Hybrid/Remote Senior Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 341 381 373
Rank change year-on-year +40 -8 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 113 50 135
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 0.30% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.33% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 104 31 111
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £41,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +10.62% +7.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,968
90th Percentile £76,875 £68,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 21,352 15,220 23,923
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.13% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15,315 9,405 17,571
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,181
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,500 £96,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 10 August 2026, Senior 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 113 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (44.25%) Azure
3 46 (40.71%) Microsoft
4 34 (30.09%) DNS
5 32 (28.32%) Active Directory
5 32 (28.32%) Windows
6 31 (27.43%) Entra ID
7 27 (23.89%) Firewall
7 27 (23.89%) VMware
8 26 (23.01%) AWS
9 25 (22.12%) DHCP
9 25 (22.12%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (22.12%) Windows Server
10 24 (21.24%) Microsoft Intune
10 24 (21.24%) WAN
11 22 (19.47%) ITIL
12 21 (18.58%) Disaster Recovery
13 20 (17.70%) LAN
13 20 (17.70%) Microsoft Exchange
13 20 (17.70%) VPN
14 18 (15.93%) Incident Management
15 17 (15.04%) PowerShell
16 16 (14.16%) SharePoint
17 15 (13.27%) Mentoring
17 15 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
17 15 (13.27%) Root Cause Analysis
18 14 (12.39%) Coaching
18 14 (12.39%) Infrastructure as Code
18 14 (12.39%) TCP/IP
18 14 (12.39%) Terraform

Senior 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 20 (17.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (14.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (7.96%) AutoCAD
1 9 (7.96%) Civil 3D
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 50 (44.25%) Azure
2 31 (27.43%) Entra ID
3 26 (23.01%) AWS
4 25 (22.12%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (8.85%) OneDrive
6 7 (6.19%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (5.31%) GCP
8 4 (3.54%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.54%) Azure AKS
8 4 (3.54%) Mimecast
8 4 (3.54%) SaaS
9 3 (2.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.77%) Datadog
10 2 (1.77%) IaaS
10 2 (1.77%) Nutanix
10 2 (1.77%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (30.09%) DNS
2 27 (23.89%) Firewall
3 25 (22.12%) DHCP
4 24 (21.24%) WAN
5 20 (17.70%) LAN
5 20 (17.70%) VPN
6 14 (12.39%) TCP/IP
7 11 (9.73%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (7.08%) BGP
8 8 (7.08%) Network Security
9 5 (4.42%) MPLS
9 5 (4.42%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.65%) HTTP
10 3 (2.65%) OSPF
10 3 (2.65%) SAN
11 2 (1.77%) VLAN
11 2 (1.77%) Wireless
12 1 (0.88%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.88%) SMTP
12 1 (0.88%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.54%) GitLab
1 4 (3.54%) JIRA
General
1 20 (17.70%) Public Sector
2 13 (11.50%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.08%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.31%) Finance
4 6 (5.31%) Legal
5 5 (4.42%) Retail
6 1 (0.88%) Automotive
6 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.31%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.65%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.73%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (3.54%) PKI
2 4 (3.54%) Replication
3 3 (2.65%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.77%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.77%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.88%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.88%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 32 (28.32%) Windows
2 25 (22.12%) Windows Server
3 12 (10.62%) Linux
4 7 (6.19%) Android
4 7 (6.19%) Apple iOS
5 5 (4.42%) Unix
6 2 (1.77%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.88%) CentOS
7 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (19.47%) ITIL
3 21 (18.58%) Disaster Recovery
4 18 (15.93%) Incident Management
5 15 (13.27%) Mentoring
5 15 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (13.27%) Root Cause Analysis
6 14 (12.39%) Coaching
6 14 (12.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 13 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (11.50%) Project Delivery
8 12 (10.62%) CI/CD
9 11 (9.73%) Business Continuity
9 11 (9.73%) Proactive Monitoring
10 10 (8.85%) Incident Response
11 9 (7.96%) Change Management
11 9 (7.96%) Migration
11 9 (7.96%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (7.96%) Technical Leadership
12 8 (7.08%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 17 (15.04%) PowerShell
2 5 (4.42%) Python
3 4 (3.54%) Bicep
3 4 (3.54%) R
4 1 (0.88%) Bash
4 1 (0.88%) SQL
4 1 (0.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (7.96%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.08%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.31%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.54%) Degree
4 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.65%) CCNA
5 3 (2.65%) CCNP
5 3 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.65%) MCSE
5 3 (2.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (1.77%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.42%) SLA
3 4 (3.54%) GDPR
4 1 (0.88%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (28.32%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (9.73%) vSphere
4 7 (6.19%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.19%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (3.54%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.88%) Firmware
6 1 (0.88%) GPFS
6 1 (0.88%) Lustre
6 1 (0.88%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (21.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (12.39%) Terraform
3 10 (8.85%) Ansible
4 5 (4.42%) vCenter Server
5 4 (3.54%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.65%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.77%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.77%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.88%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (40.71%) Microsoft
2 27 (23.89%) VMware
3 12 (10.62%) Cisco
4 11 (9.73%) Veeam
5 9 (7.96%) Apple
6 8 (7.08%) Zscaler
7 7 (6.19%) Samsung
8 6 (5.31%) SolarWinds
9 5 (4.42%) HP
10 4 (3.54%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (3.54%) Splunk
11 2 (1.77%) Acronis
11 2 (1.77%) Broadcom
11 2 (1.77%) Dell
11 2 (1.77%) EMC
11 2 (1.77%) Meraki
11 2 (1.77%) Sophos
11 2 (1.77%) Ubiquiti
12 1 (0.88%) Juniper
12 1 (0.88%) NetApp