Infrastructure Engineering Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 94 140
Rank change year-on-year -51 +46 +60
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 324 1,084 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.17% 3.20% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 3.50% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 272 956 855
10th Percentile £40,435 £37,000 £38,271
25th Percentile £45,469 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £72,433 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,930 31,014 41,082
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.15% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,709 23,583 28,561
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,930 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Infrastructure Engineering
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Engineering trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Infrastructure Engineering salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Infrastructure Engineering salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineering
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 61 (18.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (6.48%) SharePoint
3 13 (4.01%) IIS
4 6 (1.85%) Apache
4 6 (1.85%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.54%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.93%) nginx
7 2 (0.62%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (3.40%) AutoCAD
2 7 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.93%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (1.54%) Elite 3E
1 5 (1.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.62%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 166 (51.23%) Azure
2 92 (28.40%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (20.99%) AWS
4 40 (12.35%) Entra ID
4 40 (12.35%) SaaS
5 20 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.86%) IaaS
7 18 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (4.94%) PaaS
9 13 (4.01%) GCP
10 12 (3.70%) Power Platform
11 11 (3.40%) Azure AKS
11 11 (3.40%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (2.47%) GitHub
12 8 (2.47%) OneDrive
13 7 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
14 5 (1.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 5 (1.54%) Nutanix
15 4 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 82 (25.31%) Firewall
2 45 (13.89%) DNS
3 44 (13.58%) WAN
4 31 (9.57%) DHCP
4 31 (9.57%) VPN
5 29 (8.95%) LAN
6 28 (8.64%) SAN
7 26 (8.02%) SD-WAN
8 22 (6.79%) VLAN
9 18 (5.56%) TCP/IP
9 18 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (5.25%) NAS
11 11 (3.40%) BGP
11 11 (3.40%) Network Security
12 10 (3.09%) Internet
12 10 (3.09%) Wireless
13 8 (2.47%) DKIM
13 8 (2.47%) DMARC
13 8 (2.47%) SMTP
13 8 (2.47%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.95%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.70%) Data Hub
2 12 (3.70%) SQL CLR
3 10 (3.09%) Power BI
3 10 (3.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (2.47%) Metadata
4 8 (2.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.54%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (1.54%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.54%) SAP BW
6 5 (1.54%) SAP Data Services
6 5 (1.54%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 10 (3.09%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (1.54%) GitLab
2 5 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.93%) JIRA
4 2 (0.62%) Git
5 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
General
1 97 (29.94%) Finance
2 82 (25.31%) Social Skills
3 30 (9.26%) Banking
4 21 (6.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.25%) Law
7 15 (4.63%) Legal
7 15 (4.63%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.70%) Back Office
9 10 (3.09%) Local Government
10 8 (2.47%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.47%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.16%) Games
12 5 (1.54%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.54%) Retail
13 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.62%) Advertising
15 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 239 (73.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 64 (19.75%) Senior
3 53 (16.36%) Cloud Engineer
4 47 (14.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 33 (10.19%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (9.57%) IT Engineer
7 29 (8.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 29 (8.95%) Network Engineer
8 28 (8.64%) Azure Engineer
8 28 (8.64%) Security Engineer
9 24 (7.41%) Lead
10 23 (7.10%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (7.10%) Support Engineer
11 22 (6.79%) Infrastructure Support
12 20 (6.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (6.17%) Civil Engineer
12 20 (6.17%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 17 (5.25%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 16 (4.94%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
15 15 (4.63%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.70%) OLE
2 9 (2.78%) Web Services
3 7 (2.16%) .NET
3 7 (2.16%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.54%) .NET Core
