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 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 541 469
Rank change year-on-year +124 -72 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 390 154 426
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.31% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.35% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 291 101 326
10th Percentile £43,847 £46,411 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -1.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%

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 94,832 44,261 86,457
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 90.17% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 64,920 26,252 60,421
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,389
Median % change year-on-year - +1.12% -9.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,219
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.21%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +76 333 £60,000 -4.00% 74
UK excluding London +94 313 £60,000 - 60
Work from Home +28 99 £65,576 +7.06% 29
North of England -11 79 £65,576 +2.86% 12
South West -5 66 £52,500 +5.00% 18
London -11 59 £78,750 +5.00% 17
South East +21 56 £60,000 +2.13% 13
North West +5 43 £70,000 +16.67% 6
Midlands -3 42 £55,000 - 9
Wales -23 37 £50,000 +4.01% 2
Yorkshire -17 29 £60,000 -5.88% 5
East Midlands -6 24 £50,000 -9.09% 5
East of England -5 23 £40,000 -36.00% 7
West Midlands -22 18 £55,000 - 4
North East -46 7 £70,000 +7.69% 1
Scotland +19 5 - - 2
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 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.

1 382 (97.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 128 (32.82%) Azure
3 114 (29.23%) Microsoft
4 80 (20.51%) VMware
5 79 (20.26%) Windows
6 66 (16.92%) Active Directory
7 65 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 63 (16.15%) DNS
9 62 (15.90%) Firewall
9 62 (15.90%) Windows Server
10 61 (15.64%) Microsoft 365
10 61 (15.64%) WAN
11 58 (14.87%) DHCP
12 56 (14.36%) Disaster Recovery
13 55 (14.10%) VPN
14 53 (13.59%) LAN
15 52 (13.33%) PowerShell
16 49 (12.56%) Entra ID
17 43 (11.03%) ITIL
17 43 (11.03%) Project Delivery
18 40 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
19 38 (9.74%) AWS
20 35 (8.97%) Cisco
20 35 (8.97%) Infrastructure as Code
21 34 (8.72%) Microsoft Intune
22 33 (8.46%) Security Cleared
22 33 (8.46%) TCP/IP
23 30 (7.69%) Mentoring
24 28 (7.18%) Linux
25 27 (6.92%) Incident Management

