Infrastructure Architect Job Trends in Birmingham

Infrastructure Architect
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Infrastructure Architect salary in Birmingham is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 116 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 3 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.15% 0.18% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.19% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £78,500 - -
25th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £82,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -
75th Percentile £107,500 £83,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £90,000 £82,500 -
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,877 1,602 1,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 94.46% 93.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,379 821 1,583
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £68,513
90th Percentile £84,375 £93,750 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% +7.38% -4.76%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Birmingham

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Architect in Birmingham over the 6 months to 22 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Architect in Birmingham

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 22 February 2026, Infrastructure Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Tech Ops
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Environments
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) VPN

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) IaaS
3 1 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Tech Ops
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
3 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft