Junior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Junior Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Junior Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £32,485 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 759 687 833
Rank change year-on-year -72 +146 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Infrastructure Engineer 10 3 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% 0.006% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.007% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 9 3 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,485 £27,500 £31,833
Median % change year-on-year +18.13% -13.61% -15.11%
75th Percentile £35,000 £29,375 £36,875
90th Percentile £35,750 £29,750 £52,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £27,500 £31,833
% change year-on-year +18.18% -13.61% -9.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 94,649 44,285 87,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 90.20% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 64,854 26,220 61,542
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,082
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Junior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Junior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Junior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Junior Infrastructure Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 July 2026. 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 -75 8 £35,000 +27.27%
UK excluding London -69 7 £32,500 +18.18% 2
South East -17 6 £32,500 +18.18%
North of England - 1 - -
London - 1 £35,000 -
North East - 1 - -

Junior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 July 2026, Junior Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Junior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Apple
4 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (20.00%) IaaS
4 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
4 2 (20.00%) Meraki
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) User Experience
4 2 (20.00%) VMware
5 1 (10.00%) AI
5 1 (10.00%) Azure AKS
5 1 (10.00%) Computacenter
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (10.00%) DevOps
5 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
5 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (10.00%) NVIDIA
5 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Junior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) IaaS
4 1 (10.00%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (10.00%) AI
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Apple
1 2 (20.00%) Meraki
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Computacenter
2 1 (10.00%) NVIDIA