IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 657 690
Rank change year-on-year +145 +33 -159
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 271 105 175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.39% 0.17% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.19% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 226 87 159
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £49,688 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £56,000 £57,500 £58,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% +4.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 66,715 54,769 68,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 47,210 31,112 43,042
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 +90 102 £40,000 -11.11% 7
East Midlands +40 68 £40,000 -11.11% 6
North of England +79 66 £40,000 -3.03% 14
South West +12 39 £46,250 -7.50% 1
South East +17 38 £50,000 +11.11% 4
West Midlands +36 34 £42,500 -5.56% 1
Yorkshire +110 29 £42,500 -5.56% 7
North West +24 25 £44,250 +7.27% 5
East of England +32 15 £42,500 -15.00% 3
North East +6 10 £37,500 -6.25% 4
Wales - 7 £42,500 - 1
Scotland -63 4 £42,500 +6.25%
IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, IT Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 269 (99.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 154 (56.83%) Windows
3 134 (49.45%) Azure
4 128 (47.23%) Microsoft
5 122 (45.02%) Microsoft 365
6 118 (43.54%) Active Directory
7 116 (42.80%) VMware
8 102 (37.64%) Firewall
9 87 (32.10%) Windows Server
10 79 (29.15%) VMware Infrastructure
11 55 (20.30%) Microsoft Exchange
12 53 (19.56%) Hyper-V
13 51 (18.82%) DNS
13 51 (18.82%) Social Skills
14 50 (18.45%) SharePoint
14 50 (18.45%) Cybersecurity
15 48 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
16 45 (16.61%) Cisco
17 44 (16.24%) Windows Server 2016
18 42 (15.50%) Entra ID
18 42 (15.50%) DHCP
19 40 (14.76%) Linux
19 40 (14.76%) Disaster Recovery
20 39 (14.39%) ITIL
21 38 (14.02%) SAN
22 36 (13.28%) PowerShell
23 35 (12.92%) Microsoft Intune
23 35 (12.92%) WAN
23 35 (12.92%) Wi-Fi
24 31 (11.44%) Veeam

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
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 55 (20.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (18.45%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.06%) IIS
4 2 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.37%) Confluence
5 1 (0.37%) Moodle
Applications
1 26 (9.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 134 (49.45%) Azure
2 122 (45.02%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (15.50%) Entra ID
4 28 (10.33%) AWS
5 12 (4.43%) OneDrive
6 8 (2.95%) Mimecast
7 7 (2.58%) Nutanix
8 3 (1.11%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.11%) IaaS
8 3 (1.11%) PaaS
9 2 (0.74%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.74%) OpenDNS
9 2 (0.74%) SaaS
10 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.37%) OCI
10 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.37%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.37%) Slack
10 1 (0.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 102 (37.64%) Firewall
2 51 (18.82%) DNS
3 42 (15.50%) DHCP
4 38 (14.02%) SAN
5 35 (12.92%) WAN
5 35 (12.92%) Wi-Fi
6 26 (9.59%) TCP/IP
7 25 (9.23%) VPN
8 23 (8.49%) LAN
8 23 (8.49%) VLAN
9 18 (6.64%) SD-WAN
10 12 (4.43%) Network Security
11 9 (3.32%) VoIP
12 7 (2.58%) BGP
12 7 (2.58%) NAS
12 7 (2.58%) WLAN
13 5 (1.85%) OSPF
13 5 (1.85%) Wireless
14 3 (1.11%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (1.11%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.38%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.69%) MySQL
3 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.37%) JIRA
General
1 51 (18.82%) Social Skills
2 21 (7.75%) Finance
3 20 (7.38%) Law
4 16 (5.90%) Telecoms
5 14 (5.17%) Automotive
6 12 (4.43%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.58%) Legal
8 6 (2.21%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (2.21%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.85%) Retail
10 4 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.11%) Military
12 2 (0.74%) Electronics
12 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.74%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.74%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.74%) LAMP
1 2 (0.74%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.37%) JSON
2 1 (0.37%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.96%) Data Centre
2 11 (4.06%) CCTV
3 9 (3.32%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.58%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.21%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.85%) IoT
8 4 (1.48%) Clustering
8 4 (1.48%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.48%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.48%) iPad
8 4 (1.48%) Thin Client
9 3 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.74%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.74%) PKI
11 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.37%) NHS
11 1 (0.37%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 154 (56.83%) Windows
2 87 (32.10%) Windows Server
3 44 (16.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 40 (14.76%) Linux
5 21 (7.75%) Windows Server 2012
6 20 (7.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (6.64%) Android
7 18 (6.64%) Apple iOS
8 16 (5.90%) Windows 10
9 7 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.85%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.48%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.74%) Unix
12 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.37%) AIX
13 1 (0.37%) CentOS
13 1 (0.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (99.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (18.45%) Cybersecurity
3 48 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (14.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 39 (14.39%) ITIL
6 30 (11.07%) Migration
7 20 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (7.38%) Customer Service
7 20 (7.38%) Project Management
8 18 (6.64%) Infrastructure Management
9 15 (5.54%) Logistics
9 15 (5.54%) Project Delivery
9 15 (5.54%) Storage Management
10 13 (4.80%) Containerisation
10 13 (4.80%) Service Management
11 12 (4.43%) Service Delivery
12 11 (4.06%) Creative Problem-Solving
13 10 (3.69%) High Availability
13 10 (3.69%) Mathematics
13 10 (3.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (13.28%) PowerShell
2 22 (8.12%) SQL
3 10 (3.69%) Swift
4 6 (2.21%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (7.75%) Degree
2 9 (3.32%) Security Cleared
3 8 (2.95%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.58%) CCNA
4 7 (2.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (1.85%) MCSE
5 5 (1.85%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.11%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.11%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.37%) CCNP
8 1 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.37%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (0.37%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.37%) HNC
8 1 (0.37%) HND
8 1 (0.37%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.95%) SLA
2 3 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.37%) GDPR
System Software
1 118 (43.54%) Active Directory
2 79 (29.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (19.56%) Hyper-V
4 19 (7.01%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (5.17%) Virtual Servers
6 12 (4.43%) vSphere
7 9 (3.32%) Docker
8 6 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.85%) VMware Server
10 3 (1.11%) Firmware
11 2 (0.74%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.74%) pfSense
11 2 (0.74%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (12.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.54%) SCCM
3 10 (3.69%) WSUS
4 9 (3.32%) Ansible
5 6 (2.21%) Kubernetes
5 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 6 (2.21%) SCOM
6 5 (1.85%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.48%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.11%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.11%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.74%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.74%) NetCrunch
9 2 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.74%) vRealize
10 1 (0.37%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 128 (47.23%) Microsoft
2 116 (42.80%) VMware
3 45 (16.61%) Cisco
4 31 (11.44%) Veeam
5 26 (9.59%) Citrix
6 14 (5.17%) Meraki
7 11 (4.06%) HP
8 10 (3.69%) Acronis
9 8 (2.95%) Aruba
9 8 (2.95%) Fortinet
9 8 (2.95%) NetApp
10 7 (2.58%) Oracle
11 6 (2.21%) Dell
11 6 (2.21%) McAfee
11 6 (2.21%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.85%) Nasuni
12 5 (1.85%) Rapid7
13 4 (1.48%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.48%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.48%) Cylance