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 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 505 513
Rank change year-on-year +134 +8 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 541 149 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.30% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.33% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 403 91 172
10th Percentile £43,000 £49,050 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,625 £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 £60,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.23% +15.71% -

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 109,143 44,565 69,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 89.75% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 74,344 25,695 40,313
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,825 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £54,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.34% -0.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -6.50% -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 8 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 8 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 +135 464 £60,000 -7.69% 221
UK excluding London +127 443 £60,000 -1.23% 162
Work from Home +67 163 £65,576 +0.89% 95
North of England +18 130 £70,000 +7.69% 53
South West +20 103 £50,000 - 14
North West +35 83 £70,000 +7.69% 34
South East +11 76 £60,000 - 29
London -29 67 £65,387 -9.81% 78
Midlands +3 57 £55,000 - 17
Wales -40 40 £50,000 +4.01% 9
East Midlands +1 33 £55,000 - 8
Yorkshire -17 29 £65,576 +2.86% 11
West Midlands -28 24 £55,000 - 9
East of England -29 23 £40,000 -37.25% 22
North East -48 18 £70,000 +7.69% 9
Scotland +8 15 £55,000 -8.33% 22

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 526 (97.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 135 (24.95%) Microsoft
3 126 (23.29%) Azure
4 105 (19.41%) Windows
5 79 (14.60%) Active Directory
6 78 (14.42%) VMware
6 78 (14.42%) Windows Server
7 72 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (11.28%) Firewall
9 59 (10.91%) Entra ID
10 58 (10.72%) Disaster Recovery
11 57 (10.54%) VMware Infrastructure
12 53 (9.80%) WAN
13 52 (9.61%) Infrastructure as Code
14 51 (9.43%) DNS
15 50 (9.24%) VPN
16 49 (9.06%) Linux
17 46 (8.50%) PowerShell
18 45 (8.32%) LAN
19 43 (7.95%) DHCP
20 42 (7.76%) AWS
20 42 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
20 42 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
21 39 (7.21%) Microsoft Intune
21 39 (7.21%) Security Cleared
22 38 (7.02%) Hyper-V
23 37 (6.84%) ITIL
24 36 (6.65%) Mentoring
24 36 (6.65%) Project Delivery
24 36 (6.65%) Terraform

