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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 57 200
Rank change year-on-year -31 +143 -73
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 3,051 5,445 3,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.11% 5.20% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 5.44% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,600 1,866 2,334
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £48,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% -

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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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 -23 2,822 £50,000 -4.76% 480
UK excluding London -43 2,489 £47,500 -2.56% 384
Work from Home +50 1,073 £50,000 -9.09% 231
North of England -20 679 £46,000 -3.16% 85
South East -12 627 £50,000 +0.25% 93
London -9 480 £65,000 +4.00% 123
South West -16 440 £50,500 +1.00% 72
Midlands -33 400 £45,000 -10.00% 68
North West -33 317 £47,500 -5.00% 49
Yorkshire 0 259 £45,000 - 26
West Midlands -37 209 £45,000 -10.00% 42
East Midlands -21 191 £45,000 -10.00% 26
East of England -51 186 £45,000 -11.76% 39
North East -22 102 £45,000 +4.05% 13
Scotland -119 94 £45,000 -10.00% 23
Wales -16 61 £41,067 -3.37% 8
Northern Ireland -13 7 £60,000 +33.33% 4

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
1 365 (11.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 215 (7.05%) SharePoint
3 64 (2.10%) IIS
4 11 (0.36%) CMS
5 10 (0.33%) WordPress
6 8 (0.26%) Confluence
7 7 (0.23%) Apache
8 6 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 5 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.13%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2003
11 2 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2007
11 2 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.066%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.066%) nginx
12 1 (0.033%) SAS
12 1 (0.033%) Site Server
12 1 (0.033%) WebSphere
Applications
1 92 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.20%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.20%) LightWave 3D
3 6 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
4 5 (0.16%) OrCAD
5 4 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (0.098%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.066%) CATIA
7 2 (0.066%) NASTRAN
7 2 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.066%) Trello
8 1 (0.033%) 1Password
8 1 (0.033%) Notion
8 1 (0.033%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 6 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.098%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.066%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.066%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.033%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.033%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.033%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,321 (43.30%) Azure
2 986 (32.32%) Microsoft 365
3 517 (16.95%) AWS
4 313 (10.26%) Entra ID
5 196 (6.42%) IaaS
6 168 (5.51%) SaaS
7 120 (3.93%) PaaS
8 91 (2.98%) GCP
9 77 (2.52%) OneDrive
10 61 (2.00%) Nutanix
11 52 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
12 47 (1.54%) OpenShift
12 47 (1.54%) Power Platform
13 44 (1.44%) GitHub
14 37 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
15 30 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
16 29 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
17 28 (0.92%) Amazon S3
17 28 (0.92%) Serverless
18 21 (0.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 599 (19.63%) Firewall
2 476 (15.60%) DNS
3 385 (12.62%) WAN
4 355 (11.64%) DHCP
5 333 (10.91%) LAN
6 287 (9.41%) SAN
7 220 (7.21%) VPN
8 153 (5.01%) TCP/IP
9 152 (4.98%) Wi-Fi
10 128 (4.20%) Wireless
11 115 (3.77%) SD-WAN
11 115 (3.77%) VLAN
12 95 (3.11%) Network Security
13 89 (2.92%) Internet
14 73 (2.39%) NAS
15 64 (2.10%) MPLS
16 63 (2.06%) HTTP
17 60 (1.97%) WLAN
18 58 (1.90%) VoIP
19 52 (1.70%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (5.77%) SQL Server
2 63 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
3 41 (1.34%) MySQL
4 29 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 21 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (0.56%) Power BI
7 12 (0.39%) Big Data
