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 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 526 523
Rank change year-on-year +114 -3 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 466 154 307
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.31% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.34% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 357 93 202
10th Percentile £43,608 £48,925 £44,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £83,750 £75,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% +2.94%

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 103,099 44,902 77,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 89.81% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 70,871 26,693 49,456
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £91,250
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 1 September 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 1 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 +99 399 £60,000 -4.00% 162
UK excluding London +114 385 £60,000 - 103
Work from Home +65 139 £65,576 +0.89% 66
North of England +10 108 £70,000 +7.69% 23
South West +5 90 £55,000 +10.00% 23
South East +16 74 £60,000 - 15
North West +13 62 £70,000 +7.69% 16
London -24 61 £80,000 +8.47% 81
Wales -27 44 £50,000 +4.01% 3
Midlands -11 42 £50,000 -9.09% 11
Yorkshire -20 33 £65,576 +4.92% 6
East Midlands +7 28 £49,250 -10.45% 6
East of England -18 19 £40,000 -36.00% 11
West Midlands -18 14 £55,000 - 5
North East -53 13 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Scotland -1 7 £55,000 -8.33% 15
Channel Islands - 1 £75,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 450 (96.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 126 (27.04%) Azure
3 113 (24.25%) Microsoft
4 102 (21.89%) Windows
5 83 (17.81%) VMware
6 75 (16.09%) Active Directory
6 75 (16.09%) Windows Server
7 69 (14.81%) Firewall
8 68 (14.59%) Microsoft 365
9 64 (13.73%) WAN
10 60 (12.88%) DNS
10 60 (12.88%) VMware Infrastructure
11 57 (12.23%) Disaster Recovery
12 55 (11.80%) DHCP
12 55 (11.80%) LAN
13 53 (11.37%) VPN
14 52 (11.16%) PowerShell
15 48 (10.30%) Entra ID
16 45 (9.66%) Infrastructure as Code
16 45 (9.66%) Linux
17 42 (9.01%) Project Delivery
18 40 (8.58%) Cisco
18 40 (8.58%) ITIL
19 36 (7.73%) AWS
19 36 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
20 33 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
20 33 (7.08%) Mentoring
20 33 (7.08%) TCP/IP
21 31 (6.65%) Business Continuity
21 31 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune

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 (6.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.51%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.07%) IIS
4 1 (0.21%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (3.65%) AutoCAD
1 17 (3.65%) Civil 3D
2 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 126 (27.04%) Azure
2 68 (14.59%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (10.30%) Entra ID
4 36 (7.73%) AWS
5 13 (2.79%) OneDrive
6 11 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (2.36%) GCP
6 11 (2.36%) SaaS
7 10 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
7 10 (2.15%) Azure AKS
7 10 (2.15%) IaaS
7 10 (2.15%) Nutanix
8 8 (1.72%) PaaS
9 7 (1.50%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (1.50%) Datadog
10 6 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (1.07%) OCI
12 4 (0.86%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.86%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 69 (14.81%) Firewall
2 64 (13.73%) WAN
3 60 (12.88%) DNS
4 55 (11.80%) DHCP
4 55 (11.80%) LAN
5 53 (11.37%) VPN
6 33 (7.08%) TCP/IP
7 26 (5.58%) Wi-Fi
8 23 (4.94%) Network Security
9 18 (3.86%) WLAN
10 15 (3.22%) BGP
11 14 (3.00%) VLAN
12 13 (2.79%) SAN
13 10 (2.15%) Internet
13 10 (2.15%) SD-WAN
14 9 (1.93%) MPLS
15 8 (1.72%) Cisco Nexus
15 8 (1.72%) SSL
16 6 (1.29%) IPsec
16 6 (1.29%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.43%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
3 2 (0.43%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (2.15%) GitLab
2 5 (1.07%) JIRA
3 3 (0.64%) Git
4 2 (0.43%) CircleCI
4 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.21%) Chocolatey
General
1 39 (8.37%) Public Sector
2 30 (6.44%) Social Skills
3 20 (4.29%) Finance
4 12 (2.58%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.93%) Retail
6 9 (1.93%) Telecoms
7 8 (1.72%) Banking
7 8 (1.72%) Legal
8 4 (0.86%) Law
9 3 (0.64%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.43%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.43%) Mandarin Language
