Infrastructure Engineering Jobs

Infrastructure Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 56 193
Rank change year-on-year -32 +137 -64
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 3,046 5,346 3,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.07% 5.29% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.59% 5.54% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,589 1,813 2,299
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,446 £88,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.06% +7.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 10 May 2024.

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 10 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
England -26 2,821 £50,000 -4.76% 464
UK excluding London -43 2,500 £47,500 -2.06% 389
Work from Home +50 1,075 £50,000 -9.09% 206
North of England -21 687 £46,000 -3.16% 74
South East -19 626 £50,000 +0.50% 93
London -9 465 £65,000 - 114
South West -17 439 £50,000 - 74
Midlands -35 402 £45,000 -10.00% 71
North West -40 324 £47,500 -2.06% 39
Yorkshire 0 259 £45,000 - 29
West Midlands -43 208 £45,000 -9.09% 41
East Midlands -19 194 £45,000 -10.00% 30
East of England -45 193 £45,000 -11.76% 42
North East -24 102 £44,274 +4.17% 8
Scotland -120 91 £45,000 -10.00% 33
Wales -19 60 £41,067 -6.13% 10
Northern Ireland -20 7 £60,000 +33.33% 2

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
1 342 (11.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 204 (6.70%) SharePoint
3 63 (2.07%) IIS
4 11 (0.36%) CMS
5 9 (0.30%) WordPress
6 8 (0.26%) Confluence
7 7 (0.23%) Apache
8 6 (0.20%) Skype for Business
9 5 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2010
9 5 (0.16%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.16%) SharePoint 2013
10 4 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.13%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.098%) nginx
12 2 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (0.066%) Exchange Server 2013
13 1 (0.033%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.033%) Site Server
13 1 (0.033%) WebSphere
Applications
1 92 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.20%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.20%) LightWave 3D
3 6 (0.20%) SOLIDWORKS
4 5 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.16%) OrCAD
5 3 (0.098%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.066%) CATIA
6 2 (0.066%) NASTRAN
6 2 (0.066%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.066%) Trello
7 1 (0.033%) 1Password
7 1 (0.033%) Notion
7 1 (0.033%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 9 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 4 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.098%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.066%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.066%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.033%) Carpe Diem
6 1 (0.033%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.033%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 1,295 (42.51%) Azure
2 954 (31.32%) Microsoft 365
3 520 (17.07%) AWS
4 313 (10.28%) Entra ID
5 189 (6.20%) IaaS
6 167 (5.48%) SaaS
7 116 (3.81%) PaaS
8 92 (3.02%) GCP
9 76 (2.50%) OneDrive
10 60 (1.97%) Nutanix
11 52 (1.71%) Cloud Computing
12 50 (1.64%) Power Platform
13 46 (1.51%) OpenShift
14 40 (1.31%) GitHub
15 35 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
16 31 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
17 29 (0.95%) Amazon S3
17 29 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
17 29 (0.95%) Serverless
18 21 (0.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 603 (19.80%) Firewall
2 467 (15.33%) DNS
3 382 (12.54%) WAN
4 349 (11.46%) DHCP
5 326 (10.70%) LAN
6 281 (9.23%) SAN
7 215 (7.06%) VPN
8 153 (5.02%) TCP/IP
9 152 (4.99%) Wi-Fi
10 121 (3.97%) Wireless
11 115 (3.78%) SD-WAN
12 114 (3.74%) VLAN
13 93 (3.05%) Network Security
14 90 (2.95%) Internet
15 69 (2.27%) NAS
16 67 (2.20%) MPLS
17 66 (2.17%) HTTP
18 60 (1.97%) WLAN
19 59 (1.94%) VoIP
20 52 (1.71%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (5.58%) SQL Server
2 64 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
3 40 (1.31%) MySQL
4 29 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
5 23 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 18 (0.59%) Power BI
