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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 90 141
Rank change year-on-year -70 +51 +59
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 318 1,086 1,038
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.10% 3.21% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 3.50% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 268 957 854
10th Percentile £40,280 £37,000 £38,426
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £70,625 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £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 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £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 3 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 62 (19.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (6.60%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.40%) IIS
4 6 (1.89%) Apache
4 6 (1.89%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.57%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.94%) nginx
7 2 (0.63%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (3.46%) AutoCAD
2 7 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.94%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 5 (1.57%) Elite 3E
1 5 (1.57%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (0.63%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 164 (51.57%) Azure
2 89 (27.99%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (20.44%) AWS
4 41 (12.89%) SaaS
5 40 (12.58%) Entra ID
6 19 (5.97%) IaaS
7 17 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (5.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (5.03%) PaaS
9 13 (4.09%) GCP
9 13 (4.09%) Power Platform
10 11 (3.46%) Azure AKS
10 11 (3.46%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (2.52%) OneDrive
12 7 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
13 5 (1.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 5 (1.57%) GitHub
13 5 (1.57%) Nutanix
14 4 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.26%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 80 (25.16%) Firewall
2 46 (14.47%) DNS
3 44 (13.84%) WAN
4 32 (10.06%) DHCP
5 31 (9.75%) VPN
6 29 (9.12%) LAN
7 28 (8.81%) SAN
8 26 (8.18%) SD-WAN
9 22 (6.92%) VLAN
10 18 (5.66%) TCP/IP
10 18 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (5.35%) NAS
12 11 (3.46%) BGP
12 11 (3.46%) Network Security
13 10 (3.14%) Internet
13 10 (3.14%) Wireless
14 8 (2.52%) DKIM
14 8 (2.52%) DMARC
14 8 (2.52%) SMTP
14 8 (2.52%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.09%) Data Hub
2 13 (4.09%) SQL CLR
3 11 (3.46%) Power BI
3 11 (3.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (2.83%) Metadata
4 9 (2.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 6 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.57%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (1.57%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.57%) SAP BW
6 5 (1.57%) SAP Data Services
6 5 (1.57%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.63%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.31%) MySQL
8 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (3.14%) Oracle Forms
2 5 (1.57%) GitLab
2 5 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.94%) JIRA
4 2 (0.63%) Git
5 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
General
1 98 (30.82%) Finance
2 83 (26.10%) Social Skills
3 30 (9.43%) Banking
4 21 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (5.35%) Law
7 15 (4.72%) Legal
7 15 (4.72%) Public Sector
8 13 (4.09%) Back Office
9 10 (3.14%) Local Government
10 8 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.52%) Telecoms
11 7 (2.20%) Games
12 5 (1.57%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.57%) Retail
13 3 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Advertising
15 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (72.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 66 (20.75%) Senior
3 50 (15.72%) Cloud Engineer
4 48 (15.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 30 (9.43%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (9.12%) Network Engineer
6 29 (9.12%) Security Engineer
7 28 (8.81%) Azure Engineer
8 26 (8.18%) IT Engineer
9 24 (7.55%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (7.55%) Lead
10 23 (7.23%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (7.23%) Support Engineer
11 22 (6.92%) Infrastructure Support
12 20 (6.29%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (6.29%) Civil Engineer
12 20 (6.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 17 (5.35%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
13 17 (5.35%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 15 (4.72%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.77%) OLE
2 9 (2.83%) Web Services
3 7 (2.20%) .NET
3 7 (2.20%) ARM Templates
4 5 (1.57%) .NET Core
4 5 (1.57%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.57%) Middleware
5 4 (1.26%) Dapper ORM
5 4 (1.26%) Entity Framework
5 4 (1.26%) SAML
6 2 (0.63%) AWS CDK
6 2 (0.63%) 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 39 (12.26%) Data Centre
2 30 (9.43%) Security Posture
