Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 243 280
Rank change year-on-year +128 +37 -108
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2,330 1,546 2,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.37% 1.49% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% 1.63% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,931 1,240 1,790
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,545
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £61,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,125 £73,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £46,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

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 4 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
England +128 2,163 £50,000 - 304
UK excluding London +107 1,934 £47,500 +2.15% 255
Work from Home +113 812 £50,000 - 130
North of England +106 484 £45,000 - 41
South East +82 475 £50,000 +11.11% 60
South West +86 384 £50,000 +6.38% 62
London +52 335 £64,000 +6.67% 70
Midlands +78 321 £45,000 -5.26% 47
North West +83 254 £45,000 -5.26% 20
East Midlands +71 164 £45,000 -10.00% 20
East of England +67 157 £45,000 -5.76% 29
West Midlands +40 157 £45,000 -5.26% 27
Yorkshire +97 151 £44,000 -2.22% 15
North East +43 77 £44,274 +4.17% 8
Scotland -46 67 £47,500 +5.56% 17
Wales +45 41 £41,067 +2.67% 5
Northern Ireland +15 8 £60,000 +33.33% 1

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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.

1 2,244 (96.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1,118 (47.98%) Windows
3 980 (42.06%) Azure
4 861 (36.95%) VMware
5 855 (36.70%) Microsoft
6 753 (32.32%) Active Directory
7 712 (30.56%) Microsoft 365
8 640 (27.47%) Windows Server
9 566 (24.29%) VMware Infrastructure
10 531 (22.79%) Linux
11 472 (20.26%) Firewall
12 430 (18.45%) PowerShell
13 427 (18.33%) Social Skills
14 393 (16.87%) DNS
15 383 (16.44%) AWS
16 359 (15.41%) Hyper-V
17 352 (15.11%) ITIL
18 350 (15.02%) Security Cleared
19 317 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
20 304 (13.05%) Microsoft Exchange
21 283 (12.15%) Cisco
22 282 (12.10%) WAN
23 281 (12.06%) DHCP
24 280 (12.02%) Data Centre
25 259 (11.12%) Finance
26 236 (10.13%) LAN
27 234 (10.04%) DevOps
27 234 (10.04%) Microsoft Intune
28 228 (9.79%) SAN
29 223 (9.57%) Entra ID

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:

