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 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 525 461
Rank change year-on-year +99 -64 +124
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 388 155 435
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.32% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.35% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 292 102 334
10th Percentile £43,862 £46,519 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,813 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -1.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,188 £67,968
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%

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 94,323 44,218 88,743
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 89.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 64,728 26,167 62,366
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £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 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

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 21 July 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 21 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 +105 331 £60,000 -4.00% 73
UK excluding London +91 311 £60,000 - 59
Work from Home +23 98 £65,576 +9.29% 24
North of England -1 78 £65,576 +4.92% 14
South West -5 66 £52,750 +5.50% 15
London +8 59 £80,000 +6.67% 16
South East +4 54 £60,000 +2.13% 10
North West +4 42 £70,000 +16.67% 7
Midlands -3 42 £55,000 - 13
Wales -24 37 £50,000 +4.01% 1
Yorkshire -22 29 £60,000 -5.88% 5
East of England 0 24 £40,000 -36.00% 6
East Midlands -4 23 £50,000 -10.71% 6
West Midlands -8 19 £55,000 - 7
North East -46 7 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Scotland +18 5 - - 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 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.

1 382 (98.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 130 (33.51%) Azure
3 119 (30.67%) Microsoft
4 82 (21.13%) VMware
5 80 (20.62%) Windows
6 70 (18.04%) Active Directory
7 68 (17.53%) VMware Infrastructure
8 65 (16.75%) DNS
8 65 (16.75%) Microsoft 365
9 64 (16.49%) Windows Server
10 63 (16.24%) Firewall
11 61 (15.72%) WAN
12 60 (15.46%) DHCP
12 60 (15.46%) Disaster Recovery
13 59 (15.21%) VPN
14 53 (13.66%) Entra ID
14 53 (13.66%) PowerShell
15 51 (13.14%) LAN
16 45 (11.60%) ITIL
17 41 (10.57%) Project Delivery
18 40 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
19 37 (9.54%) Microsoft Intune
20 36 (9.28%) AWS
20 36 (9.28%) Infrastructure as Code
21 34 (8.76%) Security Cleared
21 34 (8.76%) TCP/IP
22 33 (8.51%) Cisco
23 30 (7.73%) Mentoring
24 29 (7.47%) Terraform
25 28 (7.22%) 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 25 (6.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.90%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.06%) IIS
4 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (3.09%) AutoCAD
1 12 (3.09%) Civil 3D
2 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.26%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 130 (33.51%) Azure
2 65 (16.75%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (13.66%) Entra ID
4 36 (9.28%) AWS
5 12 (3.09%) Nutanix
6 11 (2.84%) IaaS
7 10 (2.58%) OneDrive
8 9 (2.32%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (2.32%) GCP
9 8 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.06%) SaaS
10 7 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.55%) PaaS
12 5 (1.29%) Datadog
13 4 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.03%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.03%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 65 (16.75%) DNS
2 63 (16.24%) Firewall
3 61 (15.72%) WAN
4 60 (15.46%) DHCP
5 59 (15.21%) VPN
6 51 (13.14%) LAN
7 34 (8.76%) TCP/IP
8 19 (4.90%) WLAN
9 17 (4.38%) Network Security
9 17 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (3.87%) BGP
10 15 (3.87%) SAN
10 15 (3.87%) VLAN
11 13 (3.35%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.32%) MPLS
13 7 (1.80%) NAS
13 7 (1.80%) SSL
14 6 (1.55%) IPsec
14 6 (1.55%) SSH
15 5 (1.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.35%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.09%) GitLab
2 2 (0.52%) CircleCI
2 2 (0.52%) Git
2 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.26%) Chocolatey
3 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 33 (8.51%) Public Sector
2 30 (7.73%) Social Skills
3 18 (4.64%) Finance
4 11 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (1.80%) Legal
5 7 (1.80%) Retail
6 6 (1.55%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.29%) Banking
8 3 (0.77%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.52%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.52%) Law
9 2 (0.52%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.26%) Automotive
10 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.26%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.55%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.03%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.77%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.52%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.52%) Kafka
4 2 (0.52%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.26%) OAuth
5 1 (0.26%) OpenID
5 1 (0.26%) REST
5 1 (0.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.93%) Data Centre
2 19 (4.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (3.09%) PKI
4 8 (2.06%) Replication
5 6 (1.55%) Clustering
5 6 (1.55%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.55%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (1.29%) CMDB
6 5 (1.29%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.52%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.52%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.52%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.26%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.26%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.26%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 80 (20.62%) Windows
2 64 (16.49%) Windows Server
3 28 (7.22%) Linux
4 14 (3.61%) Apple iOS
5 12 (3.09%) Android
6 6 (1.55%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.29%) Unix
8 3 (0.77%) VMS
9 2 (0.52%) CentOS
9 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (98.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (15.46%) Disaster Recovery
3 45 (11.60%) ITIL
4 41 (10.57%) Project Delivery
5 40 (10.31%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (9.28%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (7.73%) Mentoring
8 28 (7.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (6.44%) High Availability
10 24 (6.19%) CI/CD
10 24 (6.19%) Incident Management
10 24 (6.19%) Root Cause Analysis
11 21 (5.41%) Business Continuity
12 17 (4.38%) Coaching
12 17 (4.38%) Incident Response
13 16 (4.12%) Cloud Operations
14 15 (3.87%) Cybersecurity
14 15 (3.87%) Migration
14 15 (3.87%) Service Management
14 15 (3.87%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 53 (13.66%) PowerShell
2 23 (5.93%) Python
3 13 (3.35%) SQL
4 11 (2.84%) Bicep
5 4 (1.03%) Bash
6 2 (0.52%) Go
7 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (8.76%) Security Cleared
2 25 (6.44%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (6.44%) Degree
2 25 (6.44%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.19%) CCNP
4 21 (5.41%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.09%) CCIE
7 12 (3.09%) MCSE
7 12 (3.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (2.32%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.32%) CCNA
9 6 (1.55%) JNCIP
10 2 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.32%) GDPR
1 9 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.29%) NIST
3 5 (1.29%) SLA
4 3 (0.77%) COBIT
5 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.52%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 70 (18.04%) Active Directory
2 68 (17.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (6.96%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.64%) vSphere
5 10 (2.58%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.32%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.29%) KVM
10 3 (0.77%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.52%) Docker
11 2 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.26%) Firmware
12 1 (0.26%) GPFS
12 1 (0.26%) Lustre
12 1 (0.26%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.26%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (9.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (7.47%) Terraform
3 25 (6.44%) Ansible
4 12 (3.09%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.32%) VxRail
6 8 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.80%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.55%) WSUS
9 3 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.77%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.52%) Grafana
10 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.52%) SCCM
10 2 (0.52%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.26%) Avamar
11 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.26%) Nessus
11 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.26%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 119 (30.67%) Microsoft
2 82 (21.13%) VMware
3 33 (8.51%) Cisco
4 21 (5.41%) Veeam
5 13 (3.35%) HP
5 13 (3.35%) Zerto
6 12 (3.09%) Apple
7 11 (2.84%) Dell
7 11 (2.84%) Meraki
7 11 (2.84%) Palo Alto
8 10 (2.58%) Samsung
9 9 (2.32%) Citrix
10 7 (1.80%) Fortinet
10 7 (1.80%) SolarWinds
10 7 (1.80%) Tenable
10 7 (1.80%) Zscaler
11 6 (1.55%) Commvault
12 5 (1.29%) EMC
12 5 (1.29%) Ubiquiti
13 4 (1.03%) Splunk