Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 154 102
Rank change year-on-year +33 -52 +59
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 1,658 1,054 2,021
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.55% 2.10% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.65% 2.34% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,282 599 1,573
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +18.56% -3.00%
75th Percentile £69,390 £70,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £69,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £51,729 £46,500
% change year-on-year +6.32% +11.25% -2.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 100,717 45,123 78,702
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 89.93% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 68,844 26,712 52,410
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,350 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.45% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -6.54%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 August 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
England +33 1,503 £55,000 -4.35% 230
UK excluding London +34 1,346 £55,000 +6.32% 197
Work from Home -68 379 £60,000 - 75
North of England -34 341 £50,000 -6.98% 49
South East +78 327 £60,000 +33.33% 49
South West +60 287 £55,000 +3.06% 48
London +7 254 £70,000 - 55
North West -56 174 £51,500 -0.96% 26
Midlands +2 165 £50,000 +8.70% 19
Yorkshire +38 121 £51,500 -17.60% 14
East of England +13 120 £56,250 -10.00% 29
East Midlands +26 83 £50,000 +42.86% 6
West Midlands -27 82 £55,000 +10.00% 13
Wales -9 79 £45,000 -35.71% 2
North East -36 46 £45,000 -13.46% 10
Scotland -3 22 £50,000 -4.76% 10
Channel Islands +6 3 £75,000 +15.38%
Northern Ireland -78 2 £40,000 -38.46%

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 August 2026, Infrastructure 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 1,594 (96.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 525 (31.66%) Azure
3 473 (28.53%) Microsoft
4 414 (24.97%) Windows
5 319 (19.24%) VMware
6 298 (17.97%) Microsoft 365
7 296 (17.85%) Active Directory
8 260 (15.68%) Firewall
9 254 (15.32%) Windows Server
10 242 (14.60%) Linux
11 233 (14.05%) VMware Infrastructure
12 232 (13.99%) Security Cleared
13 217 (13.09%) AWS
14 197 (11.88%) DNS
14 197 (11.88%) PowerShell
15 178 (10.74%) Entra ID
16 177 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
17 167 (10.07%) DHCP
18 162 (9.77%) Disaster Recovery
19 145 (8.75%) Terraform
19 145 (8.75%) VPN
20 142 (8.56%) Infrastructure as Code
20 142 (8.56%) ITIL
21 139 (8.38%) Hyper-V
22 136 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
23 134 (8.08%) Microsoft Intune
24 130 (7.84%) Project Delivery
25 121 (7.30%) SC Cleared
26 116 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
27 114 (6.88%) Python

Infrastructure 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:

