Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Scotland is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 166 206
Rank change year-on-year -38 +40 -59
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 69 42 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.01% 0.97% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 1.08% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 62 36 37
10th Percentile £33,000 £33,399 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,813 £37,188 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,738 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,635 3,895 5,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.52% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,785 2,120 3,050
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,652 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Scotland

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Scotland

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Scotland

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 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
Glasgow -93 33 £48,750 -2.33% 17
Edinburgh +31 18 £65,000 +44.44% 8
Fife -2 7 £33,000 -30.53%
Aberdeen - 4 £45,000 - 2
Dundee - 2 £30,000 -
Stirling - 2 £45,500 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £50,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Scotland region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 67 (97.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (59.42%) Azure
3 32 (46.38%) Microsoft
4 31 (44.93%) Windows
5 30 (43.48%) VMware
6 26 (37.68%) VMware Infrastructure
7 25 (36.23%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (36.23%) Windows Server
8 19 (27.54%) Active Directory
9 16 (23.19%) AWS
10 15 (21.74%) Entra ID
10 15 (21.74%) Finance
11 13 (18.84%) Cisco
12 12 (17.39%) GCP
13 11 (15.94%) Ansible
13 11 (15.94%) Public Cloud
14 10 (14.49%) Linux
15 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
16 8 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
16 8 (11.59%) ITIL
16 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (11.59%) Firewall
16 8 (11.59%) Hyper-V
17 7 (10.14%) PowerShell
17 7 (10.14%) DevOps
17 7 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
17 7 (10.14%) Mentoring
17 7 (10.14%) Data Centre
17 7 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.45%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 41 (59.42%) Azure
2 25 (36.23%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (23.19%) AWS
4 15 (21.74%) Entra ID
5 12 (17.39%) GCP
6 6 (8.70%) IaaS
6 6 (8.70%) PaaS
7 4 (5.80%) WhatsApp
8 2 (2.90%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.59%) Firewall
2 7 (10.14%) SAN
2 7 (10.14%) VoIP
3 6 (8.70%) SD-WAN
3 6 (8.70%) VPN
3 6 (8.70%) WAN
4 4 (5.80%) NetScaler
5 2 (2.90%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.45%) DHCP
6 1 (1.45%) DNS
6 1 (1.45%) Internet
6 1 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) JIRA
General
1 15 (21.74%) Finance
2 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (10.14%) Law
4 7 (10.14%) Legal
5 6 (8.70%) Banking
6 5 (7.25%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.25%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.35%) Local Government
7 3 (4.35%) Retail
8 2 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.90%) Police
9 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.94%) Public Cloud
2 7 (10.14%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.70%) Replication
4 4 (5.80%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (44.93%) Windows
2 25 (36.23%) Windows Server
3 10 (14.49%) Linux
4 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (97.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (11.59%) ITIL
3 7 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (10.14%) DevOps
3 7 (10.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (10.14%) Mentoring
4 6 (8.70%) Business Strategy
4 6 (8.70%) Coaching
4 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 6 (8.70%) Infrastructure Management
4 6 (8.70%) Network Virtualisation
4 6 (8.70%) Project Delivery
5 5 (7.25%) Client Onboarding
5 5 (7.25%) Configuration Management
5 5 (7.25%) Containerisation
5 5 (7.25%) Roadmaps
5 5 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (5.80%) ERP
6 4 (5.80%) Line Management
6 4 (5.80%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.14%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (10.14%) MCSE
3 6 (8.70%) CCNA
3 6 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (7.25%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 26 (37.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (27.54%) Active Directory
3 8 (11.59%) Hyper-V
4 6 (8.70%) VMware NSX
5 5 (7.25%) Docker
6 4 (5.80%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (5.80%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (15.94%) Ansible
2 6 (8.70%) FortiGate
2 6 (8.70%) Terraform
3 5 (7.25%) Kubernetes
4 4 (5.80%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.90%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (46.38%) Microsoft
2 30 (43.48%) VMware
3 13 (18.84%) Cisco
4 6 (8.70%) EMC
4 6 (8.70%) Google
4 6 (8.70%) Meraki
4 6 (8.70%) NetApp
4 6 (8.70%) Oracle
4 6 (8.70%) Sophos
5 5 (7.25%) Citrix
5 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow
6 4 (5.80%) Epicor
6 4 (5.80%) IFS
6 4 (5.80%) JD Edwards
6 4 (5.80%) Nimble Storage
6 4 (5.80%) Veeam