Infrastructure Security Engineer Jobs in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 788 889 1140
Rank change year-on-year +101 +251 -278
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 77 12 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.085% 0.014% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.016% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 73 12 26
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £35,920 £50,688 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +6.67% +2.27%
75th Percentile £67,968 £90,938 £64,688
90th Percentile £76,000 £103,875 £71,250
UK median annual salary £45,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -17.27% -8.33% +9.09%

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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £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 Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in England

Infrastructure Security 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 Security Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 - 39 £36,128 - 1
North West - 18 £61,391 - 1
Midlands +1 16 £55,000 +15.79% 2
Yorkshire - 12 £36,128 -
East Midlands -9 11 £56,250 +18.42% 1
London +118 10 £82,500 -9.59% 6
North East - 9 £62,783 -
South East - 6 £45,000 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £45,000 - 1
East of England +2 4 £40,000 -11.11%
South West -27 2 £41,206 -31.32% 1
Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Infrastructure Security 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 Security Engineer in the job title.

1 77 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (53.25%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (37.66%) Mentoring
3 29 (37.66%) Coaching
4 26 (33.77%) Microsoft
5 25 (32.47%) Azure
5 25 (32.47%) DevOps
6 24 (31.17%) Finance
7 23 (29.87%) Private Cloud
8 18 (23.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (23.38%) Entra ID
9 17 (22.08%) Active Directory
10 16 (20.78%) AWS
11 15 (19.48%) NIST
12 13 (16.88%) PKI
12 13 (16.88%) DNS
12 13 (16.88%) Service Management
12 13 (16.88%) Public Cloud
12 13 (16.88%) GitLab
13 12 (15.58%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (15.58%) CyberArk
13 12 (15.58%) ServiceNow
13 12 (15.58%) Security Architecture
13 12 (15.58%) Terraform
13 12 (15.58%) Infrastructure as Code
13 12 (15.58%) Single Sign-On
13 12 (15.58%) Privileged Identity Management
13 12 (15.58%) Identity Management
13 12 (15.58%) ITIL
13 12 (15.58%) CA

Infrastructure Security 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 2 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 25 (32.47%) Azure
2 18 (23.38%) Entra ID
3 16 (20.78%) AWS
4 12 (15.58%) AWS KMS
4 12 (15.58%) Azure Key Vault
5 5 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.60%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.30%) GCP
7 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.88%) DNS
2 11 (14.29%) Firewall
3 4 (5.19%) Network Security
4 3 (3.90%) BGP
4 3 (3.90%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 3 (3.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (3.90%) OSPF
4 3 (3.90%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.30%) DHCP
5 1 (1.30%) SAN
5 1 (1.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (16.88%) GitLab
2 1 (1.30%) Artifactory
2 1 (1.30%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (31.17%) Finance
2 12 (15.58%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.19%) Banking
4 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Retail
5 2 (2.60%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.30%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.30%) Law
6 1 (1.30%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 23 (29.87%) Private Cloud
2 18 (23.38%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (16.88%) PKI
3 13 (16.88%) Public Cloud
4 12 (15.58%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (12.99%) Data Centre
6 7 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (6.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (6.49%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (1.30%) Blockchain
8 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.30%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.29%) Windows
2 9 (11.69%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.60%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (53.25%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (37.66%) Coaching
3 29 (37.66%) Mentoring
4 25 (32.47%) DevOps
5 13 (16.88%) Service Management
6 12 (15.58%) Identity Management
6 12 (15.58%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (15.58%) ITIL
6 12 (15.58%) Key Management
6 12 (15.58%) Operational Stability
6 12 (15.58%) Privileged Identity Management
6 12 (15.58%) Secrets Management
6 12 (15.58%) Security Architecture
7 8 (10.39%) Security Operations
8 6 (7.79%) Change Management
8 6 (7.79%) Roadmaps
9 5 (6.49%) Information Security
9 5 (6.49%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (6.49%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.69%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.19%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.60%) Python
4 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (2.60%) Azure Certification
1 2 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (2.60%) Degree
1 2 (2.60%) SC Cleared
1 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.30%) CCNA
2 1 (1.30%) CCNP
2 1 (1.30%) CEH
2 1 (1.30%) CISA
2 1 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (1.30%) CISSP
2 1 (1.30%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (19.48%) NIST
2 6 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (6.49%) SOC 2
4 4 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (22.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (15.58%) CA Single Sign-On
1 12 (15.58%) Single Sign-On
1 12 (15.58%) Terraform
2 4 (5.19%) vRealize
2 4 (5.19%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 2 (2.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.60%) SCCM
4 1 (1.30%) Ansible
4 1 (1.30%) Nessus
4 1 (1.30%) NetCrunch
4 1 (1.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (33.77%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.58%) CA
2 12 (15.58%) CyberArk
2 12 (15.58%) ServiceNow
3 7 (9.09%) VMware
4 4 (5.19%) Veeam
5 3 (3.90%) Fortinet
5 3 (3.90%) Qualys
6 1 (1.30%) F5
6 1 (1.30%) Netskope
6 1 (1.30%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.30%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.30%) Splunk