Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the South East

Infrastructure Engineering
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 52 42
Rank change year-on-year -128 -10 +109
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 147 718 820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.53% 3.78% 6.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 4.65% 6.65%
Number of salaries quoted 95 644 272
10th Percentile £35,500 £35,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% +3.16%
75th Percentile £58,125 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,500 £63,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -7.41% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,811 15,457 12,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.49% 81.31% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,401 10,562 7,485
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,786 £30,675
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,216 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the South East

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the South East.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the South East

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the South East

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 June 2025. 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
Thames Valley -63 49 £45,000 -10.00% 95
Surrey +4 44 £40,000 -25.93% 17
Hampshire -45 41 £55,000 +13.40% 47
Buckinghamshire -2 23 £50,000 +17.65% 13
Berkshire -24 15 £35,000 -33.40% 74
Kent -14 12 £55,000 +22.22% 25
Oxfordshire -19 11 £41,500 -14.87% 9
Sussex +17 1 £35,000 -46.15% 5
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 48 (32.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.04%) Apache
2 3 (2.04%) IIS
2 3 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.72%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (2.04%) AutoCAD
2 3 (2.04%) Simulink
3 1 (0.68%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (0.68%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 50 (34.01%) Azure
2 35 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (17.01%) AWS
4 11 (7.48%) GCP
5 9 (6.12%) Entra ID
6 8 (5.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 7 (4.76%) IaaS
7 7 (4.76%) Serverless
8 6 (4.08%) OpenShift
9 5 (3.40%) Amazon S3
10 4 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.72%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.72%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.72%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 4 (2.72%) AWS KMS
10 4 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.72%) Route 53
11 3 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.36%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 33 (22.45%) SAN
2 24 (16.33%) Firewall
3 23 (15.65%) NAS
4 22 (14.97%) DNS
5 18 (12.24%) DHCP
5 18 (12.24%) WAN
6 16 (10.88%) LAN
7 13 (8.84%) Network Security
7 13 (8.84%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (7.48%) SMTP
9 10 (6.80%) SD-WAN
10 9 (6.12%) 5G
10 9 (6.12%) Bluetooth
10 9 (6.12%) LTE
10 9 (6.12%) Remote Desktop
11 7 (4.76%) SNMP
12 6 (4.08%) VPN
13 5 (3.40%) IP Telephony
14 4 (2.72%) SSL
15 3 (2.04%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.48%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.04%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.36%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.68%) Parquet
5 1 (0.68%) Power BI
5 1 (0.68%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 4 (2.72%) Bitbucket Server
1 4 (2.72%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.36%) Git
3 1 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.68%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 51 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (10.20%) Finance
4 10 (6.80%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.12%) Electronics
6 8 (5.44%) Public Sector
7 6 (4.08%) Automotive
7 6 (4.08%) Legal
7 6 (4.08%) Retail
8 5 (3.40%) Games
9 4 (2.72%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.04%) Local Government
11 1 (0.68%) Advertising
11 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 111 (75.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 53 (36.05%) Infrastructure Support
3 48 (32.65%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 48 (32.65%) Support Engineer
4 35 (23.81%) IT Engineer
5 34 (23.13%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 31 (21.09%) IT Support
7 29 (19.73%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (11.56%) Lead
9 16 (10.88%) Senior
10 15 (10.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (8.16%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (7.48%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (7.48%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (5.44%) 2nd Line Support
13 8 (5.44%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 6 (4.08%) Civil Engineer
14 6 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