Application Platforms
1 304 (13.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 190 (8.15%) SharePoint
3 46 (1.97%) IIS
4 11 (0.47%) Confluence
5 9 (0.39%) Apache
5 9 (0.39%) CMS
5 9 (0.39%) WordPress
6 5 (0.21%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.17%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.17%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
8 3 (0.13%) nginx
9 2 (0.086%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.086%) JBoss
9 2 (0.086%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.086%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.043%) Moodle
10 1 (0.043%) Site Server
Applications
1 65 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.34%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.30%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.086%) CATIA
5 2 (0.086%) NASTRAN
5 2 (0.086%) Trello
6 1 (0.043%) 1Password
6 1 (0.043%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.043%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.086%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.086%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 980 (42.06%) Azure
2 712 (30.56%) Microsoft 365
3 383 (16.44%) AWS
4 223 (9.57%) Entra ID
5 149 (6.39%) IaaS
6 129 (5.54%) SaaS
7 70 (3.00%) PaaS
8 56 (2.40%) OneDrive
9 55 (2.36%) GCP
10 45 (1.93%) OpenShift
11 44 (1.89%) GitHub
12 43 (1.85%) Nutanix
13 38 (1.63%) Power Platform
14 35 (1.50%) Amazon S3
15 32 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
16 30 (1.29%) Serverless
17 27 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 24 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
19 19 (0.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 472 (20.26%) Firewall
2 393 (16.87%) DNS
3 282 (12.10%) WAN
4 281 (12.06%) DHCP
5 236 (10.13%) LAN
6 228 (9.79%) SAN
7 172 (7.38%) VPN
8 136 (5.84%) TCP/IP
9 108 (4.64%) Wi-Fi
10 94 (4.03%) VLAN
11 84 (3.61%) Wireless
12 81 (3.48%) SD-WAN
13 63 (2.70%) NAS
14 60 (2.58%) HTTP
15 51 (2.19%) VoIP
16 48 (2.06%) Network Security
17 46 (1.97%) WLAN
18 44 (1.89%) MPLS
19 42 (1.80%) Internet
20 35 (1.50%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 136 (5.84%) SQL Server
2 45 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (1.37%) MySQL
4 17 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (0.56%) Big Data
7 9 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.30%) Power BI
9 4 (0.17%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (0.17%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.17%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.17%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.13%) DB2
10 3 (0.13%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.086%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.086%) Apache Pinot
11 2 (0.086%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.086%) Flink
11 2 (0.086%) Presto
Development Applications
1 56 (2.40%) GitLab
2 43 (1.85%) Git
3 35 (1.50%) JIRA
4 26 (1.12%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.90%) Artifactory
6 10 (0.43%) Trac
7 7 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.30%) MSI
8 6 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.17%) Subversion
10 2 (0.086%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.086%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.043%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.043%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.043%) Vagrant
General
1 427 (18.33%) Social Skills
2 259 (11.12%) Finance
3 116 (4.98%) Public Sector
4 99 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (3.00%) Aerospace
6 66 (2.83%) Law
7 63 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 61 (2.62%) Manufacturing
9 56 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 55 (2.36%) Banking
11 52 (2.23%) Retail
12 35 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
12 35 (1.50%) Legal
13 30 (1.29%) Automotive
14 29 (1.24%) Advertising
15 14 (0.60%) Games
15 14 (0.60%) Investment Banking
15 14 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (0.56%) Electronics
16 13 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (1.29%) CSS
2 15 (0.64%) LDAP
3 13 (0.56%) .NET
3 13 (0.56%) JSON
3 13 (0.56%) XML
4 12 (0.52%) Web Services
5 11 (0.47%) LAMP
6 7 (0.30%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (0.26%) JSON Schema
7 6 (0.26%) KML
7 6 (0.26%) Middleware
7 6 (0.26%) Regular Expression
7 6 (0.26%) Software Packaging
7 6 (0.26%) XML Schema
7 6 (0.26%) YAML
8 5 (0.21%) Node.js
8 5 (0.21%) SAML
9 4 (0.17%) EJB
9 4 (0.17%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 280 (12.02%) Data Centre
2 98 (4.21%) Public Cloud
3 97 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
4 81 (3.48%) Driving Licence
5 56 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 55 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
6 55 (2.36%) PKI
7 40 (1.72%) Replication
8 36 (1.55%) Private Cloud
9 27 (1.16%) Clustering
9 27 (1.16%) IoT
10 23 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (0.86%) CCTV
