Infrastructure Support Jobs in England

Infrastructure Support
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Support salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 600 774 913
Rank change year-on-year +174 +139 -232
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 218 153 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 193 139 189
10th Percentile £30,385 £26,150 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,040 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £51,100 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -2.44% +2.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,172 84,782 125,764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,024 53,688 75,723
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in England

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support in England

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in England

Infrastructure Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
South East +67 99 £45,750 +29.24% 12
South West +5 39 £35,000 -4.11% 3
London +119 31 £67,500 +35.00% 8
North of England +43 26 £42,500 +11.84% 7
Midlands +6 22 £41,250 -13.16%
Yorkshire +104 20 £42,500 +11.84% 4
West Midlands +32 16 £37,500 -4.46%
East Midlands -11 6 £47,500 -13.64%
North West +14 5 £42,500 -9.19% 2
East of England +9 1 £50,000 +31.58% 1
North East -6 1 £29,000 -27.50% 1
Infrastructure Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Infrastructure Support 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 England region featuring Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 145 (66.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 104 (47.71%) Windows
3 96 (44.04%) Active Directory
4 94 (43.12%) Azure
5 91 (41.74%) Microsoft 365
6 90 (41.28%) Microsoft
7 85 (38.99%) VMware
8 76 (34.86%) Windows Server
9 63 (28.90%) VMware Infrastructure
10 58 (26.61%) Firewall
11 53 (24.31%) Security Cleared
12 51 (23.39%) Social Skills
13 49 (22.48%) PowerShell
14 42 (19.27%) Customer Service
15 41 (18.81%) Microsoft Exchange
15 41 (18.81%) SCCM
16 38 (17.43%) Microsoft Intune
17 36 (16.51%) Windows Server 2012
17 36 (16.51%) Windows 10
17 36 (16.51%) VMware ESXi
18 35 (16.06%) SC Cleared
19 34 (15.60%) ITIL
19 34 (15.60%) Citrix
20 33 (15.14%) Entra ID
21 32 (14.68%) WAN
22 31 (14.22%) LAN
23 30 (13.76%) SAN
24 29 (13.30%) SLA
24 29 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
25 28 (12.84%) SharePoint