4 5 (1.54%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.54%) Middleware
5 4 (1.23%) Dapper ORM
5 4 (1.23%) Entity Framework
5 4 (1.23%) SAML
6 2 (0.62%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.31%) ADO
7 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.31%) Blazor
7 1 (0.31%) PySpark
7 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.58%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.26%) Security Posture
3 20 (6.17%) Public Cloud
4 17 (5.25%) Cloud Native
5 16 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.70%) Private Cloud
7 10 (3.09%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.09%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.78%) Cyber Security Posture
8 9 (2.78%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.47%) Clustering
10 6 (1.85%) NHS
11 5 (1.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.23%) PKI
12 4 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 4 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (0.93%) e-Learning
13 3 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (0.93%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 141 (43.52%) Windows
2 87 (26.85%) Windows Server
3 69 (21.30%) Linux
4 20 (6.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (4.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (3.40%) Mac OS
7 10 (3.09%) CentOS
7 10 (3.09%) Ubuntu
8 9 (2.78%) Debian
8 9 (2.78%) Windows 10
8 9 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (2.16%) AIX
10 5 (1.54%) Unix
10 5 (1.54%) VMS
10 5 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.62%) SUSE
12 1 (0.31%) Android
12 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (18.52%) DevOps
2 56 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
5 42 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 42 (12.96%) High Availability
5 42 (12.96%) Mentoring
6 36 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 36 (11.11%) ITIL
7 32 (9.88%) Migration
8 31 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (8.33%) Cloud Security
10 26 (8.02%) Infrastructure Management
11 25 (7.72%) Agile
12 22 (6.79%) Project Delivery
13 21 (6.48%) Roadmaps
14 20 (6.17%) Collaborative Culture
15 17 (5.25%) Fintech
15 17 (5.25%) Performance Tuning
15 17 (5.25%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (24.07%) PowerShell
2 33 (10.19%) Python
3 32 (9.88%) SQL
4 12 (3.70%) Bash
5 9 (2.78%) T-SQL
6 8 (2.47%) Java
7 5 (1.54%) Bicep
7 5 (1.54%) C
7 5 (1.54%) C#
8 3 (0.93%) Go
8 3 (0.93%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.62%) Perl
10 1 (0.31%) FoxPro (VFP)
10 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 34 (10.49%) Degree
2 32 (9.88%) Azure Certification
3 26 (8.02%) Security Cleared
4 22 (6.79%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (4.63%) CCNP
7 13 (4.01%) SC Cleared
8 12 (3.70%) AWS Certification
9 11 (3.40%) CCNA
9 11 (3.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (2.78%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.85%) MCSA
12 4 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (0.93%) CISSP
13 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.93%) MCP
14 2 (0.62%) CISM
14 2 (0.62%) Linux+ Certification
14 2 (0.62%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 20 (6.17%) NIST
2 17 (5.25%) GDPR
3 8 (2.47%) QA
3 8 (2.47%) SLA
4 6 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.23%) JSP 440
5 4 (1.23%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.62%) NCSC
6 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 110 (33.95%) Active Directory
2 59 (18.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (8.64%) Hyper-V
4 21 (6.48%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (5.86%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (4.01%) Docker
7 12 (3.70%) Firmware
7 12 (3.70%) VMware NSX
8 11 (3.40%) vSphere
9 9 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (1.85%) pfSense
11 3 (0.93%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 3 (0.93%) Squid
12 2 (0.62%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.62%) Dovecot
12 2 (0.62%) Postfix
13 1 (0.31%) NFS
13 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 51 (15.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (12.35%) Terraform
3 23 (7.10%) Kubernetes
4 20 (6.17%) Ansible
5 18 (5.56%) SCCM
6 11 (3.40%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (3.09%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.78%) Progress Chef
8 9 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (2.16%) SCOM
10 6 (1.85%) WSUS
11 5 (1.54%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (1.23%) Nessus
12 4 (1.23%) Puppet
12 4 (1.23%) ZENworks
13 3 (0.93%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.93%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.93%) VxRail
14 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 148 (45.68%) Microsoft
2 95 (29.32%) VMware
3 47 (14.51%) Cisco
4 22 (6.79%) Citrix
5 18 (5.56%) Meraki
6 16 (4.94%) Veeam
7 15 (4.63%) SolarWinds
8 14 (4.32%) Dell
8 14 (4.32%) Google
9 12 (3.70%) Oracle
10 11 (3.40%) IBM
11 10 (3.09%) Fortinet
12 9 (2.78%) Red Hat
13 8 (2.47%) CheckPoint
13 8 (2.47%) HP
13 8 (2.47%) IronPort
13 8 (2.47%) Veritas
14 7 (2.16%) Palo Alto
15 6 (1.85%) iManage
16 5 (1.54%) Dynatrace