Senior Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 414 474 567
Rank change year-on-year +60 +93 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 316 208 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.48% 0.43% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.48% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 244 154 289
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £37,720
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £67,968 £60,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.90% +11.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 61,941 43,162 74,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.65% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41,460 27,696 44,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
North of England +52 83 £62,783 +23.10% 6
South East +38 73 £55,000 - 6
South West +10 57 £49,029 +3.22% 3
Midlands -11 53 £54,000 +2.86% 2
North West +17 44 £62,783 +23.10% 3
West Midlands +10 40 £55,000 +10.00% 2
East of England +9 23 £45,000 -18.92% 1
Yorkshire +61 20 £62,783 +21.91% 2
North East +4 19 £62,783 +26.83% 1
Scotland -42 16 £47,500 -29.80% 6
East Midlands -31 13 £46,250 -11.90%
Wales +35 10 £41,067 -
Northern Ireland +11 1 £51,000 +36.00% 1
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 308 (97.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 153 (48.42%) Windows
3 118 (37.34%) Azure
4 110 (34.81%) VMware
5 98 (31.01%) Microsoft
6 86 (27.22%) Active Directory
7 81 (25.63%) AWS
8 78 (24.68%) Linux
9 73 (23.10%) VMware Infrastructure
10 69 (21.84%) Windows Server
11 65 (20.57%) DNS
12 61 (19.30%) Microsoft 365
13 60 (18.99%) Security Cleared
14 59 (18.67%) Mentoring
15 58 (18.35%) PowerShell
16 57 (18.04%) DevOps
17 55 (17.41%) ITIL
18 53 (16.77%) Ansible
19 50 (15.82%) Hyper-V
20 49 (15.51%) DHCP
21 48 (15.19%) SC Cleared
22 45 (14.24%) Public Sector
23 42 (13.29%) Python
24 41 (12.97%) Bash
24 41 (12.97%) Kubernetes
25 40 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
26 37 (11.71%) Coaching
27 36 (11.39%) Public Cloud
27 36 (11.39%) Entra ID
28 35 (11.08%) Change Management

Senior 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 26 (8.23%) SharePoint
2 22 (6.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.90%) IIS
4 3 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) CATIA
2 1 (0.32%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.32%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 118 (37.34%) Azure
2 81 (25.63%) AWS
3 61 (19.30%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (11.39%) Entra ID
5 29 (9.18%) SaaS
6 26 (8.23%) OpenShift
7 24 (7.59%) IaaS
8 17 (5.38%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (3.16%) Slack
10 9 (2.85%) Nutanix
10 9 (2.85%) Power Platform
10 9 (2.85%) PowerApps
11 8 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (2.22%) AWS KMS
12 7 (2.22%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.22%) Serverless
13 6 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (1.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 65 (20.57%) DNS
2 49 (15.51%) DHCP
3 34 (10.76%) SAN
4 31 (9.81%) HTTP
5 30 (9.49%) TCP/IP
6 29 (9.18%) Firewall
7 15 (4.75%) LAN
8 14 (4.43%) WAN
9 12 (3.80%) VPN
10 11 (3.48%) VoIP
11 10 (3.16%) VLAN
12 7 (2.22%) Network Security
12 7 (2.22%) Skype
13 6 (1.90%) SSL
14 5 (1.58%) NAS
14 5 (1.58%) SD-WAN
15 4 (1.27%) Broadband
15 4 (1.27%) iSCSI
15 4 (1.27%) WLAN
16 3 (0.95%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.01%) Amazon RDS
2 17 (5.38%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.58%) MySQL
4 4 (1.27%) DB2
5 2 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.63%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (5.06%) GitLab
2 12 (3.80%) Artifactory
3 3 (0.95%) Git
3 3 (0.95%) JIRA
4 1 (0.32%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
General
1 45 (14.24%) Public Sector
2 31 (9.81%) Social Skills
3 22 (6.96%) Aerospace
4 21 (6.65%) Finance
5 15 (4.75%) Manufacturing
6 11 (3.48%) Automotive
7 10 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.53%) Games
9 7 (2.22%) Legal
10 6 (1.90%) Advertising
11 5 (1.58%) Law
12 4 (1.27%) Retail
13 3 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.95%) Military
13 3 (0.95%) Social Housing
14 2 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Police
15 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.95%) REST
2 2 (0.63%) LDAP
3 1 (0.32%) .NET