7 17 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.43%) Big Data
9 9 (0.30%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.30%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.26%) RDBMS
11 7 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.20%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.20%) SQLite
13 5 (0.16%) Amazon Aurora
13 5 (0.16%) DB2
14 4 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.13%) Tableau
15 3 (0.098%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 61 (2.00%) Git
2 59 (1.94%) GitLab
3 39 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 37 (1.21%) JIRA
5 21 (0.69%) Artifactory
6 10 (0.33%) Trac
7 7 (0.23%) MSI
7 7 (0.23%) Subversion
7 7 (0.23%) TeamCity
8 6 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
8 6 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.16%) LabVIEW
9 5 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
10 3 (0.098%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.098%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.066%) Ant
11 2 (0.066%) Gradle
11 2 (0.066%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.066%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.066%) Visual Studio
General
1 557 (18.29%) Social Skills
2 328 (10.77%) Finance
3 157 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
4 132 (4.33%) Public Sector
5 124 (4.07%) Law
6 92 (3.02%) Telecoms
7 90 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 85 (2.79%) Aerospace
9 73 (2.40%) Retail
10 67 (2.20%) Manufacturing
11 61 (2.00%) Banking
12 45 (1.48%) Legal
13 37 (1.21%) Automotive
13 37 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
14 36 (1.18%) Advertising
14 36 (1.18%) Electronics
15 28 (0.92%) Games
16 24 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
17 20 (0.66%) Police
18 14 (0.46%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2,228 (73.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 547 (17.96%) Senior
3 464 (15.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 380 (12.48%) IT Engineer
5 302 (9.91%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 190 (6.24%) Support Engineer
7 180 (5.91%) Network Engineer
8 168 (5.52%) Cloud Engineer
9 162 (5.32%) Infrastructure Support
10 138 (4.53%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 129 (4.24%) Lead
12 128 (4.20%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 124 (4.07%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 120 (3.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 113 (3.71%) Azure Engineer
16 109 (3.58%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
17 100 (3.28%) Security Engineer
18 99 (3.25%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
19 89 (2.92%) IT Support
20 88 (2.89%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (1.08%) .NET
2 19 (0.62%) ARM Templates
3 16 (0.53%) JSON
4 15 (0.49%) LDAP
4 15 (0.49%) XML
5 13 (0.43%) .NET Framework
6 12 (0.39%) Web Services
7 11 (0.36%) Kafka
7 11 (0.36%) LAMP
8 10 (0.33%) Node.js
9 9 (0.30%) OLE
10 8 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (0.23%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.20%) EDI
12 6 (0.20%) JSON Schema
12 6 (0.20%) Middleware
12 6 (0.20%) React
12 6 (0.20%) Regular Expression
12 6 (0.20%) RESTful
12 6 (0.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 344 (11.29%) Data Centre
2 146 (4.79%) Public Cloud
3 92 (3.02%) Driving Licence
4 89 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
5 86 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 66 (2.17%) PKI
7 62 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 50 (1.64%) Cloud Native
9 49 (1.61%) Replication
10 43 (1.41%) Private Cloud
11 38 (1.25%) IoT
12 30 (0.98%) Clustering
12 30 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
13 28 (0.92%) Onboarding
14 26 (0.85%) Security Posture
15 21 (0.69%) Client/Server
15 21 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
16 20 (0.66%) PMI
17 19 (0.62%) CCTV
17 19 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1,402 (46.03%) Windows
2 805 (26.43%) Windows Server
3 655 (21.50%) Linux
4 191 (6.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 156 (5.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 147 (4.83%) Windows Server 2019
7 133 (4.37%) Windows 10
8 102 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 68 (2.23%) Ubuntu
10 54 (1.77%) Unix
