Infrastructure Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 204 261
Rank change year-on-year +84 +57 -40
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 683 544 1,182
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.44% 1.66% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.54% 1.73% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 545 463 849
10th Percentile £36,450 £36,525 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,139 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,654
Median % change year-on-year - -1.29% +6.64%
75th Percentile £60,918 £61,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,450 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 26,891 31,453 76,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.26% 95.84% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 19,582 23,849 44,441
10th Percentile £34,500 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,749 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,728 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Infrastructure Engineer.

Infrastructure Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Infrastructure Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 675 (98.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 330 (48.32%) Windows
3 300 (43.92%) Azure
4 263 (38.51%) Active Directory
5 259 (37.92%) Microsoft
6 250 (36.60%) VMware
7 201 (29.43%) Windows Server
8 180 (26.35%) VMware Infrastructure
9 174 (25.48%) Microsoft 365
10 165 (24.16%) Firewall
11 157 (22.99%) Linux
12 146 (21.38%) PowerShell
12 146 (21.38%) AWS
13 145 (21.23%) Social Skills
14 132 (19.33%) DNS
15 127 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
16 110 (16.11%) Ansible
17 109 (15.96%) DevOps
18 104 (15.23%) Finance
19 101 (14.79%) ITIL
20 91 (13.32%) WAN
21 90 (13.18%) Terraform
22 87 (12.74%) Entra ID
23 86 (12.59%) Hyper-V
24 84 (12.30%) Security Cleared
25 83 (12.15%) Mentoring
25 83 (12.15%) DHCP
26 81 (11.86%) Cisco
27 78 (11.42%) Data Centre
28 72 (10.54%) LAN

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 66 (9.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 46 (6.73%) SharePoint
3 22 (3.22%) IIS
4 6 (0.88%) Confluence
5 5 (0.73%) Apache
6 4 (0.59%) CMS
6 4 (0.59%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.44%) nginx
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.29%) Trello
4 1 (0.15%) CATIA
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 300 (43.92%) Azure
2 174 (25.48%) Microsoft 365
3 146 (21.38%) AWS
4 87 (12.74%) Entra ID
5 46 (6.73%) SaaS
6 44 (6.44%) IaaS
7 39 (5.71%) Nutanix
8 18 (2.64%) PaaS
9 17 (2.49%) GitHub
10 16 (2.34%) GCP
11 15 (2.20%) Serverless
11 15 (2.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 13 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (1.90%) Mimecast
13 12 (1.76%) Slack
14 10 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (1.46%) OneDrive
15 9 (1.32%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 165 (24.16%) Firewall
2 132 (19.33%) DNS
3 91 (13.32%) WAN
4 83 (12.15%) DHCP
5 72 (10.54%) LAN
6 62 (9.08%) SAN
7 61 (8.93%) VPN
8 42 (6.15%) Internet
9 40 (5.86%) TCP/IP
10 38 (5.56%) 5G
11 35 (5.12%) VLAN
12 31 (4.54%) SD-WAN
13 26 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
14 23 (3.37%) Network Security
15 21 (3.07%) 3GPP
15 21 (3.07%) Radio Access Network
16 18 (2.64%) Remote Desktop
17 17 (2.49%) BGP
18 16 (2.34%) WLAN
19 15 (2.20%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.00%) Amazon RDS
2 36 (5.27%) SQL Server
3 10 (1.46%) MySQL
4 5 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.73%) DB2
4 5 (0.73%) Power BI
5 4 (0.59%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.59%) MariaDB
6 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.29%) Apache Pinot
7 2 (0.29%) Big Data
7 2 (0.29%) Flink
7 2 (0.29%) Presto
8 1 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.15%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 31 (4.54%) GitLab
2 27 (3.95%) Git
3 16 (2.34%) JIRA
4 14 (2.05%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.76%) Artifactory
6 9 (1.32%) Trac
7 3 (0.44%) Axure RP
General
1 145 (21.23%) Social Skills
2 104 (15.23%) Finance
3 61 (8.93%) Public Sector
4 51 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (6.30%) Telecoms
6 24 (3.51%) Retail
7 23 (3.37%) Games
8 19 (2.78%) Banking
9 16 (2.34%) Advertising
10 15 (2.20%) Legal
11 13 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
12 12 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (1.76%) Law
13 9 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.73%) Automotive
14 5 (0.73%) Japanese Language
14 5 (0.73%) Military
14 5 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.59%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.59%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.90%) REST
2 9 (1.32%) .NET
3 6 (0.88%) Kafka
3 6 (0.88%) RESTful
4 4 (0.59%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (0.59%) LDAP
4 4 (0.59%) Software Packaging
5 3 (0.44%) .NET Framework
5 3 (0.44%) ARM Templates
5 3 (0.44%) Django
5 3 (0.44%) GraphQL
5 3 (0.44%) JSON
5 3 (0.44%) Node.js
5 3 (0.44%) XML
5 3 (0.44%) YAML
