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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 386 513 505
Rank change year-on-year +127 -8 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 535 151 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.31% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.34% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 403 88 172
10th Percentile £42,500 £49,003 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £46,659
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,775 £75,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +17.14% -

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 109,213 44,406 72,800
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.99% 89.70% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 74,793 25,960 42,645
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,775 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,950 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 26 September 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 IT jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 September 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 +117 460 £60,000 -7.69% 254
UK excluding London +96 441 £60,000 -2.44% 188
Work from Home +59 161 £65,576 +0.89% 114
North of England +20 131 £70,000 +7.69% 55
South West +11 100 £51,250 +2.50% 20
South East +30 82 £60,000 -4.00% 44
North West +24 80 £70,000 +7.69% 40
London -29 66 £65,773 -9.28% 83
Midlands -12 49 £50,000 -9.09% 19
Wales -25 44 £50,000 +4.01% 4
Yorkshire -21 36 £65,576 +2.86% 6
East Midlands 0 31 £50,000 -9.09% 9
East of England -25 23 £40,000 -36.00% 30
West Midlands -31 18 £55,000 -8.33% 10
North East -53 15 £70,000 +7.69% 10
Scotland +15 12 £55,000 -8.33% 21

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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.

1 520 (97.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 133 (24.86%) Azure
3 131 (24.49%) Microsoft
4 108 (20.19%) Windows
5 84 (15.70%) VMware
6 83 (15.51%) Active Directory
7 80 (14.95%) Windows Server
8 72 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
9 70 (13.08%) Firewall
10 62 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
10 62 (11.59%) WAN
11 60 (11.21%) Disaster Recovery
12 59 (11.03%) DNS
13 57 (10.65%) Entra ID
14 54 (10.09%) VPN
15 53 (9.91%) DHCP
15 53 (9.91%) PowerShell
16 51 (9.53%) LAN
16 51 (9.53%) Linux
17 49 (9.16%) Infrastructure as Code
18 45 (8.41%) ITIL
19 42 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
20 41 (7.66%) AWS
20 41 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
21 39 (7.29%) Project Delivery
22 38 (7.10%) Cisco
22 38 (7.10%) Mentoring
23 37 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
23 37 (6.92%) Security Cleared
24 35 (6.54%) Hyper-V

