Senior Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

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 6 months to 29 November 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 421 617 798
Rank change year-on-year +196 +181 -271
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 338 544 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.43% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.45% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 248 422 269
10th Percentile £42,708 £38,386 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -6.36% +13.40%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,851 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 51,668 119,945 122,710
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.49% 95.32% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 37,837 75,409 83,805
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer.

Salary trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

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 29 November 2023. 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 +197 304 £55,000 +4.76% 79
UK excluding London +129 248 £52,500 +10.53% 74
Work from Home +158 138 £53,500 -2.73% 53
London +208 87 £67,500 -2.75% 20
South East +160 63 £52,500 - 16
South West +65 59 £54,000 +16.13% 16
Midlands +97 55 £50,000 -2.87% 9
West Midlands +102 42 £50,000 +5.26% 7
North of England +96 24 £50,000 +27.16% 17
Scotland +42 20 £70,000 +47.37% 4
North West +83 14 £52,500 +33.51% 10
East of England +99 13 £55,000 +6.28% 6
East Midlands +33 13 £55,000 +6.80% 2
Yorkshire +94 10 £48,500 -11.82% 6
Wales +6 8 £51,175 +30.15% 6
Northern Ireland +12 6 £42,500 +8.08% 3

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 November 2023, Senior Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 328 (97.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 244 (72.19%) Windows
3 208 (61.54%) Azure
4 191 (56.51%) Active Directory
5 156 (46.15%) VMware
6 154 (45.56%) Microsoft
7 131 (38.76%) Microsoft 365
8 130 (38.46%) Windows Server
9 120 (35.50%) PowerShell
10 106 (31.36%) VMware Infrastructure
11 105 (31.07%) Security Cleared
12 98 (28.99%) DNS
13 96 (28.40%) AWS
14 85 (25.15%) DHCP
14 85 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
15 83 (24.56%) SQL
16 81 (23.96%) SQL Server
17 76 (22.49%) Linux
18 72 (21.30%) WAN
19 69 (20.41%) Firewall
19 69 (20.41%) SC Cleared
20 62 (18.34%) Actionable Insight
21 61 (18.05%) Hyper-V
22 59 (17.46%) ITIL
23 56 (16.57%) Python
24 52 (15.38%) Ansible
25 51 (15.09%) Virtual Team
26 50 (14.79%) Entra ID
27 48 (14.20%) DevOps
27 48 (14.20%) Degree

