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 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 625 573 623
Rank change year-on-year -52 +50 -33
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 135 63 128
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.16% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 64 50 83
10th Percentile - £67,750 £65,250
25th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% +3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £106,250 £98,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £138,750 £107,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% +3.33% +7.14%

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 96,276 39,048 61,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 90.61% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 67,273 23,161 35,506
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,281
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -0.51% -7.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £53,688 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.77% -2.39% -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 10 October 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 October 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 +3 72 £110,000 +10.00% 62
North of England -27 38 £75,000 +9.49% 9
North West +9 37 £75,000 +9.49% 6
South East -67 11 £100,000 +29.03% 19
South West - 8 - - 1
East of England -35 5 - - 2
East Midlands -41 1 £65,000 -18.75% 1
Midlands -48 1 £65,000 -18.75% 5
North East -71 1 - -
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 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 61 (45.19%) Azure
2 39 (28.89%) Roadmaps
3 35 (25.93%) Infrastructure as Code
4 30 (22.22%) Terraform
5 29 (21.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 27 (20.00%) AWS
7 26 (19.26%) VMware
7 26 (19.26%) VMware Infrastructure
8 24 (17.78%) Ansible
8 24 (17.78%) DevOps
9 21 (15.56%) Microsoft
10 20 (14.81%) IaaS
11 19 (14.07%) Budgeting
11 19 (14.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 19 (14.07%) Cisco
11 19 (14.07%) PaaS
11 19 (14.07%) PlantUML
11 19 (14.07%) Strategic Planning
11 19 (14.07%) Threat Modelling
11 19 (14.07%) TOGAF
12 18 (13.33%) TOGAF Certification
13 17 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 16 (11.85%) Firewall
14 16 (11.85%) PowerShell
15 15 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (10.37%) AI
16 14 (10.37%) Enterprise Architecture
16 14 (10.37%) Risk Management
16 14 (10.37%) Technology Roadmap
16 14 (10.37%) Zero Trust

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:

Applications
1 19 (14.07%) PlantUML
Cloud Services
1 61 (45.19%) Azure
2 27 (20.00%) AWS
3 20 (14.81%) IaaS
4 19 (14.07%) PaaS
5 10 (7.41%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.19%) Nutanix
7 6 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.96%) SaaS
9 2 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.48%) GCP
9 2 (1.48%) Snowflake
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.74%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.74%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.74%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.85%) Firewall
2 12 (8.89%) DNS
2 12 (8.89%) Network Security
3 8 (5.93%) Kerberos
3 8 (5.93%) NAS
3 8 (5.93%) SAN
4 4 (2.96%) VPN
5 2 (1.48%) VSAN
6 1 (0.74%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Git
1 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
General
1 49 (36.30%) Finance
2 25 (18.52%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (5.93%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.22%) Banking
6 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.74%) Law
8 1 (0.74%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (22.22%) Terraform
2 10 (7.41%) OAuth
2 10 (7.41%) OpenID
2 10 (7.41%) SAML
3 8 (5.93%) LDAP
3 8 (5.93%) REST
4 3 (2.22%) ModSecurity
5 2 (1.48%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.74%) Middleware
6 1 (0.74%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.81%) Cloud Native
2 19 (14.07%) Enterprise Cloud
3 14 (10.37%) Data Centre
4 9 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (5.93%) Security Posture
6 5 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.96%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (2.22%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.22%) Social Media
9 2 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.74%) Life Science
10 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.74%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.15%) Windows
2 7 (5.19%) Linux
3 3 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (28.89%) Roadmaps
2 35 (25.93%) Infrastructure as Code
3 29 (21.48%) Disaster Recovery
4 24 (17.78%) DevOps
5 19 (14.07%) Budgeting
5 19 (14.07%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 19 (14.07%) Strategic Planning
5 19 (14.07%) Threat Modelling
5 19 (14.07%) TOGAF
6 17 (12.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 15 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (10.37%) AI
8 14 (10.37%) Enterprise Architecture
8 14 (10.37%) Risk Management
8 14 (10.37%) Technology Roadmap
8 14 (10.37%) Zero Trust
9 13 (9.63%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (9.63%) Platform Engineering
9 13 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.85%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.44%) Bicep
3 2 (1.48%) SQL
4 1 (0.74%) Bash
4 1 (0.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (13.33%) TOGAF Certification
2 13 (9.63%) CISSP
3 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.93%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.70%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.22%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.48%) Degree
9 2 (1.48%) VCAP
9 2 (1.48%) VCDX
9 2 (1.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.74%) CISM
10 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.96%) NIST
2 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
System Software
1 26 (19.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (8.15%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.22%) KVM
5 2 (1.48%) vCloud
5 2 (1.48%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.48%) vSphere
6 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (17.78%) Ansible
2 12 (8.89%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.74%) Grafana
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 26 (19.26%) VMware
2 21 (15.56%) Microsoft
3 19 (14.07%) Cisco
4 4 (2.96%) Oracle
5 2 (1.48%) Broadcom
5 2 (1.48%) Dell
5 2 (1.48%) NetApp
5 2 (1.48%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (1.48%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.48%) Workday
6 1 (0.74%) OutSystems
6 1 (0.74%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.74%) Splunk
6 1 (0.74%) Tenable