IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South West is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 261 306
Rank change year-on-year +7 +45 -21
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 39 7 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.37% 0.11% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.12% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 28 7 16
10th Percentile £35,875 - £30,375
25th Percentile £39,500 £46,250 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £50,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +21.21% -2.94%
75th Percentile £54,063 £53,125 £47,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £55,250 -
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 10,047 5,743 8,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 88.78% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 7,286 3,669 5,113
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £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 £64,750 £68,750 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,300 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% +0.50% +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Gloucestershire - 12 £50,000 - 1
Dorset - 11 £37,500 -
Somerset - 7 £38,000 -
Bristol +3 4 £47,500 -5.00% 1
Devon - 3 £41,206 -
Cornwall - 1 £40,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £52,500 -
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 10 June 2024, IT 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (94.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (41.03%) Microsoft
3 15 (38.46%) Active Directory
4 14 (35.90%) Windows
5 13 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 13 (33.33%) Azure
5 13 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (28.21%) Entra ID
7 10 (25.64%) VMware
7 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (23.08%) Windows Server
9 8 (20.51%) Firewall
10 7 (17.95%) SharePoint
10 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Intune
10 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
11 6 (15.38%) PowerShell
11 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Management
12 5 (12.82%) Cisco
12 5 (12.82%) WAN
12 5 (12.82%) VPN
12 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
12 5 (12.82%) DV Cleared
13 4 (10.26%) Degree
13 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
13 4 (10.26%) ITIL
13 4 (10.26%) Internet
13 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
13 4 (10.26%) Migration
13 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery

IT 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 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (17.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.56%) Confluence
3 1 (2.56%) Moodle
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 13 (33.33%) Azure
1 13 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (28.21%) Entra ID
3 3 (7.69%) AWS
4 1 (2.56%) IaaS
4 1 (2.56%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.56%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.56%) Slack
4 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) Firewall
2 5 (12.82%) VPN
2 5 (12.82%) WAN
3 4 (10.26%) Internet
4 3 (7.69%) LAN
5 2 (5.13%) DNS
5 2 (5.13%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (5.13%) Network Security
5 2 (5.13%) SD-WAN
5 2 (5.13%) VLAN
5 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (5.13%) Wireless
6 1 (2.56%) DHCP
6 1 (2.56%) RS-232
6 1 (2.56%) SAN
6 1 (2.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.69%) Finance
2 3 (7.69%) Legal
2 3 (7.69%) Military
3 2 (5.13%) Welsh Language
4 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.90%) Windows
2 9 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.13%) Linux
3 2 (5.13%) Windows 7
3 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (5.13%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.56%) AIX
4 1 (2.56%) Android
4 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (94.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (10.26%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (10.26%) ITIL
4 4 (10.26%) Migration
4 4 (10.26%) Project Delivery
5 3 (7.69%) Cloud Security
5 3 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
5 3 (7.69%) Configuration Management
5 3 (7.69%) Customer Service
5 3 (7.69%) Cyber Resilience
5 3 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.13%) Disk Encryption
6 2 (5.13%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (5.13%) Presales
6 2 (5.13%) Server Monitoring
6 2 (5.13%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) DV Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) Degree
4 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
4 2 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.56%) CCNP
5 1 (2.56%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.56%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.56%) HNC
5 1 (2.56%) HND
5 1 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 15 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.69%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.13%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.13%) vSphere
4 1 (2.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (5.13%) SCCM
3 2 (5.13%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft
2 10 (25.64%) VMware
3 5 (12.82%) Cisco
4 2 (5.13%) Meraki
5 1 (2.56%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.56%) Citrix
5 1 (2.56%) Commvault
5 1 (2.56%) Hitachi
5 1 (2.56%) IBM
5 1 (2.56%) NetApp
5 1 (2.56%) Okta
5 1 (2.56%) OneLogin
5 1 (2.56%) Thales