Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the South West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 128 171
Rank change year-on-year +77 +43 -39
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 425 149 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.25% 2.25% 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.42% 2.53% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 291 92 133
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,925 £31,500
25th Percentile £41,206 £41,969 £33,550
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £50,625
90th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,607 5,879 8,100
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.17% 88.91% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,030 3,696 5,109
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,838 £37,971 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Wiltshire +53 131 £50,750 +12.78% 11
Gloucestershire +35 120 £53,000 -4.50% 12
Bristol +22 59 £47,500 -22.45% 8
Dorset -1 38 £50,000 +5.26% 3
Devon +10 37 £45,000 +6.78% 10
Somerset +26 35 £37,500 -21.05% 5
Cornwall -19 5 £30,000 - 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 410 (96.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 178 (41.88%) Windows
3 163 (38.35%) Security Cleared
4 150 (35.29%) VMware
5 144 (33.88%) Linux
6 129 (30.35%) Azure
7 112 (26.35%) Microsoft
8 110 (25.88%) VMware Infrastructure
9 99 (23.29%) PowerShell
10 89 (20.94%) DV Cleared
11 81 (19.06%) Microsoft 365
12 78 (18.35%) Windows Server
13 77 (18.12%) Active Directory
14 76 (17.88%) SC Cleared
15 72 (16.94%) Ansible
16 71 (16.71%) Hyper-V
17 70 (16.47%) SaaS
18 63 (14.82%) Aerospace
19 62 (14.59%) DNS
20 59 (13.88%) Red Hat
20 59 (13.88%) Python
20 59 (13.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 56 (13.18%) Bash
22 55 (12.94%) AWS
23 53 (12.47%) Firewall
24 52 (12.24%) Data Centre
25 50 (11.76%) Kubernetes
25 50 (11.76%) Docker
26 49 (11.53%) DHCP
27 46 (10.82%) Collaborative Working

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (8.94%) SharePoint
2 32 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.18%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (1.18%) SharePoint 2013
4 4 (0.94%) Jupyter
4 4 (0.94%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.47%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (0.47%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.47%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 129 (30.35%) Azure
2 81 (19.06%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (16.47%) SaaS
4 55 (12.94%) AWS
5 44 (10.35%) OpenShift
6 30 (7.06%) Entra ID
7 26 (6.12%) Power Platform
8 19 (4.47%) IaaS
9 16 (3.76%) PaaS
10 13 (3.06%) Nutanix
11 9 (2.12%) PowerApps
12 8 (1.88%) OneDrive
13 4 (0.94%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.71%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.47%) Power Automate
15 2 (0.47%) Rubrik
15 2 (0.47%) Slack
16 1 (0.24%) Azure Storage
16 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 62 (14.59%) DNS
2 53 (12.47%) Firewall
3 49 (11.53%) DHCP
4 44 (10.35%) TCP/IP
5 43 (10.12%) WAN
6 39 (9.18%) HTTP
7 29 (6.82%) LAN
8 21 (4.94%) SD-WAN
9 20 (4.71%) SAN
10 19 (4.47%) Wireless
11 17 (4.00%) NAS
12 15 (3.53%) iSCSI
13 11 (2.59%) Fibre Channel
14 10 (2.35%) VPN
14 10 (2.35%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (1.65%) Internet
15 7 (1.65%) WLAN
16 5 (1.18%) Ethernet VPN
16 5 (1.18%) Skype
16 5 (1.18%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.71%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.06%) Big Data
3 5 (1.18%) MySQL
4 3 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.47%) JIRA
1 2 (0.47%) MSI
1 2 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.24%) GitLab
General
1 63 (14.82%) Aerospace
2 42 (9.88%) Social Skills
3 38 (8.94%) Public Sector
4 29 (6.82%) Finance
5 20 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.29%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.12%) Banking
8 8 (1.88%) Military
9 7 (1.65%) Legal
9 7 (1.65%) Retail
10 4 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (0.94%) Automotive
10 4 (0.94%) Electronics
11 3 (0.71%) Advertising
11 3 (0.71%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.47%) Games
12 2 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.47%) Welsh Language
13 1 (0.24%) Law
13 1 (0.24%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.41%) JSON
1 6 (1.41%) JSON Schema
1 6 (1.41%) KML
1 6 (1.41%) Regular Expression
1 6 (1.41%) Software Packaging
1 6 (1.41%) XML
