Infrastructure Analyst
UK

The median Infrastructure Analyst salary in the UK is £46,691 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 761 874
Rank change year-on-year +98 +113 -160
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Analyst 233 234 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.22% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.24% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 197 202 306
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £36,750 £37,780
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,691 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £54,938
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £63,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% -6.10% +6.49%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Infrastructure Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +108 219 £47,500 - 27
UK excluding London +35 155 £40,000 +3.90% 19
Work from Home +82 79 £42,000 -20.11% 13
London +98 73 £65,000 +9.70% 11
North of England +56 53 £42,500 +7.36% 5
South East +45 39 £38,000 -0.65% 4
Yorkshire +113 37 £35,000 +1.45%
South West -21 23 £67,500 +80.00% 3
Midlands +7 20 £40,000 - 1
North West -1 13 £52,500 +23.53% 5
East of England +31 11 £35,000 -24.32% 3
West Midlands +23 11 £41,250 +3.13%
East Midlands -13 9 £40,000 -11.11% 1
Wales +13 8 £32,500 +44.44% 4
North East - 3 - -
Scotland -60 1 £56,000 +28.74%

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Infrastructure Analyst 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 featuring Infrastructure Analyst in the job title.

1 139 (59.66%) Azure
2 103 (44.21%) Microsoft 365
3 98 (42.06%) Windows
4 94 (40.34%) Active Directory
5 87 (37.34%) VMware
6 78 (33.48%) Microsoft
7 68 (29.18%) Windows Server
8 46 (19.74%) Citrix
9 42 (18.03%) Microsoft Exchange
9 42 (18.03%) Microsoft Intune
10 41 (17.60%) DevOps
11 38 (16.31%) ITIL
11 38 (16.31%) Law
12 37 (15.88%) Firewall
13 36 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (15.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 34 (14.59%) VMware Infrastructure
15 33 (14.16%) PowerShell
15 33 (14.16%) Entra ID
15 33 (14.16%) Social Skills
16 32 (13.73%) Cisco
17 31 (13.30%) DNS
18 30 (12.88%) WAN
18 30 (12.88%) Windows 10
19 29 (12.45%) SD-WAN
20 25 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
21 24 (10.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 24 (10.30%) Cybersecurity
21 24 (10.30%) SAN
22 23 (9.87%) Project Management

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 42 (18.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.58%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.29%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.58%) LightWave 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 139 (59.66%) Azure
2 103 (44.21%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (15.45%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (14.16%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.58%) AWS
6 11 (4.72%) IaaS
7 9 (3.86%) PaaS
7 9 (3.86%) SaaS
8 8 (3.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 8 (3.43%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (3.00%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (3.00%) Rubrik
10 6 (2.58%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.58%) Nutanix
11 5 (2.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.72%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.29%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.88%) Firewall
2 31 (13.30%) DNS
3 30 (12.88%) WAN
4 29 (12.45%) SD-WAN
5 24 (10.30%) SAN
6 18 (7.73%) DHCP
7 13 (5.58%) Wireless
8 12 (5.15%) LAN
9 11 (4.72%) TCP/IP
10 9 (3.86%) VoIP
10 9 (3.86%) VPN
11 8 (3.43%) MPLS
12 6 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (2.15%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (1.29%) Cisco IOS
14 3 (1.29%) VLAN
15 2 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
15 2 (0.86%) SNMP
15 2 (0.86%) WPA
16 1 (0.43%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.01%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.86%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.86%) Power BI
General
1 38 (16.31%) Law
2 33 (14.16%) Social Skills
3 24 (10.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (8.58%) Legal
5 15 (6.44%) Finance
6 8 (3.43%) Banking
7 6 (2.58%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.58%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.43%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.44%) JSON
2 14 (6.01%) ARM Templates
3 3 (1.29%) YAML
4 1 (0.43%) OAuth
4 1 (0.43%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.43%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.29%) Driving Licence
2 9 (3.86%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.58%) Operational Technology
3 6 (2.58%) Smart Home
4 4 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.29%) Clustering
5 3 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.86%) BYOD
6 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (0.86%) iPad
6 2 (0.86%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.43%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.43%) FMCG
7 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.43%) iPhone
7 1 (0.43%) Life Science
7 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.43%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 98 (42.06%) Windows
2 68 (29.18%) Windows Server
3 30 (12.88%) Windows 10
4 21 (9.01%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (6.01%) Linux
6 7 (3.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.43%) Android
9 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (17.60%) DevOps
2 38 (16.31%) ITIL
3 36 (15.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 25 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (10.30%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (9.87%) Project Management
7 20 (8.58%) Customer Service
8 19 (8.15%) Change Management
9 18 (7.73%) Roadmaps
10 13 (5.58%) Configuration Management
10 13 (5.58%) Information Security
10 13 (5.58%) Problem Management
10 13 (5.58%) Project Delivery
11 12 (5.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (4.72%) Infrastructure as Code
13 10 (4.29%) Technical Leadership
14 9 (3.86%) Change Advisory Board
14 9 (3.86%) High Availability
14 9 (3.86%) Mentoring
14 9 (3.86%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 33 (14.16%) PowerShell
2 23 (9.87%) SQL
3 4 (1.72%) Bicep
4 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (7.30%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (6.01%) Degree
3 12 (5.15%) Azure Certification
4 11 (4.72%) CCNP
5 10 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 6 (2.58%) CCNA
7 6 (2.58%) MCSE
8 3 (1.29%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.29%) MCP
9 2 (0.86%) HP APS
9 2 (0.86%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.43%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.00%) GDPR
2 7 (3.00%) PMO
3 5 (2.15%) SLA
4 1 (0.43%) COBIT
4 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 94 (40.34%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (7.73%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.43%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.86%) vSphere
7 1 (0.43%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.43%) XenApp
7 1 (0.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 42 (18.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (7.73%) SCCM
3 16 (6.87%) Terraform
4 8 (3.43%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.00%) Nagios
6 6 (2.58%) vRealize
7 3 (1.29%) ZENworks
8 2 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.86%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.43%) Ansible
9 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.43%) Puppet
9 1 (0.43%) vMotion
Vendors
1 87 (37.34%) VMware
2 78 (33.48%) Microsoft
3 46 (19.74%) Citrix
4 32 (13.73%) Cisco
5 23 (9.87%) SolarWinds
6 22 (9.44%) Meraki
7 17 (7.30%) Palo Alto
8 11 (4.72%) HP
8 11 (4.72%) Juniper
9 10 (4.29%) Splunk
10 7 (3.00%) 3PAR
10 7 (3.00%) Aderant
10 7 (3.00%) iManage
10 7 (3.00%) LogicMonitor
10 7 (3.00%) Veeam
11 6 (2.58%) Brocade
11 6 (2.58%) Canon
11 6 (2.58%) Intapp
12 5 (2.15%) AppDynamics
12 5 (2.15%) CheckPoint