Application Platforms
1 103 (6.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (5.01%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.15%) IIS
4 9 (0.54%) Confluence
5 5 (0.30%) Apache
5 5 (0.30%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.060%) nginx
Applications
1 32 (1.93%) AutoCAD
2 23 (1.39%) Civil 3D
3 22 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.18%) Revit
6 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.12%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.060%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.060%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.060%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 525 (31.66%) Azure
2 298 (17.97%) Microsoft 365
3 217 (13.09%) AWS
4 178 (10.74%) Entra ID
5 63 (3.80%) IaaS
5 63 (3.80%) SaaS
6 49 (2.96%) PaaS
7 34 (2.05%) GCP
8 29 (1.75%) Nutanix
9 25 (1.51%) Azure Sentinel
9 25 (1.51%) OCI
10 23 (1.39%) Datadog
11 22 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
12 21 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (1.09%) OpenShift
14 17 (1.03%) Mimecast
14 17 (1.03%) OneDrive
14 17 (1.03%) Serverless
15 16 (0.97%) Cloudflare
16 15 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 260 (15.68%) Firewall
2 197 (11.88%) DNS
3 167 (10.07%) DHCP
4 145 (8.75%) VPN
5 108 (6.51%) WAN
6 103 (6.21%) LAN
7 75 (4.52%) VLAN
8 71 (4.28%) TCP/IP
9 67 (4.04%) SAN
10 54 (3.26%) Wi-Fi
11 45 (2.71%) Network Security
12 19 (1.15%) VoIP
12 19 (1.15%) WLAN
13 18 (1.09%) BGP
14 17 (1.03%) Wireless
15 15 (0.90%) SSL
16 13 (0.78%) Cisco Nexus
16 13 (0.78%) SD-WAN
17 12 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
17 12 (0.72%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.04%) SQL Server
2 25 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
3 9 (0.54%) MySQL
4 7 (0.42%) InfluxDB
4 7 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.24%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.24%) Neo4j
6 3 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.18%) Big Data
7 2 (0.12%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.12%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.12%) KNIME
7 2 (0.12%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.060%) Adabas
8 1 (0.060%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.060%) Db2
8 1 (0.060%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.060%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 27 (1.63%) Git
2 24 (1.45%) GitLab
3 22 (1.33%) JIRA
4 13 (0.78%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.48%) Chocolatey
6 7 (0.42%) Selenium
7 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.36%) Robot Framework
7 6 (0.36%) TestRail
8 2 (0.12%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.060%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.060%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 178 (10.74%) Social Skills
2 123 (7.42%) Finance
3 60 (3.62%) Public Sector
4 53 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (2.41%) Telecoms
6 32 (1.93%) Manufacturing
7 31 (1.87%) Retail
8 28 (1.69%) Law
9 27 (1.63%) Banking
9 27 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (1.39%) Legal
11 14 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 11 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.48%) Marketing
14 7 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.36%) Local Government
16 5 (0.30%) Advertising
16 5 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.24%) Automotive
17 4 (0.24%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.03%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (0.48%) SAML
3 7 (0.42%) ARM Templates
3 7 (0.42%) Node.js
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (0.42%) Playwright
4 6 (0.36%) OAuth
4 6 (0.36%) OpenID
4 6 (0.36%) pytest
4 6 (0.36%) XMPP
5 5 (0.30%) OAuth2
6 4 (0.24%) Apache NiFi
6 4 (0.24%) HTML
6 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (0.24%) ModSecurity
7 3 (0.18%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.18%) AWS CDK
7 3 (0.18%) Keycloak
7 3 (0.18%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.18%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.95%) Data Centre
2 56 (3.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (3.26%) Onboarding
4 49 (2.96%) Replication
5 47 (2.83%) Driving Licence
6 32 (1.93%) Management Information System
7 31 (1.87%) Enterprise Storage
8 30 (1.81%) PKI
9 25 (1.51%) Clustering
10 19 (1.15%) Security Posture
11 17 (1.03%) CCTV
11 17 (1.03%) Public Cloud
12 16 (0.97%) Cloud Native
13 15 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
15 11 (0.66%) Product Ownership
16 10 (0.60%) iSeries
16 10 (0.60%) Private Cloud
17 9 (0.54%) Fat Client
17 9 (0.54%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 414 (24.97%) Windows
2 254 (15.32%) Windows Server
3 242 (14.60%) Linux
4 27 (1.63%) Ubuntu
5 19 (1.15%) CentOS
6 18 (1.09%) Unix
6 18 (1.09%) VMS
7 17 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (0.66%) Mac OS
9 9 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (0.48%) Windows 10
11 6 (0.36%) Rocky
12 5 (0.30%) Apple iOS
12 5 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.24%) Android
14 2 (0.12%) Debian
14 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.060%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,594 (96.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 177 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
3 162 (9.77%) Disaster Recovery
4 142 (8.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 142 (8.56%) ITIL
5 136 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 130 (7.84%) Project Delivery
7 116 (7.00%) Cybersecurity
8 104 (6.27%) Migration
9 101 (6.09%) DevOps
10 88 (5.31%) Mentoring
11 85 (5.13%) CI/CD
12 79 (4.76%) High Availability
13 77 (4.64%) Agile
14 64 (3.86%) Business Continuity
14 64 (3.86%) Infrastructure Automation
15 59 (3.56%) Technical Leadership
16 57 (3.44%) Platform Engineering
17 56 (3.38%) Containerisation
18 54 (3.26%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 197 (11.88%) PowerShell
2 114 (6.88%) Python
3 68 (4.10%) Bash
4 62 (3.74%) SQL
5 25 (1.51%) Bicep
6 21 (1.27%) Java
7 12 (0.72%) R
8 8 (0.48%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.36%) C#
9 6 (0.36%) C++
9 6 (0.36%) Go
9 6 (0.36%) Scala
10 3 (0.18%) Rust
10 3 (0.18%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.18%) VBA
11 2 (0.12%) PHP
12 1 (0.060%) Natural
12 1 (0.060%) Ruby
12 1 (0.060%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.060%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 232 (13.99%) Security Cleared
2 121 (7.30%) SC Cleared
3 111 (6.69%) DV Cleared
4 73 (4.40%) Degree
5 52 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 49 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
7 45 (2.71%) Azure Certification
8 37 (2.23%) CCNP
9 25 (1.51%) CCNA
9 25 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (0.90%) MCSE
10 15 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 10 (0.60%) CCIE
12 9 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (0.54%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
14 7 (0.42%) MCSA
15 6 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (0.36%) JNCIP
16 5 (0.30%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (2.90%) Cyber Essentials
1 48 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (1.99%) SLA
3 24 (1.45%) GDPR
4 16 (0.97%) QA
5 13 (0.78%) NIST
6 9 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 8 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.30%) NCSC
8 5 (0.30%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.18%) COBIT
10 2 (0.12%) RMADS
11 1 (0.060%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.060%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.060%) GRC
11 1 (0.060%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.060%) TickIT
System Software
1 296 (17.85%) Active Directory
2 233 (14.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 139 (8.38%) Hyper-V
4 67 (4.04%) vSphere
5 58 (3.50%) Docker
6 29 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
7 22 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
9 20 (1.21%) VMware NSX
10 18 (1.09%) Firmware
11 14 (0.84%) VMware Server
12 12 (0.72%) KVM
13 11 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
14 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 3 (0.18%) Lustre
16 3 (0.18%) Terminal Services
17 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
17 2 (0.12%) ProxySG
17 2 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 145 (8.75%) Terraform
2 134 (8.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 106 (6.39%) Ansible
4 99 (5.97%) Kubernetes
5 39 (2.35%) Grafana
5 39 (2.35%) vCenter Server
6 24 (1.45%) SCCM
7 21 (1.27%) Prometheus
8 18 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.72%) Proxmox
9 12 (0.72%) VxRail
10 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Clustering
10 11 (0.66%) ZABBIX
11 10 (0.60%) Nessus
11 10 (0.60%) Puppet
11 10 (0.60%) WSUS
12 8 (0.48%) FortiGate
12 8 (0.48%) Graylog
13 7 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 473 (28.53%) Microsoft
2 319 (19.24%) VMware
3 97 (5.85%) Cisco
4 82 (4.95%) Veeam
5 39 (2.35%) Oracle
6 34 (2.05%) Fortinet
7 29 (1.75%) Meraki
8 27 (1.63%) Red Hat
9 25 (1.51%) HP
10 23 (1.39%) Dell
11 22 (1.33%) Palo Alto
12 21 (1.27%) Splunk
13 20 (1.21%) Citrix
14 17 (1.03%) Dynatrace
14 17 (1.03%) NetApp
15 15 (0.90%) IBM
16 14 (0.84%) Apple
16 14 (0.84%) Commvault
17 13 (0.78%) Remedy
17 13 (0.78%) Zerto