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 17 August 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 367 378
Rank change year-on-year +21 +11 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 116 51 125
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.31% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.33% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 105 31 101
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,375 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £67,968
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £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 21,464 15,318 23,715
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 92.23% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,349 9,339 17,219
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,227
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 £76,840 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,000 £96,000
UK median annual salary £56,350 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.45% - -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 17 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 17 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.

1 116 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 44 (37.93%) Microsoft
3 43 (37.07%) Azure
4 37 (31.90%) Windows
5 33 (28.45%) DNS
6 32 (27.59%) Active Directory
7 29 (25.00%) Windows Server
8 28 (24.14%) VMware
9 26 (22.41%) Firewall
9 26 (22.41%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (21.55%) DHCP
11 24 (20.69%) Entra ID
12 23 (19.83%) WAN
13 21 (18.10%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (17.24%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
15 19 (16.38%) AWS
15 19 (16.38%) LAN
15 19 (16.38%) VPN
16 18 (15.52%) PowerShell
17 17 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
17 17 (14.66%) Linux
17 17 (14.66%) Microsoft Intune
18 16 (13.79%) ITIL
18 16 (13.79%) SharePoint
19 15 (12.93%) Terraform
19 15 (12.93%) VMware Infrastructure
20 14 (12.07%) Mentoring
20 14 (12.07%) TCP/IP
21 13 (11.21%) Coaching

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 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (13.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (8.62%) AutoCAD
1 10 (8.62%) Civil 3D
2 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 43 (37.07%) Azure
2 26 (22.41%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (20.69%) Entra ID
4 19 (16.38%) AWS
5 10 (8.62%) OneDrive
6 9 (7.76%) Amazon EKS
6 9 (7.76%) Azure AKS
7 7 (6.03%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (4.31%) GCP
9 4 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (3.45%) Mimecast
9 4 (3.45%) SaaS
10 3 (2.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (2.59%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.59%) Nutanix
10 3 (2.59%) PaaS
11 2 (1.72%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.72%) Datadog
11 2 (1.72%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (28.45%) DNS
2 26 (22.41%) Firewall
3 25 (21.55%) DHCP
4 23 (19.83%) WAN
5 19 (16.38%) LAN
5 19 (16.38%) VPN
6 14 (12.07%) TCP/IP
7 11 (9.48%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (7.76%) Network Security
9 8 (6.90%) BGP
10 5 (4.31%) MPLS
10 5 (4.31%) SD-WAN
11 3 (2.59%) HTTP
11 3 (2.59%) OSPF
11 3 (2.59%) SAN
12 2 (1.72%) VLAN
12 2 (1.72%) Wireless
13 1 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (0.86%) SMTP
13 1 (0.86%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) GitLab
1 4 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) Git
General
1 19 (16.38%) Public Sector
2 13 (11.21%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.90%) Telecoms
4 7 (6.03%) Legal
5 6 (5.17%) Finance
5 6 (5.17%) Retail
6 1 (0.86%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.86%) Automotive
6 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.17%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.59%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.48%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (4.31%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.45%) PKI
3 4 (3.45%) Replication
4 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.72%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.86%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.86%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.86%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.86%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.86%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 37 (31.90%) Windows
2 29 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 17 (14.66%) Linux
4 10 (8.62%) Unix
5 2 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.86%) CentOS
6 1 (0.86%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.86%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (18.10%) Infrastructure as Code
3 20 (17.24%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (14.66%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (13.79%) ITIL
6 14 (12.07%) Mentoring
7 13 (11.21%) Coaching
7 13 (11.21%) Project Delivery
8 12 (10.34%) Proactive Monitoring
9 11 (9.48%) Business Continuity
9 11 (9.48%) Incident Management
10 10 (8.62%) Incident Response
11 9 (7.76%) Change Management
11 9 (7.76%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (7.76%) Migration
11 9 (7.76%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.90%) Root Cause Analysis
12 8 (6.90%) Security Hardening
12 8 (6.90%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.52%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.17%) Python
3 4 (3.45%) Bicep
3 4 (3.45%) R
4 1 (0.86%) Bash
4 1 (0.86%) SQL
4 1 (0.86%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (7.76%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.17%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.45%) Degree
5 3 (2.59%) CCNA
5 3 (2.59%) CCNP
5 3 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.72%) MCSE
6 2 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.31%) SLA
3 4 (3.45%) GDPR
4 1 (0.86%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (27.59%) Active Directory
2 15 (12.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (9.48%) vSphere
4 8 (6.90%) Hyper-V
5 7 (6.03%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (3.45%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.86%) Firmware
7 1 (0.86%) GPFS
7 1 (0.86%) Lustre
7 1 (0.86%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (14.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (12.93%) Terraform
3 10 (8.62%) Ansible
4 5 (4.31%) vCenter Server
5 4 (3.45%) Kubernetes
6 3 (2.59%) FortiGate
7 2 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.72%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.86%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 28 (24.14%) VMware
3 12 (10.34%) Cisco
4 11 (9.48%) Veeam
5 8 (6.90%) Zscaler
6 6 (5.17%) SolarWinds
7 5 (4.31%) HP
8 4 (3.45%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (3.45%) Splunk
9 3 (2.59%) Apple
10 2 (1.72%) Acronis
10 2 (1.72%) Broadcom
10 2 (1.72%) Dell
10 2 (1.72%) EMC
10 2 (1.72%) Meraki
10 2 (1.72%) Sophos
10 2 (1.72%) Ubiquiti
11 1 (0.86%) Netskope
11 1 (0.86%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.86%) Zerto