Infrastructure Specialist Job Trends in Dorset

Infrastructure Specialist
South West > Dorset

The median Infrastructure Specialist salary in Dorset is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
South West median annual salary £70,000 - £53,750
% change year-on-year - - +5.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 848 393 714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 96.80% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 553 241 400
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,000 £40,315
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £75,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -9.09%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Infrastructure Specialist job vacancy trend in Dorset

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in Dorset.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in Dorset

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 15 October 2026, Infrastructure Specialist 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 Dorset region featuring Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft