Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 180 197
Rank change year-on-year +87 +17 -81
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 476 276 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.82% 1.92% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 2.13% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 435 203 260
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £70,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 15,876 12,953 19,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 90.33% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,350 8,186 12,492
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,032 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Infrastructure Engineer
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 Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Thames Valley +72 172 £50,000 - 15
Hampshire +28 132 £48,500 -3.00% 23
Surrey +44 84 £55,000 +5.77% 5
Berkshire +42 69 £52,550 -4.45% 2
Oxfordshire +45 57 £50,000 +17.65% 6
Buckinghamshire -6 46 £42,500 -15.00% 7
Kent -3 43 £38,500 -9.41% 10
East Sussex +31 27 £55,000 +22.22% 8
West Sussex +25 24 £67,500 +64.63% 1
Sussex - 6 £65,000 - 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 East region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 468 (98.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 250 (52.52%) Windows
3 217 (45.59%) VMware
4 180 (37.82%) Azure
5 172 (36.13%) Active Directory
6 164 (34.45%) Microsoft
7 145 (30.46%) Microsoft 365
8 137 (28.78%) Windows Server
9 123 (25.84%) Linux
10 119 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 114 (23.95%) Firewall
12 107 (22.48%) PowerShell
13 100 (21.01%) Security Cleared
14 92 (19.33%) DNS
15 90 (18.91%) Social Skills
16 84 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
17 71 (14.92%) Data Centre
18 67 (14.08%) Degree
19 66 (13.87%) SC Cleared
19 66 (13.87%) Windows Server 2016
20 65 (13.66%) ITIL
21 64 (13.45%) Cisco
22 63 (13.24%) Hyper-V
23 57 (11.97%) AWS
24 56 (11.76%) DV Cleared
25 54 (11.34%) WAN
26 51 (10.71%) Windows 10
26 51 (10.71%) DevOps
27 50 (10.50%) LAN
28 49 (10.29%) SCCM

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
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 38 (7.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (5.46%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.57%) IIS
4 4 (0.84%) WordPress
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.63%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.42%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.21%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.21%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 180 (37.82%) Azure
2 145 (30.46%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (11.97%) AWS
4 32 (6.72%) IaaS
5 18 (3.78%) Entra ID
5 18 (3.78%) Nutanix
5 18 (3.78%) OneDrive
6 14 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
6 14 (2.94%) Amazon S3
6 14 (2.94%) SaaS
7 13 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (2.73%) OCI
7 13 (2.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 12 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (2.52%) CloudFront
8 12 (2.52%) Route 53
8 12 (2.52%) Serverless
9 10 (2.10%) GitHub
10 9 (1.89%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (1.68%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (23.95%) Firewall
2 92 (19.33%) DNS
3 54 (11.34%) WAN
4 50 (10.50%) LAN
5 48 (10.08%) DHCP
5 48 (10.08%) VPN
6 46 (9.66%) SAN
7 35 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (5.46%) Wireless
9 19 (3.99%) TCP/IP
10 16 (3.36%) 5G
11 15 (3.15%) MPLS
12 13 (2.73%) VLAN
13 12 (2.52%) BGP
13 12 (2.52%) Internet
13 12 (2.52%) SD-WAN
14 11 (2.31%) HTTP
14 11 (2.31%) SMTP
15 10 (2.10%) iSCSI
15 10 (2.10%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (2.10%) MySQL
4 4 (0.84%) DB2
5 1 (0.21%) Power BI
5 1 (0.21%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 16 (3.36%) JIRA
2 13 (2.73%) Git
2 13 (2.73%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.10%) Trac
4 2 (0.42%) GitLab
5 1 (0.21%) Chocolatey
General
1 90 (18.91%) Social Skills
2 40 (8.40%) Finance
3 22 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (3.78%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (2.31%) Advertising
7 5 (1.05%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.05%) Games
7 5 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.05%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.05%) Retail
8 4 (0.84%) Law
9 3 (0.63%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.42%) Legal
10 2 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.21%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.31%) Web Services
2 4 (0.84%) LAMP
3 2 (0.42%) CSS
3 2 (0.42%) JSON
