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 22 May 2026.

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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 557 477
Rank change year-on-year +122 -80 +185
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 327 99 448
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.35% 0.23% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.26% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 236 75 367
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,232 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,938 £48,972 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,563 £80,625 £67,968
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £51,729 £57,350
% change year-on-year +25.65% -9.80% +9.24%

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 86,286 38,345 92,039
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.33% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 57,161 21,611 67,433
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -6.17%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +106 275 £65,000 +6.87% 69
UK excluding London +136 260 £65,000 +25.65% 65
Work from Home +66 86 £65,576 +19.23% 36
North of England +8 69 £65,576 +19.23% 24
London -11 58 £80,000 -3.03% 7
South East +5 50 £60,000 +4.35% 19
Midlands -10 37 £50,000 +0.81% 8
South West -27 37 £65,000 +25.65% 11
North West +13 35 £70,000 +35.92% 12
Wales -11 30 £55,000 +13.20% 2
Yorkshire -24 27 £65,576 +4.92% 4
West Midlands -6 25 £70,000 +55.56% 4
East of England -2 18 £60,000 +23.71% 2
Scotland - 14 - -
East Midlands -29 12 £48,500 -13.39% 4
North East - 7 £70,000 - 8
Channel Islands - 5 £75,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 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.

1 318 (97.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 111 (33.94%) Azure
3 96 (29.36%) Microsoft
4 82 (25.08%) VMware
5 74 (22.63%) Windows
6 67 (20.49%) Active Directory
7 62 (18.96%) DNS
8 59 (18.04%) VMware Infrastructure
9 56 (17.13%) VPN
10 55 (16.82%) DHCP
10 55 (16.82%) Disaster Recovery
11 54 (16.51%) Windows Server
12 53 (16.21%) Microsoft 365
13 51 (15.60%) Firewall
14 48 (14.68%) WAN
15 47 (14.37%) ITIL
16 44 (13.46%) Entra ID
16 44 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
17 40 (12.23%) Microsoft Intune
17 40 (12.23%) PowerShell
18 34 (10.40%) LAN
18 34 (10.40%) Security Cleared
19 33 (10.09%) AWS
20 29 (8.87%) TCP/IP
21 28 (8.56%) Infrastructure as Code
22 27 (8.26%) Degree
22 27 (8.26%) Terraform
23 25 (7.65%) CI/CD
23 25 (7.65%) Root Cause Analysis
24 24 (7.34%) DV 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 22 (6.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.89%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.45%) IIS
4 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.53%) AutoCAD
1 5 (1.53%) Civil 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 111 (33.94%) Azure
2 53 (16.21%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (13.46%) Entra ID
4 33 (10.09%) AWS
5 16 (4.89%) IaaS
6 15 (4.59%) SaaS
7 11 (3.36%) Datadog
7 11 (3.36%) Nutanix
7 11 (3.36%) OneDrive
7 11 (3.36%) PaaS
8 8 (2.45%) GCP
9 6 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (1.53%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.53%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.22%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.22%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (0.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (18.96%) DNS
2 56 (17.13%) VPN
3 55 (16.82%) DHCP
4 51 (15.60%) Firewall
5 48 (14.68%) WAN
6 34 (10.40%) LAN
7 29 (8.87%) TCP/IP
8 18 (5.50%) SAN
8 18 (5.50%) SD-WAN
9 14 (4.28%) BGP
9 14 (4.28%) VLAN
10 13 (3.98%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (3.36%) Network Security
11 11 (3.36%) WLAN
12 9 (2.75%) MPLS
13 6 (1.83%) NAS
14 5 (1.53%) OSPF
15 4 (1.22%) VoIP
15 4 (1.22%) VRRP
15 4 (1.22%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.20%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (3.67%) GitLab
2 8 (2.45%) Chocolatey
3 2 (0.61%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.61%) Git
3 2 (0.61%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 32 (9.79%) Social Skills
2 30 (9.17%) Finance
3 26 (7.95%) Public Sector
4 17 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.67%) Banking
6 8 (2.45%) Legal
6 8 (2.45%) Retail
7 6 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.31%) Law
