Infrastructure Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Work from Home is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 247 271
Rank change year-on-year +117 +24 -63
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 812 606 918
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.40% 1.43% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% 1.49% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 728 517 715
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,981
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,825 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,433 40,693 66,264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,885 28,909 42,146
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,626 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 5 May 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 5 May 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.

1 801 (98.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 428 (52.71%) Windows
3 392 (48.28%) Azure
4 326 (40.15%) Microsoft
5 312 (38.42%) Active Directory
6 296 (36.45%) VMware
7 250 (30.79%) Windows Server
8 247 (30.42%) Microsoft 365
9 214 (26.35%) VMware Infrastructure
10 212 (26.11%) Social Skills
11 191 (23.52%) Linux
12 189 (23.28%) Firewall
13 184 (22.66%) ITIL
14 178 (21.92%) AWS
15 163 (20.07%) PowerShell
16 154 (18.97%) DNS
17 146 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
18 139 (17.12%) DevOps
19 126 (15.52%) Ansible
19 126 (15.52%) Finance
20 120 (14.78%) Mentoring
21 113 (13.92%) Data Centre
22 110 (13.55%) WAN
23 109 (13.42%) Microsoft Exchange
23 109 (13.42%) Hyper-V
23 109 (13.42%) Terraform
24 106 (13.05%) DHCP
25 102 (12.56%) Cisco
26 99 (12.19%) Infrastructure as Code
27 98 (12.07%) Entra ID

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
1 109 (13.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (5.54%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.08%) IIS
4 9 (1.11%) Confluence
5 8 (0.99%) Apache
6 4 (0.49%) CMS
6 4 (0.49%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.37%) nginx
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
Applications
1 16 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.49%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.25%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.25%) CATIA
4 2 (0.25%) NASTRAN
4 2 (0.25%) Trello
5 1 (0.12%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 392 (48.28%) Azure
2 247 (30.42%) Microsoft 365
3 178 (21.92%) AWS
4 98 (12.07%) Entra ID
5 76 (9.36%) IaaS
6 42 (5.17%) SaaS
7 39 (4.80%) GitHub
8 33 (4.06%) Nutanix
9 25 (3.08%) GCP
10 24 (2.96%) PaaS
10 24 (2.96%) Serverless
11 23 (2.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 21 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
12 21 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (2.22%) Amazon S3
13 18 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (1.97%) Route 53
15 15 (1.85%) OneDrive
16 14 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
17 13 (1.60%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 189 (23.28%) Firewall
2 154 (18.97%) DNS
3 110 (13.55%) WAN
4 106 (13.05%) DHCP
5 97 (11.95%) LAN
6 82 (10.10%) SAN
7 76 (9.36%) VPN
8 37 (4.56%) Wi-Fi
9 36 (4.43%) TCP/IP
10 35 (4.31%) Internet
10 35 (4.31%) SD-WAN
11 30 (3.69%) Wireless
12 29 (3.57%) VLAN
13 28 (3.45%) BGP
14 25 (3.08%) Network Security
15 24 (2.96%) WLAN
16 21 (2.59%) MPLS
17 16 (1.97%) OSPF
18 14 (1.72%) 5G
19 13 (1.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.35%) MySQL
5 4 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.49%) Power BI
6 3 (0.37%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.37%) DB2
7 2 (0.25%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.25%) Apache Pinot
7 2 (0.25%) Big Data
7 2 (0.25%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.25%) Flink
7 2 (0.25%) Presto
8 1 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.12%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 53 (6.53%) GitLab
2 40 (4.93%) Git
3 25 (3.08%) JIRA
4 21 (2.59%) Artifactory
4 21 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.23%) Trac
6 7 (0.86%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.62%) MSI
8 4 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.49%) Subversion
General
1 212 (26.11%) Social Skills
2 126 (15.52%) Finance
3 60 (7.39%) Public Sector
4 57 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (3.57%) Banking
6 25 (3.08%) Advertising
7 22 (2.71%) Telecoms
8 20 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (2.22%) Retail
10 15 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.85%) Law
11 11 (1.35%) Investment Banking
11 11 (1.35%) Legal
12 8 (0.99%) Military
13 7 (0.86%) Japanese Language
13 7 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.74%) Automotive
15 5 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.49%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.48%) .NET
2 6 (0.74%) .NET Framework
2 6 (0.74%) LDAP
2 6 (0.74%) XML
3 4 (0.49%) Kafka
3 4 (0.49%) SAML
3 4 (0.49%) YAML
4 3 (0.37%) AWS CDK
4 3 (0.37%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.25%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.25%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.25%) Django
5 2 (0.25%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.25%) JSON
5 2 (0.25%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (0.25%) Middleware
