Hybrid/Remote Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £60,600 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 December 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 119 130
Rank change year-on-year -41 +11 +83
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 241 461 493
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.58% 2.66% 2.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 2.77% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 204 340 465
10th Percentile £41,475 £37,694 £36,940
25th Percentile £46,486 £44,655 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,600 £55,160 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.86% +5.07% +3.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,253 £83,433 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.80% -1.90% +3.96%

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 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 14,309 16,657 18,861
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.23% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,275 10,333 15,330
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,408 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.81% +0.68% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,375 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 2025, 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.

1 234 (97.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 124 (51.45%) Azure
3 93 (38.59%) Windows
4 74 (30.71%) Windows Server
5 68 (28.22%) Firewall
6 62 (25.73%) Microsoft
7 60 (24.90%) Terraform
8 58 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
9 54 (22.41%) Active Directory
9 54 (22.41%) DevOps
10 53 (21.99%) DNS
11 49 (20.33%) VPN
12 45 (18.67%) VMware
13 43 (17.84%) WAN
14 42 (17.43%) Migration
15 40 (16.60%) Microsoft 365
15 40 (16.60%) Microsoft Intune
16 39 (16.18%) Linux
17 38 (15.77%) Infrastructure as Code
17 38 (15.77%) SQL
18 37 (15.35%) Security Cleared
19 36 (14.94%) Kubernetes
20 35 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
21 34 (14.11%) AWS
21 34 (14.11%) DHCP
21 34 (14.11%) DV Cleared
21 34 (14.11%) Mentoring
22 33 (13.69%) Disaster Recovery
23 32 (13.28%) CI/CD
24 31 (12.86%) Performance Tuning

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 21 (8.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (7.47%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.73%) IIS
4 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.83%) Weka
3 1 (0.41%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 124 (51.45%) Azure
2 40 (16.60%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (14.11%) AWS
4 26 (10.79%) Entra ID
5 19 (7.88%) SaaS
6 17 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (4.56%) IaaS
8 10 (4.15%) GCP
8 10 (4.15%) GitHub
9 6 (2.49%) Azure Storage
9 6 (2.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.07%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.07%) AWS Direct Connect
10 5 (2.07%) Azure Stack
10 5 (2.07%) PaaS
10 5 (2.07%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 5 (2.07%) ShareGate
11 4 (1.66%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 68 (28.22%) Firewall
2 53 (21.99%) DNS
3 49 (20.33%) VPN
4 43 (17.84%) WAN
5 34 (14.11%) DHCP
6 29 (12.03%) LAN
7 19 (7.88%) SAN
8 18 (7.47%) VLAN
9 17 (7.05%) TCP/IP
10 16 (6.64%) SD-WAN
11 10 (4.15%) SSL
12 8 (3.32%) Network Security
13 7 (2.90%) DMZ
13 7 (2.90%) VoIP
13 7 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (2.49%) Fibre Channel
15 5 (2.07%) BGP
15 5 (2.07%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (2.07%) STUN
15 5 (2.07%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.41%) DB2
3 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (7.47%) Git
2 14 (5.81%) GitLab
3 4 (1.66%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
General
1 58 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 37 (15.35%) Finance
3 12 (4.98%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (4.15%) Banking
4 10 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (4.15%) Law
5 9 (3.73%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.32%) Legal
7 6 (2.49%) Back Office
8 5 (2.07%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.07%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.07%) Retail
9 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.20%) OLE
2 8 (3.32%) .NET
3 5 (2.07%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (1.24%) RESTful
5 1 (0.41%) LAPP Stack
5 1 (0.41%) LDAP
5 1 (0.41%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 26 (10.79%) Data Centre
2 15 (6.22%) Cloud Native
3 13 (5.39%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (3.73%) Driving Licence
5 8 (3.32%) Legacy Applications
5 8 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.49%) CMDB
7 6 (2.49%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.24%) Clustering
9 3 (1.24%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.24%) Social Media
10 2 (0.83%) Blog
10 2 (0.83%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (0.83%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.83%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.41%) Digital Signage
11 1 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 93 (38.59%) Windows
2 74 (30.71%) Windows Server
3 39 (16.18%) Linux
4 16 (6.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (4.56%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (3.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (3.32%) VMS
8 5 (2.07%) Debian
8 5 (2.07%) Rocky
8 5 (2.07%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.66%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.24%) Unix
11 2 (0.83%) Android
11 2 (0.83%) CentOS
12 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (97.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 58 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (22.41%) DevOps
4 42 (17.43%) Migration
5 38 (15.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (14.11%) Mentoring
8 33 (13.69%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (13.28%) CI/CD
10 31 (12.86%) Performance Tuning
11 21 (8.71%) Coaching
11 21 (8.71%) Containerisation
11 21 (8.71%) Roadmaps
12 19 (7.88%) ITIL
13 18 (7.47%) Security Operations
13 18 (7.47%) Technical Leadership
14 15 (6.22%) Agile
14 15 (6.22%) Change Management
14 15 (6.22%) Cloud Operations
15 14 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 38 (15.77%) SQL
2 31 (12.86%) PowerShell
3 22 (9.13%) Python
4 13 (5.39%) Bicep
5 6 (2.49%) Bash
5 6 (2.49%) Java
5 6 (2.49%) Kusto Query Language
6 3 (1.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 37 (15.35%) Security Cleared
2 34 (14.11%) DV Cleared
3 13 (5.39%) Azure Certification
4 12 (4.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.73%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.49%) Degree
7 6 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.07%) CCNA
9 3 (1.24%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.24%) MCSA
9 3 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (0.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.83%) MCSE
11 1 (0.41%) CCNP
11 1 (0.41%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.49%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.07%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.07%) SOC 2
5 4 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.83%) NIST
7 1 (0.41%) GDPR
7 1 (0.41%) QA
7 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (22.41%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.45%) Hyper-V
3 23 (9.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (5.81%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (4.56%) Docker
6 9 (3.73%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (3.73%) vSphere
7 6 (2.49%) NFS
8 5 (2.07%) Firmware
8 5 (2.07%) Kamailio
9 3 (1.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.83%) Ceph
10 2 (0.83%) Lustre
10 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.41%) Postfix
11 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 60 (24.90%) Terraform
2 40 (16.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 36 (14.94%) Kubernetes
4 19 (7.88%) Ansible
5 13 (5.39%) SCCM
6 12 (4.98%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.90%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.24%) FlexNet
8 3 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.83%) PaperCut
9 2 (0.83%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.83%) SCOM
9 2 (0.83%) WSUS
10 1 (0.41%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.41%) Kibana
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 62 (25.73%) Microsoft
2 45 (18.67%) VMware
3 27 (11.20%) Cisco
4 19 (7.88%) Veeam
5 15 (6.22%) SolarWinds
6 14 (5.81%) Fortinet
7 11 (4.56%) 3PAR
7 11 (4.56%) NetApp
8 9 (3.73%) New Relic
8 9 (3.73%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.90%) Meraki
10 6 (2.49%) CheckPoint
10 6 (2.49%) Citrix
10 6 (2.49%) Commvault
10 6 (2.49%) Dell
10 6 (2.49%) Google
10 6 (2.49%) Pure Storage
10 6 (2.49%) SonicWALL
11 5 (2.07%) Apple
11 5 (2.07%) Salesforce