9 1 (0.31%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.53%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.22%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.92%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.61%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.61%) Kafka
4 2 (0.61%) Keycloak
4 2 (0.61%) Middleware
5 1 (0.31%) .NET
5 1 (0.31%) OAuth
5 1 (0.31%) OpenID
5 1 (0.31%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.03%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (2.45%) PKI
4 7 (2.14%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (1.83%) Replication
6 5 (1.53%) CMDB
6 5 (1.53%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.22%) Clustering
8 3 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.92%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (0.92%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.92%) YubiKey
9 2 (0.61%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.61%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.61%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.31%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.31%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 74 (22.63%) Windows
2 54 (16.51%) Windows Server
3 23 (7.03%) Linux
4 18 (5.50%) Apple iOS
5 10 (3.06%) Android
6 8 (2.45%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.22%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.22%) Unix
7 4 (1.22%) VMS
8 2 (0.61%) CentOS
8 2 (0.61%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (97.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (16.82%) Disaster Recovery
3 47 (14.37%) ITIL
4 44 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (8.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 25 (7.65%) CI/CD
6 25 (7.65%) Root Cause Analysis
7 22 (6.73%) Mentoring
7 22 (6.73%) Migration
8 21 (6.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (6.12%) Computer Science
9 20 (6.12%) High Availability
9 20 (6.12%) Project Delivery
10 18 (5.50%) Incident Management
11 17 (5.20%) Service Delivery
12 16 (4.89%) Cloud Operations
12 16 (4.89%) DevOps
12 16 (4.89%) Problem Management
12 16 (4.89%) Service Management
13 15 (4.59%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 40 (12.23%) PowerShell
2 17 (5.20%) Python
3 11 (3.36%) SQL
4 9 (2.75%) Bicep
5 4 (1.22%) Bash
6 2 (0.61%) Go
Qualifications
1 34 (10.40%) Security Cleared
2 27 (8.26%) Degree
3 24 (7.34%) DV Cleared
4 22 (6.73%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (5.81%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (5.50%) CCNP
8 16 (4.89%) Azure Certification
9 12 (3.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 11 (3.36%) MCSE
11 9 (2.75%) CCIE
12 6 (1.83%) CCNA
13 3 (0.92%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.31%) Citrix Certification
14 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.31%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (2.45%) NIST
2 8 (2.45%) SLA
3 6 (1.83%) GDPR
4 3 (0.92%) COBIT
5 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.61%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 67 (20.49%) Active Directory
2 59 (18.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.12%) Hyper-V
4 11 (3.36%) vSphere
5 8 (2.45%) VMware NSX
6 7 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.53%) KVM
8 5 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.92%) Docker
9 3 (0.92%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.61%) Firmware
11 1 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (12.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (8.26%) Terraform
3 22 (6.73%) Ansible
4 12 (3.67%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.75%) SCCM
6 8 (2.45%) VxRail
7 6 (1.83%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.83%) WSUS
8 5 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.92%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.61%) Grafana
10 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.31%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.31%) Nessus
11 1 (0.31%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
11 1 (0.31%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 96 (29.36%) Microsoft
2 82 (25.08%) VMware
3 21 (6.42%) Cisco
4 17 (5.20%) Tenable
5 15 (4.59%) Veeam
6 11 (3.36%) Apple
6 11 (3.36%) HP
6 11 (3.36%) Zerto
7 10 (3.06%) Dell
7 10 (3.06%) Palo Alto
7 10 (3.06%) Samsung
8 9 (2.75%) AppDynamics
9 8 (2.45%) Dynatrace
10 7 (2.14%) Meraki
10 7 (2.14%) Splunk
11 6 (1.83%) Citrix
11 6 (1.83%) Commvault
11 6 (1.83%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.53%) Fortinet
13 3 (0.92%) Qualys