Infrastructure Engineering Jobs

Infrastructure Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 88 128 182
Rank change year-on-year +40 +54 -58
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,810 3,300 2,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.42% 2.69% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 2.81% 2.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,449 2,317 2,329
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £34,472
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.12% +5.56% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,863 117,613 122,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.11% 95.75% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 36,022 72,003 82,155
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,700 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,680 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% +4.17%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 +45 1,632 £53,000 +0.95% 658
UK excluding London +41 1,263 £47,557 +0.12% 539
Work from Home +24 656 £53,500 +1.90% 300
London +29 463 £65,000 +4.00% 166
South East +38 346 £50,000 -1.29% 136
South West +51 283 £50,000 +5.26% 78
North of England +26 255 £47,000 +4.44% 157
Midlands +32 205 £47,500 - 105
West Midlands +35 145 £45,000 -4.73% 61
Yorkshire +55 130 £45,000 - 73
North West +14 106 £47,500 -1.55% 68
Scotland +22 83 £53,750 +13.16% 23
East Midlands +13 60 £50,000 +2.56% 44
East of England +37 56 £50,000 - 34
Wales -8 24 £41,000 +2.50% 10
North East +19 20 £45,500 +13.75% 22
Northern Ireland +14 16 £46,250 +17.62% 8

Infrastructure Engineering
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
1 137 (7.57%) SharePoint
2 117 (6.46%) MS Exchange
3 52 (2.87%) IIS
4 30 (1.66%) Apache
5 10 (0.55%) WebSphere
6 8 (0.44%) nginx
7 7 (0.39%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.33%) Confluence
9 4 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.22%) Skype for Business
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2003
10 3 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
10 3 (0.17%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.11%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.11%) WordPress
12 1 (0.055%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.055%) Site Server
Applications
1 53 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.61%) AutoCAD
3 9 (0.50%) PTC Creo
3 9 (0.50%) SOLIDWORKS
4 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.11%) LightWave 3D
Business Applications
1 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
1 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.055%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.055%) PlanetPress Connect
Cloud Services
1 983 (54.31%) Azure
2 615 (33.98%) Microsoft 365
3 476 (26.30%) AWS
4 202 (11.16%) Entra ID
5 163 (9.01%) IaaS
6 135 (7.46%) PaaS
7 120 (6.63%) SaaS
8 105 (5.80%) GCP
9 77 (4.25%) Cloud Computing
10 73 (4.03%) OpenShift
11 45 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
12 38 (2.10%) Azure Sentinel
12 38 (2.10%) Serverless
13 35 (1.93%) GitHub
13 35 (1.93%) Nutanix
14 28 (1.55%) AWS Direct Connect
15 25 (1.38%) Power Platform
16 23 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
17 22 (1.22%) Rubrik
18 19 (1.05%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 436 (24.09%) DNS
2 374 (20.66%) DHCP
3 361 (19.94%) Firewall
4 249 (13.76%) WAN
5 235 (12.98%) TCP/IP
6 204 (11.27%) LAN
7 191 (10.55%) VPN
8 176 (9.72%) SAN
9 108 (5.97%) Wi-Fi
10 107 (5.91%) Network Security
11 98 (5.41%) VLAN
12 96 (5.30%) HTTP
13 95 (5.25%) Wireless
14 64 (3.54%) SD-WAN
15 40 (2.21%) NAS
16 38 (2.10%) SSL
17 37 (2.04%) SMTP
18 36 (1.99%) BGP
18 36 (1.99%) Internet
19 33 (1.82%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (11.33%) SQL Server
2 34 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (1.22%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (0.83%) MongoDB
4 15 (0.83%) Power BI
5 13 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (0.66%) NoSQL
7 10 (0.55%) Big Data
7 10 (0.55%) MySQL
7 10 (0.55%) SAP HANA
8 9 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.44%) Apache Accumulo