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 41 (18.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (12.84%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.83%) IIS
4 3 (1.38%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.46%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.75%) LightWave 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 94 (43.12%) Azure
2 91 (41.74%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (15.14%) Entra ID
4 21 (9.63%) AWS
5 19 (8.72%) IaaS
5 19 (8.72%) SaaS
6 12 (5.50%) PaaS
7 9 (4.13%) Azure Sentinel
8 8 (3.67%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.21%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.83%) Mimecast
10 4 (1.83%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.92%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.92%) OpenDNS
12 1 (0.46%) GCP
12 1 (0.46%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.46%) OCI
12 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 58 (26.61%) Firewall
2 32 (14.68%) WAN
3 31 (14.22%) LAN
4 30 (13.76%) SAN
5 28 (12.84%) DNS
6 25 (11.47%) Wi-Fi
7 20 (9.17%) VPN
8 17 (7.80%) DHCP
9 15 (6.88%) Wireless
10 12 (5.50%) iSCSI
10 12 (5.50%) SD-WAN
11 10 (4.59%) Internet
11 10 (4.59%) TCP/IP
11 10 (4.59%) WLAN
12 8 (3.67%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (3.21%) NAS
14 5 (2.29%) VLAN
15 3 (1.38%) Network Security
15 3 (1.38%) VoIP
16 2 (0.92%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.67%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.75%) MySQL
3 5 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (2.75%) JIRA
2 3 (1.38%) GitLab
General
1 51 (23.39%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.55%) Finance
3 21 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.42%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.59%) Law
6 7 (3.21%) Legal
6 7 (3.21%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.83%) Banking
8 3 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.92%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.92%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.92%) LAMP
1 2 (0.92%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.46%) EDI
2 1 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.09%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.34%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (5.50%) PKI
4 11 (5.05%) Clustering
4 11 (5.05%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.75%) Replication
5 6 (2.75%) Smart Home
6 4 (1.83%) IPTV
6 4 (1.83%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.38%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.92%) BYOD
8 2 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.46%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.46%) FMCG
9 1 (0.46%) Life Science
9 1 (0.46%) NHS
9 1 (0.46%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 104 (47.71%) Windows
2 76 (34.86%) Windows Server
3 36 (16.51%) Windows 10
3 36 (16.51%) Windows Server 2012
4 22 (10.09%) Linux
5 17 (7.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (7.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (5.05%) Windows NT
7 8 (3.67%) Android
8 7 (3.21%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.75%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.92%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.46%) AIX
11 1 (0.46%) Unix
11 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.46%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (66.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (19.27%) Customer Service
3 34 (15.60%) ITIL
4 29 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (8.72%) Service Management
6 15 (6.88%) Incident Management
7 14 (6.42%) Problem Management
8 13 (5.96%) Service Delivery
9 12 (5.50%) Capacity Management
10 11 (5.05%) Deployment Automation
10 11 (5.05%) Root Cause Analysis
11 10 (4.59%) Change Management
11 10 (4.59%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (4.59%) Server Monitoring
12 9 (4.13%) Customer Requirements
12 9 (4.13%) Systems Engineering
13 8 (3.67%) Change Advisory Board
13 8 (3.67%) Server Management
14 7 (3.21%) Patch Management
14 7 (3.21%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.48%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.50%) SQL
3 11 (5.05%) Bash
4 9 (4.13%) ActionScript
4 9 (4.13%) VB
5 4 (1.83%) Python
Qualifications
1 53 (24.31%) Security Cleared
2 35 (16.06%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.63%) DV Cleared
4 18 (8.26%) Degree
5 8 (3.67%) CCNA
5 8 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.67%) MCP
6 6 (2.75%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.38%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.92%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (0.92%) MCSE
9 1 (0.46%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.46%) CCA
9 1 (0.46%) CCDA
9 1 (0.46%) CCNP
9 1 (0.46%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.46%) MCTS
9 1 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.30%) SLA
2 9 (4.13%) GDPR
3 6 (2.75%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 96 (44.04%) Active Directory
2 63 (28.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (16.51%) VMware ESXi
4 26 (11.93%) Hyper-V
5 19 (8.72%) Firmware
6 12 (5.50%) XenApp
7 11 (5.05%) vSphere
8 9 (4.13%) OpenSSH
9 8 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.83%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.38%) Docker
11 3 (1.38%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.92%) pfSense
12 2 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.92%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 41 (18.81%) SCCM
2 38 (17.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 25 (11.47%) vCenter Server
4 17 (7.80%) WSUS
5 11 (5.05%) Sysprep
6 9 (4.13%) IBM BigFix
6 9 (4.13%) PowerCLI
7 8 (3.67%) NetBackup
7 8 (3.67%) SCOM
8 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 6 (2.75%) SCDPM
9 3 (1.38%) Backup Exec
9 3 (1.38%) ZENworks
10 2 (0.92%) Ansible
10 2 (0.92%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
11 1 (0.46%) NetCrunch
11 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 90 (41.28%) Microsoft
2 85 (38.99%) VMware
3 34 (15.60%) Citrix
4 25 (11.47%) Veeam
5 24 (11.01%) Cisco
6 16 (7.34%) HP
7 12 (5.50%) Meraki
7 12 (5.50%) Sophos
8 10 (4.59%) Dell
8 10 (4.59%) IBM
9 9 (4.13%) Palo Alto
10 7 (3.21%) McAfee
11 6 (2.75%) Aruba
11 6 (2.75%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (2.75%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (1.38%) 3PAR
12 3 (1.38%) Apple
12 3 (1.38%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.38%) NetApp
13 2 (0.92%) Veritas