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 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 523 509
Rank change year-on-year +143 -14 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 522 150 288
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.31% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.34% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 396 87 173
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,987 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £47,128
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 £82,500 £75,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.23% +15.71% +1.94%

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 108,269 43,856 72,591
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.18% 89.61% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74,176 25,746 43,293
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £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 £74,258 £74,100
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 22 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 22 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 +114 450 £60,000 -7.69% 241
UK excluding London +106 432 £60,000 -1.23% 180
Work from Home +61 158 £65,576 +0.89% 109
North of England +10 128 £70,000 +7.69% 49
South West +8 97 £52,750 +5.50% 20
South East +22 82 £60,000 -4.00% 44
North West +10 77 £70,000 +7.69% 35
London -37 63 £65,773 -9.28% 75
Midlands -8 49 £50,000 -9.09% 21
Wales -37 42 £50,000 +4.01% 5
Yorkshire -22 36 £65,576 +2.86% 6
East Midlands +2 31 £50,000 -9.09% 10
East of England -23 22 £40,000 -36.00% 27
West Midlands -42 18 £55,000 -8.33% 11
North East -55 15 £70,000 +7.69% 9
Scotland +11 12 £55,000 -8.33% 19

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 507 (97.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 133 (25.48%) Azure
3 128 (24.52%) Microsoft
4 108 (20.69%) Windows
5 84 (16.09%) VMware
6 82 (15.71%) Active Directory
7 80 (15.33%) Windows Server
8 71 (13.60%) Firewall
8 71 (13.60%) Microsoft 365
9 63 (12.07%) WAN
10 61 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
11 60 (11.49%) Disaster Recovery
12 59 (11.30%) DNS
13 56 (10.73%) Entra ID
14 53 (10.15%) DHCP
14 53 (10.15%) PowerShell
14 53 (10.15%) VPN
15 52 (9.96%) LAN
16 50 (9.58%) Linux
17 48 (9.20%) Infrastructure as Code
18 44 (8.43%) ITIL
19 41 (7.85%) AWS
19 41 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
20 40 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
20 40 (7.66%) Project Delivery
21 38 (7.28%) Cisco
22 37 (7.09%) Mentoring
23 36 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
24 34 (6.51%) Hyper-V
24 34 (6.51%) 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 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.21%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.96%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (3.45%) AutoCAD
1 18 (3.45%) Civil 3D
2 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 133 (25.48%) Azure
2 71 (13.60%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (10.73%) Entra ID
4 41 (7.85%) AWS
5 15 (2.87%) IaaS
6 13 (2.49%) OneDrive
6 13 (2.49%) PaaS
6 13 (2.49%) SaaS
7 12 (2.30%) Amazon EKS
8 11 (2.11%) Azure Sentinel
9 10 (1.92%) Azure AKS
9 10 (1.92%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (1.72%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.53%) GCP
12 7 (1.34%) OCI
13 6 (1.15%) Datadog
13 6 (1.15%) GitHub
13 6 (1.15%) PowerApps
14 5 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 71 (13.60%) Firewall
2 63 (12.07%) WAN
3 59 (11.30%) DNS
4 53 (10.15%) DHCP
4 53 (10.15%) VPN
5 52 (9.96%) LAN
6 32 (6.13%) TCP/IP
7 27 (5.17%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (4.79%) Network Security
9 18 (3.45%) WLAN
10 16 (3.07%) VLAN
11 14 (2.68%) SAN
12 11 (2.11%) BGP
12 11 (2.11%) Internet
13 9 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (1.53%) SSL
15 7 (1.34%) SD-WAN
16 6 (1.15%) IPsec
16 6 (1.15%) NAS
16 6 (1.15%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.02%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (0.57%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
4 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (1.34%) GitLab
1 7 (1.34%) JIRA
2 6 (1.15%) Git
3 2 (0.38%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
General
1 50 (9.58%) Public Sector
2 32 (6.13%) Social Skills
3 16 (3.07%) Finance
4 12 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (1.92%) Retail
6 9 (1.72%) Legal
6 9 (1.72%) Telecoms
7 7 (1.34%) Banking
8 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.77%) Law
10 3 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.38%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.38%) Marketing
