Infrastructure Operations Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Operations Engineer salary in the UK is £41,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 850 956 1168
Rank change year-on-year +106 +212 -254
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Operations Engineer 48 24 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.024% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.026% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 34 21 20
10th Percentile £30,000 £45,000 £36,649
25th Percentile £33,000 £46,250 £40,617
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £47,500 £44,623
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% +6.45% -28.60%
75th Percentile £51,147 £57,500 £57,188
90th Percentile £57,500 £65,000 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £44,623
% change year-on-year -15.79% +6.45% -37.37%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
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 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Operations Engineer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Operations Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +110 36 £46,000 -3.16% 1
UK excluding London +14 36 £40,000 -15.79% 1
London +115 11 £51,196 +2.39%
Scotland - 11 £33,000 -
Midlands -12 9 £40,000 -15.79% 1
Work from Home +60 8 £46,000 -3.16%
East Midlands - 6 £40,000 - 1
South West -20 5 - -
North of England +51 4 - -
South East +13 4 £55,000 -67.65%
North West - 4 - -
West Midlands -3 3 £42,500 -10.53%
East of England - 3 £46,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Infrastructure Operations 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 Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (60.42%) Active Directory
3 28 (58.33%) Azure
4 26 (54.17%) Microsoft
5 22 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (39.58%) DNS
6 19 (39.58%) ITIL
6 19 (39.58%) DHCP
7 18 (37.50%) Entra ID
8 17 (35.42%) WAN
9 16 (33.33%) VMware
9 16 (33.33%) Veeam
10 14 (29.17%) Windows
11 13 (27.08%) LAN
12 12 (25.00%) A+ Certification
12 12 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
12 12 (25.00%) ITSM
12 12 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (25.00%) PaaS
12 12 (25.00%) Physics
12 12 (25.00%) Ergonomics
12 12 (25.00%) Human Factors
12 12 (25.00%) Driving Licence
12 12 (25.00%) IaaS
12 12 (25.00%) Power Platform
12 12 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
13 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
13 11 (22.92%) Meraki
13 11 (22.92%) Cisco
14 10 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure

Infrastructure Operations 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 4 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (58.33%) Azure
2 22 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 12 (25.00%) IaaS
4 12 (25.00%) PaaS
4 12 (25.00%) Power Platform
5 4 (8.33%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (39.58%) DHCP
1 19 (39.58%) DNS
2 17 (35.42%) WAN
3 13 (27.08%) LAN
4 12 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (12.50%) Firewall
6 5 (10.42%) TCP/IP
7 4 (8.33%) SD-WAN
7 4 (8.33%) VLAN
7 4 (8.33%) VoIP
7 4 (8.33%) VPN
General
1 11 (22.92%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (10.42%) Electronics
3 5 (10.42%) Police
3 5 (10.42%) Telecoms
4 3 (6.25%) Advertising
4 3 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.08%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (10.42%) CCTV
3 1 (2.08%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.08%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (29.17%) Windows
2 9 (18.75%) Windows Server
2 9 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (8.33%) Linux
3 4 (8.33%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (39.58%) ITIL
3 12 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 12 (25.00%) Ergonomics
3 12 (25.00%) Human Factors
3 12 (25.00%) ITSM
3 12 (25.00%) Physics
4 10 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.50%) Coaching
5 6 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 6 (12.50%) Service Management
6 4 (8.33%) Customer Service
6 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (8.33%) DevOps
6 4 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (6.25%) Computer Science
7 3 (6.25%) Edge Virtualization
7 3 (6.25%) High Availability
7 3 (6.25%) Performance Optimisation
8 1 (2.08%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 12 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
2 8 (16.67%) Degree
3 5 (10.42%) DV Cleared
3 5 (10.42%) HNC
3 5 (10.42%) HND
3 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.42%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 29 (60.42%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 5 (10.42%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (6.25%) KVM
Systems Management
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.25%) Ansible
2 3 (6.25%) Progress Chef
2 3 (6.25%) Puppet
3 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 16 (33.33%) Veeam
2 16 (33.33%) VMware
3 11 (22.92%) Cisco
3 11 (22.92%) Meraki
4 4 (8.33%) Barracuda Networks
4 4 (8.33%) Citrix
4 4 (8.33%) CyberArk
4 4 (8.33%) Cylance
4 4 (8.33%) McAfee
5 1 (2.08%) Intel
5 1 (2.08%) NetApp
5 1 (2.08%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.08%) SolarWinds