Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South West 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 56 135 170
Rank change year-on-year +79 +35 -35
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 402 144 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.22% 2.14% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.39% 2.40% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 276 92 129
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,605 £31,644
25th Percentile £40,905 £41,531 £35,330
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,063 £50,625
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 9,161 5,999 7,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.18% 89.10% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,723 3,680 5,125
10th Percentile £27,789 £29,725 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,275
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the South West 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
Wiltshire +52 126 £50,500 +13.48% 10
Gloucestershire +35 120 £54,500 -1.80% 11
Bristol +25 53 £47,500 -20.83% 11
Dorset +2 38 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Somerset +25 34 £36,250 -22.87% 4
Devon +3 28 £44,036 +15.04% 13
Cornwall -15 3 £33,500 - 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

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 South West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 387 (96.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 177 (44.03%) Windows
3 161 (40.05%) Security Cleared
4 147 (36.57%) VMware
5 141 (35.07%) Linux
6 127 (31.59%) Azure
7 108 (26.87%) Microsoft
8 106 (26.37%) VMware Infrastructure
9 100 (24.88%) PowerShell
10 89 (22.14%) DV Cleared
11 82 (20.40%) Microsoft 365
12 79 (19.65%) Active Directory
13 77 (19.15%) Windows Server
14 73 (18.16%) SC Cleared
15 71 (17.66%) Ansible
16 69 (17.16%) Hyper-V
17 64 (15.92%) SaaS
18 62 (15.42%) Aerospace
19 61 (15.17%) DNS
20 60 (14.93%) Python
21 59 (14.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 57 (14.18%) Bash
22 57 (14.18%) Red Hat
23 54 (13.43%) Firewall
24 52 (12.94%) AWS
25 50 (12.44%) Docker
25 50 (12.44%) Kubernetes
26 47 (11.69%) DHCP
27 46 (11.44%) Data Centre
28 45 (11.19%) Collaborative Working

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 39 (9.70%) SharePoint
2 33 (8.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.24%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (1.24%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (1.00%) Jupyter
4 4 (1.00%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.50%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (0.50%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 127 (31.59%) Azure
2 82 (20.40%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (15.92%) SaaS
4 52 (12.94%) AWS
5 44 (10.95%) OpenShift
6 31 (7.71%) Entra ID
7 24 (5.97%) Power Platform
8 20 (4.98%) IaaS
9 17 (4.23%) PaaS
10 13 (3.23%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.99%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.49%) PowerApps
13 4 (1.00%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.75%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.50%) Power Automate
15 2 (0.50%) Rubrik
15 2 (0.50%) Slack
16 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
16 1 (0.25%) Azure Storage
16 1 (0.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 61 (15.17%) DNS
2 54 (13.43%) Firewall
3 47 (11.69%) DHCP
4 44 (10.95%) WAN
5 43 (10.70%) TCP/IP
6 38 (9.45%) HTTP
7 29 (7.21%) LAN
8 22 (5.47%) SD-WAN
9 19 (4.73%) SAN
9 19 (4.73%) Wireless
10 17 (4.23%) NAS
11 14 (3.48%) iSCSI
12 12 (2.99%) VPN
13 10 (2.49%) Fibre Channel
13 10 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (1.74%) WLAN
15 6 (1.49%) Internet
16 5 (1.24%) Ethernet VPN
16 5 (1.24%) VLAN
16 5 (1.24%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.23%) Big Data
3 5 (1.24%) MySQL
4 3 (0.75%) Power BI
5 2 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.50%) JIRA
1 2 (0.50%) MSI
2 1 (0.25%) GitLab
2 1 (0.25%) Jenkins
General
1 62 (15.42%) Aerospace
2 42 (10.45%) Social Skills
3 36 (8.96%) Public Sector
4 24 (5.97%) Finance
5 19 (4.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.99%) Military
8 7 (1.74%) Retail
9 6 (1.49%) Legal
10 5 (1.24%) Banking
11 4 (1.00%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.00%) Automotive
11 4 (1.00%) Electronics
12 3 (0.75%) Social Housing
13 2 (0.50%) Advertising
13 2 (0.50%) Games
13 2 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.50%) Welsh Language
14 1 (0.25%) Law
14 1 (0.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.74%) JSON
2 6 (1.49%) JSON Schema
2 6 (1.49%) KML
2 6 (1.49%) Regular Expression
2 6 (1.49%) Software Packaging
2 6 (1.49%) XML
2 6 (1.49%) XML Schema
3 4 (1.00%) EJB
4 2 (0.50%) .NET