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 22 (5.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.36%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.05%) IIS
4 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (3.33%) AutoCAD
1 13 (3.33%) Civil 3D
2 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.26%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
Cloud Services
1 128 (32.82%) Azure
2 61 (15.64%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (12.56%) Entra ID
4 38 (9.74%) AWS
5 12 (3.08%) Nutanix
6 11 (2.82%) IaaS
7 10 (2.56%) GCP
7 10 (2.56%) OneDrive
8 9 (2.31%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (2.05%) SaaS
10 7 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.54%) Datadog
11 6 (1.54%) PaaS
12 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.03%) Azure AKS
13 4 (1.03%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.03%) GitHub
13 4 (1.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 63 (16.15%) DNS
2 62 (15.90%) Firewall
3 61 (15.64%) WAN
4 58 (14.87%) DHCP
5 55 (14.10%) VPN
6 53 (13.59%) LAN
7 33 (8.46%) TCP/IP
8 19 (4.87%) Network Security
8 19 (4.87%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (4.87%) WLAN
9 15 (3.85%) BGP
9 15 (3.85%) SAN
9 15 (3.85%) VLAN
10 12 (3.08%) SD-WAN
11 9 (2.31%) MPLS
12 8 (2.05%) SSL
13 7 (1.79%) NAS
14 6 (1.54%) IPsec
14 6 (1.54%) SSH
15 5 (1.28%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (2.82%) GitLab
2 2 (0.51%) CircleCI
2 2 (0.51%) Git
2 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.51%) JIRA
3 1 (0.26%) Chocolatey
General
1 34 (8.72%) Public Sector
2 28 (7.18%) Social Skills
3 19 (4.87%) Finance
4 10 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.05%) Retail
7 7 (1.79%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.54%) Banking
8 6 (1.54%) Legal
9 4 (1.03%) Law
10 3 (0.77%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.51%) Marketing
12 1 (0.26%) Automotive
12 1 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.54%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.03%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.77%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.51%) Kafka
4 2 (0.51%) REST
5 1 (0.26%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.26%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.26%) OAuth
5 1 (0.26%) OpenID
5 1 (0.26%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.90%) Data Centre
2 19 (4.87%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (2.82%) PKI
4 8 (2.05%) Replication
5 6 (1.54%) Clustering
5 6 (1.54%) Driving Licence
5 6 (1.54%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (1.28%) CMDB
6 5 (1.28%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.51%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.51%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.51%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.26%) Fibre Optics
10 1 (0.26%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.26%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 79 (20.26%) Windows
2 62 (15.90%) Windows Server
3 28 (7.18%) Linux
4 13 (3.33%) Apple iOS
5 12 (3.08%) Android
6 6 (1.54%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.28%) Unix
8 3 (0.77%) VMS
9 2 (0.51%) CentOS
9 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (97.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 56 (14.36%) Disaster Recovery
3 43 (11.03%) ITIL
3 43 (11.03%) Project Delivery
4 40 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (8.97%) Infrastructure as Code
6 30 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 27 (6.92%) Incident Management
8 25 (6.41%) CI/CD
8 25 (6.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (6.41%) Root Cause Analysis
9 21 (5.38%) Business Continuity
9 21 (5.38%) High Availability
10 17 (4.36%) Coaching
10 17 (4.36%) Incident Response
10 17 (4.36%) Migration
11 15 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (3.85%) Service Management
11 15 (3.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (3.59%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 52 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 25 (6.41%) Python
3 14 (3.59%) SQL
4 10 (2.56%) Bicep
5 4 (1.03%) Bash
6 3 (0.77%) Go
7 1 (0.26%) C++
7 1 (0.26%) Java
7 1 (0.26%) R
7 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (8.46%) Security Cleared
2 25 (6.41%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.15%) CCNP
3 24 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (5.90%) Degree
5 20 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.62%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.08%) MCSE
8 12 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (2.82%) CCIE
10 8 (2.05%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.05%) CCNA
11 6 (1.54%) JNCIP
12 2 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.31%) GDPR
3 6 (1.54%) SLA
4 5 (1.28%) NIST
5 3 (0.77%) COBIT
5 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 66 (16.92%) Active Directory
2 65 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.41%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.62%) vSphere
5 10 (2.56%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.28%) KVM
8 5 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.77%) Docker
9 3 (0.77%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.51%) ProxySG
10 2 (0.51%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.26%) Firmware
11 1 (0.26%) GPFS
11 1 (0.26%) Lustre
11 1 (0.26%) MetaFrame
11 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.26%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (8.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (6.92%) Terraform
3 26 (6.67%) Ansible
4 13 (3.33%) Kubernetes
5 8 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (2.05%) VxRail
6 7 (1.79%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.54%) WSUS
8 3 (0.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.77%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.77%) Grafana
9 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.51%) SCCM
9 2 (0.51%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.26%) Avamar
10 1 (0.26%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.26%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.26%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 114 (29.23%) Microsoft
2 80 (20.51%) VMware
3 35 (8.97%) Cisco
4 20 (5.13%) Veeam
5 13 (3.33%) HP
5 13 (3.33%) Zerto
6 12 (3.08%) Apple
7 11 (2.82%) Meraki
7 11 (2.82%) Palo Alto
8 10 (2.56%) Dell
8 10 (2.56%) Samsung
9 9 (2.31%) Zscaler
10 8 (2.05%) Citrix
11 7 (1.79%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.79%) Tenable
12 6 (1.54%) Commvault
12 6 (1.54%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.28%) EMC
13 5 (1.28%) Ubiquiti
14 4 (1.03%) Aruba