Infrastructure Engineering Jobs

Infrastructure Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 74 47
Rank change year-on-year -69 -27 +143
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,292 3,264 4,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.15% 3.16% 5.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 3.84% 6.06%
Number of salaries quoted 784 2,666 1,635
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,205 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,073 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £71,250 £83,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% - +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 53,906 85,087 81,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.73% 82.48% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,389 58,040 52,423
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £74,258 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

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 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Top 18 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 16 July 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
England -70 1,212 £60,000 +20.00% 636
UK excluding London -69 987 £52,500 +10.53% 529
Work from Home -38 634 £60,000 +20.00% 269
North of England -23 479 £55,000 +15.79% 110
North West -2 391 £53,750 +13.16% 64
London -7 287 £72,500 +11.54% 173
South East -117 151 £45,000 -10.00% 162
Midlands -63 142 £50,000 +11.11% 56
West Midlands -10 102 £50,000 - 33
East of England -61 80 £60,000 +33.33% 85
South West -75 77 £57,194 +14.39% 74
Yorkshire -57 66 £65,000 +41.30% 34
East Midlands -77 40 £40,000 -9.55% 23
Scotland +34 37 £55,000 +22.22% 40
Wales -11 22 £66,625 +62.23% 9
North East -19 22 £52,000 +15.56% 12
Northern Ireland +44 11 £57,500 -4.17% 11
Channel Islands - 1 £65,000 -

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
1 216 (16.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 73 (5.65%) SharePoint
3 36 (2.79%) IIS
4 16 (1.24%) Confluence
5 6 (0.46%) Apache
6 5 (0.39%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.23%) nginx
8 2 (0.15%) CICS
9 1 (0.077%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.077%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.077%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.077%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.077%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.077%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (1.93%) AutoCAD
2 22 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.23%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (0.23%) Simulink
4 1 (0.077%) Autodesk Inventor
4 1 (0.077%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.077%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (0.31%) Fidessa
1 4 (0.31%) SAP Business One
2 3 (0.23%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.23%) Primavera
3 2 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
3 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.077%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.077%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.077%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 495 (38.31%) Azure
2 264 (20.43%) Microsoft 365
3 171 (13.24%) AWS
4 124 (9.60%) Entra ID
5 66 (5.11%) SaaS
6 53 (4.10%) IaaS
7 48 (3.72%) GCP
8 46 (3.56%) Power Platform
9 37 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (2.79%) PaaS
11 34 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
11 34 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 32 (2.48%) GitHub
13 30 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
14 27 (2.09%) OneDrive
15 26 (2.01%) Serverless
16 25 (1.93%) Amazon S3
17 23 (1.78%) PowerApps
18 22 (1.70%) Cloud Computing
19 19 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 374 (28.95%) VPN
2 270 (20.90%) Cisco IOS
3 251 (19.43%) Firewall
4 166 (12.85%) DNS
5 142 (10.99%) DHCP
6 132 (10.22%) WAN
7 106 (8.20%) LAN
8 76 (5.88%) Network Security
9 74 (5.73%) SAN
9 74 (5.73%) TCP/IP
10 58 (4.49%) VLAN
11 57 (4.41%) SD-WAN
12 44 (3.41%) Wi-Fi
13 40 (3.10%) NAS
14 23 (1.78%) BGP
14 23 (1.78%) OSPF
15 21 (1.63%) Wireless
16 18 (1.39%) SMTP
17 17 (1.32%) NX-OS
