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 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 552 525
Rank change year-on-year -2 -27 +290
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 48 127 144
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.092% 0.26% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.28% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 39 77 121
10th Percentile £67,750 - £62,400
25th Percentile £71,813 £67,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -11.76% +8.28%
75th Percentile £107,500 £77,500 £110,000
90th Percentile - £86,000 -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £75,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +5.10%

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 47,263 45,179 44,522
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 92.74% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,682 23,829 34,798
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +2.56% -2.50%

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 5 January 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 5 January 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 +56 24 £105,000 +23.53% 3
South East -40 10 £85,000 +13.33% 19
North of England +28 7 £68,500 +8.26%
North West +24 7 £68,500 +8.26%
West Midlands +13 4 £90,000 +9.09%
Midlands +4 4 £90,000 +9.09% 2
South West +6 2 £73,750 -11.94% 1
East of England +24 1 - -
Infrastructure Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 January 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 26 (54.17%) AWS
2 20 (41.67%) Azure
3 19 (39.58%) Roadmaps
4 18 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 17 (35.42%) Cloud Security
5 17 (35.42%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (35.42%) Infrastructure as Code
6 15 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (27.08%) Technical Leadership
8 12 (25.00%) Ansible
8 12 (25.00%) Jenkins
8 12 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
8 12 (25.00%) Security Architecture
9 11 (22.92%) PowerShell
9 11 (22.92%) Windows
10 9 (18.75%) Agile
10 9 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
11 8 (16.67%) Firewall
11 8 (16.67%) Security Cleared
11 8 (16.67%) TOGAF
12 7 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (14.58%) SC Cleared
12 7 (14.58%) Terraform
12 7 (14.58%) VMware
13 6 (12.50%) DV Cleared
13 6 (12.50%) IT Strategy
14 5 (10.42%) Linux
14 5 (10.42%) MSI
14 5 (10.42%) OCI
14 5 (10.42%) Oracle

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 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.08%) Apache
3 1 (2.08%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 26 (54.17%) AWS
2 20 (41.67%) Azure
3 7 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (10.42%) OCI
5 3 (6.25%) IaaS
5 3 (6.25%) PaaS
6 2 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.17%) GCP
6 2 (4.17%) GitHub
6 2 (4.17%) SaaS
6 2 (4.17%) Serverless
7 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.67%) Firewall
2 4 (8.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (4.17%) DHCP
3 2 (4.17%) DNS
3 2 (4.17%) Network Security
3 2 (4.17%) VLAN
3 2 (4.17%) VPN
3 2 (4.17%) WAN
4 1 (2.08%) MPLS
4 1 (2.08%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 5 (10.42%) MSI
3 2 (4.17%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 18 (37.50%) Finance
2 15 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 12 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Advertising
5 2 (4.17%) Electronics
5 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.17%) Marketing
5 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) .NET
1 1 (2.08%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 17 (35.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (27.08%) Public Cloud
4 3 (6.25%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.08%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.08%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.92%) Windows
2 5 (10.42%) Linux
3 1 (2.08%) Unix
3 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.08%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (39.58%) Roadmaps
2 17 (35.42%) Cloud Security
2 17 (35.42%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (35.42%) Infrastructure as Code
3 15 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (27.08%) Technical Leadership
5 12 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
5 12 (25.00%) Security Architecture
6 9 (18.75%) Agile
6 9 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (16.67%) TOGAF
8 6 (12.50%) IT Strategy
9 5 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (10.42%) Service Delivery
10 4 (8.33%) CI/CD
10 4 (8.33%) DevOps
10 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (8.33%) Project Delivery
10 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.92%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.33%) Bicep
3 2 (4.17%) Bash
3 2 (4.17%) Python
3 2 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 4 (8.33%) AWS Certification
5 3 (6.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 3 (6.25%) CISSP
5 3 (6.25%) Degree
5 3 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.08%) CISM
6 1 (2.08%) ISSAP
6 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.08%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.25%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (25.00%) Ansible
2 7 (14.58%) Terraform
3 5 (10.42%) WMI
4 4 (8.33%) Kubernetes
5 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (2.08%) CASB
Vendors
1 18 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) VMware
3 5 (10.42%) Oracle
4 4 (8.33%) Cisco
5 2 (4.17%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.17%) Fujitsu
5 2 (4.17%) NetApp
5 2 (4.17%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.17%) SAP
5 2 (4.17%) Tenable
6 1 (2.08%) EMC
6 1 (2.08%) F5
6 1 (2.08%) Zscaler