Head of Infrastructure Jobs in England

Head of Infrastructure
UK > England

The median Head of Infrastructure salary in England is £86,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 778 863 1058
Rank change year-on-year +85 +195 -236
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 57 62 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.067% 0.067% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.073% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 46 51 49
10th Percentile £63,888 £69,000 £54,840
25th Percentile £70,000 £88,125 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,000 £95,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +15.15% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £118,750 £91,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £127,500 £101,000
UK median annual salary £86,000 £95,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -9.47% +15.15% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,497 84,397 127,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,179 53,484 75,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,809 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Infrastructure in England

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Infrastructure in England.

Salary trend for Head of Infrastructure in England

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Infrastructure in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Infrastructure in England

Head of Infrastructure
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Infrastructure within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
London +105 25 £95,000 - 9
North of England +43 10 £90,000 +89.47%
North West - 10 £90,000 -
South East +14 9 £86,000 -4.44% 1
Midlands +21 6 £75,000 -9.09% 2
South West -17 5 £65,000 -16.13%
West Midlands +17 3 £86,000 +4.24% 2
East Midlands - 3 £75,000 -
East of England +20 1 £97,500 +62.50%
Head of Infrastructure
UK

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Head of Infrastructure 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 England region featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 13 (22.81%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) AWS
2 10 (17.54%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (17.54%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.79%) Agile
4 8 (14.04%) Finance
4 8 (14.04%) ITIL
4 8 (14.04%) Roadmaps
5 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.28%) Project Management
5 7 (12.28%) Law
5 7 (12.28%) Manufacturing
6 6 (10.53%) Information Security
6 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (10.53%) Service Delivery
6 6 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
6 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (8.77%) Business Strategy
7 5 (8.77%) Data Centre
7 5 (8.77%) DevOps
7 5 (8.77%) People Management
7 5 (8.77%) Mentoring
7 5 (8.77%) CISSP
7 5 (8.77%) CISM
7 5 (8.77%) Business Continuity
8 4 (7.02%) VMware
8 4 (7.02%) Risk Management
8 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
8 4 (7.02%) Windows

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (7.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.81%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) AWS
3 4 (7.02%) GCP
4 2 (3.51%) IaaS
4 2 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.51%) PaaS
4 2 (3.51%) SaaS
5 1 (1.75%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) Firewall
2 1 (1.75%) LAN
2 1 (1.75%) NAS
2 1 (1.75%) SAN
2 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.75%) WAN
General
1 10 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.04%) Finance
3 7 (12.28%) Law
3 7 (12.28%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.02%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Aviation
5 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.51%) Health Technology
6 2 (3.51%) Legal
6 2 (3.51%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Automotive
7 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.77%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (5.26%) IoT
2 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.51%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.75%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.75%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.02%) Windows
2 3 (5.26%) Android
2 3 (5.26%) Apple iOS
2 3 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (17.54%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (15.79%) Agile
3 8 (14.04%) ITIL
3 8 (14.04%) Roadmaps
4 7 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (12.28%) Project Management
5 6 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (10.53%) Information Security
5 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
5 6 (10.53%) Service Delivery
5 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.77%) Business Continuity
6 5 (8.77%) Business Strategy
6 5 (8.77%) DevOps
6 5 (8.77%) Mentoring
6 5 (8.77%) People Management
7 4 (7.02%) Coaching
7 4 (7.02%) High Availability
7 4 (7.02%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (8.77%) CISM
1 5 (8.77%) CISSP
2 2 (3.51%) Degree
3 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (1.75%) CCIE
3 1 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) Accessibility
1 3 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.75%) NIST
2 1 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (3.51%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Terraform
2 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (7.02%) VMware
2 3 (5.26%) Citrix
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.51%) NEC
4 1 (1.75%) Cisco
4 1 (1.75%) Google
4 1 (1.75%) Meraki
4 1 (1.75%) Snow