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 10 April 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 562 622
Rank change year-on-year -62 +60 +173
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 58 52 192
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.078% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.16% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 45 29 155
10th Percentile £68,800 £62,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% +15.02%
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 -
UK median annual salary £87,500 £75,000 £89,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -15.73% +18.67%

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 68,398 32,714 75,749
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 89.52% 94.39%
Number of salaries quoted 45,036 21,221 58,864
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.00%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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
South East -26 22 £85,000 +13.33% 11
London -10 16 £102,500 -2.38% 7
North of England -70 7 £80,000 +23.08% 3
West Midlands -14 5 £80,000 - 1
Midlands -48 5 £80,000 - 1
North East -31 4 - - 2
East of England -39 4 - - 2
South West -44 4 £73,750 - 4
Yorkshire -55 2 £80,000 +23.08% 1
North West -31 1 £71,000 -
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 April 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 25 (43.10%) Azure
2 17 (29.31%) Microsoft
2 17 (29.31%) Roadmaps
3 14 (24.14%) AWS
4 13 (22.41%) Firewall
5 12 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (20.69%) Technical Leadership
6 11 (18.97%) Security Cleared
7 10 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
7 10 (17.24%) VMware
8 9 (15.52%) PowerShell
9 8 (13.79%) Cloud Security
9 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (13.79%) Windows
10 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
10 7 (12.07%) DNS
10 7 (12.07%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (12.07%) Security Architecture
10 7 (12.07%) TOGAF
11 6 (10.34%) Agile
11 6 (10.34%) Ansible
11 6 (10.34%) DV Cleared
11 6 (10.34%) Jenkins
11 6 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (10.34%) Terraform
11 6 (10.34%) WAN
11 6 (10.34%) Windows Server
12 5 (8.62%) Cost Optimisation

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 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.72%) Apache
2 1 (1.72%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 25 (43.10%) Azure
2 14 (24.14%) AWS
3 4 (6.90%) GCP
3 4 (6.90%) IaaS
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.17%) PaaS
5 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.45%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.72%) GitHub
6 1 (1.72%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.72%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.72%) SaaS
6 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) Firewall
2 7 (12.07%) DNS
3 6 (10.34%) WAN
4 5 (8.62%) VPN
5 4 (6.90%) SD-WAN
6 3 (5.17%) LAN
6 3 (5.17%) NetScaler
6 3 (5.17%) Network Security
6 3 (5.17%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (3.45%) Kerberos
7 2 (3.45%) VLAN
8 1 (1.72%) MPLS
8 1 (1.72%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.72%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.72%) MSI
2 1 (1.72%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 13 (22.41%) Finance
2 5 (8.62%) Banking
2 5 (8.62%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Electronics
5 1 (1.72%) Legal
5 1 (1.72%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.72%) Marketing
5 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) OAuth
1 3 (5.17%) OpenID
1 3 (5.17%) SAML
2 2 (3.45%) LDAP
2 2 (3.45%) REST
3 1 (1.72%) .NET
3 1 (1.72%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.76%) Data Centre
2 7 (12.07%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (10.34%) Public Cloud
4 4 (6.90%) Operational Technology
5 3 (5.17%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
6 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) Windows
2 6 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.17%) Linux
4 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) Roadmaps
2 12 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (20.69%) Technical Leadership
3 10 (17.24%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (13.79%) Cloud Security
4 8 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (12.07%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (12.07%) Security Architecture
5 7 (12.07%) TOGAF
6 6 (10.34%) Agile
6 6 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (8.62%) Cost Optimisation
7 5 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (8.62%) Product Roadmap
8 4 (6.90%) Data Security
8 4 (6.90%) Project Delivery
8 4 (6.90%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.52%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.62%) SQL
3 2 (3.45%) Bicep
4 1 (1.72%) Bash
4 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.34%) DV Cleared
3 5 (8.62%) TOGAF Certification
4 4 (6.90%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.17%) CISSP
5 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.72%) CISM
6 1 (1.72%) Degree
6 1 (1.72%) SANS
6 1 (1.72%) VCAP
6 1 (1.72%) VCDX
6 1 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.72%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.45%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.72%) Docker
4 1 (1.72%) vCloud
4 1 (1.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Ansible
1 6 (10.34%) Terraform
2 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.72%) CASB
5 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.72%) WMI
Vendors
1 17 (29.31%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.24%) VMware
3 4 (6.90%) Oracle
4 3 (5.17%) Citrix
5 2 (3.45%) Broadcom
5 2 (3.45%) Cisco
5 2 (3.45%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.72%) Dell
6 1 (1.72%) EMC
6 1 (1.72%) F5
6 1 (1.72%) NetApp
6 1 (1.72%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (1.72%) SAP
6 1 (1.72%) Zscaler