3 2 (0.42%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.42%) YAML
4 1 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.21%) Flash
4 1 (0.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (14.92%) Data Centre
2 38 (7.98%) Driving Licence
3 20 (4.20%) IoT
4 15 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.52%) PKI
6 11 (2.31%) Clustering
7 9 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.47%) Cyber Security Posture
8 7 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
8 7 (1.47%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.05%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.05%) Replication
10 4 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.63%) EMC VNX
12 2 (0.42%) Enterprise Storage
12 2 (0.42%) Security Operations Centre
12 2 (0.42%) Virtual Team
13 1 (0.21%) Cloud Native
13 1 (0.21%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.21%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 250 (52.52%) Windows
2 137 (28.78%) Windows Server
3 123 (25.84%) Linux
4 66 (13.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 51 (10.71%) Windows 10
6 41 (8.61%) Windows Server 2012
7 39 (8.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 27 (5.67%) Ubuntu
9 18 (3.78%) CentOS
10 17 (3.57%) Windows 7
11 14 (2.94%) Android
11 14 (2.94%) Apple iOS
12 12 (2.52%) Windows XP
13 6 (1.26%) VMS
14 5 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (0.84%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.63%) Rocky
16 3 (0.63%) Windows NT
17 1 (0.21%) AIX
17 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (98.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 84 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (13.66%) ITIL
4 51 (10.71%) DevOps
5 42 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
6 38 (7.98%) Cybersecurity
7 37 (7.77%) Storage Management
8 31 (6.51%) Decision-Making
9 28 (5.88%) Customer Service
10 26 (5.46%) Service Delivery
11 25 (5.25%) Change Management
11 25 (5.25%) Project Management
12 24 (5.04%) Problem Management
13 23 (4.83%) Infrastructure as Code
14 21 (4.41%) Technical Leadership
15 19 (3.99%) Computer Science
15 19 (3.99%) Virtual Infrastructure
16 18 (3.78%) Agile
16 18 (3.78%) Project Delivery
16 18 (3.78%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 107 (22.48%) PowerShell
2 36 (7.56%) Python
3 26 (5.46%) Bash
4 14 (2.94%) Perl
5 10 (2.10%) ActionScript
5 10 (2.10%) SQL
5 10 (2.10%) VB
6 3 (0.63%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 100 (21.01%) Security Cleared
2 67 (14.08%) Degree
3 66 (13.87%) SC Cleared
4 56 (11.76%) DV Cleared
5 21 (4.41%) CCNA
5 21 (4.41%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.73%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 12 (2.52%) CCNP
9 11 (2.31%) HNC
10 6 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.26%) MCP
11 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (0.63%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.63%) MCSE
13 1 (0.21%) HND
13 1 (0.21%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.25%) SLA
2 14 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 9 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (1.68%) GDPR
5 3 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.42%) QA
7 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 172 (36.13%) Active Directory
2 119 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 63 (13.24%) Hyper-V
4 44 (9.24%) vSphere
5 42 (8.82%) VMware ESXi
6 35 (7.35%) Docker
6 35 (7.35%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (2.31%) XenApp
8 10 (2.10%) NFS
8 10 (2.10%) OpenSSH
8 10 (2.10%) pfSense
9 5 (1.05%) Firmware
9 5 (1.05%) VMware Server
10 3 (0.63%) KVM
11 2 (0.42%) QEMU
11 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 49 (10.29%) SCCM
1 49 (10.29%) vCenter Server
2 37 (7.77%) Kubernetes
3 31 (6.51%) WSUS
4 25 (5.25%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (4.41%) Terraform
6 19 (3.99%) EMC NetWorker
6 19 (3.99%) SCOM
7 17 (3.57%) Ansible
8 16 (3.36%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 16 (3.36%) SCDPM
9 13 (2.73%) NetBackup
10 12 (2.52%) Grafana
11 11 (2.31%) FortiGate
12 10 (2.10%) IBM BigFix
12 10 (2.10%) PowerCLI
12 10 (2.10%) ZABBIX
13 7 (1.47%) Nagios
14 6 (1.26%) Nessus
15 5 (1.05%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 217 (45.59%) VMware
2 164 (34.45%) Microsoft
3 64 (13.45%) Cisco
4 43 (9.03%) Veeam
5 37 (7.77%) HP
6 33 (6.93%) Aruba
7 28 (5.88%) Juniper
8 27 (5.67%) Palo Alto
9 25 (5.25%) Citrix
10 23 (4.83%) Dell
11 21 (4.41%) EMC
11 21 (4.41%) Red Hat
12 19 (3.99%) Oracle
13 18 (3.78%) 3PAR
13 18 (3.78%) Extreme Networks
13 18 (3.78%) Fortinet
14 12 (2.52%) IBM
14 12 (2.52%) Symantec
15 11 (2.31%) McAfee
16 9 (1.89%) Meraki