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 28 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 209 | 115 | 242 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -94 | +127 | +43 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer | 864 | 2,421 | 1,501 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.58% | 2.37% | 1.53% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.75% | 2.50% | 1.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 475 | 1,994 | 1,187 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £35,000 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £49,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.24% | -2.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £71,875 | £59,000 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £84,500 | £68,600 | £77,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £47,500 | £47,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +1.06% | +4.44% |
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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 May 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 28 May 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 | -90 | 826 | £55,320 | +10.64% | 727 |
| UK excluding London | -85 | 664 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 689 |
| Work from Home | -25 | 449 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 396 |
| North of England | -21 | 370 | £52,000 | +15.56% | 162 |
| North West | +8 | 326 | £51,000 | +13.33% | 102 |
| London | +5 | 189 | £75,000 | +20.00% | 138 |
| South East | -114 | 107 | £46,250 | -7.50% | 177 |
| Midlands | -95 | 82 | £40,250 | -10.56% | 109 |
| West Midlands | -23 | 56 | £40,000 | -11.11% | 54 |
| East of England | -56 | 47 | £58,910 | +30.91% | 82 |
| Yorkshire | -41 | 34 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 37 |
| South West | -93 | 30 | £51,729 | +3.46% | 102 |
| East Midlands | -73 | 26 | £46,000 | +2.22% | 50 |
| Scotland | +73 | 18 | £50,000 | +5.26% | 46 |
| North East | -12 | 10 | £52,000 | +17.45% | 25 |
| Wales | +17 | 9 | £42,903 | +4.47% | 20 |
| Northern Ireland | +37 | 2 | £53,750 | -10.42% | 11 |
Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 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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