8 11 (0.36%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.29%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.26%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.20%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.20%) SQLite
13 5 (0.16%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.13%) Tableau
15 3 (0.098%) Data Lake
15 3 (0.098%) DB2
Development Applications
1 63 (2.06%) GitLab
2 62 (2.03%) Git
3 38 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.18%) JIRA
5 21 (0.69%) Artifactory
6 10 (0.33%) Trac
7 7 (0.23%) MSI
7 7 (0.23%) Subversion
7 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.16%) LabVIEW
9 5 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.098%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.098%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.066%) Ant
11 2 (0.066%) Gradle
11 2 (0.066%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.066%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.066%) Visual Studio
General
1 552 (18.09%) Social Skills
2 335 (10.98%) Finance
3 156 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
4 134 (4.39%) Public Sector
5 124 (4.06%) Law
6 93 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 90 (2.95%) Telecoms
8 81 (2.65%) Aerospace
9 72 (2.36%) Retail
10 66 (2.16%) Manufacturing
11 65 (2.13%) Banking
12 48 (1.57%) Legal
13 39 (1.28%) Advertising
14 38 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
15 37 (1.21%) Automotive
16 36 (1.18%) Electronics
17 28 (0.92%) Games
18 21 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
19 20 (0.66%) Police
20 17 (0.56%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2,245 (73.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 557 (18.26%) Senior
3 477 (15.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 376 (12.32%) IT Engineer
5 304 (9.96%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 191 (6.26%) Support Engineer
7 178 (5.83%) Network Engineer
8 169 (5.54%) Infrastructure Support
9 162 (5.31%) Cloud Engineer
10 133 (4.36%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 129 (4.23%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 126 (4.13%) Azure Engineer
13 125 (4.10%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 121 (3.97%) Lead
15 116 (3.80%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 113 (3.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
17 105 (3.44%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
18 101 (3.31%) Security Engineer
19 86 (2.82%) IT Support
19 86 (2.82%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (0.92%) .NET
2 20 (0.66%) ARM Templates
3 19 (0.62%) JSON
4 15 (0.49%) LDAP
4 15 (0.49%) XML
5 12 (0.39%) .NET Framework
5 12 (0.39%) LAMP
5 12 (0.39%) Web Services
6 10 (0.33%) Kafka
7 9 (0.29%) Node.js
7 9 (0.29%) OLE
8 8 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
9 7 (0.23%) .NET Core
10 6 (0.20%) EDI
10 6 (0.20%) JSON Schema
10 6 (0.20%) KML
10 6 (0.20%) Middleware
10 6 (0.20%) Regular Expression
10 6 (0.20%) Software Packaging
10 6 (0.20%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 340 (11.14%) Data Centre
2 145 (4.75%) Public Cloud
3 91 (2.98%) Driving Licence
4 87 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
5 86 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 71 (2.33%) PKI
7 63 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 51 (1.67%) Replication
9 49 (1.61%) Cloud Native
10 43 (1.41%) Private Cloud
11 38 (1.25%) IoT
12 36 (1.18%) Clustering
13 31 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (0.88%) Onboarding
14 27 (0.88%) Security Posture
15 21 (0.69%) Client/Server
15 21 (0.69%) Operational Technology
16 20 (0.66%) PMI
17 19 (0.62%) CCTV
17 19 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,441 (47.23%) Windows
2 845 (27.70%) Windows Server
3 650 (21.30%) Linux
4 197 (6.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 167 (5.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 153 (5.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 136 (4.46%) Windows 10
8 104 (3.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 66 (2.16%) Ubuntu
10 53 (1.74%) Unix
11 40 (1.31%) VMS
12 33 (1.08%) Android
12 33 (1.08%) Mac OS
13 31 (1.02%) Apple iOS
14 28 (0.92%) Windows 7
14 28 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
15 27 (0.88%) CentOS
