Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Wales is £41,067 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 122 75
Rank change year-on-year +50 -47 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 35 14 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.81% 0.82% 3.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 0.95% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 32 7 55
10th Percentile £37,101 £36,250 £37,600
25th Percentile £37,400 £36,875 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -15.79% +25.00%
75th Percentile £45,034 £43,125 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,098 £43,750 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,789 1,481 1,827
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 86.61% 93.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,271 806 1,206
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,391 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +16.85%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Wales.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South Wales +39 29 £41,067 +3.31% 2
West Wales +21 4 £40,000 -
North Wales - 2 £40,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wales region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (51.43%) Social Skills
3 16 (45.71%) SAN
4 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
4 12 (34.29%) AWS
5 11 (31.43%) VMware
5 11 (31.43%) Hyper-V
6 10 (28.57%) Windows
6 10 (28.57%) Linux
6 10 (28.57%) Ansible
6 10 (28.57%) Windows Server
7 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (25.71%) Migration
8 8 (22.86%) Terraform
8 8 (22.86%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (20.00%) Veeam
9 7 (20.00%) Line Management
9 7 (20.00%) Slack
9 7 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
9 7 (20.00%) CMDB
9 7 (20.00%) Change Management
9 7 (20.00%) VoIP
10 6 (17.14%) CCNA
10 6 (17.14%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (17.14%) Degree
10 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
10 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
10 6 (17.14%) Cyber Essentials

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 12 (34.29%) AWS
2 8 (22.86%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (20.00%) Slack
4 3 (8.57%) Azure
5 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (45.71%) SAN
2 7 (20.00%) VoIP
3 5 (14.29%) LAN
3 5 (14.29%) WAN
4 4 (11.43%) Firewall
5 3 (8.57%) Network Security
5 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
5 3 (8.57%) VPN
6 2 (5.71%) NAS
6 2 (5.71%) VLAN
7 1 (2.86%) DHCP
7 1 (2.86%) DNS
7 1 (2.86%) HTTP
7 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (2.86%) MongoDB
General
1 18 (51.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.57%) Retail
3 2 (5.71%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) CMDB
2 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Clustering
3 1 (2.86%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (2.86%) iPad
3 1 (2.86%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Linux
1 10 (28.57%) Windows
1 10 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (2.86%) Unix
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.86%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (25.71%) Migration
2 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (20.00%) Change Management
3 7 (20.00%) Line Management
3 7 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 7 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 2 (5.71%) BCP
5 2 (5.71%) Business Continuity
5 2 (5.71%) Data Protection
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Monitoring
5 2 (5.71%) Mentoring
5 2 (5.71%) Network Architecture
5 2 (5.71%) Project Management
5 2 (5.71%) Server Building
5 2 (5.71%) Server Management
5 2 (5.71%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (2.86%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.86%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) CCNA
1 6 (17.14%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
1 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
1 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.29%) A+ Certification
2 5 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (5.71%) MCP
4 1 (2.86%) MCITP
4 1 (2.86%) MCSA
4 1 (2.86%) MCSE
4 1 (2.86%) MCTS
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (31.43%) Hyper-V
2 4 (11.43%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.57%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (5.71%) Firmware
5 1 (2.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (28.57%) Ansible
2 8 (22.86%) Terraform
3 1 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (31.43%) VMware
3 7 (20.00%) Veeam
4 5 (14.29%) Acronis
4 5 (14.29%) Aruba
4 5 (14.29%) Datto
4 5 (14.29%) IBM
4 5 (14.29%) Mitel
4 5 (14.29%) Sophos
5 3 (8.57%) Cisco
5 3 (8.57%) Meraki
6 1 (2.86%) Dell
6 1 (2.86%) HP
6 1 (2.86%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (2.86%) Oracle