Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 515 494
Rank change year-on-year +154 -21 -27
Permanent Senior Infrastructure Engineer jobs 597 159 273
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.32% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.36% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 427 101 169
10th Percentile £43,000 £49,050 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +1.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £86,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +18.10% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,477 44,406 65,669
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.18% 89.83% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 75,138 26,267 37,427
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,177 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,300 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Infrastructure Engineer job postings 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Senior Infrastructure Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 24 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +121 505 £60,000 -7.69% 187
UK excluding London +142 497 £60,000 -3.23% 147
Work from Home +53 175 £65,576 +0.89% 81
North of England +40 151 £65,576 +0.89% 38
South West +13 104 £54,000 +10.77% 11
North West +33 95 £65,576 +0.89% 23
South East -12 77 £65,000 +8.33% 22
Midlands -10 68 £55,000 +2.33% 28
London -45 64 £65,000 -10.34% 66
Wales -33 43 £50,000 +4.01% 13
East Midlands - 37 £55,000 - 9
Yorkshire -11 35 £65,576 +0.89% 8
East of England -40 33 £50,000 -23.08% 10
West Midlands -28 31 £55,000 +2.33% 19
Scotland +21 23 £57,076 -4.87% 23
North East -57 21 £70,000 +7.69% 7

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Senior Infrastructure Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Infrastructure Engineering97.2%580
2Microsoft26.0%155
3Azure22.3%133
4Windows17.3%103
5Active Directory14.7%88
6Microsoft 36513.6%81
7VMware13.2%79
8Windows Server12.9%77
9Entra ID12.4%74
10Linux10.6%63
11Firewall10.2%61
12Disaster Recovery9.7%58
12VMware Infrastructure9.7%58
14Security Cleared9.5%57
15VPN8.7%52
16Infrastructure as Code8.5%51
17AWS8.4%50
17PowerShell8.4%50
19Continuous Improvement8.2%49
19WAN8.2%49
21DNS8.0%48
21Microsoft Intune8.0%48
23Technical Leadership7.7%46
24Problem-Solving7.5%45
25Mentoring7.0%42
26DevOps6.9%41
27DHCP6.7%40
27Hyper-V6.7%40
27Terraform6.7%40
30LAN6.5%39

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cloud Infrastructure Engineer8.9%53
1Senior Cloud Engineer8.9%53
3Network Infrastructure Engineer6.7%40
4Network Engineer6.4%38
5Senior Network Engineer5.9%35
6IT Infrastructure Engineer5.0%30
6Senior IT Engineer5.0%30
83rd Line Infrastructure Engineer3.4%20
9Applications Engineer3.0%18
9Power Apps Engineer3.0%18
11Linux Infrastructure Engineer2.5%15
11Senior Linux Engineer2.5%15
13Infrastructure Security Engineer2.0%12
13Senior Security Engineer2.0%12
13Senior Server Engineer2.0%12
16Cybersecurity Engineer1.8%11
16Senior Network Security Engineer1.8%11
18Lead Infrastructure Engineer1.7%10
18Senior Automation Engineer1.7%10
20Civil Engineer1.5%9
249 Senior Infrastructure Engineer jobs Nationwide