6 2 (0.29%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.29%) Web Services
7 1 (0.15%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.15%) Middleware
7 1 (0.15%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 78 (11.42%) Data Centre
2 39 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 39 (5.71%) Public Cloud
3 37 (5.42%) PKI
4 32 (4.69%) Clustering
5 19 (2.78%) IoT
5 19 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.61%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.46%) Cloud Native
8 10 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
8 10 (1.46%) IBM Mainframe
8 10 (1.46%) Mainframe
9 9 (1.32%) Life Science
10 8 (1.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (1.17%) Replication
11 7 (1.02%) CMDB
12 6 (0.88%) Client/Server
12 6 (0.88%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 330 (48.32%) Windows
2 201 (29.43%) Windows Server
3 157 (22.99%) Linux
4 57 (8.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 54 (7.91%) Windows Server 2016
6 42 (6.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 26 (3.81%) Windows 10
8 25 (3.66%) VMS
9 24 (3.51%) Ubuntu
10 19 (2.78%) Unix
11 16 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (1.46%) zOS
14 8 (1.17%) Debian
15 7 (1.02%) Android
15 7 (1.02%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.59%) Mac OS
16 4 (0.59%) Windows 2000
16 4 (0.59%) Windows NT
16 4 (0.59%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 675 (98.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 127 (18.59%) Problem-Solving
3 109 (15.96%) DevOps
4 101 (14.79%) ITIL
5 83 (12.15%) Mentoring
6 64 (9.37%) Coaching
7 63 (9.22%) Agile
7 63 (9.22%) Infrastructure as Code
8 60 (8.78%) Change Management
9 58 (8.49%) Migration
10 56 (8.20%) Disaster Recovery
11 47 (6.88%) Cybersecurity
12 43 (6.30%) CI/CD
13 37 (5.42%) Service Management
14 32 (4.69%) Information Security
14 32 (4.69%) Roadmaps
15 31 (4.54%) Service Delivery
16 30 (4.39%) Customer Service
17 25 (3.66%) Operational Stability
17 25 (3.66%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 146 (21.38%) PowerShell
2 69 (10.10%) Python
3 42 (6.15%) Bash
4 33 (4.83%) SQL
5 15 (2.20%) ActionScript
5 15 (2.20%) VB
6 12 (1.76%) Perl
7 10 (1.46%) Java
8 7 (1.02%) Bicep
9 5 (0.73%) Go
10 3 (0.44%) Ruby
11 2 (0.29%) C#
11 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.29%) PHP
12 1 (0.15%) AWK
12 1 (0.15%) C
12 1 (0.15%) C++
12 1 (0.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 68 (9.96%) Degree
3 51 (7.47%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.69%) DV Cleared
5 27 (3.95%) Azure Certification
5 27 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (2.34%) AWS Certification
7 15 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.90%) MCSE
9 12 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (1.76%) DBS Check
10 11 (1.61%) CCNA
11 10 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 9 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 7 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.73%) MCITP
15 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 4 (0.59%) CCNP
16 3 (0.44%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.42%) SLA
2 16 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
3 14 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.76%) QA
5 11 (1.61%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.02%) NIST
6 7 (1.02%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.44%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 263 (38.51%) Active Directory
2 180 (26.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 86 (12.59%) Hyper-V
4 57 (8.35%) vSphere
5 56 (8.20%) Docker
6 54 (7.91%) VMware ESXi
7 43 (6.30%) Virtual Machines
8 26 (3.81%) XenApp
9 15 (2.20%) NFS
9 15 (2.20%) OpenSSH
10 14 (2.05%) pfSense
11 12 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
11 12 (1.76%) XenDesktop
12 11 (1.61%) Firmware
13 8 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
14 7 (1.02%) VMware NSX
15 5 (0.73%) Microsoft App-V
16 3 (0.44%) Ceph
16 3 (0.44%) Terminal Server
16 3 (0.44%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 110 (16.11%) Ansible
2 90 (13.18%) Terraform
3 60 (8.78%) SCCM
4 47 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (5.42%) vCenter Server
6 34 (4.98%) Kubernetes
7 26 (3.81%) WSUS
8 25 (3.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 20 (2.93%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 16 (2.34%) PowerCLI
11 15 (2.20%) Docker Swarm
11 15 (2.20%) Failover Clustering
11 15 (2.20%) IBM BigFix
11 15 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
12 12 (1.76%) Grafana
13 11 (1.61%) FortiGate
13 11 (1.61%) Puppet
13 11 (1.61%) SCOM
14 9 (1.32%) SCDPM
14 9 (1.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 259 (37.92%) Microsoft
2 250 (36.60%) VMware
3 81 (11.86%) Cisco
4 55 (8.05%) Citrix
5 48 (7.03%) Veeam
6 32 (4.69%) IBM
7 29 (4.25%) Fortinet
8 23 (3.37%) HP
8 23 (3.37%) Meraki
9 20 (2.93%) ServiceNow
10 17 (2.49%) Juniper
10 17 (2.49%) Red Hat
11 14 (2.05%) Commvault
12 12 (1.76%) BMC
12 12 (1.76%) Palo Alto
12 12 (1.76%) Sophos
13 11 (1.61%) CyberArk
13 11 (1.61%) NetApp
14 10 (1.46%) Oracle
14 10 (1.46%) SolarWinds