IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 487 624 696
Rank change year-on-year +137 +72 -149
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 308 104 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.19% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.21% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 251 85 160
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,800 £31,180
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% +4.71%
75th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £48,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £58,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Midlands +44 117 £40,000 -11.11% 5
North of England +77 86 £42,500 +3.03% 12
East Midlands +35 81 £40,000 -30.43% 3
North West +7 40 £45,000 +9.09% 7
South West -8 39 £46,250 -7.50% 3
West Midlands +7 36 £43,750 -2.78% 2
Yorkshire +92 35 £42,500 -5.56% 4
South East -25 34 £50,000 +11.11% 5
East of England 0 15 £42,500 -15.00% 2
Wales +24 12 £42,500 - 4
North East -9 9 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Scotland -65 4 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Northern Ireland +19 1 - - 1
IT Infrastructure Engineer
UK

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 304 (98.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 157 (50.97%) Windows
3 133 (43.18%) Azure
4 130 (42.21%) Microsoft
5 119 (38.64%) Active Directory
5 119 (38.64%) Microsoft 365
6 117 (37.99%) VMware
7 99 (32.14%) Firewall
8 91 (29.55%) Windows Server
9 76 (24.68%) VMware Infrastructure
10 56 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
11 54 (17.53%) DNS
11 54 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
12 53 (17.21%) Cybersecurity
13 52 (16.88%) Social Skills
14 48 (15.58%) Cisco
15 45 (14.61%) DHCP
15 45 (14.61%) SharePoint
15 45 (14.61%) Hyper-V
15 45 (14.61%) Windows Server 2016
16 43 (13.96%) Linux
17 41 (13.31%) Entra ID
18 40 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
19 39 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
19 39 (12.66%) ITIL
20 37 (12.01%) SAN
20 37 (12.01%) PowerShell
20 37 (12.01%) Veeam
21 32 (10.39%) Migration
22 31 (10.06%) Microsoft Intune

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 56 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (14.61%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.55%) IIS
4 2 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.32%) Confluence
5 1 (0.32%) Moodle
Applications
1 28 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 133 (43.18%) Azure
2 119 (38.64%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (13.31%) Entra ID
4 28 (9.09%) AWS
5 10 (3.25%) Mimecast
6 9 (2.92%) Nutanix
6 9 (2.92%) OneDrive
7 4 (1.30%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (0.97%) Google Workspace
8 3 (0.97%) IaaS
8 3 (0.97%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.65%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.65%) OpenDNS
9 2 (0.65%) PaaS
9 2 (0.65%) SaaS
10 1 (0.32%) OCI
10 1 (0.32%) Slack
10 1 (0.32%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 99 (32.14%) Firewall
2 54 (17.53%) DNS
3 45 (14.61%) DHCP
4 39 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
5 37 (12.01%) SAN
6 29 (9.42%) WAN
7 27 (8.77%) TCP/IP
8 24 (7.79%) VPN
9 22 (7.14%) VLAN
10 20 (6.49%) LAN
11 13 (4.22%) Network Security
11 13 (4.22%) SD-WAN
12 8 (2.60%) NAS
12 8 (2.60%) WLAN
13 6 (1.95%) BGP
13 6 (1.95%) Wireless
14 5 (1.62%) Internet
14 5 (1.62%) MPLS
14 5 (1.62%) VoIP
15 4 (1.30%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.84%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.25%) MySQL
3 2 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (0.97%) JIRA
2 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 52 (16.88%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.49%) Law
3 19 (6.17%) Finance
4 16 (5.19%) Telecoms
5 13 (4.22%) Automotive
5 13 (4.22%) Manufacturing
6 6 (1.95%) Aerospace
6 6 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (1.95%) Legal
6 6 (1.95%) Retail
7 5 (1.62%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.97%) Military
9 3 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.65%) Electronics
10 2 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.65%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.65%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.65%) LAMP
1 2 (0.65%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.06%) Data Centre
2 16 (5.19%) CCTV
3 10 (3.25%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.27%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.95%) Operational Technology
7 5 (1.62%) IoT
8 4 (1.30%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.30%) Fat Client
8 4 (1.30%) iPad
8 4 (1.30%) Thin Client
9 3 (0.97%) Clustering
9 3 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.65%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.65%) PKI
10 2 (0.65%) Replication
11 1 (0.32%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.32%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 157 (50.97%) Windows
2 91 (29.55%) Windows Server
3 45 (14.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 43 (13.96%) Linux
5 21 (6.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (6.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (5.84%) Android
6 18 (5.84%) Apple iOS
7 15 (4.87%) Windows 10
8 7 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.62%) Mac OS
10 4 (1.30%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.65%) Unix
11 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.32%) AIX
12 1 (0.32%) CentOS
12 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 304 (98.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (17.21%) Cybersecurity
4 40 (12.99%) Disaster Recovery
5 39 (12.66%) ITIL
6 32 (10.39%) Migration
7 21 (6.82%) Project Management
8 18 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (5.84%) Customer Service
8 18 (5.84%) Infrastructure Management
9 17 (5.52%) Logistics
10 15 (4.87%) Project Delivery
11 14 (4.55%) Storage Management
12 13 (4.22%) Containerisation
12 13 (4.22%) Service Delivery
12 13 (4.22%) Service Management
13 11 (3.57%) Creative Problem-Solving
14 10 (3.25%) Mathematics
14 10 (3.25%) Stakeholder Management
15 9 (2.92%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.01%) PowerShell
2 20 (6.49%) SQL
3 10 (3.25%) Swift
4 7 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (7.14%) Degree
2 13 (4.22%) Security Cleared
3 7 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (1.95%) CCNA
4 6 (1.95%) MCSE
4 6 (1.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (1.62%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.62%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.62%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.97%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.65%) CCNP
8 1 (0.32%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.32%) HNC
8 1 (0.32%) HND
8 1 (0.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.60%) SLA
2 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 119 (38.64%) Active Directory
2 76 (24.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (14.61%) Hyper-V
4 15 (4.87%) Virtual Servers
5 14 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (3.90%) vSphere
7 9 (2.92%) Docker
8 6 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (1.62%) VMware Server
10 4 (1.30%) Firmware
11 2 (0.65%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (0.65%) pfSense
11 2 (0.65%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 31 (10.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.17%) SCCM
3 10 (3.25%) Ansible
3 10 (3.25%) WSUS
4 6 (1.95%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 6 (1.95%) SCOM
5 5 (1.62%) vCenter Server
6 4 (1.30%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.97%) HAProxy
8 2 (0.65%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.65%) NetCrunch
8 2 (0.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.65%) vRealize
9 1 (0.32%) Check_MK
9 1 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 130 (42.21%) Microsoft
2 117 (37.99%) VMware
3 48 (15.58%) Cisco
4 37 (12.01%) Veeam
5 20 (6.49%) Citrix
6 16 (5.19%) Meraki
7 11 (3.57%) NetApp
8 10 (3.25%) Acronis
8 10 (3.25%) Fortinet
9 9 (2.92%) Dell
9 9 (2.92%) HP
10 8 (2.60%) Aruba
11 7 (2.27%) Nasuni
11 7 (2.27%) Oracle
11 7 (2.27%) Rapid7
12 6 (1.95%) McAfee
12 6 (1.95%) Red Hat
13 5 (1.62%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.30%) Cylance
14 4 (1.30%) Extreme Networks