Infrastructure Engineering Job Trends in Wales

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 59 47
Rank change year-on-year +12 -12 +16
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 22 31 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.66% 2.03% 4.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.22% 3.09% 4.99%
Number of salaries quoted 18 23 14
10th Percentile £41,070 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,557 £34,375 £36,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £43,072 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +62.52% +7.68% -11.11%
75th Percentile £80,000 £51,165 £43,750
90th Percentile - £55,500 £45,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% +2.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 683 1,002 961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 82.49% 65.66% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 511 646 748
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,875 £35,700 £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,014 £45,017
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +4.44% -9.97%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,900 £71,884
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in Wales

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in Wales over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in Wales

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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 +15 20 £75,000 +58.54% 7
West Wales +16 2 £37,733 -5.67% 1
Infrastructure Engineering
UK

Infrastructure Engineering
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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (40.91%) Azure
2 8 (36.36%) Azure Stack
2 8 (36.36%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) GitHub
3 2 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Local Government
3 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (95.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) IT Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Senior
3 5 (22.73%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Civil Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Development Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (18.18%) Senior Development Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) OLE
2 2 (9.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (40.91%) Onboarding
2 8 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 8 (36.36%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (18.18%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (50.00%) Windows
2 10 (45.45%) Linux
3 9 (40.91%) Windows Server
4 8 (36.36%) Rocky
4 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Containerisation
2 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 4 (18.18%) Business Development
3 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (18.18%) Due Diligence
3 4 (18.18%) Line Management
3 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
3 4 (18.18%) Project Management
3 4 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.09%) DevOps
5 2 (9.09%) Integration Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Microservices
6 1 (4.55%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (4.55%) Coaching
6 1 (4.55%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (4.55%) Presales
6 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.55%) Process Improvement
6 1 (4.55%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Java
1 2 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 11 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) Azure Certification
2 8 (36.36%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (36.36%) Network+ Certification
2 8 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
2 8 (36.36%) Hyper-V
3 2 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (36.36%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Dell