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 14 November 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 488 491
Rank change year-on-year +141 +3 -57
Permanent Senior Infrastructure Engineer jobs 649 177 276
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.33% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.37% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 454 119 174
10th Percentile £43,995 £51,000 £44,969
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,196 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £64,123 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.43% +22.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 113,211 47,633 64,486
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.78% 89.91% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74,692 29,457 36,303
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,485 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £50,055
% change year-on-year +18.28% -7.10% -4.66%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Senior Infrastructure Engineer job postings 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 14 November 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 14 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +108 548 £60,000 -7.69% 185
UK excluding London +118 545 £60,000 -6.43% 140
Work from Home +48 185 £65,576 +0.89% 82
North of England +20 172 £65,576 +0.89% 37
North West +8 114 £65,576 +0.89% 20
South West +19 109 £57,500 +15.00% 9
Midlands -8 81 £55,000 +2.33% 22
South East -15 75 £65,000 +8.33% 36
London -43 63 £65,000 -13.33% 70
West Midlands -27 43 £55,000 +4.76% 18
East of England -45 42 £51,250 -31.67% 6
Wales -32 41 £55,000 - 14
East Midlands -12 38 £55,000 - 4
Yorkshire -13 33 £65,576 +0.89% 12
Scotland +26 29 £59,152 -1.41% 15
North East -51 25 £70,000 +7.69% 5

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, Senior Infrastructure Engineer job ads cited 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Infrastructure Engineering97.4%632
2Microsoft25.7%167
3Azure20.3%132
4Windows17.6%114
5Active Directory14.0%91
6Windows Server13.4%87
7Microsoft 36512.9%84
8Entra ID12.3%80
8VMware12.3%80
10Security Cleared12.0%78
11Linux11.1%72
12Firewall10.8%70
13Disaster Recovery9.9%64
13Infrastructure as Code9.9%64
15VMware Infrastructure9.2%60
16Continuous Improvement8.5%55
16VPN8.5%55
18PowerShell8.2%53
19AWS8.0%52
20Microsoft Intune7.7%50
20Technical Leadership7.7%50
22DNS7.2%47
23Mentoring7.1%46
23Problem-Solving7.1%46
23Project Delivery7.1%46
26Terraform6.9%45
26WAN6.9%45
28DevOps6.8%44
29Cybersecurity6.6%43
30Hyper-V6.2%40

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cloud Infrastructure Engineer8.2%53
1Senior Cloud Engineer8.2%53
3IT Infrastructure Engineer6.0%39
3Senior IT Engineer6.0%39
5Network Infrastructure Engineer5.9%38
6Network Engineer5.5%36
7Senior Network Engineer5.1%33
8Applications Engineer2.8%18
8Power Apps Engineer2.8%18
103rd Line Infrastructure Engineer2.6%17
10Linux Infrastructure Engineer2.6%17
10Senior Linux Engineer2.6%17
13Senior Infrastructure Support Engineer2.2%14
14IT Support Engineer2.0%13
14Senior IT Support2.0%13
16Infrastructure Operations Engineer1.8%12
16Infrastructure Security Engineer1.8%12
16Senior Operations Engineer1.8%12
16Senior Security Engineer1.8%12
20Azure Infrastructure Engineer1.7%11
236 Senior Infrastructure Engineer jobs Nationwide