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 19 October 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 503 485
Rank change year-on-year +132 -18 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 581 148 277
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.30% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.34% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 421 93 170
10th Percentile £43,000 £48,925 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,851
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £86,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +18.10% -

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.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 110,575 43,887 66,229
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 89.81% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 74,795 25,885 37,895
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -6.25% -6.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -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 19 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 19 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 +123 495 £60,000 -7.69% 193
UK excluding London +119 478 £60,000 -3.23% 140
Work from Home +47 173 £65,576 +0.89% 90
North of England +32 146 £70,000 +7.69% 45
South West +10 105 £51,500 +5.64% 15
North West +17 93 £70,000 +7.69% 30
South East +5 77 £65,000 +8.33% 21
London -49 68 £65,000 -10.34% 69
Midlands -1 63 £55,000 +2.33% 21
Wales -33 42 £50,000 +4.01% 8
East Midlands - 35 £55,000 - 7
Yorkshire -6 34 £65,576 +0.89% 9
East of England -37 29 £50,000 -28.57% 12
West Midlands -24 28 £55,000 +2.33% 14
North East -51 19 £70,000 +7.69% 6
Scotland +21 18 £55,000 -8.33% 17

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Infrastructure Engineering97.1%564
2Microsoft25.8%150
3Azure22.2%129
4Windows18.2%106
5Active Directory15.0%87
6Microsoft 36513.8%80
6Windows Server13.8%80
8VMware13.6%79
9Entra ID12.0%70
10Firewall10.7%62
11Disaster Recovery10.3%60
12VMware Infrastructure10.2%59
13Linux10.0%58
14VPN9.5%55
15Security Cleared9.0%52
16DNS8.8%51
16WAN8.8%51
18Infrastructure as Code8.6%50
18PowerShell8.6%50
20Continuous Improvement8.4%49
21AWS8.1%47
21Microsoft Intune8.1%47
23DHCP7.4%43
24LAN7.2%42
24Problem-Solving7.2%42
24Technical Leadership7.2%42
27DevOps6.7%39
27Hyper-V6.7%39
29ITIL6.5%38
29Mentoring6.5%38

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cloud Infrastructure Engineer7.9%46
1Senior Cloud Engineer7.9%46
3Network Infrastructure Engineer7.2%42
4Network Engineer6.9%40
5Senior Network Engineer6.4%37
6IT Infrastructure Engineer4.5%26
6Senior IT Engineer4.5%26
83rd Line Infrastructure Engineer3.4%20
9Applications Engineer2.8%16
9Power Apps Engineer2.8%16
11Senior Server Engineer2.2%13
12Infrastructure Security Engineer2.1%12
12Senior Security Engineer2.1%12
14Cybersecurity Engineer1.9%11
14Linux Infrastructure Engineer1.9%11
14Senior Linux Engineer1.9%11
14Senior Network Security Engineer1.9%11
18Civil Engineer1.7%10
18Lead Infrastructure Engineer1.7%10
20Infrastructure Operations Engineer1.5%9
242 Senior Infrastructure Engineer jobs Nationwide