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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 85 55
Rank change year-on-year -82 -30 +142
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,098 3,204 5,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.98% 3.10% 5.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 3.69% 5.65%
Number of salaries quoted 643 2,690 1,715
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,818 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,433 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £48,450
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.96% +7.67%

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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
England -87 1,045 £57,500 +15.00% 1,543
UK excluding London -89 812 £50,000 +5.26% 1,503
Work from Home -37 542 £60,000 +20.00% 732
North of England -40 437 £52,000 +13.04% 354
North West -1 377 £50,000 +3.09% 186
London -1 275 £73,750 +13.46% 253
South East -114 145 £45,000 -10.00% 456
Midlands -85 94 £45,147 +0.33% 247
West Midlands -50 66 £45,000 - 125
East of England -72 50 £55,320 +22.93% 200
Yorkshire -73 49 £60,000 +33.33% 126
South West -98 44 £57,194 +14.39% 180
Scotland +55 28 £52,500 +16.67% 70
East Midlands -79 28 £46,750 +3.89% 104
North East -23 11 £52,000 +17.45% 46
Wales -2 10 £48,073 +17.06% 44
Northern Ireland +42 5 £53,750 -10.42% 15

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
1 170 (15.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (5.19%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.64%) IIS
4 9 (0.82%) Confluence
5 7 (0.64%) Apache
5 7 (0.64%) nginx
6 4 (0.36%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.18%) CICS
8 2 (0.18%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.091%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.091%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.091%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.091%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (2.09%) AutoCAD
1 23 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.36%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.27%) Simulink
4 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.46%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.36%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.36%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.27%) Primavera
4 2 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.091%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.091%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.091%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 406 (36.98%) Azure
2 223 (20.31%) Microsoft 365
3 141 (12.84%) AWS
4 100 (9.11%) Entra ID
5 63 (5.74%) SaaS
6 43 (3.92%) GCP
6 43 (3.92%) IaaS
7 38 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (3.28%) Power Platform
9 31 (2.82%) PaaS
10 24 (2.19%) OneDrive
10 24 (2.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 22 (2.00%) Amazon EC2
12 21 (1.91%) GitHub
13 19 (1.73%) Amazon S3
13 19 (1.73%) Azure AKS
13 19 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (1.73%) Serverless
14 18 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 356 (32.42%) VPN
2 269 (24.50%) Cisco IOS
3 211 (19.22%) Firewall
4 132 (12.02%) DNS
5 110 (10.02%) DHCP
6 101 (9.20%) WAN
7 87 (7.92%) LAN
8 73 (6.65%) Network Security
9 62 (5.65%) SAN
10 52 (4.74%) Wi-Fi
11 46 (4.19%) TCP/IP
12 44 (4.01%) SD-WAN
13 43 (3.92%) VLAN
14 38 (3.46%) NAS
15 24 (2.19%) Wireless
16 19 (1.73%) BGP
16 19 (1.73%) OSPF
16 19 (1.73%) SMTP
17 14 (1.28%) SSL
18 13 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (8.20%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.91%) Data Hub
2 21 (1.91%) SQL CLR
3 19 (1.73%) Power BI
4 18 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 13 (1.18%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 12 (1.09%) Metadata
8 9 (0.82%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.55%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.46%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
13 2 (0.18%) DB2
13 2 (0.18%) MySQL
13 2 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 36 (3.28%) Jenkins
2 21 (1.91%) JIRA
3 17 (1.55%) Git
4 10 (0.91%) GitLab
5 7 (0.64%) Vagrant
6 6 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.36%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.27%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.18%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.091%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.091%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.091%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.091%) Selenium
10 1 (0.091%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.091%) Subversion
General
1 323 (29.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 301 (27.41%) Analytical Skills
3 236 (21.49%) Social Skills
4 185 (16.85%) Finance
5 47 (4.28%) Public Sector
6 45 (4.10%) Legal
7 33 (3.01%) Banking
8 27 (2.46%) Local Government
9 25 (2.28%) Back Office
10 23 (2.09%) Law
11 16 (1.46%) Retail
12 14 (1.28%) Manufacturing
12 14 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.18%) Games
13 13 (1.18%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.09%) Electronics
14 12 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.36%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 863 (78.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 128 (11.66%) Senior
3 116 (10.56%) Support Engineer
4 102 (9.29%) Cloud Engineer
5 100 (9.11%) Infrastructure Support
6 98 (8.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 95 (8.65%) Azure Engineer
8 94 (8.56%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 76 (6.92%) IT Engineer
10 75 (6.83%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 73 (6.65%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 72 (6.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 59 (5.37%) Lead
14 49 (4.46%) Network Engineer
15 46 (4.19%) Civil Engineer
16 42 (3.83%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
17 36 (3.28%) Security Engineer
