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 5 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
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 214 278
Rank change year-on-year -1 +64 -45
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 32 28 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.44% 0.50% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.56% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 31 26 7
10th Percentile £31,250 £23,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £35,375 £24,000 -
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 - - £47,000
South East median annual salary £45,750 £35,400 £41,000
% change year-on-year +29.24% -13.66% -0.61%

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 6,823 5,045 7,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.50% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,631 3,039 4,144
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,375 £39,853 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £77,750 £87,500 £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 5 June 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 5 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
Berkshire +24 24 £45,000 +53.85% 2
Oxfordshire - 6 £42,500 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £45,000 -
Infrastructure Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 23 (71.88%) SCCM
2 22 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 22 (68.75%) SC Cleared
3 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 20 (62.50%) Active Directory
4 15 (46.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (40.63%) Windows
5 13 (40.63%) Windows Server
6 12 (37.50%) Firmware
6 12 (37.50%) Service Management
7 11 (34.38%) VMware
7 11 (34.38%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (31.25%) Hyper-V
9 8 (25.00%) SCOM
9 8 (25.00%) NetBackup
9 8 (25.00%) Firewall
10 7 (21.88%) Change Management
10 7 (21.88%) Performance Management
10 7 (21.88%) Incident Management
10 7 (21.88%) Release Management
10 7 (21.88%) McAfee
10 7 (21.88%) Windows 10
10 7 (21.88%) People Management
10 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (21.88%) Change Advisory Board
11 6 (18.75%) Azure
11 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (18.75%) DV Cleared

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 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (18.75%) Azure
3 4 (12.50%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.25%) Mimecast
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.13%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Firewall
2 6 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (9.38%) WAN
4 2 (6.25%) LAN
5 1 (3.13%) DHCP
5 1 (3.13%) DNS
5 1 (3.13%) SAN
5 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
1 4 (12.50%) Law
2 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
2 2 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.13%) Data Centre
1 1 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (40.63%) Windows
1 13 (40.63%) Windows Server
2 7 (21.88%) Windows 10
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2016
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2019
3 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (15.63%) Windows NT
5 2 (6.25%) Linux
6 1 (3.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (46.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (37.50%) Service Management
3 7 (21.88%) Change Advisory Board
3 7 (21.88%) Change Management
3 7 (21.88%) Incident Management
3 7 (21.88%) People Management
3 7 (21.88%) Performance Management
3 7 (21.88%) Release Management
4 6 (18.75%) ITIL
5 5 (15.63%) Customer Service
5 5 (15.63%) Deployment Automation
6 4 (12.50%) Change Control
6 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 2 (6.25%) Agile
7 2 (6.25%) Biomedicine
7 2 (6.25%) Biotechnology
7 2 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (6.25%) Server Building
7 2 (6.25%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (68.75%) SC Cleared
1 22 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (18.75%) DV Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 1 (3.13%) CCNA
4 1 (3.13%) CCNP
4 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 20 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 12 (37.50%) Firmware
3 11 (34.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (31.25%) Hyper-V
5 1 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (71.88%) SCCM
2 8 (25.00%) NetBackup
2 8 (25.00%) SCOM
3 6 (18.75%) WSUS
4 5 (15.63%) Sysprep
5 1 (3.13%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (3.13%) vCenter Server
5 1 (3.13%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 11 (34.38%) VMware
3 7 (21.88%) McAfee
4 5 (15.63%) Veeam
5 4 (12.50%) Citrix
6 1 (3.13%) 3PAR
6 1 (3.13%) Cisco
6 1 (3.13%) Dell
6 1 (3.13%) EMC
6 1 (3.13%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (3.13%) HP
6 1 (3.13%) Juniper
6 1 (3.13%) Oracle
6 1 (3.13%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.13%) Symantec