Lead Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Wales

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Lead Infrastructure Engineer salary in Wales is £51,398 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

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

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.096% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,659 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,398 - -
75th Percentile £54,136 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £71,991 £59,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +20.99% -25.63% +39.13%

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 902 1,891 1,434
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.56% 92.61% 86.02%
Number of salaries quoted 525 1,287 813
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer in Wales

Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Lead Infrastructure Engineer in Wales

Lead 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 Lead Infrastructure Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 13 May 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 - 1 £51,398 - 1
Lead Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Lead Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation

Lead 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform