Infrastructure Support Jobs in the South East

Infrastructure Support
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Support salary in the South East is £45,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 299 360 442
Rank change year-on-year +61 +82 -92
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 93 49 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.55% 0.34% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.37% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 92 44 32
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £27,156 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £35,400 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.24% -13.66% -3.53%
75th Percentile £52,813 £47,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £53,375
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +9.76% - +2.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 15,768 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,324 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in the South East

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the South East.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support in the South East

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the South East over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in the South East

Infrastructure Support
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Thames Valley +27 36 £45,000 +53.85% 8
Hampshire +10 35 £47,500 -4.04% 4
Berkshire +30 27 £45,000 +53.85% 4
Kent +2 7 £31,500 +18.87% 1
Oxfordshire - 7 £42,500 -
Surrey +11 5 £42,000 +5.00%
East Sussex +20 4 £55,000 +22.22%
West Sussex - 4 £51,250 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £45,000 - 4
Sussex - 2 £32,500 -
Infrastructure Support
England

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 South East region featuring Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 67 (72.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (64.52%) Active Directory
3 55 (59.14%) Windows
4 48 (51.61%) Microsoft
5 41 (44.09%) Windows Server
6 38 (40.86%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (40.86%) VMware
7 33 (35.48%) Azure
8 32 (34.41%) SCCM
9 29 (31.18%) Firewall
10 28 (30.11%) VMware Infrastructure
11 26 (27.96%) PowerShell
11 26 (27.96%) Windows 10
11 26 (27.96%) Customer Service
12 25 (26.88%) Security Cleared
13 23 (24.73%) ITIL
13 23 (24.73%) Windows Server 2012
14 21 (22.58%) VMware ESXi
14 21 (22.58%) SC Cleared
15 20 (21.51%) SLA
16 17 (18.28%) Social Skills
16 17 (18.28%) Microsoft Exchange
16 17 (18.28%) Service Management
17 16 (17.20%) Hyper-V
17 16 (17.20%) Wi-Fi
17 16 (17.20%) Firmware
18 15 (16.13%) LAN
18 15 (16.13%) Incident Management
18 15 (16.13%) AWS
19 14 (15.05%) Documentation Skills

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (18.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (12.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.08%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (40.86%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (35.48%) Azure
3 15 (16.13%) AWS
4 11 (11.83%) Entra ID
5 9 (9.68%) IaaS
6 7 (7.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (5.38%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.23%) PaaS
9 2 (2.15%) Mimecast
10 1 (1.08%) OCI
10 1 (1.08%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (31.18%) Firewall
2 16 (17.20%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (16.13%) LAN
4 12 (12.90%) DNS
5 11 (11.83%) VPN
6 10 (10.75%) iSCSI
6 10 (10.75%) SAN
7 9 (9.68%) Internet
8 8 (8.60%) DHCP
9 6 (6.45%) NAS
9 6 (6.45%) TCP/IP
9 6 (6.45%) WAN
10 4 (4.30%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (2.15%) Network Security
11 2 (2.15%) VoIP
11 2 (2.15%) Wireless
11 2 (2.15%) WPA
12 1 (1.08%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.45%) MySQL
2 5 (5.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.45%) JIRA
2 2 (2.15%) GitLab
General
1 17 (18.28%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.05%) Documentation Skills
3 9 (9.68%) Finance
4 6 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.45%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.30%) Law
6 2 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.68%) Clustering
1 9 (9.68%) PKI
2 6 (6.45%) Driving Licence
3 5 (5.38%) Replication
4 4 (4.30%) IPTV
4 4 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.08%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.08%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.08%) NHS
5 1 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (59.14%) Windows
2 41 (44.09%) Windows Server
3 26 (27.96%) Windows 10
4 23 (24.73%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (12.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (11.83%) Linux
6 11 (11.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (9.68%) Windows NT
8 7 (7.53%) Android
8 7 (7.53%) Apple iOS
9 6 (6.45%) Ubuntu
10 1 (1.08%) Windows 7
10 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (1.08%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (72.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (27.96%) Customer Service
3 23 (24.73%) ITIL
4 17 (18.28%) Service Management
5 15 (16.13%) Incident Management
6 12 (12.90%) Service Delivery
7 10 (10.75%) Problem Management
8 9 (9.68%) Customer Requirements
8 9 (9.68%) Deployment Automation
8 9 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (8.60%) Change Management
10 7 (7.53%) Change Advisory Board
10 7 (7.53%) People Management
10 7 (7.53%) Performance Management
10 7 (7.53%) Release Management
11 6 (6.45%) Customer Experience
11 6 (6.45%) Patch Management
11 6 (6.45%) Server Monitoring
12 5 (5.38%) Change Control
12 5 (5.38%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.96%) PowerShell
2 9 (9.68%) ActionScript
2 9 (9.68%) VB
3 6 (6.45%) Bash
3 6 (6.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (26.88%) Security Cleared
2 21 (22.58%) SC Cleared
3 14 (15.05%) Degree
4 10 (10.75%) DV Cleared
5 6 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (6.45%) MCP
6 2 (2.15%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.15%) CCNA
6 2 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.08%) CCNP
7 1 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (21.51%) SLA
2 7 (7.53%) GDPR
3 5 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 60 (64.52%) Active Directory
2 28 (30.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (22.58%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (17.20%) Firmware
4 16 (17.20%) Hyper-V
5 10 (10.75%) vSphere
6 9 (9.68%) OpenSSH
6 9 (9.68%) XenApp
7 6 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.08%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 32 (34.41%) SCCM
2 14 (15.05%) WSUS
3 13 (13.98%) vCenter Server
4 9 (9.68%) IBM BigFix
4 9 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (9.68%) PowerCLI
4 9 (9.68%) Sysprep
5 8 (8.60%) NetBackup
5 8 (8.60%) SCOM
6 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 6 (6.45%) SCDPM
7 2 (2.15%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (1.08%) NetCrunch
8 1 (1.08%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 48 (51.61%) Microsoft
2 38 (40.86%) VMware
3 14 (15.05%) Citrix
4 10 (10.75%) Veeam
5 9 (9.68%) IBM
6 8 (8.60%) Cisco
6 8 (8.60%) Meraki
7 7 (7.53%) Dell
7 7 (7.53%) McAfee
8 6 (6.45%) Dell Compellent
8 6 (6.45%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (3.23%) 3PAR
10 2 (2.15%) Atlassian
10 2 (2.15%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (2.15%) EMC
10 2 (2.15%) Palo Alto
11 1 (1.08%) Commvault
11 1 (1.08%) Ivanti
11 1 (1.08%) Juniper
11 1 (1.08%) Symantec