Network Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 666 775 885
Rank change year-on-year +109 +110 +214
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 42 139 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.14% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.14% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 31 119 58
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,770 £36,750
25th Percentile £44,375 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,625 £56,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £65,250 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,500 £49,000 £46,387
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.63% -5.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +80 37 £55,000 +10.00% 24
London +106 24 £72,500 +16.00% 8
UK excluding London +98 18 £45,500 -7.14% 20
Work from Home +98 17 £55,000 +12.24% 4
North of England +28 5 £45,500 +7.06% 2
Scotland - 5 £50,000 - 2
South West +105 3 £51,729 -10.04% 4
Yorkshire +58 2 £50,250 +34.95% 1
South East +48 2 £27,500 -45.00% 7
East of England +31 2 £42,500 -5.56% 3
North West -9 2 £47,500 +11.76% 1
West Midlands +51 1 £45,000 - 3
Midlands +47 1 £45,000 -10.00% 3
North East +46 1 £44,500 +53.45%

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Network Infrastructure 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 Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 39 (92.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (69.05%) Firewall
3 25 (59.52%) Cisco
4 19 (45.24%) WAN
5 18 (42.86%) LAN
5 18 (42.86%) Fortinet
6 17 (40.48%) VPN
7 16 (38.10%) Windows
8 15 (35.71%) Network Security
8 15 (35.71%) Azure
8 15 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (35.71%) Meraki
9 14 (33.33%) Data Centre
9 14 (33.33%) Windows Server
9 14 (33.33%) AWS
10 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
10 13 (30.95%) BGP
10 13 (30.95%) VMware
11 12 (28.57%) Active Directory
11 12 (28.57%) SD-WAN
12 11 (26.19%) CheckPoint
12 11 (26.19%) DNS
12 11 (26.19%) WLAN
12 11 (26.19%) OSPF
12 11 (26.19%) SolarWinds
12 11 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (23.81%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (23.81%) Change Management
14 9 (21.43%) Firmware
14 9 (21.43%) Wireless

Network Infrastructure 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 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.76%) Apache
2 2 (4.76%) IIS
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (35.71%) Azure
2 14 (33.33%) AWS
3 11 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (19.05%) AWS Direct Connect
5 4 (9.52%) Nutanix
6 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
6 3 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (4.76%) IaaS
7 2 (4.76%) Mimecast
7 2 (4.76%) OneDrive
7 2 (4.76%) PaaS
7 2 (4.76%) SaaS
8 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (2.38%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (69.05%) Firewall
2 19 (45.24%) WAN
3 18 (42.86%) LAN
4 17 (40.48%) VPN
5 15 (35.71%) Network Security
6 13 (30.95%) BGP
7 12 (28.57%) SD-WAN
8 11 (26.19%) DNS
8 11 (26.19%) OSPF
8 11 (26.19%) WLAN
9 10 (23.81%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (21.43%) Cisco ISE
10 9 (21.43%) DHCP
10 9 (21.43%) NX-OS
10 9 (21.43%) TCP/IP
10 9 (21.43%) VXLAN
10 9 (21.43%) Wireless
11 8 (19.05%) IPsec
11 8 (19.05%) MPLS
12 7 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (9.52%) Finance
2 3 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (7.14%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Advertising
4 1 (2.38%) Banking
4 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Middleware
2 1 (2.38%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 14 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 8 (19.05%) Management Information System
3 4 (9.52%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.38%) CCTV
5 1 (2.38%) e-Learning
5 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) PKI
5 1 (2.38%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (38.10%) Windows
2 14 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.52%) Linux
4 2 (4.76%) Unix
4 2 (4.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (92.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (23.81%) Change Management
4 9 (21.43%) Process Improvement
5 8 (19.05%) Network Segmentation
6 7 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (16.67%) Incident Response
6 7 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
6 7 (16.67%) Network Architecture
7 6 (14.29%) ITIL
7 6 (14.29%) Runbook
8 5 (11.90%) Agile
8 5 (11.90%) Cloud Security
8 5 (11.90%) Patch Management
9 4 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (9.52%) Migration
9 4 (9.52%) Systems Engineering
9 4 (9.52%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (7.14%) Project Delivery
10 3 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.52%) Python
3 2 (4.76%) SQL
4 1 (2.38%) Bash
4 1 (2.38%) Java
4 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (19.05%) Degree
3 7 (16.67%) CCNA
4 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (11.90%) CCIE
5 5 (11.90%) CCNP
6 3 (7.14%) AWS Certification
6 3 (7.14%) CCSA
6 3 (7.14%) CCSE
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
7 2 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (21.43%) Firmware
3 7 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (11.90%) Hyper-V
6 4 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (9.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.14%) FortiGate
3 2 (4.76%) Ansible
4 1 (2.38%) SCCM
4 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (59.52%) Cisco
2 18 (42.86%) Fortinet
3 15 (35.71%) Meraki
4 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
4 13 (30.95%) VMware
5 11 (26.19%) CheckPoint
5 11 (26.19%) SolarWinds
6 8 (19.05%) Dynatrace
7 6 (14.29%) Infoblox
7 6 (14.29%) Palo Alto
8 4 (9.52%) Arista
8 4 (9.52%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (7.14%) ServiceNow
10 2 (4.76%) Darktrace
10 2 (4.76%) Yardi
11 1 (2.38%) Aruba
11 1 (2.38%) Rapid7
11 1 (2.38%) Sophos
11 1 (2.38%) Synology
11 1 (2.38%) Zscaler