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 29 (5.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.93%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (3.36%) AutoCAD
1 18 (3.36%) Civil 3D
2 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 133 (24.86%) Azure
2 72 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (10.65%) Entra ID
4 41 (7.66%) AWS
5 15 (2.80%) IaaS
6 14 (2.62%) SaaS
7 13 (2.43%) Amazon EKS
7 13 (2.43%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.43%) PaaS
8 12 (2.24%) Power Platform
9 11 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (1.87%) Azure AKS
11 9 (1.68%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (1.68%) Nutanix
12 8 (1.50%) GCP
12 8 (1.50%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.31%) OCI
14 6 (1.12%) Datadog
14 6 (1.12%) GitHub
15 5 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 70 (13.08%) Firewall
2 62 (11.59%) WAN
3 59 (11.03%) DNS
4 54 (10.09%) VPN
5 53 (9.91%) DHCP
6 51 (9.53%) LAN
7 33 (6.17%) TCP/IP
8 27 (5.05%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (4.67%) Network Security
10 18 (3.36%) WLAN
11 17 (3.18%) VLAN
12 14 (2.62%) SAN
13 12 (2.24%) BGP
14 11 (2.06%) Internet
15 9 (1.68%) Cisco Nexus
16 8 (1.50%) SSL
17 7 (1.31%) SD-WAN
18 6 (1.12%) IPsec
18 6 (1.12%) MPLS
18 6 (1.12%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.11%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.56%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (1.31%) GitLab
1 7 (1.31%) JIRA
2 6 (1.12%) Git
3 2 (0.37%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 50 (9.35%) Public Sector
2 33 (6.17%) Social Skills
3 17 (3.18%) Finance
4 14 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (2.24%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.06%) Retail
7 10 (1.87%) Legal
8 9 (1.68%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.50%) Banking
10 5 (0.93%) Law
10 5 (0.93%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.37%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.37%) Marketing
13 1 (0.19%) Automotive
13 1 (0.19%) Back Office
13 1 (0.19%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.19%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.36%) Terraform
2 5 (0.93%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.37%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.37%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.37%) REST
4 1 (0.19%) .NET
4 1 (0.19%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.19%) CSS
4 1 (0.19%) HTML
4 1 (0.19%) OAuth
4 1 (0.19%) OpenID
4 1 (0.19%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.19%) RESTful
4 1 (0.19%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.55%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.18%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (2.99%) Public Cloud
4 12 (2.24%) PKI
5 10 (1.87%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.50%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.31%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (1.31%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.12%) Clustering
8 6 (1.12%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.12%) Replication
9 5 (0.93%) Cloud Native
9 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.93%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.75%) CMDB
10 4 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.56%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.56%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.37%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 108 (20.19%) Windows
2 80 (14.95%) Windows Server
3 51 (9.53%) Linux
4 16 (2.99%) Unix
5 10 (1.87%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.75%) CentOS
7 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.37%) Android
8 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.37%) VMS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.19%) Rocky
9 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (97.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (11.21%) Disaster Recovery
3 49 (9.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (8.41%) ITIL
5 42 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (7.29%) Project Delivery
8 38 (7.10%) Mentoring
9 32 (5.98%) Business Continuity
10 31 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (5.23%) Coaching
11 28 (5.23%) Technical Leadership
12 27 (5.05%) DevOps
12 27 (5.05%) Incident Management
12 27 (5.05%) Migration
12 27 (5.05%) Root Cause Analysis
13 26 (4.86%) CI/CD
14 23 (4.30%) Change Management
15 22 (4.11%) Agile
16 21 (3.93%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (9.91%) PowerShell
2 26 (4.86%) Python
3 19 (3.55%) SQL
4 10 (1.87%) Bicep
5 7 (1.31%) Go
6 5 (0.93%) Bash
6 5 (0.93%) Java
7 4 (0.75%) R
8 2 (0.37%) C++
8 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.19%) C#
9 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (6.92%) Security Cleared
2 24 (4.49%) Degree
3 23 (4.30%) DV Cleared
4 21 (3.93%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.99%) CCNP
5 16 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.87%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.50%) CCIE
9 8 (1.50%) CCNA
10 6 (1.12%) JNCIP
11 5 (0.93%) MCSE
12 4 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.19%) CCA
14 1 (0.19%) CESG Certified Professional
14 1 (0.19%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.68%) SLA
3 7 (1.31%) GDPR
4 3 (0.56%) COBIT
4 3 (0.56%) NIST
5 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 83 (15.51%) Active Directory
2 62 (11.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (6.54%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.93%) vSphere
5 8 (1.50%) Docker
5 8 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.31%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.56%) Lustre
8 3 (0.56%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.37%) Firmware
9 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.19%) GPFS
10 1 (0.19%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.19%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (4.30%) Ansible
3 19 (3.55%) Kubernetes
4 11 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.93%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.93%) VxRail
5 5 (0.93%) WSUS
6 4 (0.75%) SCCM
7 3 (0.56%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.56%) Nessus
7 3 (0.56%) SCOM
7 3 (0.56%) vRealize
8 2 (0.37%) Argo
8 2 (0.37%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.37%) Grafana
8 2 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.37%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 131 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 84 (15.70%) VMware
3 38 (7.10%) Cisco
4 21 (3.93%) Veeam
5 16 (2.99%) Palo Alto
6 12 (2.24%) Citrix
6 12 (2.24%) HP
7 11 (2.06%) Meraki
7 11 (2.06%) Oracle
7 11 (2.06%) Zscaler
8 10 (1.87%) Aruba
9 9 (1.68%) Fortinet
9 9 (1.68%) Qualys
10 7 (1.31%) Apple
10 7 (1.31%) Dell
10 7 (1.31%) Zerto
11 6 (1.12%) Google
11 6 (1.12%) Tenable
12 5 (0.93%) EMC
12 5 (0.93%) SolarWinds