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 15 August 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 615 598 650
Rank change year-on-year -17 +52 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 119 56 121
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.14% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 60 43 91
10th Percentile £72,375 £62,500 £63,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -6.06% +17.86%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,250 £98,600 £106,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% +22.42%

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 88,788 39,586 68,659
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.58% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 62,342 23,878 46,719
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,201 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £56,076 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.96% - -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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -13 51 £100,000 +1.52% 42
North of England -15 32 £75,000 +15.38% 2
North West - 25 £75,000 - 2
South East -32 19 £85,000 +9.68% 20
East of England -16 8 - - 5
South West - 6 - - 2
North East -60 5 - -
Midlands -36 3 £75,000 -6.25%
West Midlands -26 2 £77,500 -
Yorkshire -28 2 £80,000 +23.08%
East Midlands -29 1 £65,000 -18.75%
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 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 64 (53.78%) Azure
2 34 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 31 (26.05%) Infrastructure as Code
4 29 (24.37%) Disaster Recovery
4 29 (24.37%) VMware
5 26 (21.85%) VMware Infrastructure
6 25 (21.01%) AWS
6 25 (21.01%) Terraform
7 22 (18.49%) DevOps
7 22 (18.49%) Microsoft
8 21 (17.65%) Ansible
9 19 (15.97%) IaaS
10 18 (15.13%) PaaS
11 17 (14.29%) Budgeting
11 17 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 17 (14.29%) Cisco
11 17 (14.29%) PlantUML
11 17 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
11 17 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
11 17 (14.29%) TOGAF
12 16 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (13.45%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (12.61%) Firewall
14 14 (11.76%) DNS
15 13 (10.92%) Windows
16 12 (10.08%) Enterprise Architecture
16 12 (10.08%) PowerShell
16 12 (10.08%) Security Cleared
16 12 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management

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 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (14.29%) PlantUML
Cloud Services
1 64 (53.78%) Azure
2 25 (21.01%) AWS
3 19 (15.97%) IaaS
4 18 (15.13%) PaaS
5 8 (6.72%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.88%) Nutanix
7 4 (3.36%) GCP
8 3 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.68%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.84%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.84%) GitHub
10 1 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.61%) Firewall
2 14 (11.76%) DNS
3 10 (8.40%) Network Security
4 7 (5.88%) NAS
4 7 (5.88%) SAN
4 7 (5.88%) VPN
5 6 (5.04%) Kerberos
6 4 (3.36%) WAN
7 3 (2.52%) LAN
7 3 (2.52%) NetScaler
7 3 (2.52%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (2.52%) VSAN
8 1 (0.84%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Git
1 1 (0.84%) Jenkins
General
1 40 (33.61%) Finance
2 18 (15.13%) Social Skills
3 6 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.04%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (4.20%) Aerospace
5 4 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.68%) Legal
8 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.88%) OAuth
1 7 (5.88%) OpenID
1 7 (5.88%) SAML
2 6 (5.04%) LDAP
2 6 (5.04%) REST
3 3 (2.52%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.84%) Middleware
4 1 (0.84%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.84%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.49%) Data Centre
2 19 (15.97%) Cloud Native
3 17 (14.29%) Enterprise Cloud
4 7 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (5.04%) Security Posture
6 5 (4.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (4.20%) Operational Technology
7 4 (3.36%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.52%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.52%) Social Media
9 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.84%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.92%) Windows
2 7 (5.88%) Linux
3 5 (4.20%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 31 (26.05%) Infrastructure as Code
3 29 (24.37%) Disaster Recovery
4 22 (18.49%) DevOps
5 17 (14.29%) Budgeting
5 17 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 17 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
5 17 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
5 17 (14.29%) TOGAF
6 16 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (10.08%) Enterprise Architecture
7 12 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (9.24%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (9.24%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (9.24%) Zero Trust
9 10 (8.40%) Cost Optimisation
9 10 (8.40%) Platform Engineering
9 10 (8.40%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (7.56%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.08%) PowerShell
2 6 (5.04%) SQL
3 5 (4.20%) Bicep
4 1 (0.84%) Bash
4 1 (0.84%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (13.45%) TOGAF Certification
2 12 (10.08%) Security Cleared
3 11 (9.24%) CISSP
4 7 (5.88%) DV Cleared
4 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (4.20%) AWS Certification
6 4 (3.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.52%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.52%) VCAP
7 3 (2.52%) VCDX
7 3 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (1.68%) Degree
9 1 (0.84%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.84%) CISM
9 1 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.20%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.36%) NIST
3 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (21.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (9.24%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.20%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.52%) KVM
4 3 (2.52%) vCloud
4 3 (2.52%) VMware NSX
4 3 (2.52%) vSphere
5 1 (0.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (21.01%) Terraform
2 21 (17.65%) Ansible
3 10 (8.40%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.84%) Grafana
5 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 29 (24.37%) VMware
2 22 (18.49%) Microsoft
3 17 (14.29%) Cisco
4 5 (4.20%) Oracle
5 4 (3.36%) Broadcom
6 3 (2.52%) Citrix
6 3 (2.52%) Dell
6 3 (2.52%) NetApp
6 3 (2.52%) Nimble Storage
7 1 (0.84%) Splunk