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Infrastructure Engineer Career Market Report 2026

1,062 active jobs. 565 companies. Median salary $145K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,062
Active Job Openings
565
Companies Hiring
$145K
Median Salary (US)
80%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Infrastructure Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 80% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $145K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $110K to $200K.

Remote roles pay 6% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 56%

PostgreSQL demand rose +10.8pp — fastest-growing skill

Nebius leads hiring with 19 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Lead → Staff (+$50K, +33%)

Salary increase: +$50K · Sample: Lead → Staff

AI automation risk: low (score 30/100)

Score: 30/100 · AI/LLM demand: 101% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior84$120K$142K$184K
Mid-Level32$87K$125K$180K
Staff27$174K$200K$276K
Junior10$99K$110K$125K
Lead4$135K$150K$191K

What jumps out

Lead → Staff: +$50K (33%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States132$150KUSD
Remote13$142KUSD
United Kingdom5$35KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site7.3%
Remote17.4%
Hybrid3.8%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
56%
Kubernetes
46%
Python
45%
AWS
45%
Terraform
41%
CI/CD
35%
Linux
30%
Docker
24%
DevOps
21%
Azure
20%
GCP
20%
Ansible
18%

Skills on the Rise

PostgreSQL ↑+10.8ppTypeScript ↑+10.2ppGitHub Actions ↑+9.1ppKafka ↑+7.9ppAI/LLM ↑+7.1pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Nebius191.8%
Bah181.7%
Barclays171.6%
Wf131.2%
brightvisiontechnologies131.2%
Sezzle100.9%
Nvidia90.8%
Assurity Trusted Solutions90.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States416
Remote103
India63
United Kingdom40
Singapore30
Canada12
Poland11
Japan10

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree59.5%502
Master's Degree10.7%90
Bachelor's Degree8.6%73
PhD / Doctorate1.2%10

Certifications

ITIL (4%)CCNP (2%)AWS Certified (2%)CISSP (2%)CompTIA (2%)Kubernetes Certified (1%)CCNA (1%)

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