Hybrid/Remote Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 April 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 184 120
Rank change year-on-year +48 -64 +121
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 336 240 811
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.94% 1.84% 2.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% 1.97% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 278 216 743
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,725 £36,350
25th Percentile £46,446 £44,956 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,320 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% +10.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 16,233 12,194 30,339
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 93.72% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 11,654 8,992 24,790
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,256 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,206 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% +6.45% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 11 April 2026.

Infrastructure Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 11 April 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 326 (97.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 186 (55.36%) Azure
3 130 (38.69%) Microsoft
4 97 (28.87%) Windows
5 88 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (25.89%) Firewall
7 84 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
8 79 (23.51%) Active Directory
9 74 (22.02%) AWS
10 72 (21.43%) Terraform
11 70 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
11 70 (20.83%) Windows Server
12 68 (20.24%) Entra ID
13 66 (19.64%) VMware
14 65 (19.35%) VPN
15 61 (18.15%) WAN
16 60 (17.86%) Mentoring
17 59 (17.56%) DNS
18 57 (16.96%) Infrastructure as Code
19 53 (15.77%) PowerShell
20 52 (15.48%) SaaS
21 51 (15.18%) Cisco
21 51 (15.18%) ITIL
22 50 (14.88%) Disaster Recovery
23 48 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
24 45 (13.39%) CI/CD
25 43 (12.80%) DevOps
25 43 (12.80%) LAN
26 41 (12.20%) Security Cleared
27 40 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 48 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (11.61%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.19%) IIS
4 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.60%) Weka
3 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 186 (55.36%) Azure
2 84 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (22.02%) AWS
4 68 (20.24%) Entra ID
5 52 (15.48%) SaaS
6 17 (5.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 15 (4.46%) AWS Direct Connect
8 14 (4.17%) Mimecast
9 12 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (3.57%) GCP
10 11 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
10 11 (3.27%) Amazon S3
10 11 (3.27%) IaaS
11 10 (2.98%) OneDrive
12 9 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (2.08%) OCI
13 7 (2.08%) Serverless
14 6 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (1.79%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 87 (25.89%) Firewall
2 65 (19.35%) VPN
3 61 (18.15%) WAN
4 59 (17.56%) DNS
5 43 (12.80%) LAN
6 39 (11.61%) DHCP
7 30 (8.93%) TCP/IP
8 26 (7.74%) VLAN
9 25 (7.44%) SD-WAN
10 24 (7.14%) BGP
11 20 (5.95%) Wi-Fi
12 16 (4.76%) MPLS
13 15 (4.46%) Cisco ASA
14 14 (4.17%) Cisco Firepower
15 12 (3.57%) SAN
16 11 (3.27%) OSPF
17 10 (2.98%) VXLAN
18 9 (2.68%) Cisco ISE
18 9 (2.68%) NX-OS
18 9 (2.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.23%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.89%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.89%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.30%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.30%) Amazon QuickSight
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Iceberg
5 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.30%) Big Data
5 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.30%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.30%) MySQL
5 1 (0.30%) Parquet
5 1 (0.30%) Presto
Development Applications
1 18 (5.36%) GitLab
2 16 (4.76%) Git
3 11 (3.27%) JIRA
4 5 (1.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (0.89%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.60%) Selenium
General
1 94 (27.98%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.69%) Finance
3 29 (8.63%) Public Sector
4 28 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (5.95%) Banking
5 20 (5.95%) Retail
6 17 (5.06%) Legal
7 16 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.76%) Law
8 13 (3.87%) Back Office
9 12 (3.57%) Financial Institution
10 9 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
11 7 (2.08%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.49%) Marketing
14 3 (0.89%) Military
15 1 (0.30%) Advertising
15 1 (0.30%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.30%) Billing
15 1 (0.30%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.27%) OLE
2 8 (2.38%) .NET
3 6 (1.79%) RESTful
4 5 (1.49%) FreeSWITCH
