Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in England

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 232 286
Rank change year-on-year +127 +54 -113
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2,221 1,410 2,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.54% 1.61% 1.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.69% 1.76% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,836 1,112 1,539
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,725
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,844 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.82%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in England

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in England

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +108 490 £45,000 - 58
South East +79 484 £50,000 +11.11% 63
South West +79 402 £50,000 +5.26% 54
London +64 349 £62,500 +4.17% 60
Midlands +67 324 £45,000 -5.26% 47
North West +72 259 £45,000 -4.26% 29
East Midlands +80 169 £45,000 -10.00% 17
East of England +64 167 £45,000 -10.00% 29
West Midlands +37 155 £45,000 -5.26% 30
Yorkshire +85 154 £44,274 -1.61% 24
North East +38 75 £44,274 +0.62% 6
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2,146 (96.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1,033 (46.51%) Windows
3 891 (40.12%) Azure
4 786 (35.39%) VMware
5 781 (35.16%) Microsoft
6 699 (31.47%) Active Directory
7 651 (29.31%) Microsoft 365
8 566 (25.48%) Windows Server
9 513 (23.10%) Linux
10 505 (22.74%) VMware Infrastructure
11 458 (20.62%) Firewall
12 403 (18.14%) PowerShell
13 388 (17.47%) Social Skills
14 382 (17.20%) DNS
15 341 (15.35%) AWS
16 336 (15.13%) Security Cleared
17 330 (14.86%) ITIL
18 327 (14.72%) Hyper-V
19 287 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
20 275 (12.38%) Microsoft Exchange
21 268 (12.07%) WAN
22 264 (11.89%) DHCP
23 261 (11.75%) Data Centre
24 258 (11.62%) Cisco
25 245 (11.03%) Finance
26 230 (10.36%) Microsoft Intune
27 222 (10.00%) LAN
28 221 (9.95%) DevOps
29 203 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
30 201 (9.05%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 275 (12.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 180 (8.10%) SharePoint
3 46 (2.07%) IIS
4 12 (0.54%) Confluence
5 9 (0.41%) CMS
5 9 (0.41%) WordPress
6 7 (0.32%) Apache
7 5 (0.23%) SharePoint 2010
7 5 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
8 4 (0.18%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.18%) Skype for Business
8 4 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (0.14%) nginx
10 1 (0.045%) JBoss
10 1 (0.045%) Moodle
10 1 (0.045%) Site Server
10 1 (0.045%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.045%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.045%) WebSphere
Applications
1 70 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.18%) AutoCAD
3 4 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.090%) CATIA
4 2 (0.090%) NASTRAN
4 2 (0.090%) Trello
5 1 (0.045%) 1Password
5 1 (0.045%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.045%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
1 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.090%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.045%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 891 (40.12%) Azure
2 651 (29.31%) Microsoft 365
3 341 (15.35%) AWS
4 201 (9.05%) Entra ID
5 135 (6.08%) SaaS
6 133 (5.99%) IaaS
7 59 (2.66%) PaaS
8 56 (2.52%) OneDrive
9 46 (2.07%) OpenShift
10 45 (2.03%) Nutanix
11 40 (1.80%) GCP
11 40 (1.80%) Power Platform
12 37 (1.67%) GitHub
13 32 (1.44%) Amazon S3
14 31 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (1.26%) Serverless
16 27 (1.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 25 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
18 24 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
19 18 (0.81%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 458 (20.62%) Firewall
2 382 (17.20%) DNS
3 268 (12.07%) WAN
4 264 (11.89%) DHCP
5 222 (10.00%) LAN
6 184 (8.28%) SAN
7 161 (7.25%) VPN
8 135 (6.08%) TCP/IP
