Infrastructure Manager Jobs in England

Infrastructure Manager
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 May 2025.

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

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 427 409
Rank change year-on-year -51 -18 +373
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 195 487 657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.55% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.58% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 123 396 208
10th Percentile £48,396 £43,125 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £51,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £93,200 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +4.17%

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 43,803 83,462 79,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.65% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 22,985 62,077 51,018
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 27 May 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 27 May 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
North of England +31 70 £54,793 -1.93% 33
London +1 57 £70,000 -12.50% 38
North West +8 52 £54,793 -8.68% 12
South East +14 25 £65,000 +8.33% 52
Midlands +13 20 £77,500 +34.78% 32
Yorkshire +50 18 £62,500 +8.70% 19
West Midlands +41 17 £92,500 +60.87% 18
East of England +11 15 £57,500 +15.00% 35
South West +102 10 £56,373 +13.88% 20
East Midlands +13 3 £60,000 - 13
Infrastructure Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 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 79 (40.51%) Azure
2 68 (34.87%) Project Management
3 57 (29.23%) Finance
3 57 (29.23%) Degree
4 55 (28.21%) Manufacturing
5 50 (25.64%) Microsoft
6 49 (25.13%) Business Case
7 46 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (22.05%) Social Skills
8 43 (22.05%) ITIL
9 36 (18.46%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (16.41%) Windows
10 32 (16.41%) Infrastructure Management
10 32 (16.41%) Data Centre
10 32 (16.41%) Customer Requirements
11 31 (15.90%) VMware
12 30 (15.38%) HNC
12 30 (15.38%) NEBOSH
13 28 (14.36%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (13.85%) Firewall
15 24 (12.31%) Cisco
16 23 (11.79%) WAN
17 22 (11.28%) PRINCE2
17 22 (11.28%) Agile
18 20 (10.26%) SD-WAN
19 18 (9.23%) AWS
19 18 (9.23%) PowerShell
20 17 (8.72%) Service Delivery
20 17 (8.72%) Active Directory
20 17 (8.72%) Project Delivery

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 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.10%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.54%) Apache Solr
3 3 (1.54%) CMS
4 2 (1.03%) IIS
4 2 (1.03%) Moodle
5 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.08%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.51%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 79 (40.51%) Azure
2 36 (18.46%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (9.23%) AWS
4 6 (3.08%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.08%) GitHub
5 5 (2.56%) OneDrive
6 4 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (2.05%) Datadog
6 4 (2.05%) GCP
6 4 (2.05%) Power Platform
6 4 (2.05%) Serverless
7 3 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.54%) Cloudflare
7 3 (1.54%) IaaS
7 3 (1.54%) PaaS
8 2 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.03%) Azure Functions
8 2 (1.03%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.03%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.85%) Firewall
2 23 (11.79%) WAN
3 20 (10.26%) SD-WAN
4 10 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (4.62%) VPN
6 8 (4.10%) Network Security
6 8 (4.10%) Wireless
7 7 (3.59%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.56%) BGP
8 5 (2.56%) MPLS
8 5 (2.56%) OSPF
9 4 (2.05%) DNS
9 4 (2.05%) Internet
9 4 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (2.05%) LAN
10 3 (1.54%) DHCP
10 3 (1.54%) SAN
11 2 (1.03%) NAS
12 1 (0.51%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.51%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.54%) MySQL
2 3 (1.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Git
2 3 (1.54%) JIRA
General
1 57 (29.23%) Finance
2 55 (28.21%) Manufacturing
3 43 (22.05%) Social Skills
4 15 (7.69%) Law
5 13 (6.67%) Legal
6 9 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.62%) Tech for Good
7 7 (3.59%) Humanities
8 5 (2.56%) Banking
9 4 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.05%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.54%) Retail
11 2 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.03%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.51%) German Language
12 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.54%) Web Services
3 2 (1.03%) Middleware
4 1 (0.51%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.41%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.64%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.10%) Clustering
4 7 (3.59%) Enterprise Cloud
5 6 (3.08%) Replication
6 5 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.56%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.54%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.54%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.54%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.03%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.03%) NHS
8 2 (1.03%) PMI
8 2 (1.03%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.03%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 32 (16.41%) Windows
2 15 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 13 (6.67%) Linux
4 4 (2.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (34.87%) Project Management
2 49 (25.13%) Business Case
3 46 (23.59%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (22.05%) ITIL
5 32 (16.41%) Customer Requirements
5 32 (16.41%) Infrastructure Management
6 28 (14.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (11.28%) Agile
7 22 (11.28%) PRINCE2
8 17 (8.72%) Business Strategy
8 17 (8.72%) Project Delivery
8 17 (8.72%) Service Delivery
9 14 (7.18%) Budget Management
9 14 (7.18%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (7.18%) Strategic Thinking
10 13 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
10 13 (6.67%) Manufacturing Engineering
10 13 (6.67%) Requirements Management
10 13 (6.67%) Server Management
10 13 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.23%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.62%) SQL
3 7 (3.59%) JavaScript
3 7 (3.59%) Python
4 4 (2.05%) Bash
4 4 (2.05%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (29.23%) Degree
2 30 (15.38%) HNC
3 14 (7.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (4.62%) Azure Certification
5 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (3.59%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (3.59%) Postgraduate
7 6 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.08%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.05%) PMP
9 3 (1.54%) CCIE
9 3 (1.54%) CCNP
9 3 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.54%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.54%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.03%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.38%) NEBOSH
2 13 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.08%) QA
3 6 (3.08%) SLA
4 4 (2.05%) GDPR
5 3 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.51%) NCSC
6 1 (0.51%) NIST
6 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (8.72%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 11 (5.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (5.13%) Docker
5 4 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.54%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.03%) Firmware
8 1 (0.51%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 13 (6.67%) Terraform
2 9 (4.62%) FortiGate
2 9 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (4.10%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (2.56%) WSUS
5 4 (2.05%) Ansible
5 4 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.03%) SCCM
6 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 31 (15.90%) VMware
3 24 (12.31%) Cisco
4 6 (3.08%) NEC
5 5 (2.56%) Citrix
5 5 (2.56%) Draytek
5 5 (2.56%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (1.54%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.54%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.54%) Meraki
6 3 (1.54%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.03%) Forcepoint
7 2 (1.03%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.51%) arcserve
8 1 (0.51%) Aruba
8 1 (0.51%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.51%) Planview
8 1 (0.51%) Sage
8 1 (0.51%) SAP
8 1 (0.51%) Sophos