Infrastructure Architect Job Trends in England

Infrastructure Architect
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Architect salary in England is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 587 639 618
Rank change year-on-year +52 -21 +385
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 64 121 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 50 79 104
10th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £56,219
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 39,065 65,689 50,712
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 95.18% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,443 39,893 39,224
10th Percentile £28,260 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Architect in England

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in England

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Architect in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Architect in England

Infrastructure Architect
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect within the England region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
South East +40 23 £77,500 +10.71% 3
London +50 18 £100,000 +17.65% 6
North of England +27 10 £65,000 +0.56% 1
Midlands +24 9 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands +37 7 £80,000 +6.67%
North West +11 5 £68,500 +8.26%
North East +24 4 £65,000 -33.33% 1
East of England -13 4 - -
West Midlands +15 2 £72,250 -9.69% 2
Yorkshire +27 1 £65,000 -
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Infrastructure Architect 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 Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 35 (54.69%) Windows
2 30 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 30 (46.88%) Agile
3 24 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 24 (37.50%) AWS
4 22 (34.38%) DV Cleared
5 20 (31.25%) PowerShell
5 20 (31.25%) Data Centre
5 20 (31.25%) WMI
6 18 (28.13%) MSI
7 17 (26.56%) Azure
8 15 (23.44%) Linux
8 15 (23.44%) Finance
8 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
9 14 (21.88%) Roadmaps
10 12 (18.75%) TOGAF
11 10 (15.63%) Oracle
11 10 (15.63%) SC Cleared
11 10 (15.63%) SaaS
11 10 (15.63%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (15.63%) OCI
11 10 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
12 9 (14.06%) Public Cloud
12 9 (14.06%) PaaS
12 9 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (14.06%) IaaS
13 8 (12.50%) DevOps
13 8 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
14 7 (10.94%) IT Strategy
14 7 (10.94%) Microsoft 365

Infrastructure Architect 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:

Cloud Services
1 24 (37.50%) AWS
2 17 (26.56%) Azure
3 10 (15.63%) OCI
3 10 (15.63%) SaaS
4 9 (14.06%) IaaS
4 9 (14.06%) PaaS
5 7 (10.94%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.13%) GCP
8 1 (1.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (10.94%) Firewall
1 7 (10.94%) Network Security
2 5 (7.81%) LAN
2 5 (7.81%) WAN
3 4 (6.25%) Ethernet
3 4 (6.25%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (4.69%) VPN
5 2 (3.13%) DHCP
5 2 (3.13%) DNS
6 1 (1.56%) BGP
6 1 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.56%) MPLS
6 1 (1.56%) OSPF
6 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.56%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (28.13%) MSI
2 3 (4.69%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (23.44%) Finance
1 15 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.94%) Banking
3 5 (7.81%) Advertising
4 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.69%) Retail
5 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.56%) Electronics
6 1 (1.56%) Marketing
6 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.56%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (31.25%) Data Centre
2 10 (15.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (14.06%) Public Cloud
4 6 (9.38%) Operational Technology
5 5 (7.81%) SCADA
6 3 (4.69%) Cloud Native
6 3 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (3.13%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.56%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (54.69%) Windows
2 15 (23.44%) Linux
3 4 (6.25%) AIX
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.56%) Unix
5 1 (1.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (46.88%) Agile
2 14 (21.88%) Roadmaps
3 12 (18.75%) TOGAF
4 10 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
5 9 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (12.50%) DevOps
7 7 (10.94%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (10.94%) IT Strategy
7 7 (10.94%) Product Roadmap
8 6 (9.38%) Cloud Security
8 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (7.81%) Patch Management
9 5 (7.81%) Service Delivery
10 4 (6.25%) ITIL
10 4 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (6.25%) Project Management
10 4 (6.25%) Security Architecture
11 3 (4.69%) Customer Service
11 3 (4.69%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 20 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.81%) SQL
3 1 (1.56%) Bash
3 1 (1.56%) Bicep
3 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 22 (34.38%) DV Cleared
3 10 (15.63%) SC Cleared
4 7 (10.94%) TOGAF Certification
5 6 (9.38%) AWS Certification
5 6 (9.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.25%) ISSAP
7 3 (4.69%) Degree
8 2 (3.13%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.13%) CISSP
9 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (6.25%) NIST
2 1 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (31.25%) WMI
2 6 (9.38%) Terraform
3 3 (4.69%) Ansible
4 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.63%) Oracle
3 7 (10.94%) VMware
4 5 (7.81%) Fujitsu
5 2 (3.13%) Cisco
5 2 (3.13%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.13%) NetApp
5 2 (3.13%) Tenable
6 1 (1.56%) SAP