Head of IT Infrastructure Jobs in England

Head of IT Infrastructure
UK > England

The median Head of IT Infrastructure salary in England is £98,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 829 919 1109
Rank change year-on-year +90 +190 -259
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT Infrastructure 2 10 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.002% 0.011% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.012% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 18
10th Percentile £96,375 £74,125 £61,750
25th Percentile £96,563 £81,250 £67,891
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £98,750 £120,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -17.71% +62.71% +5.36%
75th Percentile £101,563 £121,563 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,125 £126,625 £91,250
UK median annual salary £98,750 £117,500 £73,750
% change year-on-year -15.96% +59.32% -4.84%

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 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £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 £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of IT Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT Infrastructure in England

Head of IT Infrastructure
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Head of IT Infrastructure in England

Head of IT 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 IT Infrastructure within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North West - 1 £100,000 -
East of England - 1 £97,500 -
North of England - 1 £100,000 -
Head of IT Infrastructure
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Head of IT 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 IT Infrastructure in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Demand Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Snow
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD

Head of IT 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Demand Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Licensing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Snow