17 17 (1.32%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (8.28%) SQL Server
2 26 (2.01%) Data Hub
2 26 (2.01%) SQL CLR
3 25 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (1.39%) Power BI
5 15 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 13 (1.01%) Metadata
8 6 (0.46%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.46%) NoSQL
8 6 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.23%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.15%) Big Data
10 2 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.15%) DB2
10 2 (0.15%) MySQL
11 1 (0.077%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.077%) DTS
Development Applications
1 39 (3.02%) Jenkins
2 27 (2.09%) JIRA
3 26 (2.01%) Git
4 15 (1.16%) Vagrant
5 14 (1.08%) GitLab
6 5 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.23%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.15%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.15%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.077%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.077%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.077%) Selenium
10 1 (0.077%) Subversion
10 1 (0.077%) webpack
General
1 333 (25.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 294 (22.76%) Analytical Skills
3 253 (19.58%) Social Skills
4 214 (16.56%) Finance
5 80 (6.19%) Public Sector
6 47 (3.64%) Legal
7 42 (3.25%) Local Government
8 34 (2.63%) Back Office
8 34 (2.63%) Banking
9 30 (2.32%) Law
10 19 (1.47%) Retail
11 18 (1.39%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 10 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (0.62%) Games
14 8 (0.62%) Marketing
14 8 (0.62%) Military
15 7 (0.54%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 1,047 (81.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 184 (14.24%) Senior
3 156 (12.07%) Support Engineer
4 153 (11.84%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 139 (10.76%) Infrastructure Support
6 132 (10.22%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 128 (9.91%) Cloud Engineer
8 110 (8.51%) Azure Engineer
9 108 (8.36%) IT Engineer
10 101 (7.82%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 93 (7.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 85 (6.58%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 70 (5.42%) Lead
14 68 (5.26%) Civil Engineer
15 64 (4.95%) Network Engineer
16 53 (4.10%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
17 47 (3.64%) IT Support
18 45 (3.48%) Principal Engineer
19 39 (3.02%) IT Support Engineer
19 39 (3.02%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (20.51%) Elastic Stack
2 39 (3.02%) OLE
3 26 (2.01%) ARM Templates
4 18 (1.39%) .NET
5 14 (1.08%) .NET Core
5 14 (1.08%) .NET Framework
5 14 (1.08%) Middleware
5 14 (1.08%) SAML
6 13 (1.01%) Dapper ORM
6 13 (1.01%) Entity Framework
7 8 (0.62%) 802.1X
8 5 (0.39%) EDI
8 5 (0.39%) REST
8 5 (0.39%) YAML
9 4 (0.31%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.31%) JSON
9 4 (0.31%) OAuth
10 3 (0.23%) Node.js
10 3 (0.23%) Web Services
11 2 (0.15%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 262 (20.28%) Cyberattack
2 94 (7.28%) Data Centre
3 52 (4.02%) Hybrid Cloud
4 39 (3.02%) Clustering
4 39 (3.02%) Private Cloud
5 36 (2.79%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 31 (2.40%) NHS
8 25 (1.93%) Security Posture
9 23 (1.78%) PKI
9 23 (1.78%) Public Cloud
10 21 (1.63%) Driving Licence
11 20 (1.55%) Hedge funds
12 18 (1.39%) Onboarding
13 17 (1.32%) Replication
14 14 (1.08%) Product Ownership
15 13 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
15 13 (1.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 11 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 711 (55.03%) Windows
2 432 (33.44%) Linux
3 317 (24.54%) Windows Server
4 270 (20.90%) Android
5 46 (3.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 46 (3.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 36 (2.79%) Windows 10
7 29 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 22 (1.70%) VMS
8 22 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
9 19 (1.47%) Unix
10 13 (1.01%) Mac OS
10 13 (1.01%) Ubuntu
11 11 (0.85%) Apple iOS
12 9 (0.70%) CentOS
13 6 (0.46%) Debian
13 6 (0.46%) Rocky
14 4 (0.31%) AIX
