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 £57,350 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 580 662
Rank change year-on-year +164 +82 -204
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 393 184 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.56% 0.30% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.34% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 314 140 180
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,100 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,438 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,350 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.24% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,968 £60,000 £62,813
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £72,500
UK median annual salary £58,250 £55,500 £54,875
% change year-on-year +4.95% +1.14% +9.75%

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 66,883 54,717 68,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,333 31,108 43,002
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 £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +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 6 May 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 6 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
North of England +129 104 £62,783 +21.82% 4
South East +82 92 £60,000 +6.67% 8
South West +6 69 £52,500 +16.67% 11
North West +67 62 £62,783 +23.10% 3
Midlands +14 59 £54,000 +2.86% 7
East of England +40 35 £50,000 -9.09% 3
West Midlands +29 35 £55,000 +4.76% 5
East Midlands -17 24 £47,500 -9.52% 2
Yorkshire +108 23 £62,783 +19.59% 1
North East +6 19 £62,783 +16.80%
Scotland -59 17 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Wales - 16 £41,067 -
Northern Ireland +15 1 £51,000 +27.50%
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 6 May 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.

1 385 (97.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 216 (54.96%) Windows
3 178 (45.29%) Azure
4 158 (40.20%) VMware
5 121 (30.79%) Linux
6 120 (30.53%) Microsoft
7 118 (30.03%) AWS
8 116 (29.52%) VMware Infrastructure
9 112 (28.50%) Active Directory
10 99 (25.19%) DNS
10 99 (25.19%) Windows Server
11 92 (23.41%) PowerShell
12 85 (21.63%) Microsoft 365
12 85 (21.63%) ITIL
13 84 (21.37%) DevOps
14 77 (19.59%) Security Cleared
15 75 (19.08%) Ansible
15 75 (19.08%) Mentoring
16 69 (17.56%) DHCP
17 67 (17.05%) Hyper-V
18 65 (16.54%) Python
19 62 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
20 59 (15.01%) Coaching
20 59 (15.01%) Bash
21 58 (14.76%) Public Sector
22 55 (13.99%) Kubernetes
22 55 (13.99%) Public Cloud
23 54 (13.74%) Terraform
24 52 (13.23%) Docker
25 47 (11.96%) 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 40 (10.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (7.12%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.02%) IIS
4 3 (0.76%) Confluence
5 2 (0.51%) JBoss
5 2 (0.51%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.51%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.51%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.51%) CATIA
2 2 (0.51%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 178 (45.29%) Azure
2 118 (30.03%) AWS
3 85 (21.63%) Microsoft 365
4 41 (10.43%) SaaS
5 38 (9.67%) Entra ID
6 37 (9.41%) IaaS
7 35 (8.91%) OpenShift
8 18 (4.58%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (4.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 15 (3.82%) Amazon S3
10 15 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (3.82%) Nutanix
10 15 (3.82%) Serverless
11 13 (3.31%) Power Platform
12 12 (3.05%) AWS KMS
12 12 (3.05%) Azure Key Vault
12 12 (3.05%) CloudFront
12 12 (3.05%) Route 53
13 11 (2.80%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 99 (25.19%) DNS
2 69 (17.56%) DHCP
3 41 (10.43%) Firewall
4 40 (10.18%) HTTP
5 38 (9.67%) TCP/IP
6 34 (8.65%) LAN
6 34 (8.65%) SAN
7 27 (6.87%) WAN
8 22 (5.60%) VPN
9 15 (3.82%) VLAN
10 14 (3.56%) Wireless
11 13 (3.31%) VoIP
12 10 (2.54%) WLAN
13 8 (2.04%) Network Security
13 8 (2.04%) SSL
13 8 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (1.78%) NAS
14 7 (1.78%) NetScaler
14 7 (1.78%) SD-WAN
15 6 (1.53%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.09%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.33%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.78%) MySQL
4 4 (1.02%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.02%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.76%) DB2
6 1 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.25%) Power BI
6 1 (0.25%) Redis
Development Applications
1 24 (6.11%) GitLab
2 21 (5.34%) Artifactory
3 7 (1.78%) Git
4 3 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.76%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.76%) JIRA
General
1 58 (14.76%) Public Sector
2 37 (9.41%) Social Skills
3 34 (8.65%) Finance
4 20 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (4.33%) Aerospace
6 13 (3.31%) Automotive
7 9 (2.29%) Advertising
7 9 (2.29%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.78%) Law
