Infrastructure Design Engineer Job Trends

Infrastructure Design Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Design Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 654 744 730
Rank change year-on-year +90 -14 +387
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Design Engineer 17 6 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.032% 0.009% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.009% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £40,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -55.56% +118.18%
75th Percentile - £65,000 -
90th Percentile - £80,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 47,609 64,478 50,569
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.88% 94.87% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 29,568 36,288 39,151
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.43% -3.81% -

Infrastructure Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Infrastructure Design Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Design Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Infrastructure Design Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Design Engineer over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Design Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Design Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 15 November 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
UK excluding London - 17 £70,000 -
England +110 15 £70,000 +75.00% 2
North of England - 12 - -
Yorkshire - 6 - -
North West - 6 - -
East of England - 3 £70,000 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £35,000 -

Infrastructure Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, Infrastructure Design 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 featuring Infrastructure Design Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (70.59%) TETRA

Infrastructure Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (70.59%) TETRA
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering