Infrastructure Security Engineer Jobs

Infrastructure Security Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in the UK is £45,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 833 929 1224
Rank change year-on-year +96 +295 -302
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 89 16 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.017% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.019% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 82 16 28
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £35,920 £43,750 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,968 £71,250 £65,250
90th Percentile £79,750 £99,375 £70,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +17.00%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
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 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Security 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 Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +100 86 £50,000 -16.67% 12
UK excluding London +2 72 £45,000 -5.26% 8
North of England - 40 £36,128 - 3
Work from Home +88 39 £45,000 -18.18% 14
North West - 19 £60,000 - 1
Midlands -18 16 £55,000 +15.79% 2
London +75 15 £98,750 +8.22% 5
Yorkshire - 12 £36,128 - 2
East Midlands -24 11 £56,250 +18.42% 1
North East - 9 £62,783 -
South East - 9 £42,500 - 1
West Midlands -6 5 £45,000 - 1
East of England -8 4 £40,000 -11.11%
South West -30 2 £41,206 -31.32% 1
Scotland -63 1 £46,000 +15.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Infrastructure Security 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 Security Engineer in the job title.

1 88 (98.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (50.56%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (35.96%) Finance
4 29 (32.58%) Mentoring
4 29 (32.58%) Coaching
5 28 (31.46%) Azure
5 28 (31.46%) DevOps
5 28 (31.46%) Microsoft
6 24 (26.97%) AWS
7 23 (25.84%) Private Cloud
8 19 (21.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 19 (21.35%) Active Directory
9 18 (20.22%) Entra ID
10 17 (19.10%) NIST
11 16 (17.98%) Public Cloud
12 14 (15.73%) DNS
12 14 (15.73%) Firewall
12 14 (15.73%) PKI
13 13 (14.61%) Service Management
13 13 (14.61%) Windows
13 13 (14.61%) GitLab
14 12 (13.48%) CyberArk
14 12 (13.48%) Terraform
14 12 (13.48%) Privileged Identity Management
14 12 (13.48%) Security Architecture
14 12 (13.48%) ServiceNow
14 12 (13.48%) Enterprise Software
14 12 (13.48%) ITIL
14 12 (13.48%) CA
14 12 (13.48%) CA Single Sign-On

Infrastructure Security 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 2 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Ripple
Cloud Services
1 28 (31.46%) Azure
2 24 (26.97%) AWS
3 18 (20.22%) Entra ID
4 12 (13.48%) AWS KMS
4 12 (13.48%) Azure Key Vault
5 7 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.49%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (4.49%) GCP
7 3 (3.37%) SaaS
8 2 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.73%) DNS
1 14 (15.73%) Firewall
2 9 (10.11%) Network Security
3 5 (5.62%) BGP
3 5 (5.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 5 (5.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 5 (5.62%) OSPF
3 5 (5.62%) Wireshark
4 2 (2.25%) DHCP
5 1 (1.12%) SAN
5 1 (1.12%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (14.61%) GitLab
2 4 (4.49%) Artifactory
2 4 (4.49%) Git
3 1 (1.12%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (35.96%) Finance
2 12 (13.48%) Public Sector
3 4 (4.49%) Banking
3 4 (4.49%) Financial Institution
3 4 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (4.49%) Law
4 3 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.25%) Retail
5 2 (2.25%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.12%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 23 (25.84%) Private Cloud
2 19 (21.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (17.98%) Public Cloud
4 14 (15.73%) PKI
5 12 (13.48%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (11.24%) Data Centre
7 8 (8.99%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (7.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (5.62%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (4.49%) Blockchain
10 4 (4.49%) Product Ownership
11 1 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.61%) Windows
2 11 (12.36%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.25%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (98.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 45 (50.56%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (32.58%) Coaching
3 29 (32.58%) Mentoring
4 28 (31.46%) DevOps
5 13 (14.61%) Service Management
6 12 (13.48%) Identity Management
6 12 (13.48%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (13.48%) ITIL
6 12 (13.48%) Key Management
6 12 (13.48%) Operational Stability
6 12 (13.48%) Privileged Identity Management
6 12 (13.48%) Secrets Management
6 12 (13.48%) Security Architecture
7 9 (10.11%) Change Management
7 9 (10.11%) Information Security
7 9 (10.11%) Security Operations
7 9 (10.11%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (6.74%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.11%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.62%) Python
3 4 (4.49%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (4.49%) CCNA
1 4 (4.49%) CCNP
1 4 (4.49%) CEH
1 4 (4.49%) CISA
1 4 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (4.49%) CISSP
1 4 (4.49%) CRISC
2 2 (2.25%) Azure Certification
2 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.25%) Degree
2 2 (2.25%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (19.10%) NIST
2 6 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.62%) SOC 2
4 4 (4.49%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (4.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (2.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (21.35%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (6.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (13.48%) CA Single Sign-On
1 12 (13.48%) Single Sign-On
1 12 (13.48%) Terraform
2 4 (4.49%) vRealize
2 4 (4.49%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 2 (2.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.25%) NetCrunch
3 2 (2.25%) SCCM
4 1 (1.12%) Ansible
4 1 (1.12%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.12%) Nessus
4 1 (1.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (31.46%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.48%) CA
2 12 (13.48%) CyberArk
2 12 (13.48%) ServiceNow
3 8 (8.99%) VMware
4 5 (5.62%) Fortinet
5 4 (4.49%) Veeam
6 3 (3.37%) Qualys
7 2 (2.25%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.25%) Splunk
8 1 (1.12%) Citrix
8 1 (1.12%) F5
8 1 (1.12%) Netskope
8 1 (1.12%) Palo Alto