Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 3 months leading to 10 July 2026.

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

3 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 410 385
Rank change year-on-year +48 -25 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 215 109 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.39% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.43% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 151 65 118
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,404 £44,925
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -5.36%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £70,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -9.09%

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 50,169 25,403 37,486
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.73% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 35,076 13,834 25,030
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.68% -1.50% -9.09%

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 3 months to 10 July 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 3 months to 10 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +28 177 £57,500 -4.17% 65
UK excluding London +34 175 £50,000 -16.67% 57
Work from Home +10 45 £55,000 -15.38% 21
South West -14 45 £50,000 - 7
North of England -8 34 £70,000 +7.69% 15
London -7 31 £80,000 +10.34% 14
Midlands +22 27 £55,000 - 12
South East +2 26 £65,000 +8.33% 14
Wales -15 26 £50,000 +4.01% 2
North West +11 20 £70,000 +7.69% 7
East Midlands - 14 £60,000 - 7
Yorkshire -7 13 £58,750 -9.62% 6
West Midlands -12 13 £55,000 - 5
East of England -3 12 £40,000 -33.33% 4
Scotland +34 5 - - 2
North East -39 1 £70,000 +7.69% 2

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

For the 6 months to 10 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.

1 373 (98.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 127 (33.69%) Azure
3 118 (31.30%) Microsoft
4 82 (21.75%) VMware
5 77 (20.42%) Windows
6 69 (18.30%) Active Directory
7 67 (17.77%) VMware Infrastructure
8 65 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
9 64 (16.98%) DNS
10 61 (16.18%) Firewall
11 60 (15.92%) Disaster Recovery
11 60 (15.92%) VPN
11 60 (15.92%) Windows Server
12 59 (15.65%) DHCP
12 59 (15.65%) WAN
13 51 (13.53%) Entra ID
13 51 (13.53%) PowerShell
14 48 (12.73%) LAN
15 46 (12.20%) ITIL
16 39 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
17 38 (10.08%) Microsoft Intune
18 36 (9.55%) Project Delivery
18 36 (9.55%) Security Cleared
19 35 (9.28%) AWS
20 34 (9.02%) Infrastructure as Code
21 31 (8.22%) TCP/IP
22 30 (7.96%) Cisco
23 29 (7.69%) Mentoring
24 28 (7.43%) Terraform
25 26 (6.90%) 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 (6.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (5.04%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.12%) IIS
4 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (2.65%) AutoCAD
1 10 (2.65%) Civil 3D
2 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.27%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 127 (33.69%) Azure
2 65 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (13.53%) Entra ID
4 35 (9.28%) AWS
5 12 (3.18%) IaaS
5 12 (3.18%) Nutanix
6 10 (2.65%) OneDrive
7 8 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (2.12%) GCP
7 8 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (2.12%) SaaS
8 7 (1.86%) Datadog
8 7 (1.86%) PaaS
9 6 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.06%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.06%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.06%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.06%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 64 (16.98%) DNS
2 61 (16.18%) Firewall
3 60 (15.92%) VPN
4 59 (15.65%) DHCP
4 59 (15.65%) WAN
5 48 (12.73%) LAN
6 31 (8.22%) TCP/IP
7 18 (4.77%) WLAN
8 17 (4.51%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (4.24%) Network Security
9 16 (4.24%) SAN
10 15 (3.98%) BGP
10 15 (3.98%) VLAN
11 14 (3.71%) SD-WAN
12 9 (2.39%) MPLS
13 6 (1.59%) IPsec
13 6 (1.59%) NAS
13 6 (1.59%) SSH
13 6 (1.59%) SSL
14 5 (1.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.12%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.18%) GitLab
2 3 (0.80%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.53%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.53%) Git
3 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.27%) JIRA
General
1 31 (8.22%) Public Sector
2 30 (7.96%) Social Skills
3 20 (5.31%) Finance
4 12 (3.18%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (1.86%) Banking
5 7 (1.86%) Legal
6 6 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (1.59%) Retail
7 5 (1.33%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.53%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.53%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (0.53%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.27%) Automotive
9 1 (0.27%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.27%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.59%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.06%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.80%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.53%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (0.53%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.53%) Kafka
4 2 (0.53%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.27%) OAuth
5 1 (0.27%) OpenID
5 1 (0.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.10%) Data Centre
2 19 (5.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (3.18%) PKI
4 8 (2.12%) Replication
5 5 (1.33%) Clustering
5 5 (1.33%) CMDB
5 5 (1.33%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
5 5 (1.33%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (0.80%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (0.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (0.80%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.53%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.53%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.53%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.27%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.27%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 77 (20.42%) Windows
2 60 (15.92%) Windows Server
3 26 (6.90%) Linux
4 15 (3.98%) Apple iOS
5 12 (3.18%) Android
6 6 (1.59%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.33%) Unix
8 3 (0.80%) VMS
8 3 (0.80%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.53%) CentOS
9 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (98.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (15.92%) Disaster Recovery
3 46 (12.20%) ITIL
4 39 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (9.55%) Project Delivery
6 34 (9.02%) Infrastructure as Code
7 29 (7.69%) Mentoring
8 26 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (6.63%) CI/CD
10 24 (6.37%) High Availability
10 24 (6.37%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (5.84%) Incident Management
12 18 (4.77%) Business Continuity
13 17 (4.51%) Cloud Operations
13 17 (4.51%) Coaching
13 17 (4.51%) Incident Response
14 15 (3.98%) Migration
14 15 (3.98%) Problem Management
14 15 (3.98%) Service Management
14 15 (3.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 51 (13.53%) PowerShell
2 22 (5.84%) Python
3 13 (3.45%) SQL
4 10 (2.65%) Bicep
5 5 (1.33%) Bash
6 2 (0.53%) Go
7 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 36 (9.55%) Security Cleared
2 25 (6.63%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.37%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (6.37%) Degree
4 23 (6.10%) CCNP
5 22 (5.84%) DV Cleared
6 19 (5.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.18%) CCIE
8 12 (3.18%) MCSE
8 12 (3.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (2.65%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.12%) CCNA
11 6 (1.59%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.39%) GDPR
1 9 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.59%) SLA
3 5 (1.33%) NIST
4 3 (0.80%) COBIT
5 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.53%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 69 (18.30%) Active Directory
2 67 (17.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.63%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.77%) vSphere
5 10 (2.65%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.39%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.33%) KVM
10 3 (0.80%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.53%) Docker
11 2 (0.53%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.27%) Firmware
12 1 (0.27%) GPFS
12 1 (0.27%) Lustre
12 1 (0.27%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (10.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (7.43%) Terraform
3 24 (6.37%) Ansible
4 12 (3.18%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.39%) VxRail
6 7 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (1.86%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.59%) WSUS
8 4 (1.06%) SCCM
9 3 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.80%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.53%) Grafana
10 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.53%) WhatsUp Gold
11 1 (0.27%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.27%) Nessus
11 1 (0.27%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.27%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 118 (31.30%) Microsoft
2 82 (21.75%) VMware
3 30 (7.96%) Cisco
4 20 (5.31%) Veeam
5 12 (3.18%) HP
5 12 (3.18%) Palo Alto
5 12 (3.18%) Zerto
6 11 (2.92%) Apple
7 10 (2.65%) Dell
7 10 (2.65%) Meraki
7 10 (2.65%) Samsung
8 9 (2.39%) Tenable
9 7 (1.86%) Citrix
9 7 (1.86%) SolarWinds
10 6 (1.59%) Commvault
10 6 (1.59%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.33%) EMC
11 5 (1.33%) Ubiquiti
11 5 (1.33%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.06%) Splunk