10 7 (0.39%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (0.17%) DTS
11 3 (0.17%) Firebird
11 3 (0.17%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.11%) GIS
12 2 (0.11%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 46 (2.54%) Git
2 42 (2.32%) Jenkins
3 17 (0.94%) GitLab
3 17 (0.94%) JIRA
3 17 (0.94%) Spinnaker
4 10 (0.55%) Chocolatey
5 9 (0.50%) CircleCI
6 6 (0.33%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.17%) Gradle
7 3 (0.17%) Maven
8 2 (0.11%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.055%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.055%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.055%) Subversion
9 1 (0.055%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 345 (19.06%) Social Skills
2 250 (13.81%) Finance
3 106 (5.86%) Banking
4 101 (5.58%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 61 (3.37%) Public Sector
7 58 (3.20%) Retail
8 56 (3.09%) Aerospace
9 52 (2.87%) Law
10 43 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 41 (2.27%) Legal
12 32 (1.77%) Manufacturing
13 30 (1.66%) Telecoms
14 24 (1.33%) Investment Banking
15 23 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
16 19 (1.05%) Advertising
17 16 (0.88%) Back Office
17 16 (0.88%) Military
18 15 (0.83%) Financial Institution
19 14 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,352 (74.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 369 (20.39%) Senior
3 310 (17.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 146 (8.07%) IT Engineer
5 140 (7.73%) Cloud Engineer
6 131 (7.24%) Azure Engineer
6 131 (7.24%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 108 (5.97%) Infrastructure Support
8 105 (5.80%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 100 (5.52%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 96 (5.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 89 (4.92%) Support Engineer
12 84 (4.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
13 77 (4.25%) Network Engineer
14 67 (3.70%) Security Engineer
15 64 (3.54%) Lead
16 62 (3.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
17 61 (3.37%) VMware Engineer
18 53 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
19 49 (2.71%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
2 17 (0.94%) AWS CDK
2 17 (0.94%) Middleware
2 17 (0.94%) YAML
3 16 (0.88%) ARM Templates
4 14 (0.77%) REST
5 13 (0.72%) JSON
5 13 (0.72%) XML
6 12 (0.66%) .NET
6 12 (0.66%) Kafka
7 10 (0.55%) Node.js
7 10 (0.55%) React
8 8 (0.44%) RESTful
9 6 (0.33%) Apache NiFi
9 6 (0.33%) LDAP
9 6 (0.33%) SOAP
9 6 (0.33%) WebRTC
10 5 (0.28%) LAPP Stack
10 5 (0.28%) OAuth
10 5 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 194 (10.72%) Data Centre
2 114 (6.30%) Public Cloud
3 79 (4.36%) Clustering
4 59 (3.26%) Private Cloud
5 58 (3.20%) Virtual Team
6 51 (2.82%) Cloud Native
7 42 (2.32%) Management Information System
7 42 (2.32%) PKI
7 42 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (1.82%) Replication
9 29 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
10 26 (1.44%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
12 24 (1.33%) EFT
13 19 (1.05%) Onboarding
14 17 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.94%) IoT
15 14 (0.77%) Fat Client
15 14 (0.77%) Operational Technology
15 14 (0.77%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1,018 (56.24%) Windows
2 661 (36.52%) Windows Server
3 415 (22.93%) Linux
4 148 (8.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 135 (7.46%) Windows Server 2016
6 134 (7.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 134 (7.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 127 (7.02%) Windows 10
8 65 (3.59%) Android
9 35 (1.93%) Unix
10 29 (1.60%) Windows Server 2003
11 26 (1.44%) Ubuntu
12 23 (1.27%) CentOS
13 18 (0.99%) Windows NT
14 17 (0.94%) Apple iOS
15 15 (0.83%) VMS
15 15 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
16 14 (0.77%) Mac OS
17 13 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
17 13 (0.72%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (18.01%) Problem-Solving
2 313 (17.29%) ITIL
3 242 (13.37%) DevOps
4 238 (13.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 191 (10.55%) Agile