18 34 (3.10%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
19 32 (2.91%) IT Support
20 27 (2.46%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (24.13%) Elastic Stack
2 27 (2.46%) ARM Templates
3 14 (1.28%) .NET
4 13 (1.18%) Middleware
5 12 (1.09%) OLE
5 12 (1.09%) SAML
6 10 (0.91%) .NET Core
6 10 (0.91%) .NET Framework
7 9 (0.82%) Dapper ORM
7 9 (0.82%) Entity Framework
8 5 (0.46%) AWS CDK
8 5 (0.46%) Web Services
8 5 (0.46%) YAML
9 4 (0.36%) JSON
10 3 (0.27%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.27%) Node.js
10 3 (0.27%) OAuth
10 3 (0.27%) REST
11 2 (0.18%) XML
12 1 (0.091%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 262 (23.86%) Cyberattack
2 82 (7.47%) Data Centre
3 37 (3.37%) Clustering
4 35 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
5 34 (3.10%) Management Information System
6 33 (3.01%) Private Cloud
7 26 (2.37%) Public Cloud
8 25 (2.28%) Cloud Native
9 21 (1.91%) PKI
10 19 (1.73%) Security Posture
11 16 (1.46%) NHS
12 15 (1.37%) Product Ownership
13 14 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
13 14 (1.28%) Driving Licence
14 13 (1.18%) Hedge funds
14 13 (1.18%) IoT
15 11 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.00%) NB-IoT
16 10 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
17 9 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 650 (59.20%) Windows
2 424 (38.62%) Linux
3 270 (24.59%) Android
4 252 (22.95%) Windows Server
5 45 (4.10%) Windows 10
6 38 (3.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 25 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 24 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 18 (1.64%) Unix
10 17 (1.55%) Ubuntu
11 15 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
12 14 (1.28%) VMS
13 9 (0.82%) AIX
13 9 (0.82%) Apple iOS
13 9 (0.82%) Debian
14 8 (0.73%) Mac OS
15 7 (0.64%) CentOS
16 4 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
17 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
18 2 (0.18%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (39.71%) Problem-Solving
2 417 (37.98%) DevOps
3 290 (26.41%) Task Automation
4 289 (26.32%) Platform Engineering
5 285 (25.96%) Risk Management
6 276 (25.14%) Line Management
7 269 (24.50%) Storage Management
8 267 (24.32%) Mathematics
9 117 (10.66%) Disaster Recovery
10 104 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
11 100 (9.11%) High Availability
12 91 (8.29%) Mentoring
13 90 (8.20%) ITIL
14 84 (7.65%) CI/CD
15 79 (7.19%) Agile
16 77 (7.01%) Continuous Improvement
17 76 (6.92%) Migration
18 70 (6.38%) Cloud Security
19 60 (5.46%) Project Management
20 57 (5.19%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 481 (43.81%) PowerShell
2 359 (32.70%) Python
3 294 (26.78%) Bash
4 86 (7.83%) SQL
5 16 (1.46%) T-SQL
6 14 (1.28%) C#
6 14 (1.28%) Java
7 7 (0.64%) Groovy
8 5 (0.46%) Perl
8 5 (0.46%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.36%) Go
10 3 (0.27%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.27%) MATLAB
10 3 (0.27%) Ruby
11 2 (0.18%) Bicep
12 1 (0.091%) C++
12 1 (0.091%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.091%) JCL
12 1 (0.091%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.091%) VBA
Qualifications
1 127 (11.57%) Degree
2 106 (9.65%) Security Cleared
3 70 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 65 (5.92%) Azure Certification
5 60 (5.46%) DV Cleared
6 56 (5.10%) SC Cleared
7 46 (4.19%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (3.28%) CCNA
9 31 (2.82%) CCNP
10 28 (2.55%) MCSA
11 20 (1.82%) MCSE
12 18 (1.64%) A+ Certification
12 18 (1.64%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.55%) Network+ Certification
13 17 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 16 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 16 (1.46%) MCP
15 15 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
16 13 (1.18%) HND
17 12 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (2.09%) GDPR
3 21 (1.91%) Accessibility
4 19 (1.73%) NIST
5 16 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (1.46%) SLA
6 9 (0.82%) QA
7 8 (0.73%) HIPAA
7 8 (0.73%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.36%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.36%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.18%) NCSC
11 1 (0.091%) COBIT
11 1 (0.091%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.091%) GRC
System Software
1 352 (32.06%) Hyper-V
2 315 (28.69%) Docker
3 309 (28.14%) vSphere
4 280 (25.50%) Active Directory
5 274 (24.95%) VMware NSX
6 180 (16.39%) VMware Infrastructure
7 51 (4.64%) VMware ESXi
8 46 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
9 22 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (1.09%) Firmware
11 9 (0.82%) BitLocker
12 8 (0.73%) Microsoft App-V
12 8 (0.73%) Terminal Services
13 6 (0.55%) DFS Replication
14 4 (0.36%) NFS
14 4 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
14 4 (0.36%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.27%) XenApp
16 2 (0.18%) Dovecot
16 2 (0.18%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 409 (37.25%) Terraform
2 361 (32.88%) Ansible
3 104 (9.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 93 (8.47%) Kubernetes
5 59 (5.37%) SCCM
6 28 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
7 27 (2.46%) Puppet
8 25 (2.28%) vCenter Server
9 20 (1.82%) Failover Clustering
10 17 (1.55%) Progress Chef
11 16 (1.46%) Grafana
12 15 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 15 (1.37%) Prometheus
13 14 (1.28%) SCOM
14 11 (1.00%) WSUS
15 10 (0.91%) Nessus
16 9 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
17 8 (0.73%) vMotion
18 7 (0.64%) FortiGate
18 7 (0.64%) Istio
Vendors
1 407 (37.07%) Cisco
2 366 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 280 (25.50%) Juniper
4 272 (24.77%) Splunk
5 262 (23.86%) 3PAR
6 255 (23.22%) VMware
7 66 (6.01%) Citrix
8 55 (5.01%) Meraki
9 40 (3.64%) Veeam
10 36 (3.28%) Google
11 32 (2.91%) Palo Alto
12 27 (2.46%) Fortinet
13 23 (2.09%) ServiceNow
14 22 (2.00%) Dell
15 21 (1.91%) Red Hat
15 21 (1.91%) SolarWinds
16 16 (1.46%) CheckPoint
17 15 (1.37%) HP
17 15 (1.37%) NetApp
18 12 (1.09%) Oracle