Infrastructure Architect Job Trends in England

Infrastructure Architect
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Architect salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 588 553
Rank change year-on-year +40 -35 +344
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 57 133 134
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.12% 0.22% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.23% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 44 89 111
10th Percentile £67,750 - £56,219
25th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £82,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -8.54% +3.80%
75th Percentile £106,563 £78,750 £110,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £85,500 -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +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 41,786 56,812 44,111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 94.37% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 26,790 31,820 34,128
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,292 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £53,048 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.74% -4.17% -

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 November 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 November 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 +50 26 £105,000 +23.53% 6
South East -8 11 £77,500 +6.90% 5
Midlands +39 8 £80,000 - 3
East Midlands +24 7 £80,000 +6.67%
North of England +48 6 £68,500 +8.26% 2
North West +42 6 £68,500 +8.26% 1
East of England +20 4 - -
South West +26 2 £73,750 -11.94% 2
West Midlands +21 1 £72,250 -9.69% 3
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 November 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 26 (45.61%) AWS
2 22 (38.60%) Microsoft
3 21 (36.84%) Roadmaps
4 18 (31.58%) Windows
5 15 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (26.32%) Infrastructure as Code
6 14 (24.56%) Azure
6 14 (24.56%) Cloud Security
6 14 (24.56%) Product Roadmap
6 14 (24.56%) Security Cleared
6 14 (24.56%) Technical Leadership
7 13 (22.81%) Agile
8 12 (21.05%) DV Cleared
8 12 (21.05%) PowerShell
9 10 (17.54%) Ansible
9 10 (17.54%) Jenkins
9 10 (17.54%) SC Cleared
9 10 (17.54%) Security Architecture
10 9 (15.79%) MSI
10 9 (15.79%) WMI
11 8 (14.04%) IaaS
11 8 (14.04%) IT Strategy
11 8 (14.04%) Linux
11 8 (14.04%) PaaS
11 8 (14.04%) TOGAF
12 7 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (10.53%) AWS Certification
13 6 (10.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (10.53%) 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 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 26 (45.61%) AWS
2 14 (24.56%) Azure
3 8 (14.04%) IaaS
3 8 (14.04%) PaaS
4 7 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (8.77%) OCI
6 4 (7.02%) SaaS
7 2 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (3.51%) GCP
7 2 (3.51%) Serverless
8 1 (1.75%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.53%) Firewall
1 6 (10.53%) Network Security
2 4 (7.02%) Ethernet
2 4 (7.02%) LAN
2 4 (7.02%) Software-Defined Networking
2 4 (7.02%) WAN
3 2 (3.51%) DHCP
3 2 (3.51%) DNS
3 2 (3.51%) SD-WAN
3 2 (3.51%) VPN
4 1 (1.75%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (17.54%) Jenkins
2 9 (15.79%) MSI
3 1 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 22 (38.60%) Finance
2 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 14 (24.56%) Banking
4 3 (5.26%) Retail
5 2 (3.51%) Advertising
5 2 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.51%) Electronics
5 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.51%) Marketing
5 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (36.84%) Data Centre
2 17 (29.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 16 (28.07%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.75%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.75%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (31.58%) Windows
2 8 (14.04%) Linux
3 4 (7.02%) AIX
4 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.84%) Roadmaps
2 15 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (26.32%) Infrastructure as Code
3 14 (24.56%) Cloud Security
3 14 (24.56%) Product Roadmap
3 14 (24.56%) Technical Leadership
4 13 (22.81%) Agile
5 10 (17.54%) Security Architecture
6 8 (14.04%) IT Strategy
6 8 (14.04%) TOGAF
7 6 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (8.77%) Service Delivery
9 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (7.02%) ITIL
9 4 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (7.02%) Project Management
10 3 (5.26%) CI/CD
10 3 (5.26%) DevOps
10 3 (5.26%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 12 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.77%) SQL
3 3 (5.26%) Bicep
4 2 (3.51%) Bash
4 2 (3.51%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (24.56%) Security Cleared
2 12 (21.05%) DV Cleared
3 10 (17.54%) SC Cleared
4 6 (10.53%) AWS Certification
4 6 (10.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (7.02%) ISSAP
6 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.51%) CISSP
7 2 (3.51%) Degree
7 2 (3.51%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.51%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.51%) Docker
1 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (17.54%) Ansible
2 9 (15.79%) WMI
3 4 (7.02%) Kubernetes
3 4 (7.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.77%) Oracle
2 5 (8.77%) VMware
3 4 (7.02%) Cisco
3 4 (7.02%) Fujitsu
4 2 (3.51%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.51%) NetApp
4 2 (3.51%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.51%) SAP
4 2 (3.51%) Tenable
5 1 (1.75%) EMC
5 1 (1.75%) F5