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 £65,576 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 346 361
Rank change year-on-year +46 +15 +195
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 93 47 221
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.35% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.38% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 81 37 200
10th Percentile £54,500 £44,474 £41,750
25th Percentile £61,761 £47,500 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.29% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,491 £67,968
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,748 £68,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,232 £58,500
% change year-on-year +7.92% +2.96% +4.93%

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 16,991 12,339 31,190
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 91.71% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12,312 9,004 24,959
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,800 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.03% +12.83% -11.67%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 93 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (48.39%) Azure
3 38 (40.86%) Microsoft
4 33 (35.48%) Windows
5 30 (32.26%) DNS
5 30 (32.26%) VMware
6 26 (27.96%) WAN
6 26 (27.96%) Windows Server
7 25 (26.88%) VPN
8 24 (25.81%) Active Directory
8 24 (25.81%) Firewall
9 23 (24.73%) DHCP
10 22 (23.66%) Entra ID
11 20 (21.51%) AWS
11 20 (21.51%) VMware Infrastructure
12 19 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
13 18 (19.35%) Disaster Recovery
13 18 (19.35%) ITIL
13 18 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
13 18 (19.35%) TCP/IP
14 17 (18.28%) Mentoring
14 17 (18.28%) Microsoft Intune
15 16 (17.20%) Apple iOS
15 16 (17.20%) CI/CD
15 16 (17.20%) Root Cause Analysis
15 16 (17.20%) Terraform
16 15 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
16 15 (16.13%) LAN
17 12 (12.90%) Coaching
17 12 (12.90%) SD-WAN

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 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (9.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.08%) Civil 3D
Cloud Services
1 45 (48.39%) Azure
2 22 (23.66%) Entra ID
3 20 (21.51%) AWS
4 18 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (9.68%) OneDrive
6 6 (6.45%) GCP
7 5 (5.38%) Amazon EKS
7 5 (5.38%) Azure AKS
7 5 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.38%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (4.30%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (3.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (1.08%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.08%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (32.26%) DNS
2 26 (27.96%) WAN
3 25 (26.88%) VPN
4 24 (25.81%) Firewall
5 23 (24.73%) DHCP
6 18 (19.35%) TCP/IP
7 15 (16.13%) LAN
8 12 (12.90%) SD-WAN
9 8 (8.60%) BGP
10 5 (5.38%) MPLS
11 4 (4.30%) SAN
12 3 (3.23%) HTTP
12 3 (3.23%) OSPF
12 3 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (1.08%) Network Security
13 1 (1.08%) SMTP
13 1 (1.08%) VLAN
13 1 (1.08%) VSAN
13 1 (1.08%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) GitLab
General
1 18 (19.35%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.28%) Public Sector
3 14 (15.05%) Finance
4 1 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.08%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.38%) ARM Templates
2 4 (4.30%) .NET
3 3 (3.23%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.30%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.30%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (4.30%) PKI
3 3 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.15%) Clustering
4 2 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.08%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (35.48%) Windows
2 26 (27.96%) Windows Server
3 16 (17.20%) Apple iOS
4 8 (8.60%) Android
4 8 (8.60%) Windows 10
5 7 (7.53%) Linux
6 4 (4.30%) Unix
6 4 (4.30%) VMS
7 1 (1.08%) CentOS
7 1 (1.08%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (19.35%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (19.35%) ITIL
4 17 (18.28%) Mentoring
5 16 (17.20%) CI/CD
5 16 (17.20%) Root Cause Analysis
6 15 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (12.90%) Coaching
8 10 (10.75%) Incident Management
8 10 (10.75%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (9.68%) Service Management
10 8 (8.60%) Cloud Operations
10 8 (8.60%) Cost Management
10 8 (8.60%) Identity Access Management
10 8 (8.60%) Investment Management
10 8 (8.60%) Performance Monitoring
10 8 (8.60%) Proactive Management
10 8 (8.60%) Problem Management
10 8 (8.60%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.75%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.53%) Bicep
3 3 (3.23%) Python
4 1 (1.08%) Bash
4 1 (1.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (8.60%) Azure Certification
1 8 (8.60%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.53%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (6.45%) Degree
3 6 (6.45%) DV Cleared
3 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.15%) CCNA
6 2 (2.15%) CCNP
6 2 (2.15%) MCSE
7 1 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.23%) GDPR
2 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.08%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (25.81%) Active Directory
2 20 (21.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (6.45%) vSphere
4 4 (4.30%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.15%) Firmware
6 1 (1.08%) Docker
6 1 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (18.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (17.20%) Terraform
3 10 (10.75%) Ansible
4 9 (9.68%) Kubernetes
5 5 (5.38%) vCenter Server
6 3 (3.23%) FlexNet
6 3 (3.23%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.08%) NetBackup
7 1 (1.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (40.86%) Microsoft
2 30 (32.26%) VMware
3 9 (9.68%) Cisco
4 8 (8.60%) Apple
4 8 (8.60%) Samsung
5 6 (6.45%) Fortinet
6 5 (5.38%) Juniper
6 5 (5.38%) SolarWinds
7 4 (4.30%) AppDynamics
7 4 (4.30%) Citrix
7 4 (4.30%) New Relic
7 4 (4.30%) Splunk
8 2 (2.15%) Dell
8 2 (2.15%) Veeam
9 1 (1.08%) HP
9 1 (1.08%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.08%) ServiceNow