Infrastructure Specialist Jobs in England

Infrastructure Specialist
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Specialist salary in England is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 649 629 871
Rank change year-on-year -20 +242 +154
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 40 203 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.082% 0.24% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.25% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 28 133 52
10th Percentile £45,625 £30,385 £37,850
25th Percentile - £41,250 £43,175
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -6.98% +15.59%
75th Percentile £60,313 £62,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £72,750 £65,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £54,793 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.38% +4.76% +12.90%

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 44,309 80,989 82,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 94.48% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 24,260 60,410 52,484
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,613 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Specialist in England

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Specialist in England

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Specialist in England

Infrastructure Specialist
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 Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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 West +4 25 £54,793 +9.59%
North of England -36 25 £54,793 -0.38% 9
London +108 5 £72,750 +14.99% 9
East of England +48 5 £57,500 +15.00% 4
South East +73 4 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Midlands +47 1 £52,500 +26.51% 6
East Midlands +33 1 £52,500 -19.23% 3
Infrastructure Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Infrastructure Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 19 (47.50%) Manufacturing
2 18 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (42.50%) Azure
4 16 (40.00%) Project Management
5 15 (37.50%) HNC
5 15 (37.50%) Finance
5 15 (37.50%) Degree
5 15 (37.50%) NEBOSH
5 15 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
5 15 (37.50%) Business Case
6 13 (32.50%) Cisco
6 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
7 11 (27.50%) Active Directory
8 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 10 (25.00%) Coaching
9 9 (22.50%) Windows
10 7 (17.50%) ITIL
10 7 (17.50%) VMware
10 7 (17.50%) Law
10 7 (17.50%) Legal
10 7 (17.50%) Mentoring
10 7 (17.50%) AWS
10 7 (17.50%) Capacity Planning
10 7 (17.50%) Roadmaps
10 7 (17.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (17.50%) Windows Server
10 7 (17.50%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (15.00%) Entra ID
11 6 (15.00%) Ansible

Infrastructure Specialist 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 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (7.50%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (42.50%) Azure
3 7 (17.50%) AWS
4 6 (15.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) DNS
2 4 (10.00%) Firewall
3 3 (7.50%) DHCP
3 3 (7.50%) VoIP
3 3 (7.50%) WAN
4 1 (2.50%) LAN
4 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 19 (47.50%) Manufacturing
2 15 (37.50%) Finance
3 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 7 (17.50%) Law
4 7 (17.50%) Legal
5 4 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Automotive
7 2 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.50%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Enterprise Cloud
2 4 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.00%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.50%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 9 (22.50%) Windows
2 7 (17.50%) Windows Server
3 5 (12.50%) Linux
4 2 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Project Management
2 15 (37.50%) Business Case
2 15 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
3 10 (25.00%) Coaching
4 7 (17.50%) Capacity Planning
4 7 (17.50%) ITIL
4 7 (17.50%) Mentoring
4 7 (17.50%) Roadmaps
5 4 (10.00%) CRM
5 4 (10.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (7.50%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (7.50%) Incident Management
6 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (7.50%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.50%) Server Management
7 2 (5.00%) DevOps
7 2 (5.00%) Performance Tuning
7 2 (5.00%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.00%) Python
3 2 (5.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Degree
1 15 (37.50%) HNC
2 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.50%) CCNA
3 3 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.50%) MCSE
3 3 (7.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (37.50%) NEBOSH
2 7 (17.50%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 11 (27.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Ansible
2 4 (10.00%) Terraform
3 2 (5.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.50%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (32.50%) Cisco
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.50%) VMware
3 4 (10.00%) Commvault
3 4 (10.00%) Fortinet
3 4 (10.00%) Salesforce
4 3 (7.50%) Acronis
4 3 (7.50%) Kaseya
4 3 (7.50%) Meraki
4 3 (7.50%) Sage
4 3 (7.50%) SonicWALL
4 3 (7.50%) WatchGuard
5 2 (5.00%) HP
5 2 (5.00%) NetApp
5 2 (5.00%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (5.00%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.50%) Citrix
6 1 (2.50%) Dell
6 1 (2.50%) Sitecore
6 1 (2.50%) Zscaler