1 6 (1.41%) XML Schema
2 4 (0.94%) EJB
3 2 (0.47%) .NET
3 2 (0.47%) ASP.NET
3 2 (0.47%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.24%) Data Centre
2 22 (5.18%) Driving Licence
3 15 (3.53%) EMC VNX
3 15 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (3.06%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (2.35%) PKI
6 9 (2.12%) Replication
7 6 (1.41%) Fat Client
7 6 (1.41%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.41%) Thin Client
8 5 (1.18%) Cloud Native
9 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (0.94%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.94%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.71%) Cyberattack
10 3 (0.71%) IBM Mainframe
10 3 (0.71%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.47%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 178 (41.88%) Windows
2 144 (33.88%) Linux
3 78 (18.35%) Windows Server
4 59 (13.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (3.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (3.06%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.65%) Windows 7
10 5 (1.18%) VMS
11 4 (0.94%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.94%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.71%) CentOS
12 3 (0.71%) zOS
13 2 (0.47%) Android
13 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.24%) AIX
14 1 (0.24%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (96.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 46 (10.82%) Collaborative Working
3 42 (9.88%) Actionable Insight
3 42 (9.88%) DevOps
4 39 (9.18%) Agile
4 39 (9.18%) Software Architecture
5 33 (7.76%) ITIL
6 29 (6.82%) Mentoring
7 28 (6.59%) Service Delivery
8 26 (6.12%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (5.18%) Problem-Solving
10 17 (4.00%) Service Management
11 15 (3.53%) Project Delivery
12 14 (3.29%) Server Management
13 12 (2.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (2.59%) Line Management
15 10 (2.35%) Change Management
15 10 (2.35%) Customer Service
15 10 (2.35%) ITSM
15 10 (2.35%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 99 (23.29%) PowerShell
2 59 (13.88%) Python
3 56 (13.18%) Bash
4 41 (9.65%) Java
5 15 (3.53%) SQL
6 5 (1.18%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.18%) Ruby
7 3 (0.71%) C++
7 3 (0.71%) Go
8 2 (0.47%) C#
9 1 (0.24%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 163 (38.35%) Security Cleared
2 89 (20.94%) DV Cleared
3 76 (17.88%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.94%) Degree
5 14 (3.29%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (3.06%) CCNA
7 9 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.41%) CCNP
9 5 (1.18%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.18%) DBS Check
9 5 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (0.94%) MCSE
11 3 (0.71%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.47%) CISSP
12 2 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.24%) HNC
13 1 (0.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.06%) SLA
2 7 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.24%) GDPR
System Software
1 110 (25.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 77 (18.12%) Active Directory
3 71 (16.71%) Hyper-V
4 50 (11.76%) Docker
5 29 (6.82%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (3.53%) vSphere
8 8 (1.88%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.94%) Firmware
9 4 (0.94%) NFS
9 4 (0.94%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 4 (0.94%) XenApp
10 2 (0.47%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 72 (16.94%) Ansible
2 50 (11.76%) Kubernetes
3 40 (9.41%) Puppet
4 34 (8.00%) SCCM
5 29 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (5.41%) vCenter Server
7 20 (4.71%) Nagios
8 18 (4.24%) EMC NetWorker
9 9 (2.12%) ZABBIX
10 6 (1.41%) FortiGate
11 4 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.94%) Grafana
11 4 (0.94%) Terraform
12 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.24%) SCOM
13 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
13 1 (0.24%) SolarWinds Orion
13 1 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 150 (35.29%) VMware
2 112 (26.35%) Microsoft
3 59 (13.88%) Red Hat
4 44 (10.35%) Cisco
5 38 (8.94%) Veeam
6 18 (4.24%) EMC
6 18 (4.24%) SolarWinds
7 17 (4.00%) Citrix
8 13 (3.06%) Brocade
8 13 (3.06%) Meraki
9 12 (2.82%) HP
10 11 (2.59%) Aruba
10 11 (2.59%) IBM
10 11 (2.59%) NetApp
11 6 (1.41%) Oracle
12 4 (0.94%) Dell
12 4 (0.94%) Fortinet
12 4 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.94%) Sophos
13 3 (0.71%) Atlassian