25%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.12%) C
11 1 (0.12%) JCL
Qualifications
1 99 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 97 (12.05%) Degree
3 57 (7.08%) DV Cleared
4 53 (6.58%) SC Cleared
5 52 (6.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 46 (5.71%) Azure Certification
7 23 (2.86%) MCSA
8 16 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (1.99%) MCSE
8 16 (1.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 15 (1.86%) A+ Certification
9 15 (1.86%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (1.86%) MCP
10 14 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
12 12 (1.49%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.49%) HND
13 10 (1.24%) CCNA
14 9 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
14 9 (1.12%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 13 (1.61%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (1.49%) NIST
4 9 (1.12%) GDPR
4 9 (1.12%) SLA
5 6 (0.75%) QA
6 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.50%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.50%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.25%) NCSC
8 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.12%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.12%) GRC
System Software
1 321 (39.88%) Hyper-V
2 295 (36.65%) Docker
3 291 (36.15%) vSphere
4 272 (33.79%) VMware NSX
5 183 (22.73%) Active Directory
6 117 (14.53%) VMware Infrastructure
7 29 (3.60%) VMware ESXi
8 27 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
9 16 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (1.12%) BitLocker
11 8 (0.99%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (0.99%) Terminal Services
12 5 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.50%) DFS Replication
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 (42.48%) Terraform
2 323 (40.12%) Ansible
3 45 (5.59%) Kubernetes
4 37 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (3.11%) Puppet
6 17 (2.11%) SCCM
6 17 (2.11%) vCenter Server
7 15 (1.86%) Progress Chef
8 9 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
8 9 (1.12%) SCOM
8 9 (1.12%) WSUS
9 8 (0.99%) Grafana
9 8 (0.99%) vMotion
10 7 (0.87%) Prometheus
10 7 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.75%) Nagios
11 6 (0.75%) Proxmox
12 5 (0.62%) Nessus
13 4 (0.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 311 (38.63%) Cisco
2 273 (33.91%) Juniper
3 267 (33.17%) Splunk
4 260 (32.30%) 3PAR
5 249 (30.93%) Microsoft
6 167 (20.75%) VMware
7 34 (4.22%) Citrix
8 30 (3.73%) Veeam
9 21 (2.61%) Google
10 13 (1.61%) HP
11 12 (1.49%) Dell
11 12 (1.49%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.24%) Meraki
12 10 (1.24%) Oracle
13 9 (1.12%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.87%) McAfee
15 6 (0.75%) Palo Alto
15 6 (0.75%) SolarWinds
15 6 (0.75%) Sophos
15 6 (0.75%) Symantec