Infrastructure Operations Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Operations Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 - 524
Rank change year-on-year - - +233
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Operations Engineer 3 0 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% - 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 36
10th Percentile - - £37,120
25th Percentile £56,250 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £45,196
Median % change year-on-year - - -58.44%
75th Percentile £58,750 - £56,563
90th Percentile - - £58,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £56,500 £45,196
% change year-on-year +41.59% +25.01% -27.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 38,586 33,429 32,762
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,611 16,250 24,824
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,013 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Operations Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Operations 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 Operations Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Midlands - 3 £57,500 - 1
West Midlands - 3 £57,500 - 1
Infrastructure Operations Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Infrastructure Operations Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Meraki
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) Degree

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Meraki
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft