Infrastructure Support Jobs in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Support
South East > Thames Valley

The median Infrastructure Support salary in the Thames Valley is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 236 271
Rank change year-on-year +34 +35 -57
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 42 27 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.62% 0.44% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.49% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 40 25 8
10th Percentile £31,250 £23,400 £33,875
25th Percentile £36,125 £24,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £29,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -26.88% +6.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 £35,400 -
90th Percentile - - £45,250
South East median annual salary £45,750 £35,400 £41,000
% change year-on-year +29.24% -13.66% -3.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,375 5,511 6,700
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.87% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,546 3,216 4,203
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,977 £28,800
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,463 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Support
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Berkshire +27 29 £55,000 +88.03% 4
Oxfordshire - 8 £40,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 5 £45,000 - 4
Infrastructure Support
South East

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 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 Thames Valley region featuring Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 30 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 28 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 28 (66.67%) SCCM
2 28 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 25 (59.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 22 (52.38%) SC Cleared
5 20 (47.62%) Windows
6 19 (45.24%) Windows Server
7 18 (42.86%) Firmware
7 18 (42.86%) Service Management
8 14 (33.33%) Windows 10
9 13 (30.95%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (30.95%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
10 12 (28.57%) DV Cleared
10 12 (28.57%) WSUS
10 12 (28.57%) ITIL
11 11 (26.19%) Windows NT
11 11 (26.19%) VMware
11 11 (26.19%) VMware Infrastructure
11 11 (26.19%) Sysprep
11 11 (26.19%) Deployment Automation
11 11 (26.19%) Customer Service
12 10 (23.81%) Hyper-V
13 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (19.05%) NetBackup
13 8 (19.05%) Firewall
13 8 (19.05%) SCOM
13 8 (19.05%) SQL
14 7 (16.67%) McAfee

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (14.29%) Azure
3 4 (9.52%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.76%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.38%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) Firewall
2 6 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (7.14%) WAN
4 2 (4.76%) LAN
5 1 (2.38%) DHCP
5 1 (2.38%) DNS
5 1 (2.38%) SAN
5 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.76%) MongoDB
General
1 4 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (9.52%) Law
2 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
2 2 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (4.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (47.62%) Windows
2 19 (45.24%) Windows Server
3 14 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 13 (30.95%) Windows Server 2016
4 13 (30.95%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (26.19%) Windows NT
7 2 (4.76%) Linux
8 1 (2.38%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (59.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (42.86%) Service Management
3 12 (28.57%) ITIL
4 11 (26.19%) Customer Service
4 11 (26.19%) Deployment Automation
5 7 (16.67%) Change Advisory Board
5 7 (16.67%) Change Management
5 7 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 7 (16.67%) People Management
5 7 (16.67%) Performance Management
5 7 (16.67%) Release Management
6 4 (9.52%) Change Control
6 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.52%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 3 (7.14%) Biomedicine
8 2 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (4.76%) Impact Assessments
8 2 (4.76%) Proactive Monitoring
8 2 (4.76%) Server Management
8 2 (4.76%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.05%) SQL
2 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 2 (4.76%) Bash
3 2 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 22 (52.38%) SC Cleared
3 12 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 5 (11.90%) Degree
5 3 (7.14%) CCNA
5 3 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.38%) CCNP
System Software
1 30 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 18 (42.86%) Firmware
3 11 (26.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (23.81%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (66.67%) SCCM
2 12 (28.57%) WSUS
3 11 (26.19%) Sysprep
4 8 (19.05%) NetBackup
4 8 (19.05%) SCOM
5 1 (2.38%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.38%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.38%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 28 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (26.19%) VMware
3 7 (16.67%) McAfee
4 5 (11.90%) Veeam
5 4 (9.52%) Citrix
6 3 (7.14%) Cisco
7 1 (2.38%) 3PAR
7 1 (2.38%) Dell
7 1 (2.38%) EMC
7 1 (2.38%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (2.38%) HP
7 1 (2.38%) Juniper
7 1 (2.38%) Oracle
7 1 (2.38%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.38%) Symantec