5 2 (0.25%) Node.js
5 2 (0.25%) RESTful
5 2 (0.25%) Web Services
6 1 (0.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 113 (13.92%) Data Centre
2 76 (9.36%) Public Cloud
3 38 (4.68%) Hybrid Cloud
4 37 (4.56%) PKI
4 37 (4.56%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.08%) Private Cloud
6 23 (2.83%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
8 21 (2.59%) IoT
9 19 (2.34%) Cloud Native
10 15 (1.85%) Clustering
11 13 (1.60%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.48%) CMDB
13 11 (1.35%) Driving Licence
14 10 (1.23%) IBM Mainframe
14 10 (1.23%) Mainframe
14 10 (1.23%) Security Posture
15 8 (0.99%) Client/Server
15 8 (0.99%) EFT
16 7 (0.86%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 428 (52.71%) Windows
2 250 (30.79%) Windows Server
3 191 (23.52%) Linux
4 65 (8.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 60 (7.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 52 (6.40%) Windows Server 2019
7 44 (5.42%) Unix
8 37 (4.56%) Windows 10
9 24 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (2.59%) Ubuntu
10 21 (2.59%) VMS
11 13 (1.60%) Windows Server 2003
12 12 (1.48%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (1.23%) Mac OS
13 10 (1.23%) zOS
14 8 (0.99%) Android
14 8 (0.99%) Apple iOS
15 6 (0.74%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.49%) Windows 2000
16 4 (0.49%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 801 (98.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 184 (22.66%) ITIL
3 146 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
4 139 (17.12%) DevOps
5 120 (14.78%) Mentoring
6 99 (12.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 95 (11.70%) Coaching
8 75 (9.24%) Migration
9 73 (8.99%) Change Management
10 68 (8.37%) Agile
11 66 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
12 65 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
13 61 (7.51%) CI/CD
14 50 (6.16%) Roadmaps
14 50 (6.16%) Service Management
15 45 (5.54%) Customer Service
16 44 (5.42%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (5.05%) Root Cause Analysis
18 33 (4.06%) Information Security
18 33 (4.06%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 163 (20.07%) PowerShell
2 77 (9.48%) Python
3 57 (7.02%) Bash
4 38 (4.68%) SQL
5 26 (3.20%) Perl
6 14 (1.72%) Ruby
7 11 (1.35%) Java
7 11 (1.35%) Korn
8 9 (1.11%) ActionScript
8 9 (1.11%) VB
9 5 (0.62%) Bicep
10 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.37%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.25%) AWK
12 2 (0.25%) C#
12 2 (0.25%) Go
12 2 (0.25%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.12%) C++
13 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 83 (10.22%) Degree
2 79 (9.73%) Security Cleared
3 50 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 23 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (2.83%) DV Cleared
5 20 (2.46%) AWS Certification
6 18 (2.22%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (1.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.23%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 10 (1.23%) CCNA
11 9 (1.11%) DBS Check
11 9 (1.11%) MCSE
12 7 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (0.37%) MCP
14 3 (0.37%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.25%) CCNP
15 2 (0.25%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.30%) SLA
2 16 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (1.85%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 14 (1.72%) NIST
5 10 (1.23%) QA
6 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.25%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 312 (38.42%) Active Directory
2 214 (26.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 109 (13.42%) Hyper-V
4 61 (7.51%) Docker
5 54 (6.65%) Virtual Machines
6 51 (6.28%) VMware ESXi
7 38 (4.68%) vSphere
8 11 (1.35%) NFS
9 10 (1.23%) pfSense
9 10 (1.23%) XenApp
10 9 (1.11%) OpenSSH
11 8 (0.99%) DFS Replication
12 7 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.74%) Firmware
14 5 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
14 5 (0.62%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.37%) KVM
15 3 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
15 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
16 2 (0.25%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 126 (15.52%) Ansible
2 109 (13.42%) Terraform
3 87 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 68 (8.37%) SCCM
5 43 (5.30%) Kubernetes
6 37 (4.56%) vCenter Server
7 33 (4.06%) WSUS
8 27 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 26 (3.20%) Puppet
10 19 (2.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
11 14 (1.72%) Docker Swarm
11 14 (1.72%) SCOM
11 14 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
12 12 (1.48%) CA Single Sign-On
12 12 (1.48%) Grafana
13 11 (1.35%) PowerCLI
13 11 (1.35%) Red Hat Satellite
14 10 (1.23%) SCDPM
14 10 (1.23%) ZABBIX
15 9 (1.11%) IBM BigFix
Vendors
1 326 (40.15%) Microsoft
2 296 (36.45%) VMware
3 102 (12.56%) Cisco
4 70 (8.62%) Veeam
5 56 (6.90%) Citrix
6 43 (5.30%) HP
7 35 (4.31%) Meraki
8 29 (3.57%) Red Hat
9 25 (3.08%) Google
10 24 (2.96%) IBM
11 22 (2.71%) Fortinet
12 19 (2.34%) ServiceNow
13 18 (2.22%) EMC
13 18 (2.22%) Juniper
13 18 (2.22%) Splunk
14 17 (2.09%) Dynatrace
15 16 (1.97%) Aruba
15 16 (1.97%) Sophos
16 15 (1.85%) Palo Alto
17 13 (1.60%) SolarWinds