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 to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 120 75
Rank change year-on-year +37 -45 -17
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 42 10 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.08% 0.60% 3.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.24% 0.70% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 39 5 69
10th Percentile £37,101 - £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -11.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile £45,034 £42,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £62,500 - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,871 1,432 1,789
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 85.75% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 820 1,141
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,107 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +32 35 £41,067 +2.67% 4
West Wales +7 5 £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 25 April 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 40 (95.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 20 (47.62%) SAN
3 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 15 (35.71%) VMware
4 15 (35.71%) Linux
5 14 (33.33%) AWS
6 13 (30.95%) Ansible
6 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
7 12 (28.57%) Windows
7 12 (28.57%) Windows Server
8 11 (26.19%) Hyper-V
9 9 (21.43%) Veeam
9 9 (21.43%) Terraform
9 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (19.05%) Data Centre
10 8 (19.05%) Proactive Monitoring
10 8 (19.05%) Azure
10 8 (19.05%) Migration
11 7 (16.67%) Change Management
11 7 (16.67%) CMDB
11 7 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
11 7 (16.67%) Slack
11 7 (16.67%) Line Management
11 7 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
12 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
12 6 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
12 6 (14.29%) Active Directory

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 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.38%) IIS
2 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (33.33%) AWS
2 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (19.05%) Azure
4 7 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (16.67%) Slack
5 1 (2.38%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (47.62%) SAN
2 4 (9.52%) Firewall
2 4 (9.52%) LAN
2 4 (9.52%) VoIP
2 4 (9.52%) WAN
3 3 (7.14%) HTTP
3 3 (7.14%) NAS
3 3 (7.14%) VPN
4 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.38%) DHCP
5 1 (2.38%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (4.76%) MongoDB
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.38%) Redis
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Law
3 2 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (2.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 7 (16.67%) CMDB
3 4 (9.52%) iPad
4 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.38%) Clustering
5 1 (2.38%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (2.38%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 15 (35.71%) Linux
2 12 (28.57%) Windows
2 12 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.38%) Unix
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (95.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (19.05%) Migration
3 8 (19.05%) Proactive Monitoring
4 7 (16.67%) Change Management
4 7 (16.67%) Line Management
4 7 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (9.52%) Business Continuity
5 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
5 4 (9.52%) Network Architecture
5 4 (9.52%) Project Management
5 4 (9.52%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 3 (7.14%) Storage Management
7 2 (4.76%) Coaching
7 2 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (4.76%) Cost Optimisation
7 2 (4.76%) Customer-Centricity
7 2 (4.76%) Data Protection
7 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.76%) Python
2 2 (4.76%) Shell Script
3 1 (2.38%) Bash
3 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (9.52%) A+ Certification
3 4 (9.52%) CCNA
3 4 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (9.52%) Degree
4 1 (2.38%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.38%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (26.19%) Hyper-V
2 7 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 6 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (9.52%) Firmware
5 3 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (4.76%) Docker
7 1 (2.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (30.95%) Ansible
2 9 (21.43%) Terraform
3 2 (4.76%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) VMware
2 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
3 9 (21.43%) Veeam
4 5 (11.90%) IBM
5 4 (9.52%) Acronis
5 4 (9.52%) Aruba
5 4 (9.52%) Datto
5 4 (9.52%) Mitel
5 4 (9.52%) Sophos
6 3 (7.14%) Oracle
7 2 (4.76%) Cisco
7 2 (4.76%) Meraki
8 1 (2.38%) Dell
8 1 (2.38%) HP