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 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 387 533 525
Rank change year-on-year +146 -8 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 512 147 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.30% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.33% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 391 85 175
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,956 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £46,189
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +2.94%

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 106,506 44,266 74,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 89.67% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 73,200 26,014 44,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
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 16 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 16 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 +138 440 £60,000 -7.69% 260
UK excluding London +119 420 £60,000 - 182
Work from Home +70 152 £65,576 +0.89% 111
North of England +8 124 £70,000 +7.69% 42
South West +12 94 £52,750 +5.50% 15
South East +11 79 £60,000 - 41
North West +26 73 £70,000 +7.69% 33
London -20 65 £73,750 +1.72% 100
Midlands +6 47 £50,000 -9.09% 19
Wales -38 43 £50,000 +4.01% 9
Yorkshire -11 36 £65,576 +2.86% 5
East Midlands -2 30 £50,000 -9.09% 7
East of England -28 22 £40,000 -36.00% 39
West Midlands -32 17 £55,000 - 12
North East -54 15 £70,000 +7.69% 5
Scotland +11 11 £55,000 -8.33% 22

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 496 (96.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 134 (26.17%) Azure
3 123 (24.02%) Microsoft
4 108 (21.09%) Windows
5 85 (16.60%) VMware
6 81 (15.82%) Active Directory
7 80 (15.63%) Windows Server
8 73 (14.26%) Firewall
9 70 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
10 65 (12.70%) WAN
11 62 (12.11%) VMware Infrastructure
12 61 (11.91%) DNS
13 60 (11.72%) Disaster Recovery
14 56 (10.94%) DHCP
15 55 (10.74%) Entra ID
15 55 (10.74%) PowerShell
15 55 (10.74%) VPN
16 54 (10.55%) LAN
17 51 (9.96%) Linux
18 49 (9.57%) Infrastructure as Code
19 45 (8.79%) ITIL
20 41 (8.01%) AWS
21 40 (7.81%) Cisco
21 40 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
21 40 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
21 40 (7.81%) Project Delivery
22 36 (7.03%) Mentoring
23 35 (6.84%) Microsoft Intune
24 34 (6.64%) Terraform
25 33 (6.45%) Security Cleared

