Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in Watford

Infrastructure Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Watford is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 8 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 4.12% - 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.37% - 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £75,000 £55,320 £55,000
% change year-on-year +35.57% +0.58% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 183 174 156
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 98.86% 92.86%
Number of salaries quoted 143 96 121
10th Percentile £27,691 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,340 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,375 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £83,125 £82,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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 Watford.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Watford

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Watford.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Watford

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Watford over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Watford

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Watford region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) Android
2 5 (62.50%) Apple
2 5 (62.50%) CCNA
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (62.50%) DBS Check
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) IP Telephony
2 5 (62.50%) ITSM
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
2 5 (62.50%) Remedy
2 5 (62.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (62.50%) SCCM
2 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow
2 5 (62.50%) Task Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Cisco IOS

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

Business Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) IP Telephony
1 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) iPad
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Android
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows 10
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) ITSM
2 5 (62.50%) Task Automation
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CCNA
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (62.50%) DBS Check
2 3 (37.50%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (62.50%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Apple
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Remedy
1 5 (62.50%) ServiceNow