4 5 (1.49%) XMPP
5 4 (1.19%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.89%) Kafka
7 2 (0.60%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.60%) Jinja
7 2 (0.60%) NETCONF
7 2 (0.60%) Node.js
7 2 (0.60%) Playwright
7 2 (0.60%) YANG
8 1 (0.30%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.93%) Data Centre
2 24 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 23 (6.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.06%) Driving Licence
5 14 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (3.57%) Blog
6 12 (3.57%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.98%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.68%) Replication
9 7 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
9 7 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.49%) FlexPod
10 5 (1.49%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.49%) Social Media
10 5 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.19%) CMDB
11 4 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.19%) PKI
12 3 (0.89%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 97 (28.87%) Windows
2 70 (20.83%) Windows Server
3 34 (10.12%) Linux
4 18 (5.36%) Apple iOS
5 11 (3.27%) Windows 10
6 10 (2.98%) Android
7 8 (2.38%) Unix
8 5 (1.49%) Debian
8 5 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (1.19%) VMS
10 3 (0.89%) CentOS
10 3 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.89%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 326 (97.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 88 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (17.86%) Mentoring
4 57 (16.96%) Infrastructure as Code
5 51 (15.18%) ITIL
6 50 (14.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 45 (13.39%) CI/CD
8 43 (12.80%) DevOps
9 38 (11.31%) Coaching
10 35 (10.42%) Technical Leadership
11 32 (9.52%) Migration
12 28 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
13 27 (8.04%) Change Management
14 26 (7.74%) Service Delivery
15 25 (7.44%) Agile
16 24 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 23 (6.85%) Cloud Security
18 22 (6.55%) Incident Management
19 21 (6.25%) Observability
19 21 (6.25%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.77%) PowerShell
2 35 (10.42%) SQL
3 32 (9.52%) Python
4 19 (5.65%) Bash
5 17 (5.06%) Java
6 13 (3.87%) Bicep
7 11 (3.27%) R
8 6 (1.79%) Go
8 6 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.30%) C#
Qualifications
1 41 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 31 (9.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (8.04%) SC Cleared
4 23 (6.85%) Azure Certification
4 23 (6.85%) DV Cleared
5 15 (4.46%) Degree
6 10 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.49%) CCNA
9 4 (1.19%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.89%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.89%) MCSA
10 3 (0.89%) MCSE
11 2 (0.60%) CCNP
12 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.30%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (3.87%) PCI DSS
4 12 (3.57%) SOC 2
5 9 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (1.79%) NIST
7 4 (1.19%) GDPR
8 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 79 (23.51%) Active Directory
2 40 (11.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (8.33%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.17%) Docker
5 12 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (3.57%) vSphere
6 9 (2.68%) Virtual Servers
7 8 (2.38%) Firmware
7 8 (2.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.49%) VMware NSX
10 4 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.89%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.60%) Ceph
12 2 (0.60%) Lustre
13 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.30%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.30%) KVM
13 1 (0.30%) Postfix
13 1 (0.30%) Xen
Systems Management
1 72 (21.43%) Terraform
2 70 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 33 (9.82%) Kubernetes
4 28 (8.33%) Ansible
5 11 (3.27%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.08%) SCCM
6 7 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.49%) Cisco CUCM
7 5 (1.49%) Grafana
8 4 (1.19%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.89%) FlexNet
9 3 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.89%) WSUS
10 2 (0.60%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.60%) Packer
10 2 (0.60%) PaperCut
10 2 (0.60%) Puppet
11 1 (0.30%) Kibana
11 1 (0.30%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.30%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 130 (38.69%) Microsoft
2 66 (19.64%) VMware
3 51 (15.18%) Cisco
4 29 (8.63%) Fortinet
5 19 (5.65%) Meraki
6 17 (5.06%) SolarWinds
7 14 (4.17%) Apple
8 13 (3.87%) Veeam
9 12 (3.57%) Splunk
10 11 (3.27%) CrowdStrike
10 11 (3.27%) Dynatrace
11 10 (2.98%) NetApp
11 10 (2.98%) Samsung
11 10 (2.98%) ServiceNow
12 9 (2.68%) CheckPoint
12 9 (2.68%) New Relic
13 8 (2.38%) Palo Alto
14 7 (2.08%) Citrix
14 7 (2.08%) CyberArk
15 6 (1.79%) Juniper