10 2 (0.43%) Marketing
11 1 (0.21%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.22%) Terraform
2 6 (1.29%) ARM Templates
3 4 (0.86%) ModSecurity
4 3 (0.64%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.43%) Kafka
5 2 (0.43%) REST
6 1 (0.21%) OAuth
6 1 (0.21%) OpenID
6 1 (0.21%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.29%) Data Centre
2 15 (3.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (2.58%) PKI
4 11 (2.36%) Public Cloud
5 7 (1.50%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (1.29%) Clustering
6 6 (1.29%) CMDB
6 6 (1.29%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.29%) Replication
7 5 (1.07%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.64%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.64%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.64%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.43%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.43%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.21%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 102 (21.89%) Windows
2 75 (16.09%) Windows Server
3 45 (9.66%) Linux
4 15 (3.22%) Unix
5 8 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.64%) CentOS
7 2 (0.43%) Android
7 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) VMS
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.21%) Rocky
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 450 (96.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 57 (12.23%) Disaster Recovery
3 45 (9.66%) Infrastructure as Code
4 42 (9.01%) Project Delivery
5 40 (8.58%) ITIL
6 36 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (7.08%) Mentoring
8 31 (6.65%) Business Continuity
9 27 (5.79%) Cybersecurity
10 26 (5.58%) Incident Management
11 22 (4.72%) CI/CD
11 22 (4.72%) High Availability
12 21 (4.51%) Root Cause Analysis
13 20 (4.29%) Coaching
13 20 (4.29%) Migration
13 20 (4.29%) SIEM
14 19 (4.08%) Change Management
15 18 (3.86%) AI
15 18 (3.86%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 52 (11.16%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.79%) Python
3 16 (3.43%) SQL
4 10 (2.15%) Bicep
5 5 (1.07%) Go
6 4 (0.86%) Bash
6 4 (0.86%) R
7 3 (0.64%) Java
8 2 (0.43%) C++
9 1 (0.21%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (6.22%) Security Cleared
2 24 (5.15%) Degree
3 21 (4.51%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.08%) CCNP
4 19 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (4.08%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.15%) CCIE
8 8 (1.72%) CCNA
9 7 (1.50%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.50%) MCSE
10 6 (1.29%) JNCIP
10 6 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.93%) GDPR
3 8 (1.72%) SLA
4 5 (1.07%) NIST
5 3 (0.64%) COBIT
6 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.43%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.43%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 75 (16.09%) Active Directory
2 60 (12.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (6.44%) Hyper-V
4 20 (4.29%) vSphere
5 10 (2.15%) VMware NSX
6 9 (1.93%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (1.07%) Docker
9 4 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.64%) Lustre
10 3 (0.64%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.43%) Firmware
11 2 (0.43%) ProxySG
11 2 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.21%) GPFS
12 1 (0.21%) KVM
12 1 (0.21%) MetaFrame
12 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (5.79%) Ansible
3 16 (3.43%) Kubernetes
4 7 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.29%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.07%) VxRail
7 4 (0.86%) WSUS
8 3 (0.64%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.64%) Grafana
9 2 (0.43%) Argo
9 2 (0.43%) ITRS Geneos
9 2 (0.43%) Nessus
9 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.43%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.43%) SCCM
9 2 (0.43%) SCOM
9 2 (0.43%) vRealize
9 2 (0.43%) WhatsUp Gold
10 1 (0.21%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 113 (24.25%) Microsoft
2 83 (17.81%) VMware
3 40 (8.58%) Cisco
4 19 (4.08%) Veeam
5 15 (3.22%) Palo Alto
6 13 (2.79%) HP
7 11 (2.36%) Zscaler
8 10 (2.15%) Meraki
9 9 (1.93%) Aruba
10 8 (1.72%) Citrix
10 8 (1.72%) Fortinet
10 8 (1.72%) Qualys
10 8 (1.72%) Zerto
11 7 (1.50%) Apple
11 7 (1.50%) Dell
11 7 (1.50%) Oracle
12 6 (1.29%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.07%) EMC
13 5 (1.07%) Tenable
13 5 (1.07%) Ubiquiti