8 7 (1.78%) Legal
8 7 (1.78%) Retail
9 5 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.27%) Military
10 3 (0.76%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.25%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.53%) LDAP
2 3 (0.76%) AWS CDK
3 2 (0.51%) JSON
3 2 (0.51%) Middleware
4 1 (0.25%) .NET
4 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (13.99%) Public Cloud
2 45 (11.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 40 (10.18%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.83%) PKI
5 15 (3.82%) IoT
6 12 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.29%) CMDB
8 8 (2.04%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.27%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.02%) EFT
11 3 (0.76%) Clustering
11 3 (0.76%) EMC VNX
11 3 (0.76%) Fat Client
11 3 (0.76%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.76%) PMI
11 3 (0.76%) Robotics
11 3 (0.76%) Thin Client
12 2 (0.51%) CCTV
12 2 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 216 (54.96%) Windows
2 121 (30.79%) Linux
3 99 (25.19%) Windows Server
4 35 (8.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 33 (8.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (7.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 29 (7.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (4.33%) Windows 10
8 16 (4.07%) Unix
9 11 (2.80%) Windows 7
10 9 (2.29%) CentOS
10 9 (2.29%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (2.29%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (1.53%) Ubuntu
12 4 (1.02%) Rocky
12 4 (1.02%) Windows 2000
12 4 (1.02%) Windows NT
12 4 (1.02%) Windows XP
13 3 (0.76%) Amazon Linux
14 1 (0.25%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (97.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 85 (21.63%) ITIL
3 84 (21.37%) DevOps
4 75 (19.08%) Mentoring
5 62 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
6 59 (15.01%) Coaching
7 47 (11.96%) Change Management
8 46 (11.70%) Infrastructure as Code
9 37 (9.41%) Roadmaps
10 36 (9.16%) Migration
11 33 (8.40%) Actionable Insight
11 33 (8.40%) Cybersecurity
11 33 (8.40%) Software Architecture
12 32 (8.14%) Decision-Making
13 29 (7.38%) Disaster Recovery
14 27 (6.87%) Service Management
15 24 (6.11%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 23 (5.85%) Technical Leadership
17 21 (5.34%) Capacity Planning
17 21 (5.34%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 92 (23.41%) PowerShell
2 65 (16.54%) Python
3 59 (15.01%) Bash
4 37 (9.41%) Java
5 15 (3.82%) Perl
6 7 (1.78%) SQL
7 3 (0.76%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.51%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.25%) AWK
9 1 (0.25%) Bicep
9 1 (0.25%) C#
9 1 (0.25%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 77 (19.59%) Security Cleared
2 42 (10.69%) SC Cleared
3 40 (10.18%) Degree
3 40 (10.18%) DV Cleared
4 17 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.05%) AWS Certification
5 12 (3.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 12 (3.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 11 (2.80%) HNC
7 7 (1.78%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (1.02%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.02%) MCSE
9 4 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (0.76%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.25%) CCNA
12 1 (0.25%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.82%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.04%) SLA
3 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.25%) GDPR
4 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.25%) NCSC
System Software
1 116 (29.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 112 (28.50%) Active Directory
3 67 (17.05%) Hyper-V
4 52 (13.23%) Docker
5 30 (7.63%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (5.60%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (4.33%) vSphere
8 4 (1.02%) Firmware
9 3 (0.76%) KVM
9 3 (0.76%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.76%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 75 (19.08%) Ansible
2 55 (13.99%) Kubernetes
3 54 (13.74%) Terraform
4 38 (9.67%) Puppet
5 31 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 27 (6.87%) SCCM
7 20 (5.09%) vCenter Server
8 12 (3.05%) CA Single Sign-On
8 12 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (3.05%) WSUS
9 11 (2.80%) SCOM
10 7 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 7 (1.78%) EMC NetWorker
11 6 (1.53%) Nagios
12 4 (1.02%) Data Guard
12 4 (1.02%) SmoothWall
13 3 (0.76%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 158 (40.20%) VMware
2 120 (30.53%) Microsoft
3 39 (9.92%) Red Hat
4 27 (6.87%) Cisco
5 15 (3.82%) Citrix
6 13 (3.31%) Veeam
7 12 (3.05%) CA
7 12 (3.05%) CyberArk
7 12 (3.05%) EMC
7 12 (3.05%) Oracle
7 12 (3.05%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.80%) Aruba
8 11 (2.80%) BMC
9 9 (2.29%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.29%) HP
9 9 (2.29%) SolarWinds
10 8 (2.04%) Dell
10 8 (2.04%) Globalscape
10 8 (2.04%) Meraki
10 8 (2.04%) NetApp