15 5 (3.40%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 4 (2.72%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.40%) SAML
2 3 (2.04%) JSON
2 3 (2.04%) YAML
3 2 (1.36%) OLE
3 2 (1.36%) XML
4 1 (0.68%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.93%) Clustering
2 16 (10.88%) PKI
3 12 (8.16%) IoT
4 9 (6.12%) NB-IoT
5 6 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.40%) Blackberry
6 5 (3.40%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.72%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.04%) e-Learning
8 3 (2.04%) FPGA
8 3 (2.04%) NHS
9 2 (1.36%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.36%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.36%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.36%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.68%) CCTV
10 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.68%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 86 (58.50%) Windows
2 49 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 39 (26.53%) Linux
4 7 (4.76%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.72%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.72%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.72%) Unix
6 3 (2.04%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.36%) Debian
7 2 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.36%) SUSE
7 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.68%) CentOS
8 1 (0.68%) VMS
8 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (21.09%) Disaster Recovery
1 31 (21.09%) High Availability
2 29 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (17.01%) DevOps
4 25 (17.01%) Virtual Environments
5 22 (14.97%) Computer Science
5 22 (14.97%) Kalman Filter
6 18 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
6 18 (12.24%) Server Building
7 17 (11.56%) Customer Service
7 17 (11.56%) Patch Management
8 15 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (9.52%) Agile
9 14 (9.52%) IT Strategy
10 12 (8.16%) Software Testing
11 11 (7.48%) Antivirus Management
11 11 (7.48%) Data Protection
11 11 (7.48%) Project Management
11 11 (7.48%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 51 (34.69%) PowerShell
2 22 (14.97%) Python
3 10 (6.80%) Bash
4 6 (4.08%) SQL
5 4 (2.72%) Shell Script
6 3 (2.04%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.36%) C#
7 2 (1.36%) Java
8 1 (0.68%) Go
8 1 (0.68%) Groovy
8 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (30.61%) Security Cleared
2 40 (27.21%) Degree
3 29 (19.73%) DV Cleared
4 13 (8.84%) HND
5 12 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (8.16%) SC Cleared
6 10 (6.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (6.12%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (6.12%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (4.76%) Azure Certification
8 7 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (4.08%) CCNA
9 6 (4.08%) CCNP
9 6 (4.08%) MCSE
10 5 (3.40%) MCSA
11 3 (2.04%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (2.04%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.04%) Postgraduate
12 2 (1.36%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.08%) GDPR
2 5 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (3.40%) SLA
3 4 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.04%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.36%) NIST
6 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 80 (54.42%) Active Directory
2 62 (42.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (17.01%) Hyper-V
4 22 (14.97%) VMware ESXi
5 20 (13.61%) vSphere
6 11 (7.48%) Docker
6 11 (7.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (5.44%) BitLocker
7 8 (5.44%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (5.44%) Terminal Services
8 5 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (2.72%) VMware NSX
10 3 (2.04%) Firmware
11 1 (0.68%) KVM
11 1 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 23 (15.65%) Ansible
1 23 (15.65%) Terraform
2 15 (10.20%) Puppet
3 13 (8.84%) Kubernetes
4 10 (6.80%) vCenter Server
5 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (5.44%) vMotion
6 6 (4.08%) Nagios
7 5 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (2.72%) Nessus
8 4 (2.72%) Proxmox
8 4 (2.72%) SCCM
9 2 (1.36%) ZENworks
10 1 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.68%) Packer
10 1 (0.68%) PaperCut
10 1 (0.68%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.68%) vRealize
10 1 (0.68%) VxRail
10 1 (0.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 87 (59.18%) VMware
2 83 (56.46%) Microsoft
3 16 (10.88%) Citrix
4 12 (8.16%) Veeam
5 9 (6.12%) HP
6 8 (5.44%) Cisco
6 8 (5.44%) Google
7 6 (4.08%) Symantec
8 5 (3.40%) Juniper
8 5 (3.40%) McAfee
8 5 (3.40%) Sophos
9 4 (2.72%) Apple
9 4 (2.72%) Dell
9 4 (2.72%) SAP
10 3 (2.04%) Xilinx
11 2 (1.36%) Meraki
11 2 (1.36%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.36%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.68%) NetApp
12 1 (0.68%) Rapid7
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