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 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (4.25%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.74%) IIS
4 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (3.33%) AutoCAD
1 18 (3.33%) 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 (23.29%) Azure
2 72 (13.31%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (10.91%) Entra ID
4 42 (7.76%) AWS
5 20 (3.70%) SaaS
6 15 (2.77%) Power Platform
7 14 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
7 14 (2.59%) IaaS
8 13 (2.40%) OneDrive
9 12 (2.22%) PaaS
9 12 (2.22%) PowerApps
10 10 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (1.66%) Azure AKS
11 9 (1.66%) GCP
12 8 (1.48%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (1.48%) Nutanix
13 7 (1.29%) OCI
14 6 (1.11%) Datadog
15 5 (0.92%) Serverless
16 4 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 61 (11.28%) Firewall
2 53 (9.80%) WAN
3 51 (9.43%) DNS
4 50 (9.24%) VPN
5 45 (8.32%) LAN
6 43 (7.95%) DHCP
7 33 (6.10%) TCP/IP
8 26 (4.81%) Wi-Fi
9 25 (4.62%) Network Security
10 18 (3.33%) VLAN
11 17 (3.14%) WLAN
12 11 (2.03%) Internet
12 11 (2.03%) SAN
13 9 (1.66%) Cisco Nexus
14 8 (1.48%) SSL
15 7 (1.29%) BGP
16 6 (1.11%) IPsec
16 6 (1.11%) NAS
16 6 (1.11%) SSH
17 5 (0.92%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.11%) 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 3 (0.55%) TeamCity
4 2 (0.37%) Chocolatey
5 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
General
1 45 (8.32%) Public Sector
2 35 (6.47%) Social Skills
3 17 (3.14%) Finance
4 16 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (2.40%) Retail
6 10 (1.85%) Banking
6 10 (1.85%) Legal
7 9 (1.66%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.48%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (1.29%) Law
10 5 (0.92%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.55%) Back Office
11 3 (0.55%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.37%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.37%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.37%) Marketing
12 2 (0.37%) Police
13 1 (0.18%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (6.65%) Terraform
2 4 (0.74%) ARM Templates
3 3 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
3 3 (0.55%) RESTful
4 2 (0.37%) REST
5 1 (0.18%) .NET
5 1 (0.18%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.18%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.18%) CSS
5 1 (0.18%) HTML
5 1 (0.18%) OAuth
5 1 (0.18%) OpenID
5 1 (0.18%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.96%) Public Cloud
2 13 (2.40%) Data Centre
2 13 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (2.22%) Low-Code
4 11 (2.03%) Driving Licence
4 11 (2.03%) PKI
5 8 (1.48%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.29%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (1.29%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.29%) Replication
7 6 (1.11%) Clustering
7 6 (1.11%) Private Cloud
8 5 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.92%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.55%) Blog
9 3 (0.55%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.55%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.55%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.37%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 105 (19.41%) Windows
2 78 (14.42%) Windows Server
3 49 (9.06%) Linux
4 14 (2.59%) Unix
5 9 (1.66%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.55%) CentOS
6 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.37%) Android
7 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.18%) Rocky
8 1 (0.18%) VMS
8 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 526 (97.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 58 (10.72%) Disaster Recovery
3 52 (9.61%) Infrastructure as Code
4 42 (7.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (6.84%) ITIL
6 36 (6.65%) Mentoring
6 36 (6.65%) Project Delivery
7 35 (6.47%) DevOps
7 35 (6.47%) Technical Leadership
8 31 (5.73%) Business Continuity
8 31 (5.73%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (5.36%) Root Cause Analysis
10 28 (5.18%) CI/CD
10 28 (5.18%) Coaching
10 28 (5.18%) Migration
11 26 (4.81%) Incident Management
12 22 (4.07%) Change Management
12 22 (4.07%) Problem Management
13 21 (3.88%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 46 (8.50%) PowerShell
2 23 (4.25%) Python
3 18 (3.33%) SQL
4 10 (1.85%) Go
5 7 (1.29%) Bash
5 7 (1.29%) Bicep
5 7 (1.29%) Java
6 4 (0.74%) R
7 2 (0.37%) C++
7 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.18%) C#
8 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.18%) Ruby
8 1 (0.18%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (7.21%) Security Cleared
2 20 (3.70%) DV Cleared
2 20 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 19 (3.51%) Degree
4 14 (2.59%) CCNP
4 14 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (1.48%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.48%) CCNA
5 8 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.11%) CCIE
7 6 (1.11%) JNCIP
8 4 (0.74%) MCSE
9 3 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.18%) CCA
10 1 (0.18%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.18%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.66%) SLA
3 5 (0.92%) GDPR
4 3 (0.55%) COBIT
4 3 (0.55%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 79 (14.60%) Active Directory
2 57 (10.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (7.02%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.33%) vSphere
5 9 (1.66%) Docker
6 6 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.55%) Lustre
8 3 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.55%) VMware NSX
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 39 (7.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.33%) Ansible
4 13 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (0.74%) Grafana
6 4 (0.74%) VxRail
6 4 (0.74%) WSUS
7 3 (0.55%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.55%) Nessus
7 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.55%) SCCM
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%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.37%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 135 (24.95%) Microsoft
2 78 (14.42%) VMware
3 33 (6.10%) Cisco
4 20 (3.70%) Veeam
5 15 (2.77%) Citrix
6 13 (2.40%) Palo Alto
7 12 (2.22%) 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 8 (1.48%) Google
12 7 (1.29%) Apple
12 7 (1.29%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.11%) Dell
13 6 (1.11%) Zerto
14 5 (0.92%) EMC
14 5 (0.92%) Tenable
14 5 (0.92%) Ubiquiti