Infrastructure Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Support salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 645 694
Rank change year-on-year +80 +49 -154
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 201 110 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.21% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 191 99 117
10th Percentile £29,346 £24,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,625 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £40,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -6.83% +7.33%
75th Percentile £51,750 £47,500 £48,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £52,200 £55,250
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,146 53,642 68,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.24% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,498 30,589 42,749
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +55 93 £45,750 +29.24% 15
South West +11 41 £36,000 -1.37% 8
North of England +62 29 £42,500 +11.84% 6
Yorkshire +98 22 £42,500 +11.84% 3
Midlands +5 21 £40,000 -2.44% 2
Scotland -47 16 £27,400 -14.38% 7
West Midlands +22 15 £37,500 -4.46% 1
North West +3 6 £46,250 -1.18% 1
East Midlands -5 6 £47,500 -13.64% 1
East of England +12 1 £50,000 +24.22%
North East -6 1 £29,000 -27.50% 2
Infrastructure Support
UK

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 132 (65.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 95 (47.26%) Windows
3 85 (42.29%) Active Directory
3 85 (42.29%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (38.81%) Azure
4 78 (38.81%) Microsoft
5 75 (37.31%) Windows Server
6 66 (32.84%) VMware
6 66 (32.84%) Security Cleared
7 56 (27.86%) Firewall
8 44 (21.89%) VMware Infrastructure
9 40 (19.90%) Social Skills
10 39 (19.40%) PowerShell
11 37 (18.41%) Customer Service
12 35 (17.41%) SC Cleared
12 35 (17.41%) SCCM
12 35 (17.41%) Microsoft Intune
13 34 (16.92%) DV Cleared
14 31 (15.42%) Windows 10
15 30 (14.93%) Citrix
15 30 (14.93%) ITIL
16 29 (14.43%) DNS
17 28 (13.93%) LAN
17 28 (13.93%) WAN
18 27 (13.43%) Microsoft Exchange
18 27 (13.43%) SAN
19 25 (12.44%) Hyper-V
19 25 (12.44%) SLA
19 25 (12.44%) Wi-Fi
20 24 (11.94%) SharePoint

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (13.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (11.94%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.49%) IIS
4 2 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 11 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.99%) LightWave 3D
Cloud Services
1 85 (42.29%) Microsoft 365
2 78 (38.81%) Azure
3 21 (10.45%) AWS
4 20 (9.95%) IaaS
5 18 (8.96%) Entra ID
6 13 (6.47%) PaaS
7 10 (4.98%) SaaS
8 9 (4.48%) Power Platform
9 7 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.49%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.99%) Mimecast
12 2 (1.00%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.00%) OpenDNS
13 1 (0.50%) GCP
13 1 (0.50%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.50%) OCI
13 1 (0.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 56 (27.86%) Firewall
2 29 (14.43%) DNS
3 28 (13.93%) LAN
3 28 (13.93%) WAN
4 27 (13.43%) SAN
5 25 (12.44%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (8.46%) VPN
7 16 (7.96%) DHCP
8 12 (5.97%) Internet
8 12 (5.97%) iSCSI
8 12 (5.97%) Wireless
9 11 (5.47%) SD-WAN
10 9 (4.48%) TCP/IP
10 9 (4.48%) WLAN
11 8 (3.98%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (3.48%) NAS
13 4 (1.99%) VLAN
14 3 (1.49%) Network Security
14 3 (1.49%) VoIP
15 2 (1.00%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.99%) MySQL
1 6 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.99%) JIRA
2 3 (1.49%) GitLab
General
1 40 (19.90%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.45%) Finance
3 14 (6.97%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (4.98%) Law
5 8 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.48%) Legal
6 7 (3.48%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.50%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.00%) LAMP
1 2 (1.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.95%) Driving Licence
2 12 (5.97%) PKI
3 11 (5.47%) Clustering
4 6 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.99%) Smart Home
5 5 (2.49%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.49%) Replication
6 4 (1.99%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.99%) IPTV
6 4 (1.99%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) FMCG
8 1 (0.50%) Life Science
8 1 (0.50%) NHS
8 1 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 95 (47.26%) Windows
2 75 (37.31%) Windows Server
3 31 (15.42%) Windows 10
4 24 (11.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 19 (9.45%) Linux
6 12 (5.97%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (5.97%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (4.48%) Windows NT
8 8 (3.98%) Android
9 7 (3.48%) Apple iOS
10 6 (2.99%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (65.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (18.41%) Customer Service
3 30 (14.93%) ITIL
4 17 (8.46%) Service Management
5 16 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (7.46%) Incident Management
7 13 (6.47%) Service Delivery
8 12 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (5.97%) Problem Management
9 11 (5.47%) Root Cause Analysis
10 10 (4.98%) Server Monitoring
11 9 (4.48%) Change Management
11 9 (4.48%) Customer Requirements
11 9 (4.48%) Deployment Automation
11 9 (4.48%) Systems Engineering
12 8 (3.98%) Change Advisory Board
13 7 (3.48%) Patch Management
13 7 (3.48%) People Management
13 7 (3.48%) Release Management
13 7 (3.48%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (19.40%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.48%) ActionScript
2 9 (4.48%) VB
3 8 (3.98%) Bash
4 6 (2.99%) SQL
5 2 (1.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 66 (32.84%) Security Cleared
2 35 (17.41%) SC Cleared
3 34 (16.92%) DV Cleared
4 15 (7.46%) Degree
5 7 (3.48%) MCP
6 6 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.49%) CCNA
7 5 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.00%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.50%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.50%) CCA
10 1 (0.50%) CCAA
10 1 (0.50%) CCDA
10 1 (0.50%) CCNP
10 1 (0.50%) MCTS
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (12.44%) SLA
2 7 (3.48%) GDPR
3 6 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 85 (42.29%) Active Directory
2 44 (21.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (12.44%) Hyper-V
4 24 (11.94%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (8.46%) Firmware
6 11 (5.47%) vSphere
7 9 (4.48%) OpenSSH
7 9 (4.48%) XenApp
8 6 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.99%) Terminal Services
10 3 (1.49%) Docker
11 2 (1.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 2 (1.00%) pfSense
11 2 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (1.00%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 35 (17.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 35 (17.41%) SCCM
2 15 (7.46%) vCenter Server
2 15 (7.46%) WSUS
3 9 (4.48%) IBM BigFix
3 9 (4.48%) PowerCLI
3 9 (4.48%) Sysprep
4 8 (3.98%) NetBackup
4 8 (3.98%) SCOM
5 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 6 (2.99%) SCDPM
6 2 (1.00%) Ansible
6 2 (1.00%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.00%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.50%) NetCrunch
7 1 (0.50%) Terraform
7 1 (0.50%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 78 (38.81%) Microsoft
2 66 (32.84%) VMware
3 30 (14.93%) Citrix
4 24 (11.94%) Veeam
5 17 (8.46%) Cisco
6 16 (7.96%) HP
7 12 (5.97%) Meraki
7 12 (5.97%) Sophos
8 10 (4.98%) Dell
9 9 (4.48%) IBM
10 8 (3.98%) Palo Alto
11 7 (3.48%) McAfee
12 6 (2.99%) Aruba
12 6 (2.99%) Dell Compellent
12 6 (2.99%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (1.49%) 3PAR
13 3 (1.49%) Atlassian
14 2 (1.00%) Fortinet
14 2 (1.00%) SolarWinds
14 2 (1.00%) SonicWALL