Infrastructure Support Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Support Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Support Engineer salary in the UK is £46,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 764 884 1124
Rank change year-on-year +120 +240 -309
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support Engineer 147 84 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.086% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.094% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 132 80 95
10th Percentile £30,385 £35,285 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,300 £60,000 £61,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +17.50% -5.88% +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 96,558 89,715 157,967
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.47% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 68,983 56,849 84,574
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support Engineer over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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 +120 139 £47,000 +4.44% 8
UK excluding London +48 113 £47,000 +17.50% 9
Work from Home +73 59 £48,500 +7.78% 2
South East +30 55 £47,500 +18.75% 4
South West +13 32 £50,500 +16.76% 1
London +119 30 £63,750 +6.25% 2
Midlands +1 16 £45,000 -18.18%
West Midlands +21 10 £37,500 -21.05%
East Midlands -15 6 £47,500 -13.64%
North of England +34 5 £32,500 -14.47%
Scotland -62 4 £48,750 +52.34% 3
Yorkshire +73 2 £32,500 -14.47%
North West +4 2 £37,250 -12.35%
East of England +11 1 £50,000 +5.26% 1
North East -4 1 £29,000 -27.50%

Infrastructure Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 May 2024, Infrastructure Support 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 featuring Infrastructure Support Engineer in the job title.

1 134 (91.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 78 (53.06%) Windows
3 74 (50.34%) Azure
4 67 (45.58%) VMware
5 61 (41.50%) Active Directory
6 59 (40.14%) Windows Server
7 58 (39.46%) Microsoft 365
8 53 (36.05%) VMware Infrastructure
9 51 (34.69%) Microsoft
10 48 (32.65%) PowerShell
11 46 (31.29%) Firewall
12 42 (28.57%) Social Skills
13 34 (23.13%) Microsoft Intune
14 33 (22.45%) Citrix
15 32 (21.77%) Microsoft Exchange
16 31 (21.09%) VMware ESXi
17 30 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
17 30 (20.41%) Finance
18 29 (19.73%) SharePoint
18 29 (19.73%) DNS
19 28 (19.05%) vCenter Server
20 27 (18.37%) SLA
21 26 (17.69%) SAN
22 25 (17.01%) AWS
23 24 (16.33%) Windows Server 2012
23 24 (16.33%) Linux
23 24 (16.33%) WAN
24 23 (15.65%) Cisco
24 23 (15.65%) IaaS
25 22 (14.97%) SaaS

Infrastructure Support Engineer Skill Set
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 32 (21.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (19.73%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.72%) IIS
4 3 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 74 (50.34%) Azure
2 58 (39.46%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (17.01%) AWS
4 23 (15.65%) IaaS
5 22 (14.97%) SaaS
6 21 (14.29%) Entra ID
7 12 (8.16%) PaaS
8 11 (7.48%) Power Platform
9 6 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (3.40%) OneDrive
11 3 (2.04%) Nutanix
12 2 (1.36%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.36%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.36%) OpenDNS
13 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.68%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (31.29%) Firewall
2 29 (19.73%) DNS
3 26 (17.69%) SAN
4 24 (16.33%) WAN
5 19 (12.93%) LAN
6 17 (11.56%) VPN
7 14 (9.52%) DHCP
7 14 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (8.84%) Internet
9 11 (7.48%) SD-WAN
10 9 (6.12%) Wireless
10 9 (6.12%) WLAN
11 8 (5.44%) iSCSI
11 8 (5.44%) Network Security
11 8 (5.44%) VLAN
12 5 (3.40%) DMZ
13 4 (2.72%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (2.72%) TCP/IP
14 3 (2.04%) NAS
15 2 (1.36%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.16%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.08%) MySQL
3 5 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 8 (5.44%) JIRA
2 3 (2.04%) GitLab
General
1 42 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.41%) Finance
3 19 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (10.20%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (5.44%) Law
6 5 (3.40%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.72%) Banking
8 2 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.36%) Legal
8 2 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.40%) .NET
2 2 (1.36%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.36%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.36%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (1.36%) LAMP
2 2 (1.36%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.88%) Driving Licence
1 16 (10.88%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (10.20%) PKI
3 13 (8.84%) Clustering
4 4 (2.72%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.36%) Replication
6 1 (0.68%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (53.06%) Windows
2 59 (40.14%) Windows Server
3 24 (16.33%) Linux
3 24 (16.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 18 (12.24%) Windows 10
5 7 (4.76%) Android
5 7 (4.76%) Apple iOS
6 6 (4.08%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.36%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.68%) AIX
9 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.68%) Unix
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.68%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (91.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (12.93%) ITIL
4 16 (10.88%) Customer Service
5 15 (10.20%) Problem Management
6 12 (8.16%) Customer Requirements
6 12 (8.16%) Service Delivery
7 11 (7.48%) Capacity Management
7 11 (7.48%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (6.12%) Systems Engineering
9 8 (5.44%) Incident Management
10 7 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (4.76%) Knowledge Transfer
11 6 (4.08%) Customer Experience
11 6 (4.08%) Patch Management
11 6 (4.08%) Server Monitoring
12 5 (3.40%) Disaster Recovery
13 4 (2.72%) Change Control
13 4 (2.72%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 4 (2.72%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (32.65%) PowerShell
2 13 (8.84%) SQL
3 12 (8.16%) ActionScript
3 12 (8.16%) VB
4 8 (5.44%) Bash
5 5 (3.40%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.68%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.24%) Degree
3 12 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 10 (6.80%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.44%) MCP
6 7 (4.76%) Azure Certification
6 7 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (3.40%) CCNA
7 5 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.36%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.68%) CCA
9 1 (0.68%) CCAA
9 1 (0.68%) CCDA
9 1 (0.68%) CCNP
9 1 (0.68%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.68%) LPIC
9 1 (0.68%) MCSE
9 1 (0.68%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.37%) SLA
2 6 (4.08%) GDPR
3 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 61 (41.50%) Active Directory
2 53 (36.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (21.09%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (10.88%) Hyper-V
5 15 (10.20%) XenApp
6 14 (9.52%) vSphere
7 12 (8.16%) OpenSSH
8 8 (5.44%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (2.04%) Docker
9 3 (2.04%) Terminal Services
9 3 (2.04%) XenDesktop
10 2 (1.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (1.36%) pfSense
10 2 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.68%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 34 (23.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (19.05%) vCenter Server
3 15 (10.20%) SCCM
4 12 (8.16%) IBM BigFix
4 12 (8.16%) PowerCLI
5 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 6 (4.08%) SCDPM
6 3 (2.04%) Backup Exec
7 2 (1.36%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (1.36%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.68%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.68%) NetCrunch
8 1 (0.68%) SCOM
8 1 (0.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 67 (45.58%) VMware
2 51 (34.69%) Microsoft
3 33 (22.45%) Citrix
4 23 (15.65%) Cisco
5 20 (13.61%) Veeam
6 15 (10.20%) HP
7 13 (8.84%) IBM
8 12 (8.16%) Sophos
9 9 (6.12%) Dell
10 6 (4.08%) Dell Compellent
10 6 (4.08%) Meraki
10 6 (4.08%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (2.72%) Aruba
12 3 (2.04%) Atlassian
12 3 (2.04%) NetApp
12 3 (2.04%) Palo Alto
13 2 (1.36%) EMC
13 2 (1.36%) Oracle
13 2 (1.36%) Symantec
13 2 (1.36%) Veritas