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 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 572 585 559
Rank change year-on-year +13 -26 +378
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 60 132 134
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.23% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 47 86 113
10th Percentile £67,750 £65,625 £56,219
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £63,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £78,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -4.46% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £87,500 -
UK median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% +3.45% -7.64%

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 39,477 58,071 46,439
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 95.16% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24,341 33,021 35,877
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -

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 30 October 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 30 October 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 +67 24 £103,750 +22.06% 2
South East +3 18 £77,500 +10.71% 4
Midlands +20 8 £80,000 +3.23% 2
East Midlands +9 7 £80,000 +6.67% 1
North West +11 6 £68,500 +8.26% 2
North of England +7 6 £68,500 +8.26% 3
East of England +12 4 - -
West Midlands +16 1 £72,250 -9.69% 1
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 October 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 28 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 24 (40.00%) Windows
3 23 (38.33%) AWS
4 20 (33.33%) Agile
5 19 (31.67%) Roadmaps
5 19 (31.67%) Security Cleared
6 18 (30.00%) PowerShell
7 17 (28.33%) DV Cleared
8 15 (25.00%) MSI
8 15 (25.00%) WMI
9 13 (21.67%) Azure
9 13 (21.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (21.67%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 12 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
10 12 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
11 11 (18.33%) Cloud Security
12 8 (13.33%) Ansible
12 8 (13.33%) IaaS
12 8 (13.33%) IT Strategy
12 8 (13.33%) Jenkins
12 8 (13.33%) Linux
12 8 (13.33%) PaaS
12 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared
12 8 (13.33%) Security Architecture
12 8 (13.33%) TOGAF
13 7 (11.67%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (10.00%) AWS Certification
14 6 (10.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture

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 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 23 (38.33%) AWS
2 13 (21.67%) Azure
3 8 (13.33%) IaaS
3 8 (13.33%) PaaS
4 7 (11.67%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (8.33%) OCI
6 4 (6.67%) SaaS
7 2 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.67%) GCP
8 1 (1.67%) GitHub
8 1 (1.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.00%) Firewall
1 6 (10.00%) Network Security
2 4 (6.67%) Ethernet
2 4 (6.67%) LAN
2 4 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (6.67%) WAN
3 2 (3.33%) DHCP
3 2 (3.33%) DNS
3 2 (3.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.33%) VPN
4 1 (1.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (25.00%) MSI
2 8 (13.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.67%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 19 (31.67%) Finance
2 16 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.00%) Banking
4 4 (6.67%) Advertising
5 3 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.00%) Retail
6 1 (1.67%) Electronics
6 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.67%) Marketing
6 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.67%) Data Centre
2 15 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 14 (23.33%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.67%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.67%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.67%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (40.00%) Windows
2 8 (13.33%) Linux
3 4 (6.67%) AIX
4 2 (3.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.33%) Agile
2 19 (31.67%) Roadmaps
3 13 (21.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (21.67%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 12 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
4 12 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
5 11 (18.33%) Cloud Security
6 8 (13.33%) IT Strategy
6 8 (13.33%) Security Architecture
6 8 (13.33%) TOGAF
7 6 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (8.33%) Service Delivery
9 4 (6.67%) ITIL
9 4 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (6.67%) Project Management
10 3 (5.00%) DevOps
10 3 (5.00%) Patch Management
10 3 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (5.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (30.00%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.33%) SQL
3 2 (3.33%) Bicep
4 1 (1.67%) Bash
4 1 (1.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (31.67%) Security Cleared
2 17 (28.33%) DV Cleared
3 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 6 (10.00%) AWS Certification
4 6 (10.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (6.67%) ISSAP
6 3 (5.00%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.33%) CISSP
7 2 (3.33%) Degree
7 2 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.33%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (25.00%) WMI
2 8 (13.33%) Ansible
3 3 (5.00%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) Oracle
2 5 (8.33%) VMware
3 4 (6.67%) Cisco
3 4 (6.67%) Fujitsu
4 2 (3.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.33%) NetApp
4 2 (3.33%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.33%) Tenable
5 1 (1.67%) EMC
5 1 (1.67%) F5
5 1 (1.67%) SAP