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 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 557 561 532
Rank change year-on-year +4 -29 +316
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 54 131 130
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.26% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.28% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 42 83 108
10th Percentile £67,750 - £59,778
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £89,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.20% +13.29%
75th Percentile £107,500 £78,125 £110,000
90th Percentile - £87,500 -
UK median annual salary £87,500 £75,000 £89,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -15.73% +13.38%

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 46,850 47,323 41,068
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 93.36% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,378 25,530 32,168
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 20 December 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 20 December 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
London +63 26 £105,000 +23.53%
South East -18 11 £77,500 +3.33% 20
North West +42 7 £68,500 +8.26%
North of England +30 7 £68,500 +8.26%
Midlands +3 5 £80,000 -3.03% 2
West Midlands +19 4 £90,000 +9.09%
East of England +22 3 - -
South West +3 2 £73,750 -11.94% 1
East Midlands -8 1 £80,000 +6.67% 2
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 29 (53.70%) AWS
2 20 (37.04%) Azure
2 20 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 20 (37.04%) Roadmaps
3 17 (31.48%) Cloud Security
3 17 (31.48%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (31.48%) Infrastructure as Code
4 16 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (25.93%) Technical Leadership
5 14 (25.93%) Windows
6 13 (24.07%) PowerShell
6 13 (24.07%) Product Roadmap
7 12 (22.22%) Ansible
7 12 (22.22%) Jenkins
7 12 (22.22%) Security Architecture
8 11 (20.37%) Security Cleared
9 10 (18.52%) Agile
9 10 (18.52%) TOGAF
10 9 (16.67%) DV Cleared
10 9 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
11 8 (14.81%) Firewall
11 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
12 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (12.96%) MSI
12 7 (12.96%) Terraform
12 7 (12.96%) VMware
12 7 (12.96%) WMI
13 6 (11.11%) AWS Certification
13 6 (11.11%) IT Strategy
13 6 (11.11%) Linux

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 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.85%) Apache
3 1 (1.85%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 29 (53.70%) AWS
2 20 (37.04%) Azure
3 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (9.26%) IaaS
4 5 (9.26%) OCI
4 5 (9.26%) PaaS
5 4 (7.41%) SaaS
6 2 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.70%) GCP
6 2 (3.70%) GitHub
6 2 (3.70%) Serverless
7 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.81%) Firewall
2 4 (7.41%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.70%) DHCP
3 2 (3.70%) DNS
3 2 (3.70%) Network Security
3 2 (3.70%) VLAN
3 2 (3.70%) VPN
3 2 (3.70%) WAN
4 1 (1.85%) MPLS
4 1 (1.85%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.70%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (22.22%) Jenkins
2 7 (12.96%) MSI
3 2 (3.70%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 22 (40.74%) Finance
2 16 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 13 (24.07%) Banking
4 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Advertising
5 2 (3.70%) Electronics
5 2 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.70%) Marketing
5 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) .NET
1 1 (1.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (35.19%) Data Centre
2 18 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (24.07%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 3 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.85%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.85%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 14 (25.93%) Windows
2 6 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (1.85%) Unix
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.04%) Roadmaps
2 17 (31.48%) Cloud Security
2 17 (31.48%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (31.48%) Infrastructure as Code
3 16 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (25.93%) Technical Leadership
5 13 (24.07%) Product Roadmap
6 12 (22.22%) Security Architecture
7 10 (18.52%) Agile
7 10 (18.52%) TOGAF
8 9 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
9 6 (11.11%) IT Strategy
9 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (9.26%) Service Delivery
11 4 (7.41%) CI/CD
11 4 (7.41%) DevOps
11 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 4 (7.41%) Project Delivery
11 4 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (5.56%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 13 (24.07%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.41%) Bicep
3 3 (5.56%) SQL
4 2 (3.70%) Bash
4 2 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 8 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 6 (11.11%) AWS Certification
5 5 (9.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (5.56%) Azure Certification
6 3 (5.56%) CISSP
6 3 (5.56%) Degree
6 3 (5.56%) ISSAP
6 3 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.85%) CISM
7 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.85%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (5.56%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (22.22%) Ansible
2 7 (12.96%) Terraform
2 7 (12.96%) WMI
3 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
4 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.85%) CASB
Vendors
1 20 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.96%) VMware
3 5 (9.26%) Oracle
4 4 (7.41%) Cisco
5 2 (3.70%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.70%) Fujitsu
5 2 (3.70%) NetApp
5 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.70%) SAP
5 2 (3.70%) Tenable
6 1 (1.85%) EMC
6 1 (1.85%) F5
6 1 (1.85%) Zscaler