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 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 494 449
Rank change year-on-year +14 -45 +183
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 173 269 292
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.40% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.42% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 116 168 252
10th Percentile £50,625 £45,000 £42,530
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - +5.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,968 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £90,375 £87,052
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,247 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.47% - +6.79%

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 47,047 63,901 50,390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 94.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,947 35,849 38,981
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,350 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.30% -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 12 November 2025.

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 IT jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 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 +9 160 £65,000 +18.18% 86
UK excluding London +10 122 £63,247 +20.47% 81
Work from Home +34 54 £65,000 +4.00% 42
North of England +10 43 £65,000 +18.18% 12
London +24 37 £75,000 -11.76% 26
East of England +27 32 £70,000 +55.56% 16
North West +26 23 £65,000 +10.37% 8
South East -8 18 £60,000 +9.09% 23
Midlands +44 16 £53,750 +7.50% 9
West Midlands +36 14 £52,500 +5.00% 6
Yorkshire +6 12 £65,000 +18.18% 1
North East +10 8 £65,000 +22.64% 3
Scotland -7 7 £60,000 +20.00% 3
South West -3 6 £50,000 -4.76% 14
East Midlands +24 2 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Wales - 1 - - 7

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

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, 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.

1 170 (98.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 73 (42.20%) Azure
3 60 (34.68%) Windows
4 56 (32.37%) Firewall
5 49 (28.32%) Windows Server
6 48 (27.75%) VMware
7 44 (25.43%) Microsoft
8 41 (23.70%) Active Directory
9 39 (22.54%) Microsoft 365
10 35 (20.23%) Microsoft Exchange
11 33 (19.08%) Mentoring
12 32 (18.50%) Cisco
13 30 (17.34%) Terraform
14 29 (16.76%) PowerShell
15 28 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (16.18%) Infrastructure as Code
16 27 (15.61%) AWS
17 25 (14.45%) VMware Infrastructure
18 22 (12.72%) Migration
19 21 (12.14%) DevOps
19 21 (12.14%) WAN
20 20 (11.56%) DNS
20 20 (11.56%) Roadmaps
21 19 (10.98%) LAN
21 19 (10.98%) Technology Roadmap
22 18 (10.40%) Hyper-V
23 17 (9.83%) Azure Logic Apps
23 17 (9.83%) Disaster Recovery
23 17 (9.83%) Microsoft Intune
23 17 (9.83%) Python

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 35 (20.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (6.94%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.89%) IIS
4 3 (1.73%) WinCC
5 1 (0.58%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Civil 3D
1 1 (0.58%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 73 (42.20%) Azure
2 39 (22.54%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (15.61%) AWS
4 17 (9.83%) Azure Logic Apps
5 13 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (7.51%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.05%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (3.47%) GCP
7 6 (3.47%) Route 53
8 5 (2.89%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (2.31%) Azure App Service
9 4 (2.31%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (2.31%) GitHub
9 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (1.73%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (1.73%) IaaS
10 3 (1.73%) PaaS
10 3 (1.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 56 (32.37%) Firewall
2 21 (12.14%) WAN
3 20 (11.56%) DNS
4 19 (10.98%) LAN
5 15 (8.67%) VPN
6 12 (6.94%) DHCP
6 12 (6.94%) TETRA
7 8 (4.62%) SAN
7 8 (4.62%) SD-WAN
8 7 (4.05%) Network Security
9 6 (3.47%) VLAN
10 4 (2.31%) MPLS
10 4 (2.31%) SNMP
10 4 (2.31%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.73%) Modbus
11 3 (1.73%) VSAN
12 2 (1.16%) InfiniBand
12 2 (1.16%) iSCSI
12 2 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.16%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.20%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.58%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.16%) JIRA
3 1 (0.58%) GitLab
General
1 33 (19.08%) Finance
2 18 (10.40%) Social Skills
3 10 (5.78%) Law
3 10 (5.78%) Local Government
4 8 (4.62%) Legal
5 7 (4.05%) Police
5 7 (4.05%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.05%) Telecoms
6 6 (3.47%) Automotive
7 5 (2.89%) Banking
7 5 (2.89%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.31%) Retail
9 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.89%) .NET
1 5 (2.89%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.58%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.58%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.40%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.20%) NHS
3 8 (4.62%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.62%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.47%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.89%) Legacy Applications
5 5 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.31%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.31%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.73%) SCADA
8 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.16%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.58%) Clustering
9 1 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.58%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.58%) PKI
9 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 60 (34.68%) Windows
2 49 (28.32%) Windows Server
3 13 (7.51%) Linux
4 11 (6.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (4.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.31%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.31%) VMS
7 3 (1.73%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.16%) Android
8 2 (1.16%) Unix
9 1 (0.58%) CentOS
9 1 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.58%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (98.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 33 (19.08%) Mentoring
3 28 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (16.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 22 (12.72%) Migration
5 21 (12.14%) DevOps
6 20 (11.56%) Roadmaps
7 19 (10.98%) Technology Roadmap
8 17 (9.83%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (9.25%) CI/CD
9 16 (9.25%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (8.09%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (6.94%) Technical Leadership
12 11 (6.36%) Asset Management
12 11 (6.36%) Performance Tuning
13 10 (5.78%) Agile
13 10 (5.78%) Business Continuity
13 10 (5.78%) ITIL
13 10 (5.78%) Project Delivery
13 10 (5.78%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.76%) PowerShell
2 17 (9.83%) Python
3 12 (6.94%) SQL
4 10 (5.78%) Bicep
5 4 (2.31%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (5.78%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (5.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (4.62%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.05%) Degree
4 7 (4.05%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.89%) CCNA
5 5 (2.89%) CCNP
6 4 (2.31%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.31%) MCSE
6 4 (2.31%) Postgraduate
6 4 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (1.73%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.16%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.58%) CISSP
9 1 (0.58%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.73%) IEC 61131
3 3 (1.73%) IEC 61508
3 3 (1.73%) NIST
3 3 (1.73%) QA
4 2 (1.16%) SLA
5 1 (0.58%) GDPR
5 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (23.70%) Active Directory
2 25 (14.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.40%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.62%) vSphere
5 7 (4.05%) Docker
6 5 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.89%) XenApp
7 2 (1.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.58%) Ceph
8 1 (0.58%) Firmware
8 1 (0.58%) Lustre
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.58%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 30 (17.34%) Terraform
2 17 (9.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (8.09%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.20%) Ansible
5 8 (4.62%) FortiGate
6 4 (2.31%) SCCM
7 3 (1.73%) SCOM
8 2 (1.16%) PaperCut
8 2 (1.16%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.16%) WSUS
9 1 (0.58%) Grafana
9 1 (0.58%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.58%) Istio
9 1 (0.58%) linkerd
9 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 1 (0.58%) Nessus
9 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.58%) WMI
Vendors
1 48 (27.75%) VMware
2 44 (25.43%) Microsoft
3 32 (18.50%) Cisco
4 11 (6.36%) Dell
5 8 (4.62%) Veeam
6 7 (4.05%) Citrix
6 7 (4.05%) Palo Alto
7 6 (3.47%) Fortinet
7 6 (3.47%) Meraki
8 5 (2.89%) CheckPoint
8 5 (2.89%) New Relic
9 4 (2.31%) IBM
9 4 (2.31%) SonicWALL
10 3 (1.73%) Acronis
10 3 (1.73%) F5
10 3 (1.73%) Juniper
10 3 (1.73%) Rockwell
10 3 (1.73%) Siemens
10 3 (1.73%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.73%) Splunk