12 1 (0.19%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.19%) Automotive
12 1 (0.19%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (6.32%) Terraform
2 5 (0.96%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.38%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.38%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.38%) 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%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.45%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (3.07%) Public Cloud
4 12 (2.30%) PKI
5 10 (1.92%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.34%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (1.34%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.15%) Clustering
7 6 (1.15%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.15%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.15%) Replication
8 5 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.77%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.77%) CMDB
9 4 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.77%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.57%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.57%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.38%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 108 (20.69%) Windows
2 80 (15.33%) Windows Server
3 50 (9.58%) Linux
4 16 (3.07%) Unix
5 9 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.77%) CentOS
7 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.38%) Android
8 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 2 (0.38%) 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
1 507 (97.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (11.49%) Disaster Recovery
3 48 (9.20%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (8.43%) ITIL
5 41 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 40 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (7.66%) Project Delivery
7 37 (7.09%) Mentoring
8 32 (6.13%) Business Continuity
9 31 (5.94%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (5.17%) Coaching
10 27 (5.17%) DevOps
10 27 (5.17%) Incident Management
10 27 (5.17%) Migration
11 26 (4.98%) Root Cause Analysis
12 25 (4.79%) CI/CD
12 25 (4.79%) Technical Leadership
13 22 (4.21%) Agile
13 22 (4.21%) Change Management
14 20 (3.83%) AI
Programming Languages
1 53 (10.15%) PowerShell
2 25 (4.79%) Python
3 18 (3.45%) SQL
4 10 (1.92%) Bicep
5 6 (1.15%) Go
6 4 (0.77%) Bash
6 4 (0.77%) Java
6 4 (0.77%) R
7 2 (0.38%) C++
7 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.19%) C#
8 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.19%) Ruby
8 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (6.51%) Security Cleared
2 24 (4.60%) Degree
3 21 (4.02%) DV Cleared
4 19 (3.64%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.07%) CCNP
5 16 (3.07%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.92%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.53%) CCIE
9 8 (1.53%) CCNA
10 6 (1.15%) JNCIP
11 5 (0.96%) MCSE
12 4 (0.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 2 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (0.19%) CCA
14 1 (0.19%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.19%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.72%) SLA
3 7 (1.34%) GDPR
4 3 (0.57%) COBIT
4 3 (0.57%) NIST
5 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 82 (15.71%) Active Directory
2 61 (11.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (6.51%) Hyper-V
4 21 (4.02%) vSphere
5 8 (1.53%) Docker
5 8 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.34%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.57%) Lustre
8 3 (0.57%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.38%) Firmware
9 2 (0.38%) ProxySG
9 2 (0.38%) 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 36 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (4.41%) Ansible
3 18 (3.45%) Kubernetes
4 10 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.96%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.96%) VxRail
5 5 (0.96%) WSUS
6 4 (0.77%) SCCM
7 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.57%) Nessus
7 3 (0.57%) SCOM
7 3 (0.57%) vRealize
8 2 (0.38%) Argo
8 2 (0.38%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.38%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.38%) WhatsUp Gold
9 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 128 (24.52%) Microsoft
2 84 (16.09%) VMware
3 38 (7.28%) Cisco
4 21 (4.02%) Veeam
5 16 (3.07%) Palo Alto
6 12 (2.30%) HP
7 11 (2.11%) Citrix
7 11 (2.11%) Meraki
7 11 (2.11%) Oracle
7 11 (2.11%) Zscaler
8 10 (1.92%) Aruba
9 9 (1.72%) Fortinet
9 9 (1.72%) Qualys
10 7 (1.34%) Apple
10 7 (1.34%) Dell
10 7 (1.34%) Zerto
11 6 (1.15%) Tenable
12 5 (0.96%) EMC
12 5 (0.96%) SolarWinds
12 5 (0.96%) Ubiquiti