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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 567 619
Rank change year-on-year -57 +52 -31
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 134 64 130
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.16% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67 50 84
10th Percentile £74,500 £67,225 £64,125
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 £100,000 £93,125 £85,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £100,750 £95,875
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 96,260 39,089 64,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 90.45% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,768 23,344 38,067
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,852 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -16 66 £100,000 - 53
North of England -33 35 £75,000 +12.36% 9
North West -1 31 £75,000 +9.49% 6
South East -42 17 £90,000 +16.13% 17
South West - 8 - - 1
East of England -26 7 - - 2
North East -62 3 - -
East Midlands -36 1 £65,000 -18.75% 1
Yorkshire -43 1 £80,000 +23.08% 3
Midlands -57 1 £65,000 -18.75% 3
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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 66 (49.25%) Azure
2 41 (30.60%) Roadmaps
3 35 (26.12%) Infrastructure as Code
4 30 (22.39%) Disaster Recovery
4 30 (22.39%) Terraform
5 27 (20.15%) VMware
6 26 (19.40%) AWS
6 26 (19.40%) VMware Infrastructure
7 24 (17.91%) Ansible
7 24 (17.91%) DevOps
8 21 (15.67%) Microsoft
9 20 (14.93%) IaaS
9 20 (14.93%) TOGAF
10 19 (14.18%) Budgeting
10 19 (14.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 19 (14.18%) Cisco
10 19 (14.18%) PaaS
10 19 (14.18%) PlantUML
10 19 (14.18%) Strategic Planning
10 19 (14.18%) Threat Modelling
10 19 (14.18%) TOGAF Certification
11 17 (12.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (12.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 16 (11.94%) Firewall
13 15 (11.19%) Enterprise Architecture
13 15 (11.19%) PowerShell
13 15 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (10.45%) DNS
15 13 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (9.70%) Risk 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:

Applications
1 19 (14.18%) PlantUML
Cloud Services
1 66 (49.25%) Azure
2 26 (19.40%) AWS
3 20 (14.93%) IaaS
4 19 (14.18%) PaaS
5 9 (6.72%) Entra ID
6 7 (5.22%) Nutanix
7 6 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.99%) SaaS
9 3 (2.24%) GCP
10 2 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.49%) Snowflake
11 1 (0.75%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.75%) Cloudflare
11 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.94%) Firewall
2 14 (10.45%) DNS
3 11 (8.21%) Network Security
4 8 (5.97%) NAS
4 8 (5.97%) SAN
5 7 (5.22%) Kerberos
6 5 (3.73%) VPN
7 2 (1.49%) VSAN
8 1 (0.75%) LAN
8 1 (0.75%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.75%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.75%) VLAN
8 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Git
1 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 50 (37.31%) Finance
2 25 (18.66%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.72%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.97%) Aerospace
4 8 (5.97%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.49%) Banking
7 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.75%) Law
8 1 (0.75%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (22.39%) Terraform
2 9 (6.72%) OAuth
2 9 (6.72%) OpenID
2 9 (6.72%) SAML
3 7 (5.22%) LDAP
3 7 (5.22%) REST
4 3 (2.24%) ModSecurity
5 2 (1.49%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.75%) Middleware
6 1 (0.75%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.93%) Cloud Native
2 19 (14.18%) Enterprise Cloud
3 18 (13.43%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.97%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (5.22%) Security Posture
6 5 (3.73%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.73%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.99%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (2.24%) Operational Technology
8 3 (2.24%) Private Cloud
8 3 (2.24%) Social Media
9 2 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
10 1 (0.75%) Life Science
10 1 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.75%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.96%) Windows
2 7 (5.22%) Linux
3 4 (2.99%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (30.60%) Roadmaps
2 35 (26.12%) Infrastructure as Code
3 30 (22.39%) Disaster Recovery
4 24 (17.91%) DevOps
5 20 (14.93%) TOGAF
6 19 (14.18%) Budgeting
6 19 (14.18%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 19 (14.18%) Strategic Planning
6 19 (14.18%) Threat Modelling
7 17 (12.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (12.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 15 (11.19%) Enterprise Architecture
8 15 (11.19%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (9.70%) Risk Management
9 13 (9.70%) Technology Roadmap
9 13 (9.70%) Zero Trust
10 12 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (8.96%) Platform Engineering
11 11 (8.21%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.19%) PowerShell
2 6 (4.48%) Bicep
3 4 (2.99%) SQL
4 1 (0.75%) Bash
4 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (14.18%) TOGAF Certification
2 12 (8.96%) CISSP
2 12 (8.96%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (5.97%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.73%) AWS Certification
6 4 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.24%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.49%) Degree
8 2 (1.49%) VCAP
8 2 (1.49%) VCDX
8 2 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.75%) CISM
9 1 (0.75%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.99%) NIST
2 3 (2.24%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (19.40%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (8.21%) Active Directory
3 5 (3.73%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.24%) KVM
5 2 (1.49%) vCloud
5 2 (1.49%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.49%) vSphere
6 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (17.91%) Ansible
2 12 (8.96%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.73%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.75%) Grafana
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (20.15%) VMware
2 21 (15.67%) Microsoft
3 19 (14.18%) Cisco
4 5 (3.73%) Oracle
5 2 (1.49%) Broadcom
5 2 (1.49%) Dell
5 2 (1.49%) NetApp
5 2 (1.49%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (1.49%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.49%) Workday
6 1 (0.75%) Citrix
6 1 (0.75%) Splunk
6 1 (0.75%) Tenable