Infrastructure Engineering Jobs

Infrastructure Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 81 53
Rank change year-on-year -81 -28 +143
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,162 3,403 5,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.06% 3.15% 5.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 3.79% 5.77%
Number of salaries quoted 669 2,824 1,652
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £71,675 £87,419
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,729 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.90% - +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,374 89,733 89,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.95% 82.98% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 26,156 62,034 53,948
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -9.54% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,890 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.78% -9.09% +4.76%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England -80 1,100 £57,500 +15.00% 1,013
UK excluding London -84 867 £51,729 +8.90% 805
Work from Home -35 583 £60,000 +20.00% 429
North of England -32 452 £52,500 +14.13% 204
North West -6 384 £52,000 +9.47% 101
London -7 282 £72,500 +11.54% 340
South East -111 149 £45,000 -10.00% 252
Midlands -84 107 £46,000 +2.22% 96
West Midlands -37 78 £46,000 - 44
East of England -71 59 £55,320 +22.93% 92
Yorkshire -69 52 £60,000 +33.33% 75
South West -92 52 £57,194 +14.39% 95
Scotland +40 32 £53,750 +19.44% 47
East Midlands -80 29 £46,000 +2.22% 47
North East -20 16 £52,000 +15.56% 28
Wales -8 13 £51,398 +25.16% 14
Northern Ireland +43 6 £60,000 - 19

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 177 (15.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 59 (5.08%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.67%) IIS
4 14 (1.20%) Confluence
5 6 (0.52%) Apache
6 5 (0.43%) nginx
7 4 (0.34%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.17%) CICS
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.086%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.086%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.086%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.086%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (2.15%) AutoCAD
2 23 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.34%) Mozilla Thunderbird
4 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.26%) Simulink
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (0.43%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.34%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.34%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.26%) Primavera
4 2 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
4 2 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.086%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.086%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 414 (35.63%) Azure
2 228 (19.62%) Microsoft 365
3 147 (12.65%) AWS
4 102 (8.78%) Entra ID
5 65 (5.59%) SaaS
6 45 (3.87%) GCP
7 40 (3.44%) IaaS
8 36 (3.10%) Power Platform
9 35 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (2.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 27 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
12 26 (2.24%) PaaS
13 25 (2.15%) OneDrive
14 24 (2.07%) Amazon S3
15 23 (1.98%) GitHub
16 19 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
16 19 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
16 19 (1.64%) Serverless
17 18 (1.55%) Azure AKS
17 18 (1.55%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 358 (30.81%) VPN
2 271 (23.32%) Cisco IOS
3 221 (19.02%) Firewall
4 132 (11.36%) DNS
5 111 (9.55%) DHCP
6 107 (9.21%) WAN
7 90 (7.75%) LAN
8 76 (6.54%) Network Security
9 62 (5.34%) SAN
10 55 (4.73%) Wi-Fi
11 50 (4.30%) TCP/IP
12 46 (3.96%) SD-WAN
13 45 (3.87%) VLAN
14 38 (3.27%) NAS
15 24 (2.07%) Wireless
16 21 (1.81%) BGP
16 21 (1.81%) OSPF
17 19 (1.64%) SMTP
18 16 (1.38%) NX-OS
18 16 (1.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (7.92%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.98%) Amazon RDS
2 23 (1.98%) Data Hub
2 23 (1.98%) SQL CLR
3 19 (1.64%) Power BI
4 16 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 14 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 13 (1.12%) Metadata
7 9 (0.77%) MongoDB
8 7 (0.60%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.43%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.17%) DB2
11 2 (0.17%) MySQL
11 2 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 41 (3.53%) Jenkins
2 26 (2.24%) JIRA
3 22 (1.89%) Git
4 12 (1.03%) Vagrant
5 11 (0.95%) GitLab
6 5 (0.43%) Oracle Forms
6 5 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.34%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (0.26%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.17%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.086%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.086%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.086%) Selenium
10 1 (0.086%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.086%) Subversion
General
1 336 (28.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 299 (25.73%) Analytical Skills
3 249 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 203 (17.47%) Finance
5 66 (5.68%) Public Sector
6 57 (4.91%) Legal
7 42 (3.61%) Local Government
8 33 (2.84%) Banking
9 27 (2.32%) Law
10 26 (2.24%) Back Office
11 19 (1.64%) Retail
12 15 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 13 (1.12%) Games
14 13 (1.12%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.03%) Electronics
16 11 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (0.69%) Marketing
18 7 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 920 (79.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 142 (12.22%) Senior
3 129 (11.10%) Support Engineer
4 112 (9.64%) Infrastructure Support
5 110 (9.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 106 (9.12%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 101 (8.69%) Cloud Engineer
8 93 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
9 81 (6.97%) IT Engineer
10 76 (6.54%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 74 (6.37%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 71 (6.11%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 71 (6.11%) Lead