16 24 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
17 19 (0.62%) Windows NT
18 17 (0.56%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 494 (16.19%) ITIL
2 418 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
3 341 (11.18%) Cybersecurity
4 326 (10.69%) DevOps
5 277 (9.08%) Mentoring
6 225 (7.37%) Disaster Recovery
7 222 (7.28%) Customer Service
8 204 (6.69%) Infrastructure as Code
9 198 (6.49%) Agile
10 178 (5.83%) Migration
11 161 (5.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 158 (5.18%) Roadmaps
13 144 (4.72%) Change Management
14 139 (4.56%) Coaching
15 136 (4.46%) Service Management
16 128 (4.20%) Project Delivery
17 121 (3.97%) Project Management
18 115 (3.77%) CI/CD
19 113 (3.70%) Service Delivery
20 109 (3.57%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 546 (17.90%) PowerShell
2 228 (7.47%) Python
3 185 (6.06%) SQL
4 150 (4.92%) Bash
5 52 (1.70%) Java
6 31 (1.02%) Perl
7 28 (0.92%) C#
8 22 (0.72%) JavaScript
9 18 (0.59%) Ruby
10 13 (0.43%) Korn
10 13 (0.43%) Shell Script
11 12 (0.39%) Go
12 11 (0.36%) Bicep
13 10 (0.33%) Swift
13 10 (0.33%) VBScript
14 9 (0.29%) ActionScript
14 9 (0.29%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.29%) VB
15 7 (0.23%) C
15 7 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 486 (15.93%) Security Cleared
2 287 (9.41%) DV Cleared
3 278 (9.11%) Degree
4 255 (8.36%) SC Cleared
5 158 (5.18%) Cisco Certification
6 131 (4.29%) CCNA
7 115 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 80 (2.62%) Azure Certification
9 67 (2.20%) MCSE
10 59 (1.93%) CCNP
11 52 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
12 45 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 39 (1.28%) CISSP
14 36 (1.18%) AWS Certification
15 24 (0.79%) A+ Certification
15 24 (0.79%) DBS Check
16 23 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 21 (0.69%) MCSA
18 20 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
18 20 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (5.05%) SLA
2 67 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 66 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (0.82%) GDPR
5 18 (0.59%) NIST
6 17 (0.56%) Accessibility
6 17 (0.56%) QA
7 16 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 16 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 11 (0.36%) SOC 2
10 9 (0.29%) PMO
11 7 (0.23%) NCSC
12 5 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.16%) SOC 1
13 3 (0.098%) GRC
14 1 (0.033%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 993 (32.55%) Active Directory
2 658 (21.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 433 (14.19%) Hyper-V
4 154 (5.05%) Docker
5 137 (4.49%) VMware ESXi
6 114 (3.74%) vSphere
7 100 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
8 48 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
9 42 (1.38%) Firmware
10 34 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
11 29 (0.95%) XenApp
12 16 (0.52%) XenDesktop
13 13 (0.43%) pfSense
13 13 (0.43%) VMware NSX
14 12 (0.39%) NFS
15 11 (0.36%) VMware Server
16 10 (0.33%) DFS Replication
16 10 (0.33%) KVM
17 9 (0.29%) OpenSSH
18 8 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 327 (10.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 255 (8.36%) Ansible
3 221 (7.24%) Terraform
4 214 (7.01%) SCCM
5 168 (5.51%) Kubernetes
6 105 (3.44%) vCenter Server
7 90 (2.95%) Puppet
8 76 (2.49%) WSUS
9 58 (1.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 48 (1.57%) FortiGate
11 47 (1.54%) SCOM
12 37 (1.21%) EMC NetWorker
13 31 (1.02%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 30 (0.98%) ZABBIX
15 26 (0.85%) Nagios
16 22 (0.72%) NetBackup
17 19 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
18 18 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
19 17 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
19 17 (0.56%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,129 (37.00%) Microsoft
2 1,022 (33.50%) VMware
3 402 (13.18%) Cisco
4 230 (7.54%) Veeam
5 199 (6.52%) Citrix
6 139 (4.56%) HP
7 121 (3.97%) Red Hat
8 105 (3.44%) Fortinet
9 99 (3.24%) Dell
10 89 (2.92%) Palo Alto
11 85 (2.79%) Meraki
12 77 (2.52%) Aruba
13 71 (2.33%) SolarWinds
14 67 (2.20%) Juniper
15 66 (2.16%) Google
16 62 (2.03%) NetApp
17 56 (1.84%) ServiceNow
18 50 (1.64%) EMC
19 45 (1.47%) Oracle
20 43 (1.41%) Commvault