9 110 (4.95%) Wi-Fi
10 88 (3.96%) VLAN
11 80 (3.60%) Wireless
12 72 (3.24%) SD-WAN
13 59 (2.66%) NAS
14 58 (2.61%) HTTP
15 48 (2.16%) MPLS
16 45 (2.03%) Internet
17 44 (1.98%) WLAN
18 40 (1.80%) VoIP
19 38 (1.71%) BGP
19 38 (1.71%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (5.49%) SQL Server
2 44 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (1.44%) MySQL
4 21 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (0.59%) Big Data
7 10 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (0.27%) Power BI
9 5 (0.23%) Relational Database
10 4 (0.18%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (0.18%) DB2
10 4 (0.18%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.14%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.090%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.090%) Elasticsearch
13 1 (0.045%) MariaDB
13 1 (0.045%) MS Access
13 1 (0.045%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.045%) SAP HANA
13 1 (0.045%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 57 (2.57%) GitLab
2 42 (1.89%) Git
3 32 (1.44%) JIRA
4 28 (1.26%) Jenkins
5 21 (0.95%) Artifactory
6 10 (0.45%) Trac
7 7 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 7 (0.32%) MSI
8 6 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.18%) Subversion
10 2 (0.090%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.090%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.045%) Chocolatey
11 1 (0.045%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.045%) Vagrant
General
1 388 (17.47%) Social Skills
2 245 (11.03%) Finance
3 106 (4.77%) Public Sector
4 92 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (3.24%) Aerospace
6 59 (2.66%) Manufacturing
7 57 (2.57%) Telecoms
8 51 (2.30%) Retail
9 49 (2.21%) Banking
10 48 (2.16%) Law
11 42 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 34 (1.53%) Automotive
13 29 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
14 28 (1.26%) Advertising
15 24 (1.08%) Legal
16 16 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (0.59%) Electronics
17 13 (0.59%) Games
17 13 (0.59%) Investment Banking
18 12 (0.54%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (0.99%) CSS
2 18 (0.81%) .NET
3 14 (0.63%) LDAP
4 13 (0.59%) Web Services
4 13 (0.59%) XML
5 12 (0.54%) JSON
6 11 (0.50%) LAMP
7 8 (0.36%) .NET Framework
8 6 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (0.27%) JSON Schema
8 6 (0.27%) KML
8 6 (0.27%) Regular Expression
8 6 (0.27%) Software Packaging
8 6 (0.27%) XML Schema
8 6 (0.27%) YAML
9 5 (0.23%) Kafka
9 5 (0.23%) Middleware
9 5 (0.23%) SAML
10 4 (0.18%) ASP.NET
10 4 (0.18%) EJB
Miscellaneous
1 261 (11.75%) Data Centre
2 87 (3.92%) Public Cloud
3 84 (3.78%) Driving Licence
4 82 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
5 55 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 53 (2.39%) PKI
7 51 (2.30%) Management Information System
8 34 (1.53%) Private Cloud
8 34 (1.53%) Replication
9 28 (1.26%) IoT
10 26 (1.17%) Clustering
11 21 (0.95%) CCTV
11 21 (0.95%) Cloud Native
11 21 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (0.77%) Client/Server
12 17 (0.77%) EMC VNX
13 16 (0.72%) Enterprise Storage
14 14 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
15 13 (0.59%) Cyber Defence
16 12 (0.54%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1,033 (46.51%) Windows
2 566 (25.48%) Windows Server
3 513 (23.10%) Linux
4 151 (6.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 120 (5.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 115 (5.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 112 (5.04%) Windows 10
8 95 (4.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 60 (2.70%) Ubuntu
10 44 (1.98%) VMS
11 42 (1.89%) Unix
12 30 (1.35%) Apple iOS
13 28 (1.26%) Android
14 26 (1.17%) Windows 7
15 25 (1.13%) CentOS
16 22 (0.99%) Mac OS
17 17 (0.77%) Windows XP
18 16 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
19 15 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
20 9 (0.41%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,146 (96.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 330 (14.86%) ITIL
