Infrastructure Architect Job Trends in England

Infrastructure Architect
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Architect salary in England is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 558 625
Rank change year-on-year -65 +67 +170
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 66 52 187
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.085% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.16% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 47 29 149
10th Percentile £69,200 £62,500 £62,500
25th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £75,000 £89,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -15.73% +18.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £110,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 -
UK median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +13.33% -14.29% +16.67%

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 71,777 33,354 77,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 89.28% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 47,086 21,349 59,699
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 20 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 20 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 -34 22 £85,000 +13.33% 3
London -1 16 £100,000 -4.76% 2
North of England -55 11 £75,000 +15.38% 5
East of England -31 8 - -
West Midlands -29 5 £80,000 - 1
Midlands -33 5 £80,000 - 1
North East -39 5 - -
North West -22 4 £75,000 - 5
South West -44 4 £73,750 - 6
Yorkshire -60 2 £80,000 +23.08%
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 27 (40.91%) Azure
2 22 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 16 (24.24%) Microsoft
4 14 (21.21%) AWS
5 13 (19.70%) Firewall
6 12 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
7 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
8 9 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (13.64%) VMware
9 8 (12.12%) Active Directory
9 8 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
9 8 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 8 (12.12%) TOGAF
10 7 (10.61%) Cloud Security
10 7 (10.61%) DNS
10 7 (10.61%) PowerShell
10 7 (10.61%) Windows
11 6 (9.09%) Cost Optimisation
11 6 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (9.09%) Security Architecture
11 6 (9.09%) SQL
11 6 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (9.09%) WAN
11 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
12 5 (7.58%) Accessibility
12 5 (7.58%) Agile
12 5 (7.58%) Ansible

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 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) Apache
2 1 (1.52%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 27 (40.91%) Azure
2 14 (21.21%) AWS
3 4 (6.06%) GCP
3 4 (6.06%) IaaS
3 4 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.55%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.55%) PaaS
5 2 (3.03%) Nutanix
5 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.52%) GitHub
6 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.52%) SaaS
6 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.70%) Firewall
2 7 (10.61%) DNS
3 6 (9.09%) WAN
4 5 (7.58%) VPN
5 4 (6.06%) Network Security
6 3 (4.55%) Kerberos
6 3 (4.55%) LAN
6 3 (4.55%) NetScaler
6 3 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (3.03%) SD-WAN
7 2 (3.03%) VLAN
7 2 (3.03%) VSAN
8 1 (1.52%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.52%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 13 (19.70%) Finance
2 4 (6.06%) Banking
2 4 (6.06%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.52%) Electronics
4 1 (1.52%) Legal
4 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.52%) Marketing
4 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) OAuth
1 4 (6.06%) OpenID
1 4 (6.06%) SAML
2 3 (4.55%) LDAP
2 3 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (1.52%) .NET
3 1 (1.52%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 23 (34.85%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (7.58%) Operational Technology
4 4 (6.06%) Public Cloud
5 3 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.55%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.61%) Windows
2 6 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.55%) Linux
4 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 12 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
3 9 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
3 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 8 (12.12%) TOGAF
5 7 (10.61%) Cloud Security
6 6 (9.09%) Cost Optimisation
6 6 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.09%) Security Architecture
7 5 (7.58%) Agile
7 5 (7.58%) Data Security
7 5 (7.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (7.58%) Infrastructure Automation
7 5 (7.58%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (6.06%) Product Roadmap
8 4 (6.06%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.61%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.09%) SQL
3 2 (3.03%) Bicep
4 1 (1.52%) Bash
4 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
3 5 (7.58%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.06%) CISSP
4 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.03%) VCAP
6 2 (3.03%) VCDX
6 2 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.52%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.52%) CISM
7 1 (1.52%) Degree
7 1 (1.52%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.58%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.55%) VMware NSX
4 2 (3.03%) vCloud
4 2 (3.03%) vSphere
5 1 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Ansible
2 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.06%) Terraform
3 2 (3.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.52%) CASB
4 1 (1.52%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.64%) VMware
3 5 (7.58%) Oracle
4 3 (4.55%) Broadcom
4 3 (4.55%) Citrix
5 2 (3.03%) Dell
5 2 (3.03%) NetApp
5 2 (3.03%) Nimble Storage
6 1 (1.52%) SAP
6 1 (1.52%) Zscaler