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (10.65%) MS Exchange
2 30 (8.88%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.66%) IIS
4 6 (1.78%) Apache
4 6 (1.78%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.48%) nginx
6 3 (0.89%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.59%) JBoss
7 2 (0.59%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 208 (61.54%) Azure
2 131 (38.76%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (28.40%) AWS
4 50 (14.79%) Entra ID
5 38 (11.24%) IaaS
6 30 (8.88%) SaaS
7 18 (5.33%) PaaS
8 17 (5.03%) OpenShift
9 16 (4.73%) Azure Sentinel
9 16 (4.73%) GCP
10 11 (3.25%) AWS Direct Connect
10 11 (3.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 11 (3.25%) Power Automate
11 10 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.37%) Nutanix
13 7 (2.07%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.07%) Serverless
14 6 (1.78%) Azure Functions
14 6 (1.78%) GitHub
14 6 (1.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 98 (28.99%) DNS
2 85 (25.15%) DHCP
3 72 (21.30%) WAN
4 69 (20.41%) Firewall
5 47 (13.91%) TCP/IP
6 43 (12.72%) LAN
7 33 (9.76%) SAN
8 32 (9.47%) HTTP
9 31 (9.17%) VPN
10 26 (7.69%) Network Security
11 20 (5.92%) SSL
11 20 (5.92%) Wi-Fi
12 19 (5.62%) SD-WAN
12 19 (5.62%) SMTP
13 15 (4.44%) SNMP
13 15 (4.44%) VLAN
14 13 (3.85%) FTP
14 13 (3.85%) NAS
14 13 (3.85%) SSH
14 13 (3.85%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (23.96%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (2.66%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.37%) Apache Accumulo
5 6 (1.78%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.89%) Firebird
6 3 (0.89%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.30%) Power BI
7 1 (0.30%) Redis
7 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (2.07%) Git
2 6 (1.78%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.48%) Artifactory
General
1 44 (13.02%) Social Skills
2 33 (9.76%) Finance
3 25 (7.40%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 11 (3.25%) Banking
5 11 (3.25%) Retail
6 9 (2.66%) Military
7 8 (2.37%) Financial Institution
8 7 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.48%) Automotive
9 5 (1.48%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.18%) Legal
11 3 (0.89%) Advertising
11 3 (0.89%) Back Office
11 3 (0.89%) Law
11 3 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.89%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.59%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.25%) Middleware
2 8 (2.37%) React
3 6 (1.78%) REST
3 6 (1.78%) WebRTC
4 5 (1.48%) JSON
4 5 (1.48%) LAPP Stack
4 5 (1.48%) Node.js
4 5 (1.48%) RESTful
5 4 (1.18%) Kafka
6 3 (0.89%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.59%) ADO
8 1 (0.30%) .NET
8 1 (0.30%) Apache NiFi
8 1 (0.30%) LDAP
8 1 (0.30%) Svelte
8 1 (0.30%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.09%) Virtual Team
2 33 (9.76%) Data Centre
3 20 (5.92%) Clustering
3 20 (5.92%) PKI
4 18 (5.33%) Public Cloud
5 13 (3.85%) EFT
6 9 (2.66%) Fat Client
6 9 (2.66%) Thin Client
7 7 (2.07%) IoT
8 6 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.78%) Replication
8 6 (1.78%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.48%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.18%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.89%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.89%) PropTech
11 3 (0.89%) Renewable Energy
11 3 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 244 (72.19%) Windows
2 130 (38.46%) Windows Server
3 76 (22.49%) Linux
4 34 (10.06%) Windows Server 2019
5 26 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
6 24 (7.10%) Windows 10
7 23 (6.80%) Windows Server 2003
8 22 (6.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (6.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (2.66%) Ubuntu
10 9 (2.66%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (1.78%) CentOS
12 5 (1.48%) Android
13 4 (1.18%) Unix
14 3 (0.89%) Debian
14 3 (0.89%) Windows 2000
14 3 (0.89%) Windows NT
14 3 (0.89%) Windows XP
15 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (97.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 85 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
3 62 (18.34%) Actionable Insight
4 59 (17.46%) ITIL
5 48 (14.20%) DevOps
6 33 (9.76%) Task Automation
7 31 (9.17%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (8.28%) Cybersecurity
9 24 (7.10%) Agile
10 22 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (6.21%) Computer Science
12 20 (5.92%) Patch Management
13 18 (5.33%) Decision-Making
13 18 (5.33%) High Availability
13 18 (5.33%) Information Security
13 18 (5.33%) Load Balancing
14 17 (5.03%) Cloud Security
15 16 (4.73%) Change Management
15 16 (4.73%) SIEM
16 15 (4.44%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 120 (35.50%) PowerShell
2 83 (24.56%) SQL
3 56 (16.57%) Python
4 44 (13.02%) Bash
5 19 (5.62%) Java
6 12 (3.55%) Perl
7 6 (1.78%) PHP
8 3 (0.89%) C
8 3 (0.89%) C++
8 3 (0.89%) Go
8 3 (0.89%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.59%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.30%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 105 (31.07%) Security Cleared
2 69 (20.41%) SC Cleared
3 48 (14.20%) Degree
4 44 (13.02%) DV Cleared
5 17 (5.03%) Azure Certification
6 15 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (4.44%) CISSP
7 11 (3.25%) GSEC
8 10 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.37%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (2.07%) CCNA
11 6 (1.78%) CCNP
11 6 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.48%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.48%) CISM
13 4 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (1.18%) CCA
13 4 (1.18%) CCSP
13 4 (1.18%) Citrix Certification
13 4 (1.18%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.66%) Cyber Essentials
1 9 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.78%) NIST
3 4 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.30%) IASME
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 191 (56.51%) Active Directory
2 106 (31.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (18.05%) Hyper-V
4 38 (11.24%) Docker
5 23 (6.80%) vSphere
6 22 (6.51%) VMware ESXi
7 16 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (2.66%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (2.66%) VMware NSX
9 7 (2.07%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (2.07%) XenApp
10 3 (0.89%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.59%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.30%) GFS2
12 1 (0.30%) GPFS
12 1 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (15.38%) Ansible
2 45 (13.31%) Kubernetes
3 41 (12.13%) SCCM
4 39 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (10.06%) Terraform
6 26 (7.69%) Puppet
7 14 (4.14%) vCenter Server
8 12 (3.55%) SCOM
9 11 (3.25%) Microsoft Clustering
10 9 (2.66%) Failover Clustering
10 9 (2.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 9 (2.66%) WSUS
11 7 (2.07%) ZABBIX
12 6 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (1.48%) Cobbler
13 5 (1.48%) FortiGate
13 5 (1.48%) Nagios
14 4 (1.18%) Grafana
15 2 (0.59%) Packer
15 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 156 (46.15%) VMware
2 154 (45.56%) Microsoft
3 46 (13.61%) Cisco
4 32 (9.47%) Citrix
5 29 (8.58%) Red Hat
6 24 (7.10%) Meraki
7 15 (4.44%) Palo Alto
8 14 (4.14%) F5
9 13 (3.85%) Globalscape
9 13 (3.85%) HP
10 10 (2.96%) SolarWinds
11 9 (2.66%) CheckPoint
12 8 (2.37%) NetApp
13 7 (2.07%) Commvault
14 6 (1.78%) ServiceNow
15 5 (1.48%) Aruba
15 5 (1.48%) Fortinet
16 4 (1.18%) AppDynamics
16 4 (1.18%) Sophos
16 4 (1.18%) Veeam