6 156 (8.62%) Actionable Insight
6 156 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
7 140 (7.73%) Migration
8 136 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
9 127 (7.02%) CI/CD
10 118 (6.52%) Mentoring
11 102 (5.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 97 (5.36%) High Availability
13 94 (5.19%) Server Management
14 90 (4.97%) Customer Service
15 87 (4.81%) Continuous Integration
16 85 (4.70%) Cloud Security
16 85 (4.70%) Project Delivery
17 82 (4.53%) Collaborative Working
18 78 (4.31%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 523 (28.90%) PowerShell
2 278 (15.36%) Python
3 228 (12.60%) SQL
4 187 (10.33%) Bash
5 87 (4.81%) Java
6 30 (1.66%) Perl
7 20 (1.10%) Groovy
7 20 (1.10%) Ruby
8 17 (0.94%) C
8 17 (0.94%) Go
9 15 (0.83%) C#
9 15 (0.83%) Korn
10 12 (0.66%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.55%) JavaScript
12 9 (0.50%) C++
12 9 (0.50%) MATLAB
13 8 (0.44%) PHP
14 6 (0.33%) Bicep
14 6 (0.33%) VBScript
15 5 (0.28%) DataFlex
Qualifications
1 364 (20.11%) Security Cleared
2 261 (14.42%) Degree
3 199 (10.99%) SC Cleared
4 177 (9.78%) DV Cleared
5 150 (8.29%) Cisco Certification
6 113 (6.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 89 (4.92%) CCNA
8 87 (4.81%) Azure Certification
9 66 (3.65%) MCSE
10 54 (2.98%) CCNP
11 43 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
12 39 (2.15%) AWS Certification
13 36 (1.99%) MCSA
14 33 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
15 25 (1.38%) MCP
16 19 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 18 (0.99%) CISSP
18 17 (0.94%) DBS Check
19 11 (0.61%) GSEC
19 11 (0.61%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (4.64%) SLA
2 47 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 21 (1.16%) NIST
5 16 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 14 (0.77%) GDPR
7 13 (0.72%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.61%) QA
9 10 (0.55%) NCSC
10 7 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.28%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.28%) PMO
12 4 (0.22%) COBIT
13 3 (0.17%) DICOM
13 3 (0.17%) HL7
13 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.11%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.11%) PSD2
14 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.055%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 777 (42.93%) Active Directory
2 533 (29.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 320 (17.68%) Hyper-V
4 160 (8.84%) Docker
5 100 (5.52%) vSphere
6 97 (5.36%) VMware ESXi
7 92 (5.08%) Virtual Machines
8 58 (3.20%) Virtual Servers
9 50 (2.76%) Firmware
10 44 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
11 32 (1.77%) VMware NSX
12 21 (1.16%) XenApp
13 12 (0.66%) BitLocker
13 12 (0.66%) Terminal Services
14 10 (0.55%) DFS Replication
15 9 (0.50%) Terminal Server
16 6 (0.33%) Ceph
17 5 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
18 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 4 (0.22%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 281 (15.52%) Ansible
2 243 (13.43%) Terraform
3 197 (10.88%) Kubernetes
4 190 (10.50%) Puppet
4 190 (10.50%) SCCM
5 177 (9.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 85 (4.70%) vCenter Server
7 68 (3.76%) SCOM
8 47 (2.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 43 (2.38%) FortiGate
10 38 (2.10%) WSUS
11 37 (2.04%) Microsoft Clustering
11 37 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
12 30 (1.66%) Failover Clustering
13 25 (1.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 25 (1.38%) VxRail
14 24 (1.33%) Red Hat Satellite
15 18 (0.99%) Istio
15 18 (0.99%) NetBackup
16 15 (0.83%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 802 (44.31%) VMware
2 767 (42.38%) Microsoft
3 296 (16.35%) Cisco
4 153 (8.45%) Red Hat
5 147 (8.12%) Citrix
6 88 (4.86%) Veeam
7 82 (4.53%) HP
8 74 (4.09%) Meraki
9 56 (3.09%) SolarWinds
10 51 (2.82%) Dell
11 46 (2.54%) Palo Alto
12 43 (2.38%) Google
13 39 (2.15%) Fortinet
14 37 (2.04%) CheckPoint
15 36 (1.99%) Aruba
16 35 (1.93%) NetApp
17 33 (1.82%) Commvault
18 32 (1.77%) Juniper
19 29 (1.60%) Sophos
20 28 (1.55%) ServiceNow