3 1 (0.32%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.32%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.32%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.39%) Public Cloud
2 32 (10.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (8.86%) Data Centre
4 15 (4.75%) PKI
5 11 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.85%) IoT
7 7 (2.22%) CMDB
8 6 (1.90%) Replication
9 3 (0.95%) Clustering
9 3 (0.95%) EFT
9 3 (0.95%) EMC VNX
9 3 (0.95%) Fat Client
9 3 (0.95%) Robotics
9 3 (0.95%) Thin Client
10 2 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.32%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.32%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.32%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 153 (48.42%) Windows
2 78 (24.68%) Linux
3 69 (21.84%) Windows Server
4 27 (8.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (6.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (5.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (4.75%) Windows 10
8 14 (4.43%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (4.11%) Unix
10 10 (3.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (2.22%) CentOS
12 5 (1.58%) Windows 7
13 4 (1.27%) Rocky
13 4 (1.27%) Windows 2000
13 4 (1.27%) Windows NT
13 4 (1.27%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (1.27%) Windows XP
14 3 (0.95%) Amazon Linux
14 3 (0.95%) Ubuntu
15 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (97.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 59 (18.67%) Mentoring
3 57 (18.04%) DevOps
4 55 (17.41%) ITIL
5 40 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (11.71%) Coaching
7 35 (11.08%) Change Management
8 25 (7.91%) Agile
8 25 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
9 24 (7.59%) Migration
9 24 (7.59%) Software Architecture
10 23 (7.28%) Infrastructure as Code
10 23 (7.28%) Roadmaps
11 22 (6.96%) Cybersecurity
12 19 (6.01%) Collaborative Working
12 19 (6.01%) Technical Leadership
13 18 (5.70%) Decision-Making
13 18 (5.70%) Service Management
14 17 (5.38%) Actionable Insight
15 16 (5.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 58 (18.35%) PowerShell
2 42 (13.29%) Python
3 41 (12.97%) Bash
4 26 (8.23%) Java
5 9 (2.85%) Perl
6 6 (1.90%) SQL
7 2 (0.63%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.32%) Bicep
8 1 (0.32%) C#
8 1 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 60 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 48 (15.19%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.76%) DV Cleared
4 23 (7.28%) Degree
5 8 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.58%) HNC
7 4 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.27%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 4 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.27%) CCNA
7 4 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.32%) CCNP
9 1 (0.32%) CISSP
9 1 (0.32%) MCSA
9 1 (0.32%) MCSE
9 1 (0.32%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.85%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.90%) SLA
3 2 (0.63%) NCSC
3 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 86 (27.22%) Active Directory
2 73 (23.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 50 (15.82%) Hyper-V
4 31 (9.81%) Docker
5 21 (6.65%) vSphere
6 18 (5.70%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (4.11%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.90%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.95%) Ceph
9 3 (0.95%) vCloud
10 2 (0.63%) Firmware
10 2 (0.63%) KVM
11 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (16.77%) Ansible
2 41 (12.97%) Kubernetes
3 32 (10.13%) Puppet
3 32 (10.13%) Terraform
4 24 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (7.59%) SCCM
5 15 (4.75%) vCenter Server
6 14 (4.43%) WSUS
7 10 (3.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (2.22%) CA Single Sign-On
10 5 (1.58%) EMC NetWorker
10 5 (1.58%) SCOM
10 5 (1.58%) VxRail
11 3 (0.95%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 3 (0.95%) Nagios
11 3 (0.95%) N-central
11 3 (0.95%) vRealize
Vendors
1 110 (34.81%) VMware
2 98 (31.01%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.86%) Red Hat
4 23 (7.28%) Cisco
5 11 (3.48%) BMC
5 11 (3.48%) Citrix
6 10 (3.16%) Dell
6 10 (3.16%) EMC
6 10 (3.16%) Oracle
7 9 (2.85%) Veeam
8 8 (2.53%) Fortinet
9 7 (2.22%) CA
9 7 (2.22%) CyberArk
9 7 (2.22%) Juniper
9 7 (2.22%) NetApp
9 7 (2.22%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.22%) Zerto
10 6 (1.90%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.58%) Commvault
11 5 (1.58%) Meraki