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 6 October 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 381 518 497
Rank change year-on-year +137 -21 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 542 148 287
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.30% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.33% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 403 90 172
10th Percentile £42,500 £49,034 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £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 £73,750 £66,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +17.14% -

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 109,799 44,474 69,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 89.76% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 74,691 25,606 40,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,718 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,566 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.11% -6.87% -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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +131 464 £60,000 -7.69% 258
UK excluding London +115 446 £60,000 -2.44% 200
Work from Home +68 161 £65,576 +0.89% 105
North of England +21 131 £70,000 +7.69% 67
South West +14 102 £50,000 - 18
North West +26 82 £70,000 +7.69% 46
South East +21 79 £60,000 - 39
London -36 66 £65,000 -10.34% 84
Midlands -12 55 £55,000 - 19
Wales -29 42 £50,000 +4.01% 9
East Midlands +1 32 £52,500 -4.55% 9
Yorkshire -14 31 £65,576 +2.86% 11
West Midlands -22 23 £55,000 -8.33% 10
East of England -27 23 £40,000 -37.25% 28
North East -53 18 £70,000 +7.69% 11
Scotland +7 15 £55,000 -8.33% 24

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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.

1 527 (97.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 134 (24.72%) Microsoft
3 126 (23.25%) Azure
4 106 (19.56%) Windows
5 81 (14.94%) Active Directory
6 80 (14.76%) VMware
7 78 (14.39%) Windows Server
8 71 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
9 64 (11.81%) Firewall
10 59 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
11 58 (10.70%) Disaster Recovery
11 58 (10.70%) Entra ID
12 57 (10.52%) WAN
13 54 (9.96%) DNS
14 51 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
15 50 (9.23%) Linux
15 50 (9.23%) VPN
16 49 (9.04%) PowerShell
17 47 (8.67%) DHCP
17 47 (8.67%) LAN
18 42 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
18 42 (7.75%) Problem-Solving
19 41 (7.56%) AWS
19 41 (7.56%) ITIL
20 39 (7.20%) Security Cleared
21 38 (7.01%) Microsoft Intune
22 37 (6.83%) Mentoring
23 36 (6.64%) Hyper-V
23 36 (6.64%) Project Delivery
24 35 (6.46%) DevOps