14 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
14 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (35.53%) Problem-Solving
2 437 (33.82%) DevOps
3 294 (22.76%) Task Automation
4 289 (22.37%) Risk Management
5 284 (21.98%) Platform Engineering
6 280 (21.67%) Line Management
7 275 (21.28%) Storage Management
8 269 (20.82%) Mathematics
9 136 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
10 113 (8.75%) Mentoring
11 108 (8.36%) Infrastructure as Code
12 106 (8.20%) High Availability
13 101 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 100 (7.74%) Migration
15 97 (7.51%) Cloud Security
16 93 (7.20%) ITIL
17 90 (6.97%) CI/CD
18 89 (6.89%) Agile
19 76 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
20 69 (5.34%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 509 (39.40%) PowerShell
2 371 (28.72%) Python
3 290 (22.45%) Bash
4 102 (7.89%) SQL
5 18 (1.39%) C#
6 17 (1.32%) Groovy
7 16 (1.24%) T-SQL
8 10 (0.77%) Java
9 6 (0.46%) Go
10 5 (0.39%) Perl
11 3 (0.23%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.23%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.23%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.077%) C++
12 1 (0.077%) JCL
12 1 (0.077%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.077%) VBA
Qualifications
1 143 (11.07%) Security Cleared
2 120 (9.29%) Degree
3 92 (7.12%) DV Cleared
4 84 (6.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 79 (6.11%) Azure Certification
6 64 (4.95%) SC Cleared
7 52 (4.02%) Cisco Certification
8 41 (3.17%) CCNA
9 33 (2.55%) MCSA
10 31 (2.40%) CCNP
11 28 (2.17%) MCSE
12 26 (2.01%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 23 (1.78%) A+ Certification
14 23 (1.78%) MCP
14 23 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
15 15 (1.16%) Postgraduate
16 14 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
17 13 (1.01%) HND
18 12 (0.93%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (2.55%) Accessibility
3 31 (2.40%) GDPR
4 26 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 24 (1.86%) NIST
6 15 (1.16%) QA
7 11 (0.85%) SLA
8 10 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.62%) HIPAA
9 8 (0.62%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.23%) NCSC
10 3 (0.23%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.077%) COBIT
11 1 (0.077%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.077%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.077%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.077%) NIST 800
System Software
1 390 (30.19%) Hyper-V
2 355 (27.48%) Active Directory
3 307 (23.76%) Docker
4 306 (23.68%) vSphere
5 274 (21.21%) VMware NSX
6 194 (15.02%) VMware Infrastructure
7 60 (4.64%) VMware ESXi
8 47 (3.64%) Virtual Machines
9 24 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.16%) Firmware
11 14 (1.08%) DFS Replication
12 9 (0.70%) BitLocker
13 8 (0.62%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (0.62%) Terminal Services
14 6 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
15 5 (0.39%) NFS
16 4 (0.31%) ProxySG
16 4 (0.31%) XenApp
16 4 (0.31%) XenDesktop
17 3 (0.23%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 422 (32.66%) Terraform
2 369 (28.56%) Ansible
3 120 (9.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 101 (7.82%) Kubernetes
5 65 (5.03%) SCCM
6 32 (2.48%) vCenter Server
7 30 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
8 25 (1.93%) Grafana
9 24 (1.86%) Prometheus
10 23 (1.78%) Failover Clustering
11 19 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 19 (1.47%) SCOM
12 16 (1.24%) Puppet
13 13 (1.01%) WSUS
14 12 (0.93%) Progress Chef
15 10 (0.77%) FortiGate
16 9 (0.70%) Nessus
17 8 (0.62%) vMotion
18 7 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
18 7 (0.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 432 (33.44%) Microsoft
2 422 (32.66%) Cisco
3 287 (22.21%) Juniper
4 278 (21.52%) Splunk
5 273 (21.13%) VMware
6 264 (20.43%) 3PAR
7 62 (4.80%) Citrix
8 50 (3.87%) Meraki
9 48 (3.72%) Veeam
10 34 (2.63%) Google
11 32 (2.48%) Fortinet
12 30 (2.32%) Palo Alto
13 29 (2.24%) Red Hat
14 28 (2.17%) Dell
14 28 (2.17%) ServiceNow
15 24 (1.86%) SolarWinds
16 22 (1.70%) HP
17 20 (1.55%) NetApp
18 18 (1.39%) CheckPoint
19 16 (1.24%) Oracle