11 41 (1.35%) VMS
12 32 (1.05%) Android
13 31 (1.02%) Apple iOS
14 30 (0.98%) Mac OS
15 28 (0.92%) CentOS
15 28 (0.92%) Windows 7
16 26 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
17 22 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
18 16 (0.53%) Windows NT
18 16 (0.53%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 489 (16.05%) ITIL
2 414 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
3 349 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
4 324 (10.64%) DevOps
5 284 (9.32%) Mentoring
6 227 (7.45%) Customer Service
7 218 (7.16%) Disaster Recovery
8 209 (6.86%) Agile
9 207 (6.80%) Infrastructure as Code
10 174 (5.71%) Migration
11 158 (5.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 158 (5.19%) Roadmaps
12 150 (4.92%) Change Management
13 142 (4.66%) Coaching
14 138 (4.53%) Service Management
15 129 (4.24%) Project Delivery
16 126 (4.14%) Project Management
17 121 (3.97%) CI/CD
18 120 (3.94%) Service Delivery
19 102 (3.35%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 526 (17.27%) PowerShell
2 220 (7.22%) Python
3 177 (5.81%) SQL
4 146 (4.79%) Bash
5 54 (1.77%) Java
6 30 (0.98%) C#
7 25 (0.82%) JavaScript
7 25 (0.82%) Perl
8 17 (0.56%) Ruby
9 13 (0.43%) Shell Script
10 12 (0.39%) Go
10 12 (0.39%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.33%) Swift
11 10 (0.33%) VBScript
12 9 (0.30%) ActionScript
12 9 (0.30%) Bicep
12 9 (0.30%) Korn
12 9 (0.30%) VB
13 8 (0.26%) C++
14 7 (0.23%) C
Qualifications
1 485 (15.92%) Security Cleared
2 278 (9.13%) DV Cleared
3 267 (8.77%) Degree
4 256 (8.40%) SC Cleared
5 156 (5.12%) Cisco Certification
6 127 (4.17%) CCNA
7 117 (3.84%) Microsoft Certification
8 81 (2.66%) Azure Certification
9 68 (2.23%) MCSE
10 60 (1.97%) CCNP
11 52 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 46 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 37 (1.21%) AWS Certification
13 37 (1.21%) CISSP
14 24 (0.79%) DBS Check
15 23 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 22 (0.72%) A+ Certification
16 22 (0.72%) MCSA
17 20 (0.66%) PMI Certification
18 19 (0.62%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (5.06%) SLA
2 70 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 68 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (0.82%) GDPR
5 20 (0.66%) QA
6 18 (0.59%) NIST
7 16 (0.53%) Accessibility
8 14 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (0.46%) Data Quality
9 13 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 11 (0.36%) SOC 2
11 8 (0.26%) NCSC
11 8 (0.26%) PMO
12 5 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 5 (0.16%) SOC 1
13 3 (0.098%) GRC
14 1 (0.033%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 960 (31.52%) Active Directory
2 626 (20.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 420 (13.79%) Hyper-V
4 160 (5.25%) Docker
5 139 (4.56%) VMware ESXi
6 109 (3.58%) vSphere
7 95 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
8 48 (1.58%) Virtual Servers
9 38 (1.25%) Firmware
10 31 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
11 29 (0.95%) XenApp
12 17 (0.56%) XenDesktop
13 15 (0.49%) NFS
14 13 (0.43%) pfSense
15 11 (0.36%) VMware Server
16 10 (0.33%) KVM
16 10 (0.33%) VMware NSX
17 9 (0.30%) DFS Replication
17 9 (0.30%) OpenSSH
18 8 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 319 (10.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 258 (8.47%) Ansible
3 224 (7.35%) Terraform
4 201 (6.60%) SCCM
5 176 (5.78%) Kubernetes
6 106 (3.48%) vCenter Server
7 89 (2.92%) Puppet
8 72 (2.36%) WSUS
9 57 (1.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 47 (1.54%) FortiGate
11 43 (1.41%) SCOM
12 36 (1.18%) EMC NetWorker
13 30 (0.98%) ZABBIX
14 27 (0.89%) Nagios
15 26 (0.85%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 22 (0.72%) NetBackup
17 20 (0.66%) Docker Swarm
18 18 (0.59%) Grafana
18 18 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
19 17 (0.56%) vRealize
Vendors
1 1,109 (36.41%) Microsoft
2 991 (32.53%) VMware
3 400 (13.13%) Cisco
4 228 (7.49%) Veeam
5 200 (6.57%) Citrix
6 137 (4.50%) HP
7 116 (3.81%) Red Hat
8 106 (3.48%) Fortinet
9 103 (3.38%) Dell
10 88 (2.89%) Palo Alto
11 85 (2.79%) Meraki
12 75 (2.46%) Aruba
13 67 (2.20%) Juniper
13 67 (2.20%) SolarWinds
14 65 (2.13%) Google
15 64 (2.10%) NetApp
16 59 (1.94%) ServiceNow
17 50 (1.64%) EMC
18 46 (1.51%) Oracle
19 42 (1.38%) Sophos