Infrastructure Manager Jobs in England

Infrastructure Manager
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 561 385 529
Rank change year-on-year -176 +144 +197
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 141 448 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.60% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.63% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 88 310 224
10th Percentile £52,388 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £92,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £106,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

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 47,876 70,761 59,890
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 95.00% 91.77%
Number of salaries quoted 26,520 46,950 43,375
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in England

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in England.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Manager in England

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in England over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager in England

Infrastructure Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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 -69 44 £70,000 -12.50% 26
North of England -57 25 £58,500 +6.36% 11
Midlands +10 22 £71,250 +23.91% 5
South East -23 20 £72,750 +21.25% 21
South West +66 18 £57,500 +15.00% 6
Yorkshire -8 18 £58,200 +5.82% 4
West Midlands +15 16 £77,500 +34.78% 3
East of England -21 14 £58,000 +16.00% 6
North West -56 7 £74,250 +29.13% 6
East Midlands +3 6 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Infrastructure Manager
UK

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Infrastructure Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 59 (41.84%) Azure
2 47 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 34 (24.11%) Project Management
4 28 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (19.15%) VMware
5 27 (19.15%) Windows
6 25 (17.73%) Finance
7 24 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (15.60%) Firewall
8 22 (15.60%) ITIL
9 21 (14.89%) Agile
9 21 (14.89%) Social Skills
10 20 (14.18%) Disaster Recovery
10 20 (14.18%) Manufacturing
11 19 (13.48%) Degree
11 19 (13.48%) Windows Server
12 18 (12.77%) Project Delivery
12 18 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (12.77%) WAN
13 17 (12.06%) Active Directory
13 17 (12.06%) Service Delivery
13 17 (12.06%) VMware Infrastructure
13 17 (12.06%) Data Centre
14 16 (11.35%) Business Continuity
15 15 (10.64%) NEC
15 15 (10.64%) Logistics
15 15 (10.64%) DevOps
15 15 (10.64%) Sprinklr
16 14 (9.93%) Infrastructure Management
16 14 (9.93%) Migration

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.13%) Apache Solr
3 3 (2.13%) CMS
4 2 (1.42%) IIS
4 2 (1.42%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 15 (10.64%) Sprinklr
2 2 (1.42%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 59 (41.84%) Azure
2 24 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.38%) AWS
4 7 (4.96%) GitHub
5 6 (4.26%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.84%) IaaS
6 4 (2.84%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.84%) PaaS
6 4 (2.84%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.13%) Cloudflare
8 2 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.42%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.42%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.42%) Serverless
9 1 (0.71%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.60%) Firewall
2 18 (12.77%) WAN
3 13 (9.22%) SD-WAN
4 9 (6.38%) Network Security
4 9 (6.38%) VPN
5 7 (4.96%) LAN
6 6 (4.26%) Wireless
7 5 (3.55%) DNS
7 5 (3.55%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.84%) Internet
8 4 (2.84%) MPLS
8 4 (2.84%) SAN
9 3 (2.13%) BGP
9 3 (2.13%) DHCP
9 3 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (2.13%) OSPF
9 3 (2.13%) WLAN
10 2 (1.42%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.71%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.84%) Power BI
2 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (2.13%) MySQL
2 3 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.55%) Git
2 2 (1.42%) GitLab
2 2 (1.42%) JIRA
General
1 25 (17.73%) Finance
2 21 (14.89%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.18%) Manufacturing
4 11 (7.80%) Legal
5 10 (7.09%) Law
6 7 (4.96%) Banking
6 7 (4.96%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.84%) Retail
9 3 (2.13%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.42%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.71%) German Language
11 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) Web Services
2 2 (1.42%) Middleware
3 1 (0.71%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.06%) Data Centre
2 12 (8.51%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.84%) Operational Technology
5 3 (2.13%) Driving Licence
5 3 (2.13%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.13%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.42%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.42%) PMI
6 2 (1.42%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.42%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.71%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.71%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 27 (19.15%) Windows
2 19 (13.48%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.67%) Linux
4 4 (2.84%) Unix
5 2 (1.42%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (24.11%) Project Management
2 28 (19.86%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (15.60%) ITIL
4 21 (14.89%) Agile
5 20 (14.18%) Disaster Recovery
6 18 (12.77%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (12.77%) Project Delivery
7 17 (12.06%) Service Delivery
8 16 (11.35%) Business Continuity
9 15 (10.64%) DevOps
9 15 (10.64%) Logistics
10 14 (9.93%) Infrastructure Management
10 14 (9.93%) Migration
11 12 (8.51%) Change Management
11 12 (8.51%) PRINCE2
11 12 (8.51%) Roadmaps
11 12 (8.51%) Service Management
12 10 (7.09%) CI/CD
12 10 (7.09%) Cloud Operations
12 10 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.22%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.96%) SQL
3 3 (2.13%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (13.48%) Degree
2 8 (5.67%) PMI Certification
3 7 (4.96%) PMP
4 5 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (3.55%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.55%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.84%) CCIE
5 4 (2.84%) CCNP
5 4 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.13%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.42%) CISSP
7 2 (1.42%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.42%) MCSE
7 2 (1.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.71%) CISA
8 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.67%) SLA
2 7 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (4.26%) QA
4 5 (3.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (2.13%) GDPR
6 3 (2.13%) PMO
7 2 (1.42%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.42%) NCSC
7 2 (1.42%) NIST
8 1 (0.71%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (12.06%) Active Directory
1 17 (12.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (7.09%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.55%) Docker
4 4 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.13%) vSphere
6 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.71%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (7.09%) Terraform
2 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (4.96%) FortiGate
3 7 (4.96%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.26%) Ansible
5 3 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (2.13%) WSUS
6 2 (1.42%) SCCM
7 1 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 27 (19.15%) VMware
3 15 (10.64%) NEC
4 13 (9.22%) Cisco
5 7 (4.96%) Citrix
6 5 (3.55%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.84%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.84%) Meraki
8 3 (2.13%) Draytek
8 3 (2.13%) Forcepoint
8 3 (2.13%) Palo Alto
8 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.13%) Ubiquiti
9 2 (1.42%) arcserve
9 2 (1.42%) Aruba
9 2 (1.42%) Concur
9 2 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (1.42%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.42%) Sophos
9 2 (1.42%) Veeam