Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 422 527 481
Rank change year-on-year +105 -46 +201
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 315 118 464
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.28% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.31% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 235 99 383
10th Percentile £47,500 £43,700 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,875 £48,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,465 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +3.36% +4.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,625 £67,968
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £51,729 £57,500
% change year-on-year +25.65% -10.04% +9.52%

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 83,325 37,724 90,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 89.06% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 53,544 23,378 66,484
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

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

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 29 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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 +102 274 £65,288 +5.91% 45
UK excluding London +99 247 £65,000 +25.65% 40
Work from Home +42 94 £66,538 +18.29% 19
North of England -12 67 £65,576 +19.23% 18
London 0 58 £81,250 -1.52% 8
South East +5 44 £59,000 +2.61% 8
Midlands -12 39 £55,000 +10.00% 5
North West -14 35 £70,000 +40.00% 8
South West -18 33 £65,000 +24.73% 3
West Midlands -13 28 £65,000 +44.44% 1
East of England +3 25 £65,000 +34.02% 3
Wales -14 23 £65,000 +32.37% 3
Yorkshire -48 23 £65,576 +13.59% 2
East Midlands -45 11 £52,500 -7.89% 4
Scotland - 11 - - 1
North East - 9 £65,576 - 8
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 2026, Senior 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 306 (97.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 108 (34.29%) Azure
3 91 (28.89%) Microsoft
4 79 (25.08%) VMware
5 78 (24.76%) Windows
6 64 (20.32%) Active Directory
7 61 (19.37%) Firewall
8 59 (18.73%) DNS
9 55 (17.46%) VMware Infrastructure
9 55 (17.46%) Windows Server
10 52 (16.51%) DHCP
10 52 (16.51%) Microsoft 365
11 50 (15.87%) VPN
12 48 (15.24%) Disaster Recovery
13 47 (14.92%) WAN
14 45 (14.29%) ITIL
15 44 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
16 40 (12.70%) Entra ID
16 40 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
17 36 (11.43%) PowerShell
17 36 (11.43%) Security Cleared
18 34 (10.79%) LAN
19 30 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
19 30 (9.52%) Terraform
20 28 (8.89%) AWS
21 26 (8.25%) Cisco
21 26 (8.25%) TCP/IP
22 25 (7.94%) CI/CD
22 25 (7.94%) Degree
23 24 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.90%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) AutoCAD
1 4 (1.27%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 108 (34.29%) Azure
2 52 (16.51%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (12.70%) Entra ID
4 28 (8.89%) AWS
5 15 (4.76%) IaaS
5 15 (4.76%) SaaS
6 11 (3.49%) Nutanix
6 11 (3.49%) OneDrive
7 10 (3.17%) Datadog
7 10 (3.17%) PaaS
8 8 (2.54%) GCP
9 6 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.59%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.27%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.95%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 61 (19.37%) Firewall
2 59 (18.73%) DNS
3 52 (16.51%) DHCP
4 50 (15.87%) VPN
5 47 (14.92%) WAN
6 34 (10.79%) LAN
7 26 (8.25%) TCP/IP
8 20 (6.35%) SD-WAN
9 19 (6.03%) SAN
10 14 (4.44%) BGP
10 14 (4.44%) VLAN
10 14 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (3.49%) MPLS
12 10 (3.17%) Network Security
13 7 (2.22%) WLAN
14 5 (1.59%) OSPF
15 4 (1.27%) HSRP
15 4 (1.27%) NAS
15 4 (1.27%) VPLS
15 4 (1.27%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (3.49%) GitLab
2 8 (2.54%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.63%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.32%) Git
4 1 (0.32%) JIRA
General
1 32 (10.16%) Finance
2 29 (9.21%) Social Skills
3 24 (7.62%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.49%) Banking
5 11 (3.49%) Retail
6 7 (2.22%) Legal
7 3 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (0.95%) Law
8 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.63%) Police
8 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.59%) .NET
1 5 (1.59%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.27%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.95%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.63%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.63%) Kafka
4 2 (0.63%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (2.54%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (2.22%) PKI
4 7 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (1.59%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (1.59%) Replication
6 4 (1.27%) CMDB
6 4 (1.27%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.95%) YubiKey
8 2 (0.63%) Clustering
8 2 (0.63%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.63%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.63%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.32%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.32%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 78 (24.76%) Windows
2 55 (17.46%) Windows Server
3 22 (6.98%) Linux
4 18 (5.71%) Apple iOS
5 10 (3.17%) Android
6 8 (2.54%) Windows 10
7 6 (1.90%) VMS
8 5 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.27%) Unix
10 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.63%) CentOS
11 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (97.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (15.24%) Disaster Recovery
3 45 (14.29%) ITIL
4 44 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 25 (7.94%) CI/CD
7 24 (7.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (7.62%) Mentoring
7 24 (7.62%) Root Cause Analysis
8 19 (6.03%) DevOps
8 19 (6.03%) Migration
9 18 (5.71%) Computer Science
9 18 (5.71%) Incident Management
10 17 (5.40%) High Availability
11 16 (5.08%) Project Delivery
12 15 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
12 15 (4.76%) Service Delivery
12 15 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
13 14 (4.44%) Performance Tuning
13 14 (4.44%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (11.43%) PowerShell
2 15 (4.76%) Python
3 13 (4.13%) Bicep
4 10 (3.17%) SQL
5 4 (1.27%) Bash
6 2 (0.63%) Go
Qualifications
1 36 (11.43%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.94%) Degree
3 24 (7.62%) DV Cleared
3 24 (7.62%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (6.35%) Azure Certification
6 19 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (5.08%) CCNP
9 10 (3.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (2.86%) MCSE
11 8 (2.54%) CCIE
12 5 (1.59%) CCNA
13 2 (0.63%) JNCIP
13 2 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.32%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.54%) NIST
2 8 (2.54%) SLA
3 6 (1.90%) GDPR
4 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.32%) COBIT
5 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 64 (20.32%) Active Directory
2 55 (17.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.71%) Hyper-V
4 10 (3.17%) vSphere
5 8 (2.54%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (2.54%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.59%) KVM
8 4 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.95%) Docker
10 2 (0.63%) Firmware
10 2 (0.63%) XenApp
11 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.32%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (9.52%) Terraform
3 21 (6.67%) Ansible
4 15 (4.76%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.86%) SCCM
6 6 (1.90%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.90%) VxRail
7 5 (1.59%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.27%) WSUS
9 3 (0.95%) FlexNet
10 2 (0.63%) Grafana
10 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.32%) Nessus
11 1 (0.32%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.32%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 91 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 79 (25.08%) VMware
3 26 (8.25%) Cisco
4 15 (4.76%) Tenable
4 15 (4.76%) Veeam
5 12 (3.81%) AppDynamics
5 12 (3.81%) Palo Alto
6 11 (3.49%) Apple
7 10 (3.17%) Dell
7 10 (3.17%) Samsung
8 9 (2.86%) Fortinet
8 9 (2.86%) Zerto
9 8 (2.54%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.22%) Citrix
10 7 (2.22%) HP
10 7 (2.22%) Splunk
11 6 (1.90%) Meraki
11 6 (1.90%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.59%) Juniper
12 5 (1.59%) New Relic