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 (5.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.24%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.74%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (3.32%) AutoCAD
1 18 (3.32%) Civil 3D
2 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 126 (23.25%) Azure
2 71 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (10.70%) Entra ID
4 41 (7.56%) AWS
5 19 (3.51%) SaaS
6 15 (2.77%) IaaS
7 14 (2.58%) Power Platform
8 13 (2.40%) Amazon EKS
8 13 (2.40%) OneDrive
8 13 (2.40%) PaaS
9 11 (2.03%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.66%) Azure AKS
12 8 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (1.48%) GCP
12 8 (1.48%) Nutanix
13 7 (1.29%) OCI
14 6 (1.11%) Datadog
15 5 (0.92%) GitHub
15 5 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 64 (11.81%) Firewall
2 57 (10.52%) WAN
3 54 (9.96%) DNS
4 50 (9.23%) VPN
5 47 (8.67%) DHCP
5 47 (8.67%) LAN
6 32 (5.90%) TCP/IP
7 26 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (4.61%) Network Security
9 18 (3.32%) VLAN
10 17 (3.14%) WLAN
11 12 (2.21%) SAN
12 11 (2.03%) Internet
13 9 (1.66%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (1.48%) BGP
14 8 (1.48%) SSL
15 6 (1.11%) IPsec
15 6 (1.11%) NAS
15 6 (1.11%) SD-WAN
15 6 (1.11%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.55%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (1.29%) JIRA
2 6 (1.11%) Git
2 6 (1.11%) GitLab
3 2 (0.37%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.37%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
General
1 47 (8.67%) Public Sector
2 32 (5.90%) Social Skills
3 17 (3.14%) Finance
4 15 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (2.21%) Retail
6 10 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (1.85%) Legal
7 9 (1.66%) Banking
7 9 (1.66%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.11%) Law
9 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.37%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.37%) Back Office
11 2 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.37%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.37%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.37%) Marketing
11 2 (0.37%) Police
12 1 (0.18%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.27%) Terraform
2 4 (0.74%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.37%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (0.37%) REST
3 2 (0.37%) RESTful
4 1 (0.18%) .NET
4 1 (0.18%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.18%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.18%) CSS
4 1 (0.18%) HTML
4 1 (0.18%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.18%) OAuth
4 1 (0.18%) OpenID
4 1 (0.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.95%) Public Cloud
2 15 (2.77%) Data Centre
2 15 (2.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (2.21%) PKI
4 11 (2.03%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.03%) Low-Code
5 7 (1.29%) Cloud Native
5 7 (1.29%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (1.29%) Management Information System
5 7 (1.29%) Replication
6 6 (1.11%) Clustering
6 6 (1.11%) Private Cloud
7 5 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (0.92%) Product Ownership
8 3 (0.55%) CMDB
8 3 (0.55%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.55%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.37%) Blog
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 106 (19.56%) Windows
2 78 (14.39%) Windows Server
3 50 (9.23%) Linux
4 15 (2.77%) Unix
5 9 (1.66%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.74%) CentOS
7 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.37%) Android
8 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.18%) Rocky
9 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (97.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 58 (10.70%) Disaster Recovery
3 51 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
4 42 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (7.75%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (7.56%) ITIL
6 37 (6.83%) Mentoring
7 36 (6.64%) Project Delivery
8 35 (6.46%) DevOps
9 33 (6.09%) Technical Leadership
10 32 (5.90%) Business Continuity
11 31 (5.72%) Cybersecurity
12 28 (5.17%) Coaching
12 28 (5.17%) Migration
12 28 (5.17%) Root Cause Analysis
13 27 (4.98%) CI/CD
14 26 (4.80%) Incident Management
15 22 (4.06%) Agile
15 22 (4.06%) Change Management
16 21 (3.87%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.04%) PowerShell
2 24 (4.43%) Python
3 18 (3.32%) SQL
4 9 (1.66%) Go
5 7 (1.29%) Bicep
6 6 (1.11%) Bash
6 6 (1.11%) Java
7 4 (0.74%) R
8 2 (0.37%) C++
8 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.18%) C#
9 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Ruby
9 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (7.20%) Security Cleared
2 22 (4.06%) Degree
3 21 (3.87%) DV Cleared
3 21 (3.87%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.77%) CCNP
4 15 (2.77%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (1.85%) Azure Certification
5 10 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.48%) CCNA
8 7 (1.29%) CCIE
9 6 (1.11%) JNCIP
10 5 (0.92%) MCSE
11 4 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.18%) CCA
13 1 (0.18%) CESG Certified Professional
13 1 (0.18%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.18%) Citrix Certification
13 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.66%) SLA
3 7 (1.29%) GDPR
4 3 (0.55%) COBIT
5 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.37%) NIST
5 2 (0.37%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.37%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 81 (14.94%) Active Directory
2 59 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (6.64%) Hyper-V
4 20 (3.69%) vSphere
5 9 (1.66%) Docker
6 7 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.92%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.55%) Lustre
8 3 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.55%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.37%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.18%) Firmware
10 1 (0.18%) GPFS
10 1 (0.18%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (7.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (3.87%) Kubernetes
3 20 (3.69%) Ansible
4 12 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.74%) SCCM
6 4 (0.74%) vCenter Server
6 4 (0.74%) VxRail
6 4 (0.74%) WSUS
7 3 (0.55%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.55%) Grafana
7 3 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.55%) Nessus
7 3 (0.55%) SCOM
7 3 (0.55%) vRealize
8 2 (0.37%) Argo
8 2 (0.37%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.37%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (0.37%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 134 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 80 (14.76%) VMware
3 34 (6.27%) Cisco
4 21 (3.87%) Veeam
5 14 (2.58%) Citrix
6 13 (2.40%) Palo Alto
7 12 (2.21%) Meraki
8 11 (2.03%) HP
8 11 (2.03%) Oracle
8 11 (2.03%) Zscaler
9 10 (1.85%) Aruba
10 9 (1.66%) Qualys
11 7 (1.29%) Apple
11 7 (1.29%) Dell
11 7 (1.29%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.29%) Google
12 6 (1.11%) Zerto
13 5 (0.92%) EMC
13 5 (0.92%) Tenable
13 5 (0.92%) Ubiquiti