Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Wales is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 65 74
Rank change year-on-year +15 +9 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 24 15 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 2.23% 1.65% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% 1.73% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 17 10 13
10th Percentile £50,152 £43,449 £33,998
25th Percentile - £44,956 £37,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,104 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.01% +15.54% +7.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,252 £52,500
90th Percentile £80,000 - £64,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -1.96%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 959 869 825
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.96% 95.49% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 682 472 615
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,050 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +3.38% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 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
South Wales +11 21 £55,000 +13.04% 4
West Wales +3 3 £52,794 +7.51%
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, 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 across the Wales region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (33.33%) Windows
2 8 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 7 (29.17%) Azure
4 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 5 (20.83%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (20.83%) Entra ID
6 4 (16.67%) Azure Certification
6 4 (16.67%) Azure Stack
6 4 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (16.67%) Containerisation
6 4 (16.67%) Dell
6 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
6 4 (16.67%) Kubernetes
6 4 (16.67%) Linux
6 4 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
6 4 (16.67%) Rocky
6 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (12.50%) Benchmarking
7 3 (12.50%) Mathematics
7 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.50%) Server Monitoring
7 3 (12.50%) Time Management
8 2 (8.33%) Incident Response
8 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
8 2 (8.33%) VMware

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) Entra ID
3 4 (16.67%) Azure Stack
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 4 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.50%) Anti-Spyware
2 3 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (8.33%) Clustering
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
1 8 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 4 (16.67%) Rocky
2 4 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (20.83%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (16.67%) Containerisation
3 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (12.50%) Benchmarking
4 3 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.50%) Server Monitoring
4 3 (12.50%) Time Management
5 2 (8.33%) Incident Response
6 1 (4.17%) API Management
6 1 (4.17%) Change Control
6 1 (4.17%) CI/CD
6 1 (4.17%) Cloud Security
6 1 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.17%) DevOps
6 1 (4.17%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (4.17%) RBAC
6 1 (4.17%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 4 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Dell
2 2 (8.33%) VMware
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Veeam