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 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 517 504
Rank change year-on-year +134 -13 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 529 153 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.45% 0.31% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.35% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 402 90 172
10th Percentile £42,500 £49,034 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,563 £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 £74,688 £65,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +17.14% +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 108,680 43,895 71,874
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 89.63% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 74,405 25,767 42,756
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
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 23 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 23 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 +120 456 £60,000 -7.69% 240
UK excluding London +106 437 £60,000 -2.44% 177
Work from Home +55 161 £65,576 +0.89% 111
North of England +18 130 £70,000 +7.69% 49
South West +10 98 £52,500 +5.00% 20
South East +19 83 £60,000 -4.00% 41
North West +19 79 £70,000 +7.69% 35
London -35 65 £65,773 -9.28% 76
Midlands -20 49 £50,000 -9.09% 19
Wales -39 43 £50,000 +4.01% 4
Yorkshire -17 36 £65,576 +2.86% 6
East Midlands -3 31 £50,000 -9.09% 10
East of England -35 22 £40,000 -36.00% 28
West Midlands -33 18 £55,000 -8.33% 9
North East -60 15 £70,000 +7.69% 9
Scotland +16 12 £55,000 -8.33% 20

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 514 (97.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 134 (25.33%) Azure
3 130 (24.57%) Microsoft
4 109 (20.60%) Windows
5 85 (16.07%) VMware
6 83 (15.69%) Active Directory
7 81 (15.31%) Windows Server
8 72 (13.61%) Microsoft 365
9 71 (13.42%) Firewall
10 63 (11.91%) WAN
11 62 (11.72%) VMware Infrastructure
12 61 (11.53%) Disaster Recovery
13 60 (11.34%) DNS
14 57 (10.78%) Entra ID
15 55 (10.40%) VPN
16 53 (10.02%) DHCP
16 53 (10.02%) PowerShell
17 52 (9.83%) LAN
18 51 (9.64%) Linux
19 49 (9.26%) Infrastructure as Code
20 44 (8.32%) ITIL
21 42 (7.94%) AWS
21 42 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
22 41 (7.75%) Problem-Solving
23 40 (7.56%) Project Delivery
24 38 (7.18%) Cisco
24 38 (7.18%) Mentoring
25 37 (6.99%) Microsoft Intune
26 35 (6.62%) Hyper-V
26 35 (6.62%) 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 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (4.16%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.95%) IIS
4 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (3.40%) AutoCAD
1 18 (3.40%) Civil 3D
2 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.19%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 134 (25.33%) Azure
2 72 (13.61%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (10.78%) Entra ID
4 42 (7.94%) AWS
5 15 (2.84%) IaaS
6 14 (2.65%) SaaS
7 13 (2.46%) Amazon EKS
7 13 (2.46%) OneDrive
7 13 (2.46%) PaaS
8 11 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
8 11 (2.08%) Power Platform
9 10 (1.89%) Azure AKS
10 9 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (1.70%) GCP
10 9 (1.70%) Nutanix
11 7 (1.32%) OCI
11 7 (1.32%) PowerApps
12 6 (1.13%) Datadog
12 6 (1.13%) GitHub
13 5 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 71 (13.42%) Firewall
2 63 (11.91%) WAN
3 60 (11.34%) DNS
4 55 (10.40%) VPN
5 53 (10.02%) DHCP
6 52 (9.83%) LAN
7 33 (6.24%) TCP/IP
8 27 (5.10%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (4.73%) Network Security
10 18 (3.40%) WLAN
11 17 (3.21%) VLAN
12 14 (2.65%) SAN
13 12 (2.27%) BGP
14 11 (2.08%) Internet
15 9 (1.70%) Cisco Nexus
16 8 (1.51%) SSL
17 7 (1.32%) SD-WAN
18 6 (1.13%) IPsec
18 6 (1.13%) MPLS
18 6 (1.13%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.16%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (1.32%) GitLab
1 7 (1.32%) JIRA
2 6 (1.13%) Git
3 2 (0.38%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 50 (9.45%) Public Sector
2 33 (6.24%) Social Skills
3 17 (3.21%) Finance
4 13 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.08%) Retail
7 10 (1.89%) Legal
8 9 (1.70%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.51%) Banking
10 5 (0.95%) Law