4 2 (0.50%) ASP.NET
4 2 (0.50%) CSS
5 1 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.44%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.47%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.48%) EMC VNX
5 13 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (2.49%) PKI
7 8 (1.99%) Replication
8 6 (1.49%) Fat Client
8 6 (1.49%) Thin Client
9 5 (1.24%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.00%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.00%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.00%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.75%) IBM Mainframe
11 3 (0.75%) Mainframe
12 2 (0.50%) Cyberattack
12 2 (0.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 2 (0.50%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 177 (44.03%) Windows
2 141 (35.07%) Linux
3 77 (19.15%) Windows Server
4 59 (14.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (3.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (3.73%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (3.23%) Windows 10
8 9 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.74%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.24%) VMS
11 4 (1.00%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.00%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.75%) CentOS
12 3 (0.75%) zOS
13 2 (0.50%) Android
13 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.25%) AIX
14 1 (0.25%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (96.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (11.19%) Collaborative Working
3 43 (10.70%) DevOps
4 42 (10.45%) Actionable Insight
5 38 (9.45%) Software Architecture
6 37 (9.20%) Agile
7 32 (7.96%) ITIL
8 29 (7.21%) Mentoring
9 27 (6.72%) Service Delivery
10 26 (6.47%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (5.47%) Problem-Solving
12 17 (4.23%) Service Management
13 15 (3.73%) Project Delivery
14 14 (3.48%) Server Management
15 13 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 10 (2.49%) Change Management
16 10 (2.49%) Customer Service
16 10 (2.49%) ITSM
16 10 (2.49%) Line Management
16 10 (2.49%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 100 (24.88%) PowerShell
2 60 (14.93%) Python
3 57 (14.18%) Bash
4 40 (9.95%) Java
5 13 (3.23%) SQL
6 4 (1.00%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.00%) Ruby
7 2 (0.50%) C#
7 2 (0.50%) C++
7 2 (0.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 161 (40.05%) Security Cleared
2 89 (22.14%) DV Cleared
3 73 (18.16%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.48%) Degree
5 14 (3.48%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.23%) CCNA
7 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.49%) CCNP
9 5 (1.24%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.24%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.24%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.00%) MCSE
11 3 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.50%) CISSP
12 2 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.25%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.25%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.74%) SLA
2 7 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 106 (26.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 79 (19.65%) Active Directory
3 69 (17.16%) Hyper-V
4 50 (12.44%) Docker
5 28 (6.97%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (3.73%) vSphere
8 8 (1.99%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (1.00%) Firmware
9 4 (1.00%) NFS
9 4 (1.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (1.00%) XenApp
10 2 (0.50%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 71 (17.66%) Ansible
2 50 (12.44%) Kubernetes
3 40 (9.95%) Puppet
4 33 (8.21%) SCCM
5 30 (7.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (5.47%) vCenter Server
7 19 (4.73%) Nagios
8 17 (4.23%) EMC NetWorker
9 8 (1.99%) ZABBIX
10 5 (1.24%) FortiGate
11 4 (1.00%) Grafana
12 3 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
13 2 (0.50%) Terraform
14 1 (0.25%) CASB
14 1 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
14 1 (0.25%) Kibana
14 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Clustering
14 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 1 (0.25%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 147 (36.57%) VMware
2 108 (26.87%) Microsoft
3 57 (14.18%) Red Hat
4 43 (10.70%) Cisco
5 36 (8.96%) Veeam
6 18 (4.48%) Citrix
6 18 (4.48%) SolarWinds
7 17 (4.23%) EMC
8 13 (3.23%) Meraki
9 12 (2.99%) Brocade
10 11 (2.74%) Aruba
10 11 (2.74%) IBM
11 10 (2.49%) HP
11 10 (2.49%) NetApp
12 4 (1.00%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.00%) Oracle
12 4 (1.00%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.75%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.75%) Dell
13 3 (0.75%) Sophos