13 60 (5.16%) Civil Engineer
14 53 (4.56%) Network Engineer
15 46 (3.96%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
16 45 (3.87%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
17 36 (3.10%) Security Engineer
18 35 (3.01%) Development Engineer
18 35 (3.01%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (22.81%) Elastic Stack
2 27 (2.32%) ARM Templates
3 23 (1.98%) OLE
4 15 (1.29%) .NET
4 15 (1.29%) Middleware
5 12 (1.03%) SAML
6 11 (0.95%) .NET Core
6 11 (0.95%) .NET Framework
7 10 (0.86%) Dapper ORM
7 10 (0.86%) Entity Framework
8 5 (0.43%) AWS CDK
8 5 (0.43%) REST
8 5 (0.43%) YAML
9 4 (0.34%) JSON
10 3 (0.26%) 802.1X
10 3 (0.26%) Node.js
10 3 (0.26%) OAuth
10 3 (0.26%) Web Services
11 2 (0.17%) XML
12 1 (0.086%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 262 (22.55%) Cyberattack
2 85 (7.31%) Data Centre
3 38 (3.27%) Clustering
4 37 (3.18%) Private Cloud
5 36 (3.10%) Hybrid Cloud
6 34 (2.93%) Management Information System
7 31 (2.67%) NHS
8 25 (2.15%) Cloud Native
8 25 (2.15%) Public Cloud
9 21 (1.81%) PKI
10 20 (1.72%) Security Posture
11 15 (1.29%) IoT
11 15 (1.29%) Product Ownership
12 14 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
12 14 (1.20%) Driving Licence
12 14 (1.20%) Replication
13 13 (1.12%) Hedge funds
14 11 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (0.95%) NB-IoT
15 10 (0.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 659 (56.71%) Windows
2 429 (36.92%) Linux
3 270 (23.24%) Android
4 259 (22.29%) Windows Server
5 45 (3.87%) Windows 10
6 41 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 28 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
8 24 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 18 (1.55%) VMS
10 17 (1.46%) Unix
11 16 (1.38%) Ubuntu
11 16 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
12 12 (1.03%) Mac OS
13 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
14 8 (0.69%) AIX
14 8 (0.69%) CentOS
14 8 (0.69%) Debian
15 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.17%) Solaris
16 2 (0.17%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 443 (38.12%) Problem-Solving
2 426 (36.66%) DevOps
3 293 (25.22%) Risk Management
4 291 (25.04%) Task Automation
5 286 (24.61%) Platform Engineering
6 278 (23.92%) Line Management
7 270 (23.24%) Storage Management
8 269 (23.15%) Mathematics
9 119 (10.24%) Disaster Recovery
10 113 (9.72%) Mentoring
11 102 (8.78%) Infrastructure as Code
12 100 (8.61%) High Availability
13 92 (7.92%) ITIL
14 90 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 84 (7.23%) Agile
16 83 (7.14%) CI/CD
17 82 (7.06%) Migration
18 74 (6.37%) Cloud Security
19 69 (5.94%) Project Management
20 66 (5.68%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 485 (41.74%) PowerShell
2 367 (31.58%) Python
3 295 (25.39%) Bash
4 91 (7.83%) SQL
5 17 (1.46%) T-SQL
6 15 (1.29%) C#
7 13 (1.12%) Java
8 12 (1.03%) Groovy
9 5 (0.43%) Perl
9 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.34%) Go
11 3 (0.26%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.26%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.26%) Ruby
12 1 (0.086%) C++
12 1 (0.086%) JCL
12 1 (0.086%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.086%) VBA
Qualifications
1 138 (11.88%) Degree
2 122 (10.50%) Security Cleared
3 72 (6.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 70 (6.02%) DV Cleared
5 67 (5.77%) Azure Certification
6 61 (5.25%) SC Cleared
7 48 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (3.27%) CCNA
9 32 (2.75%) CCNP
10 29 (2.50%) MCSA
11 21 (1.81%) MCSE
12 19 (1.64%) A+ Certification
12 19 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
13 18 (1.55%) AWS Certification
13 18 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 17 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
14 17 (1.46%) MCP
15 15 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
15 15 (1.29%) Postgraduate
16 13 (1.12%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (2.75%) Accessibility
3 24 (2.07%) GDPR
4 21 (1.81%) NIST
5 17 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 16 (1.38%) QA
6 16 (1.38%) SLA
7 9 (0.77%) SOC 2
8 8 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (0.69%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.34%) JSP 440
9 4 (0.34%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.26%) NCSC
11 1 (0.086%) COBIT
11 1 (0.086%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.086%) GRC
System Software
1 356 (30.64%) Hyper-V
2 313 (26.94%) Docker
3 310 (26.68%) vSphere
4 294 (25.30%) Active Directory
5 274 (23.58%) VMware NSX
6 186 (16.01%) VMware Infrastructure
7 51 (4.39%) VMware ESXi
8 48 (4.13%) Virtual Machines
9 22 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.12%) Firmware
11 11 (0.95%) DFS Replication
12 9 (0.77%) BitLocker
13 8 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
13 8 (0.69%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.34%) NFS
14 4 (0.34%) ProxySG
14 4 (0.34%) XenDesktop
15 3 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.26%) XenApp
16 2 (0.17%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 414 (35.63%) Terraform
2 370 (31.84%) Ansible
3 102 (8.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 95 (8.18%) Kubernetes
5 60 (5.16%) SCCM
6 29 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
7 27 (2.32%) Puppet
8 26 (2.24%) vCenter Server
9 22 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
10 21 (1.81%) Grafana
11 20 (1.72%) Prometheus
12 17 (1.46%) Progress Chef
13 15 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 14 (1.20%) SCOM
15 10 (0.86%) Nessus
15 10 (0.86%) WSUS
16 9 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
17 8 (0.69%) vMotion
18 7 (0.60%) FortiGate
18 7 (0.60%) Istio
Vendors
1 414 (35.63%) Cisco
2 374 (32.19%) Microsoft
3 285 (24.53%) Juniper
4 272 (23.41%) Splunk
5 262 (22.55%) 3PAR
6 261 (22.46%) VMware
7 65 (5.59%) Citrix
8 56 (4.82%) Meraki
9 39 (3.36%) Veeam
10 36 (3.10%) Google
11 33 (2.84%) Palo Alto
12 28 (2.41%) Fortinet
12 28 (2.41%) ServiceNow
13 22 (1.89%) Dell
14 21 (1.81%) Red Hat
15 20 (1.72%) SolarWinds
16 17 (1.46%) CheckPoint
17 15 (1.29%) HP
17 15 (1.29%) NetApp
18 12 (1.03%) Autodesk
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