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 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.98%) IIS
4 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (3.32%) AutoCAD
1 17 (3.32%) Civil 3D
2 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 134 (26.17%) Azure
2 70 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (10.74%) Entra ID
4 41 (8.01%) AWS
5 14 (2.73%) IaaS
6 13 (2.54%) OneDrive
6 13 (2.54%) SaaS
7 12 (2.34%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (2.34%) PaaS
8 11 (2.15%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (1.95%) Azure AKS
9 10 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (1.76%) GCP
10 9 (1.76%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.56%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.37%) Datadog
12 7 (1.37%) OCI
13 6 (1.17%) GitHub
13 6 (1.17%) Serverless
14 5 (0.98%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 73 (14.26%) Firewall
2 65 (12.70%) WAN
3 61 (11.91%) DNS
4 56 (10.94%) DHCP
5 55 (10.74%) VPN
6 54 (10.55%) LAN
7 33 (6.45%) TCP/IP
8 28 (5.47%) Wi-Fi
9 24 (4.69%) Network Security
10 18 (3.52%) WLAN
11 16 (3.13%) VLAN
12 14 (2.73%) BGP
12 14 (2.73%) SAN
13 11 (2.15%) Internet
14 9 (1.76%) Cisco Nexus
14 9 (1.76%) SD-WAN
15 8 (1.56%) MPLS
15 8 (1.56%) SSL
16 6 (1.17%) IPsec
16 6 (1.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.91%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.59%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (1.56%) GitLab
2 6 (1.17%) JIRA
3 5 (0.98%) Git
4 2 (0.39%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.20%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
General
1 49 (9.57%) Public Sector
2 32 (6.25%) Social Skills
3 19 (3.71%) Finance
4 13 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.76%) Retail
6 9 (1.76%) Telecoms
7 8 (1.56%) Banking
7 8 (1.56%) Legal
8 5 (0.98%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.78%) Law
10 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.39%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.39%) Marketing
12 1 (0.20%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.20%) Automotive
12 1 (0.20%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.64%) Terraform
2 6 (1.17%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.59%) 802.1X
3 3 (0.59%) ModSecurity
4 2 (0.39%) REST
5 1 (0.20%) .NET
5 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.20%) CSS
5 1 (0.20%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.20%) HTML
5 1 (0.20%) Kafka
5 1 (0.20%) OAuth
5 1 (0.20%) OpenID
5 1 (0.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.71%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (3.13%) Public Cloud
4 12 (2.34%) PKI
5 9 (1.76%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.17%) Clustering
7 6 (1.17%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.17%) Replication
8 5 (0.98%) CMDB
8 5 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.78%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.78%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (0.59%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.59%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.59%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 108 (21.09%) Windows
2 80 (15.63%) Windows Server
3 51 (9.96%) Linux
4 17 (3.32%) Unix
5 8 (1.56%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.78%) CentOS
7 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.39%) Android
8 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.39%) VMS
8 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.20%) Rocky
9 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (96.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (11.72%) Disaster Recovery
3 49 (9.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (8.79%) ITIL
5 40 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 40 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (7.81%) Project Delivery
6 36 (7.03%) Mentoring
7 32 (6.25%) Business Continuity
8 31 (6.05%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (5.47%) Incident Management
10 26 (5.08%) CI/CD
11 25 (4.88%) Coaching
11 25 (4.88%) DevOps
11 25 (4.88%) Migration
11 25 (4.88%) Root Cause Analysis
12 22 (4.30%) Change Management
13 21 (4.10%) Agile
13 21 (4.10%) High Availability
13 21 (4.10%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.74%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.27%) Python
3 19 (3.71%) SQL
4 11 (2.15%) Bicep
5 6 (1.17%) Go
6 5 (0.98%) Bash
7 4 (0.78%) Java
7 4 (0.78%) R
8 2 (0.39%) C++
8 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.20%) C#
9 1 (0.20%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.20%) Ruby
9 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 25 (4.88%) Degree
3 22 (4.30%) DV Cleared
4 19 (3.71%) SC Cleared
5 17 (3.32%) CCNP
5 17 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.95%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.76%) CCIE
8 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.56%) CCNA
10 6 (1.17%) JNCIP
11 5 (0.98%) MCSE
12 4 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.20%) CCA
14 1 (0.20%) CESG Certified Professional
14 1 (0.20%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.76%) SLA
3 8 (1.56%) GDPR
4 4 (0.78%) NIST
5 3 (0.59%) COBIT
6 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (15.82%) Active Directory
2 62 (12.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 22 (4.30%) vSphere
5 9 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (1.76%) VMware NSX
6 8 (1.56%) Docker
7 7 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.59%) Lustre
9 3 (0.59%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.39%) Firmware
10 2 (0.39%) ProxySG
10 2 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.20%) GPFS
11 1 (0.20%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 35 (6.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (5.08%) Ansible
3 17 (3.32%) Kubernetes
4 10 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.17%) vCenter Server
6 5 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (0.98%) VxRail
6 5 (0.98%) WSUS
7 4 (0.78%) SCCM
8 3 (0.59%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.59%) Nessus
8 3 (0.59%) SCOM
8 3 (0.59%) vRealize
9 2 (0.39%) Argo
9 2 (0.39%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.39%) Grafana
9 2 (0.39%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.39%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.39%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.20%) Avamar
Vendors
1 123 (24.02%) Microsoft
2 85 (16.60%) VMware
3 40 (7.81%) Cisco
4 21 (4.10%) Veeam
5 16 (3.13%) Palo Alto
6 12 (2.34%) HP
7 11 (2.15%) Meraki
7 11 (2.15%) Oracle
7 11 (2.15%) Zscaler
8 10 (1.95%) Aruba
8 10 (1.95%) Citrix
9 9 (1.76%) Fortinet
9 9 (1.76%) Qualys
10 7 (1.37%) Apple
10 7 (1.37%) Dell
10 7 (1.37%) Zerto
11 6 (1.17%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.17%) Tenable
12 5 (0.98%) EMC
12 5 (0.98%) Google