Infrastructure Architect Job Trends in England

Infrastructure Architect
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Architect salary in England is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 February 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 548 585
Rank change year-on-year -47 +37 +219
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 41 105 176
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.067% 0.24% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.27% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 35 56 146
10th Percentile £67,750 - £62,500
25th Percentile £74,375 £67,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £88,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -15.01% +12.42%
75th Percentile £107,500 £77,500 £110,000
90th Percentile - £85,625 -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £82,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -8.54% +4.46%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 55,600 39,498 63,358
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 91.23% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 35,900 21,132 50,551
10th Percentile £29,250 £32,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend 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 23 February 2026.

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 23 February 2026. 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 +29 17 £105,000 +6.33% 7
South East -48 8 £90,000 +20.00% 9
North West +14 7 £68,500 -
North of England -14 7 £68,500 -
West Midlands +2 4 £90,000 +9.09% 1
South West -12 4 £73,750 - 3
Midlands -15 4 £90,000 +14.29% 1
East of England +7 1 - -
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 England region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 21 (51.22%) AWS
2 18 (43.90%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (43.90%) Roadmaps
3 17 (41.46%) Azure
3 17 (41.46%) Infrastructure as Code
4 16 (39.02%) Cloud Security
4 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
5 14 (34.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (34.15%) Technical Leadership
6 13 (31.71%) Security Architecture
7 12 (29.27%) Ansible
7 12 (29.27%) Jenkins
7 12 (29.27%) Product Roadmap
8 9 (21.95%) Enterprise Architecture
8 9 (21.95%) Firewall
8 9 (21.95%) PowerShell
9 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
10 6 (14.63%) Agile
10 6 (14.63%) DV Cleared
10 6 (14.63%) IT Strategy
10 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (14.63%) Terraform
10 6 (14.63%) TOGAF
10 6 (14.63%) VMware
10 6 (14.63%) Windows
11 5 (12.20%) OCI
11 5 (12.20%) Oracle
11 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
11 5 (12.20%) Service Delivery

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.44%) Apache
3 1 (2.44%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 21 (51.22%) AWS
2 17 (41.46%) Azure
3 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (12.20%) OCI
5 2 (4.88%) GitHub
5 2 (4.88%) IaaS
5 2 (4.88%) PaaS
6 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.44%) GCP
6 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.44%) SaaS
6 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.95%) Firewall
2 4 (9.76%) SD-WAN
3 3 (7.32%) Network Security
3 3 (7.32%) WAN
4 2 (4.88%) VLAN
4 2 (4.88%) VPN
5 1 (2.44%) DNS
5 1 (2.44%) Kerberos
5 1 (2.44%) MPLS
5 1 (2.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (29.27%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.88%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (2.44%) MSI
General
1 15 (36.59%) Finance
2 13 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 11 (26.83%) Banking
4 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Electronics
5 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) OAuth
1 2 (4.88%) OpenID
1 2 (4.88%) SAML
2 1 (2.44%) .NET
2 1 (2.44%) LDAP
2 1 (2.44%) Middleware
2 1 (2.44%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (43.90%) Data Centre
2 16 (39.02%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (31.71%) Public Cloud
4 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
4 2 (4.88%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 4 (9.76%) Linux
3 3 (7.32%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (43.90%) Cybersecurity
1 18 (43.90%) Roadmaps
2 17 (41.46%) Infrastructure as Code
3 16 (39.02%) Cloud Security
4 14 (34.15%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (34.15%) Technical Leadership
5 13 (31.71%) Security Architecture
6 12 (29.27%) Product Roadmap
7 9 (21.95%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (14.63%) Agile
8 6 (14.63%) IT Strategy
8 6 (14.63%) TOGAF
9 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (12.20%) Service Delivery
10 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Automation
10 4 (9.76%) Project Delivery
11 3 (7.32%) CI/CD
11 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 3 (7.32%) Performance Optimisation
11 3 (7.32%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.95%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.32%) Bicep
3 1 (2.44%) Bash
3 1 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.63%) DV Cleared
3 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.32%) CISSP
4 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
5 2 (4.88%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CISM
6 1 (2.44%) Degree
6 1 (2.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.88%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.44%) Docker
3 1 (2.44%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (29.27%) Ansible
2 6 (14.63%) Terraform
3 3 (7.32%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.44%) CASB
5 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (2.44%) WMI
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) VMware
3 5 (12.20%) Oracle
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco
4 2 (4.88%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.44%) EMC
5 1 (2.44%) F5
5 1 (2.44%) SAP
5 1 (2.44%) Tenable
5 1 (2.44%) Zscaler