11 20 (0.86%) Cloud Native
12 18 (0.77%) EMC VNX
12 18 (0.77%) Enterprise Storage
13 17 (0.73%) Client/Server
14 16 (0.69%) Fat Client
14 16 (0.69%) Thin Client
15 14 (0.60%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1,118 (47.98%) Windows
2 640 (27.47%) Windows Server
3 531 (22.79%) Linux
4 155 (6.65%) Windows Server 2016
5 123 (5.28%) Windows Server 2012
6 122 (5.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 111 (4.76%) Windows 10
8 99 (4.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 54 (2.32%) Ubuntu
10 47 (2.02%) Unix
11 39 (1.67%) VMS
12 31 (1.33%) Apple iOS
13 29 (1.24%) Android
14 26 (1.12%) Mac OS
14 26 (1.12%) Windows 7
15 25 (1.07%) CentOS
16 17 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
17 16 (0.69%) Windows XP
18 15 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
19 10 (0.43%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,244 (96.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 352 (15.11%) ITIL
3 317 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
4 234 (10.04%) DevOps
5 216 (9.27%) Cybersecurity
6 186 (7.98%) Disaster Recovery
7 177 (7.60%) Mentoring
8 143 (6.14%) Migration
9 131 (5.62%) Agile
10 126 (5.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 114 (4.89%) Coaching
12 113 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 109 (4.68%) Change Management
14 99 (4.25%) Roadmaps
15 97 (4.16%) Customer Service
16 95 (4.08%) Service Management
17 83 (3.56%) Service Delivery
18 82 (3.52%) Proactive Monitoring
18 82 (3.52%) Project Management
19 78 (3.35%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 430 (18.45%) PowerShell
2 167 (7.17%) Python
3 133 (5.71%) Bash
4 121 (5.19%) SQL
5 51 (2.19%) Java
6 27 (1.16%) Perl
7 17 (0.73%) Ruby
8 11 (0.47%) Korn
9 10 (0.43%) Swift
10 9 (0.39%) ActionScript
10 9 (0.39%) VB
11 8 (0.34%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.30%) Bicep
12 7 (0.30%) JavaScript
13 6 (0.26%) Go
14 4 (0.17%) C
15 3 (0.13%) C#
15 3 (0.13%) Rust
15 3 (0.13%) TypeScript
16 2 (0.086%) AWK
Qualifications
1 350 (15.02%) Security Cleared
2 194 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 192 (8.24%) Degree
4 179 (7.68%) SC Cleared
5 101 (4.33%) Cisco Certification
6 88 (3.78%) CCNA
7 65 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 52 (2.23%) Azure Certification
9 45 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 39 (1.67%) MCSE
11 31 (1.33%) HNC
12 30 (1.29%) AWS Certification
13 28 (1.20%) CCNP
14 25 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 20 (0.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 18 (0.77%) A+ Certification
17 15 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
18 14 (0.60%) MCP
18 14 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
19 13 (0.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (3.78%) SLA
2 35 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (0.73%) GDPR
5 15 (0.64%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.60%) NIST
7 10 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 10 (0.43%) QA
8 9 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.21%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.21%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.086%) PMO
12 1 (0.043%) NCSC
System Software
1 753 (32.32%) Active Directory
2 566 (24.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 359 (15.41%) Hyper-V
4 134 (5.75%) Docker
5 126 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
6 102 (4.38%) vSphere
7 92 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
8 25 (1.07%) XenApp
9 24 (1.03%) Virtual Servers
10 23 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
11 19 (0.82%) Firmware
12 14 (0.60%) NFS
12 14 (0.60%) XenDesktop
13 13 (0.56%) pfSense
14 12 (0.52%) VMware NSX
15 10 (0.43%) VMware Server
16 9 (0.39%) OpenSSH
17 8 (0.34%) DFS Replication
17 8 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
18 7 (0.30%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 234 (10.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 212 (9.10%) Ansible
3 173 (7.42%) SCCM
4 157 (6.74%) Terraform
5 128 (5.49%) Kubernetes
6 102 (4.38%) vCenter Server
7 71 (3.05%) Puppet
8 63 (2.70%) WSUS
9 41 (1.76%) SCOM
10 37 (1.59%) EMC NetWorker
11 33 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 29 (1.24%) FortiGate
12 29 (1.24%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 26 (1.12%) Nagios
14 22 (0.94%) NetBackup
15 18 (0.77%) ZABBIX
16 17 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
17 16 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
17 16 (0.69%) SCDPM
18 15 (0.64%) Grafana
Vendors
1 861 (36.95%) VMware
2 855 (36.70%) Microsoft
3 283 (12.15%) Cisco
4 193 (8.28%) Veeam
5 155 (6.65%) Citrix
6 116 (4.98%) Red Hat
7 107 (4.59%) HP
8 74 (3.18%) Oracle
9 72 (3.09%) Dell
10 69 (2.96%) Aruba
10 69 (2.96%) Meraki
11 52 (2.23%) NetApp
12 50 (2.15%) EMC
13 47 (2.02%) Palo Alto
14 46 (1.97%) SolarWinds
15 45 (1.93%) Fortinet
16 42 (1.80%) Google
17 39 (1.67%) IBM
18 34 (1.46%) Juniper
19 31 (1.33%) ServiceNow