Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 April 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 523 441
Rank change year-on-year +88 -82 +250
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 290 112 479
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.27% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.30% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 214 96 408
10th Percentile £50,000 £43,625 £42,275
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,465 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +3.36% +6.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £67,968
90th Percentile £88,500 £95,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +30.00% -10.71% +8.66%

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 76,056 36,861 85,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 89.84% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 48,922 23,343 64,499
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 7 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Top 17 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 7 April 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 +79 253 £65,000 +5.44% 52
UK excluding London +65 214 £65,000 +30.00% 54
Work from Home +26 81 £65,576 +19.23% 28
London +10 57 £82,500 - 4
North of England -32 50 £65,576 +23.73% 15
South East -5 40 £60,000 +4.35% 13
Midlands -18 37 £55,000 +15.79% 8
East of England -1 29 £75,000 +54.64% 3
North West -17 27 £65,000 +30.00% 9
West Midlands +5 26 £65,000 +44.44% 5
South West -27 26 £67,500 +28.57% 9
Wales -13 16 £65,000 +32.37% 4
Yorkshire -50 16 £65,576 +19.23% 4
East Midlands -44 11 £52,500 -30.92% 3
Scotland - 11 - - 3
North East - 7 £65,576 - 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 April 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.

1 281 (96.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 116 (40.00%) Azure
3 96 (33.10%) Microsoft
4 85 (29.31%) VMware
5 82 (28.28%) Windows
6 71 (24.48%) Firewall
7 65 (22.41%) Active Directory
8 56 (19.31%) Windows Server
9 54 (18.62%) Microsoft 365
10 53 (18.28%) VMware Infrastructure
11 52 (17.93%) DNS
12 46 (15.86%) DHCP
13 44 (15.17%) Microsoft Intune
13 44 (15.17%) VPN
14 43 (14.83%) Disaster Recovery
14 43 (14.83%) WAN
15 42 (14.48%) Entra ID
15 42 (14.48%) ITIL
15 42 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
16 37 (12.76%) PowerShell
17 33 (11.38%) Cisco
18 32 (11.03%) Security Cleared
19 31 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
19 31 (10.69%) Mentoring
19 31 (10.69%) Microsoft Exchange
20 30 (10.34%) Terraform
21 28 (9.66%) AWS
21 28 (9.66%) Root Cause Analysis
22 27 (9.31%) Infrastructure as Code
22 27 (9.31%) LAN