3 287 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
4 221 (9.95%) DevOps
5 203 (9.14%) Cybersecurity
6 173 (7.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 164 (7.38%) Mentoring
8 140 (6.30%) Agile
9 131 (5.90%) Migration
10 112 (5.04%) Infrastructure as Code
11 107 (4.82%) Coaching
12 102 (4.59%) Continuous Improvement
13 101 (4.55%) Change Management
14 95 (4.28%) Service Management
15 89 (4.01%) Roadmaps
16 88 (3.96%) Customer Service
17 82 (3.69%) Service Delivery
18 81 (3.65%) Project Management
19 80 (3.60%) CI/CD
19 80 (3.60%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 403 (18.14%) PowerShell
2 159 (7.16%) Python
3 129 (5.81%) Bash
4 114 (5.13%) SQL
5 48 (2.16%) Java
6 25 (1.13%) Perl
7 21 (0.95%) Ruby
8 11 (0.50%) ActionScript
8 11 (0.50%) JavaScript
8 11 (0.50%) VB
9 10 (0.45%) Korn
9 10 (0.45%) Swift
10 6 (0.27%) Go
10 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.23%) C++
11 5 (0.23%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.14%) Bicep
12 3 (0.14%) C#
12 3 (0.14%) Rust
12 3 (0.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 336 (15.13%) Security Cleared
2 198 (8.91%) DV Cleared
3 181 (8.15%) Degree
4 167 (7.52%) SC Cleared
5 91 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
6 78 (3.51%) CCNA
7 52 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 41 (1.85%) Azure Certification
9 40 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
10 31 (1.40%) HNC
11 30 (1.35%) CCNP
12 27 (1.22%) MCSE
13 26 (1.17%) AWS Certification
14 21 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 16 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 13 (0.59%) A+ Certification
16 13 (0.59%) DBS Check
16 13 (0.59%) Network+ Certification
17 12 (0.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 12 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (3.74%) SLA
2 29 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
3 24 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (0.72%) GDPR
4 16 (0.72%) NIST
5 14 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 12 (0.54%) QA
7 10 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.23%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.23%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.18%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.090%) PMO
12 1 (0.045%) NCSC
System Software
1 699 (31.47%) Active Directory
2 505 (22.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 327 (14.72%) Hyper-V
4 137 (6.17%) Docker
5 120 (5.40%) VMware ESXi
6 106 (4.77%) vSphere
7 81 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
8 31 (1.40%) XenApp
9 22 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
10 20 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
11 17 (0.77%) NFS
12 15 (0.68%) Firmware
13 14 (0.63%) pfSense
13 14 (0.63%) XenDesktop
14 11 (0.50%) OpenSSH
15 9 (0.41%) VMware Server
16 8 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
17 7 (0.32%) KVM
17 7 (0.32%) Terminal Services
18 5 (0.23%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 230 (10.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 192 (8.64%) Ansible
3 168 (7.56%) SCCM
4 146 (6.57%) Terraform
5 124 (5.58%) Kubernetes
6 99 (4.46%) vCenter Server
7 69 (3.11%) Puppet
8 62 (2.79%) WSUS
9 38 (1.71%) SCOM
10 36 (1.62%) EMC NetWorker
11 27 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 26 (1.17%) Nagios
13 25 (1.13%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 24 (1.08%) FortiGate
15 21 (0.95%) NetBackup
16 18 (0.81%) ZABBIX
17 16 (0.72%) Grafana
17 16 (0.72%) SCDPM
17 16 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
18 15 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 786 (35.39%) VMware
2 781 (35.16%) Microsoft
3 258 (11.62%) Cisco
4 181 (8.15%) Veeam
5 148 (6.66%) Citrix
6 112 (5.04%) Red Hat
7 105 (4.73%) HP
8 75 (3.38%) Dell
9 63 (2.84%) Aruba
10 62 (2.79%) Oracle
11 60 (2.70%) Meraki
12 48 (2.16%) NetApp
12 48 (2.16%) Palo Alto
13 43 (1.94%) EMC
14 42 (1.89%) Fortinet
14 42 (1.89%) SolarWinds
15 34 (1.53%) IBM
15 34 (1.53%) Juniper
16 31 (1.40%) Google
17 26 (1.17%) ServiceNow