3 20 (6.29%) Public Cloud
4 17 (5.35%) Cloud Native
5 16 (5.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (4.09%) Private Cloud
7 10 (3.14%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 10 (3.14%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.83%) Clustering
8 9 (2.83%) Cyber Security Posture
8 9 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.89%) NHS
10 4 (1.26%) PKI
10 4 (1.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 4 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.94%) FPGA
11 3 (0.94%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 137 (43.08%) Windows
2 86 (27.04%) Windows Server
3 67 (21.07%) Linux
4 20 (6.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 15 (4.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (2.83%) Windows 10
6 9 (2.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (2.52%) CentOS
7 8 (2.52%) Mac OS
8 7 (2.20%) AIX
8 7 (2.20%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.89%) Debian
10 5 (1.57%) Unix
10 5 (1.57%) VMS
10 5 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.63%) 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 57 (17.92%) DevOps
2 55 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (16.04%) Infrastructure as Code
4 45 (14.15%) Disaster Recovery
5 43 (13.52%) High Availability
5 43 (13.52%) Mentoring
6 39 (12.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (11.64%) ITIL
8 33 (10.38%) CI/CD
8 33 (10.38%) Migration
9 32 (10.06%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (8.49%) Cloud Security
11 26 (8.18%) Infrastructure Management
12 25 (7.86%) Agile
13 21 (6.60%) Roadmaps
14 20 (6.29%) Collaborative Culture
14 20 (6.29%) Project Delivery
15 18 (5.66%) Fintech
15 18 (5.66%) Performance Tuning
16 17 (5.35%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (24.53%) PowerShell
2 33 (10.38%) Python
2 33 (10.38%) SQL
3 12 (3.77%) Bash
4 10 (3.14%) T-SQL
5 8 (2.52%) Java
6 5 (1.57%) Bicep
6 5 (1.57%) C
6 5 (1.57%) C#
7 3 (0.94%) Go
7 3 (0.94%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.63%) Perl
9 1 (0.31%) FoxPro (VFP)
9 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 34 (10.69%) Degree
2 29 (9.12%) Azure Certification
3 26 (8.18%) Security Cleared
4 22 (6.92%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (4.72%) CCNP
7 13 (4.09%) SC Cleared
8 12 (3.77%) AWS Certification
9 11 (3.46%) CCNA
9 11 (3.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (2.83%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.89%) MCSA
12 4 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (0.94%) Chartered Engineer
13 3 (0.94%) CISSP
13 3 (0.94%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.94%) MCP
14 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
14 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.63%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (6.29%) NIST
3 17 (5.35%) GDPR
4 8 (2.52%) QA
4 8 (2.52%) SLA
5 6 (1.89%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.26%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.26%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.63%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.63%) NCSC
7 2 (0.63%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.31%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 108 (33.96%) Active Directory
2 60 (18.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (8.81%) Hyper-V
4 21 (6.60%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (5.97%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (4.09%) Docker
7 12 (3.77%) Firmware
7 12 (3.77%) VMware NSX
8 11 (3.46%) vSphere
9 9 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.94%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (0.94%) pfSense
10 3 (0.94%) Squid
11 2 (0.63%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.63%) Dovecot
11 2 (0.63%) Postfix
12 1 (0.31%) NFS
12 1 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.31%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.31%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 50 (15.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (12.58%) Terraform
3 23 (7.23%) Kubernetes
4 20 (6.29%) Ansible
5 18 (5.66%) SCCM
6 12 (3.77%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (3.14%) vCenter Server
8 9 (2.83%) Progress Chef
8 9 (2.83%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (2.20%) SCOM
10 6 (1.89%) WSUS
11 5 (1.57%) Nessus
11 5 (1.57%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 4 (1.26%) Puppet
12 4 (1.26%) ZENworks
13 3 (0.94%) Dell DRAC
13 3 (0.94%) HAProxy
13 3 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.94%) VxRail
14 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 144 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 98 (30.82%) VMware
3 47 (14.78%) Cisco
4 22 (6.92%) Citrix
5 18 (5.66%) Meraki
6 16 (5.03%) Veeam
7 15 (4.72%) SolarWinds
8 14 (4.40%) Dell
8 14 (4.40%) Google
9 12 (3.77%) IBM
9 12 (3.77%) Oracle
10 10 (3.14%) Fortinet
11 9 (2.83%) Red Hat
12 8 (2.52%) CheckPoint
12 8 (2.52%) HP
12 8 (2.52%) IronPort
12 8 (2.52%) Veritas
13 7 (2.20%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.89%) iManage
15 5 (1.57%) Dynatrace