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 31 (10.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (5.52%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.41%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Civil 3D
1 1 (0.34%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 116 (40.00%) Azure
2 54 (18.62%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (14.48%) Entra ID
4 28 (9.66%) AWS
5 17 (5.86%) IaaS
6 14 (4.83%) SaaS
7 12 (4.14%) PaaS
8 11 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (3.79%) OneDrive
9 10 (3.45%) Datadog
10 8 (2.76%) GCP
11 7 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (2.41%) Nutanix
12 4 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.38%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.38%) Route 53
13 3 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.03%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.03%) Tessian
14 2 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 71 (24.48%) Firewall
2 52 (17.93%) DNS
3 46 (15.86%) DHCP
4 44 (15.17%) VPN
5 43 (14.83%) WAN
6 27 (9.31%) LAN
7 24 (8.28%) SD-WAN
8 19 (6.55%) TCP/IP
9 18 (6.21%) SAN
10 13 (4.48%) VLAN
10 13 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (4.14%) MPLS
12 11 (3.79%) BGP
13 7 (2.41%) Network Security
14 4 (1.38%) HSRP
14 4 (1.38%) VoIP
14 4 (1.38%) VPLS
14 4 (1.38%) VRRP
15 3 (1.03%) NAS
15 3 (1.03%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (2.76%) Chocolatey
2 6 (2.07%) GitLab
3 3 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.69%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.34%) Git
5 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 33 (11.38%) Finance
2 28 (9.66%) Social Skills
3 17 (5.86%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.45%) Banking
5 10 (3.45%) Law
5 10 (3.45%) Retail
6 7 (2.41%) Legal
6 7 (2.41%) Police
6 7 (2.41%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.69%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.76%) .NET
2 4 (1.38%) ModSecurity
3 2 (0.69%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.69%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (0.69%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.69%) Kafka
3 2 (0.69%) Keycloak
3 2 (0.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.90%) Data Centre
2 11 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (2.76%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.76%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (2.41%) Legacy Applications
4 7 (2.41%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (1.72%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.72%) Replication
6 4 (1.38%) CMDB
6 4 (1.38%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.38%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.38%) PKI
7 3 (1.03%) YubiKey
8 2 (0.69%) Clustering
8 2 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.34%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (28.28%) Windows
2 56 (19.31%) Windows Server
3 21 (7.24%) Linux
4 20 (6.90%) Apple iOS
5 12 (4.14%) Android
6 9 (3.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (2.76%) Windows 10
8 6 (2.07%) VMS
9 5 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.03%) Unix
11 2 (0.69%) CentOS
11 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (96.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (14.83%) Disaster Recovery
3 42 (14.48%) ITIL
3 42 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (10.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 31 (10.69%) Mentoring
5 28 (9.66%) Root Cause Analysis
6 27 (9.31%) Infrastructure as Code
7 24 (8.28%) DevOps
7 24 (8.28%) Migration
8 23 (7.93%) CI/CD
9 18 (6.21%) Performance Tuning
10 17 (5.86%) Technical Leadership
11 16 (5.52%) Computer Science
11 16 (5.52%) High Availability
11 16 (5.52%) Incident Management
11 16 (5.52%) Service Delivery
12 15 (5.17%) Performance Monitoring
12 15 (5.17%) Project Delivery
13 14 (4.83%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.76%) PowerShell
2 15 (5.17%) Bicep
3 14 (4.83%) Python
4 8 (2.76%) SQL
5 5 (1.72%) Bash
6 2 (0.69%) Go
Qualifications
1 32 (11.03%) Security Cleared
2 22 (7.59%) Degree
3 21 (7.24%) Azure Certification
3 21 (7.24%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.90%) DV Cleared
4 20 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (5.52%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.79%) CCNP
7 10 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (3.10%) MCSE
9 6 (2.07%) CCIE
10 2 (0.69%) CCNA
10 2 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.34%) Citrix Certification
11 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.76%) NIST
2 8 (2.76%) SLA
3 4 (1.38%) GDPR
4 3 (1.03%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 65 (22.41%) Active Directory
2 53 (18.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.86%) Hyper-V
4 9 (3.10%) vSphere
5 8 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.41%) VMware NSX
7 6 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.72%) KVM
8 5 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.38%) Docker
9 4 (1.38%) XenApp
10 2 (0.69%) Firmware
10 2 (0.69%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.34%) Ceph
11 1 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.34%) Lustre
11 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.34%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 44 (15.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (10.34%) Terraform
3 18 (6.21%) Ansible
4 14 (4.83%) Kubernetes
5 9 (3.10%) SCCM
6 8 (2.76%) FortiGate
7 6 (2.07%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.72%) VxRail
9 3 (1.03%) FlexNet
9 3 (1.03%) WSUS
10 2 (0.69%) Grafana
10 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.34%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.34%) Nessus
11 1 (0.34%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.34%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 96 (33.10%) Microsoft
2 85 (29.31%) VMware
3 33 (11.38%) Cisco
4 16 (5.52%) Veeam
5 15 (5.17%) Palo Alto
6 14 (4.83%) Dell
6 14 (4.83%) Tenable
7 12 (4.14%) AppDynamics
7 12 (4.14%) Apple
7 12 (4.14%) Samsung
8 9 (3.10%) Citrix
9 8 (2.76%) Dynatrace
9 8 (2.76%) Fortinet
9 8 (2.76%) Meraki
9 8 (2.76%) New Relic
9 8 (2.76%) Zerto
10 7 (2.41%) Splunk
11 5 (1.72%) HP
11 5 (1.72%) Juniper
12 4 (1.38%) IBM