10 5 (0.95%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.38%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.38%) Marketing
13 1 (0.19%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.19%) Automotive
13 1 (0.19%) Back Office
13 1 (0.19%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.19%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.43%) Terraform
2 5 (0.95%) 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%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.19%) RESTful
4 1 (0.19%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.40%) Data Centre
2 17 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (3.02%) Public Cloud
4 12 (2.27%) PKI
5 10 (1.89%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (1.32%) Low-Code
6 7 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.13%) Clustering
7 6 (1.13%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.13%) Replication
8 5 (0.95%) Cloud Native
8 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.76%) CMDB
9 4 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
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
1 109 (20.60%) Windows
2 81 (15.31%) Windows Server
3 51 (9.64%) Linux
4 16 (3.02%) Unix
5 10 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.76%) 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
1 514 (97.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (11.53%) Disaster Recovery
3 49 (9.26%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (8.32%) ITIL
5 42 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (7.75%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (7.56%) Project Delivery
8 38 (7.18%) Mentoring
9 32 (6.05%) Business Continuity
10 31 (5.86%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (5.29%) Coaching
12 27 (5.10%) DevOps
12 27 (5.10%) Incident Management
12 27 (5.10%) Migration
12 27 (5.10%) Root Cause Analysis
12 27 (5.10%) Technical Leadership
13 26 (4.91%) CI/CD
14 22 (4.16%) Agile
14 22 (4.16%) Change Management
15 20 (3.78%) AI
Programming Languages
1 53 (10.02%) PowerShell
2 26 (4.91%) Python
3 19 (3.59%) SQL
4 10 (1.89%) Bicep
5 7 (1.32%) Go
6 5 (0.95%) Bash
6 5 (0.95%) Java
7 4 (0.76%) R
8 2 (0.38%) C++
8 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.19%) C#
9 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.19%) Ruby
9 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 35 (6.62%) Security Cleared
2 24 (4.54%) Degree
3 21 (3.97%) DV Cleared
4 20 (3.78%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.02%) CCNP
5 16 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.89%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.51%) CCIE
9 8 (1.51%) CCNA
10 6 (1.13%) JNCIP
11 5 (0.95%) MCSE
12 4 (0.76%) 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 12 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.70%) SLA
3 7 (1.32%) GDPR
4 3 (0.57%) COBIT
4 3 (0.57%) NIST
5 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.19%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 83 (15.69%) Active Directory
2 62 (11.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (6.62%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.97%) vSphere
5 8 (1.51%) Docker
5 8 (1.51%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.32%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.95%) 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 37 (6.99%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (4.35%) Ansible
3 19 (3.59%) Kubernetes
4 11 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.95%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.95%) VxRail
5 5 (0.95%) WSUS
6 4 (0.76%) SCCM
7 3 (0.57%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
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%) Grafana
8 2 (0.38%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.38%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.38%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 130 (24.57%) Microsoft
2 85 (16.07%) VMware
3 38 (7.18%) Cisco
4 21 (3.97%) Veeam
5 16 (3.02%) Palo Alto
6 12 (2.27%) Citrix
6 12 (2.27%) HP
7 11 (2.08%) Meraki
7 11 (2.08%) Oracle
7 11 (2.08%) Zscaler
8 10 (1.89%) Aruba
9 9 (1.70%) Fortinet
9 9 (1.70%) Qualys
10 7 (1.32%) Apple
10 7 (1.32%) Dell
10 7 (1.32%) Zerto
11 6 (1.13%) Google
11 6 (1.13%) Tenable
12 5 (0.95%) EMC
12 5 (0.95%) SolarWinds