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 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 235 | 113 | 242 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -122 | +129 | +36 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer | 672 | 2,336 | 1,572 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.29% | 2.38% | 1.51% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.43% | 2.51% | 1.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 561 | 1,939 | 1,261 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £35,000 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,500 | £40,000 | £41,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £60,000 | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,250 | £68,750 | £75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £47,500 | £46,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +2.15% | +3.33% |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer.
Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
Infrastructure Engineer
Top 17 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 30 April 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 |
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| England | -111 | 635 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 331 |
| UK excluding London | -123 | 447 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 283 |
| Work from Home | -67 | 243 | £55,320 | +10.64% | 146 |
| London | +12 | 214 | £71,250 | +9.62% | 100 |
| North of England | -86 | 160 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 71 |
| North West | -80 | 98 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 44 |
| South East | -103 | 94 | £46,500 | -7.00% | 79 |
| Midlands | -74 | 85 | £45,000 | - | 41 |
| West Midlands | -24 | 66 | £45,000 | - | 22 |
| Yorkshire | -7 | 52 | £55,000 | +25.00% | 18 |
| East of England | -29 | 44 | £55,320 | +22.93% | 24 |
| South West | -79 | 39 | £60,822 | +21.64% | 45 |
| East Midlands | -65 | 19 | £52,500 | +16.67% | 15 |
| Scotland | +75 | 14 | £52,250 | +10.00% | 20 |
| Wales | +9 | 10 | £49,104 | +19.57% | 6 |
| North East | -11 | 10 | £40,000 | -9.65% | 11 |
| Northern Ireland | +30 | 2 | £53,750 | -10.42% | 1 |
Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.
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Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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