Infrastructure Support Jobs in England

Infrastructure Support
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Support salary in England is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 532 622 774
Rank change year-on-year +90 +152 +186
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 153 224 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.27% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 136 201 133
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,385 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +9.76% -3.53%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,250
% change year-on-year -5.88% +5.59% -5.29%

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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £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 Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in England

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support in England

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in England

Infrastructure Support
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 Support within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
South East +67 69 £40,000 -13.98% 15
London +111 30 £57,500 +31.43% 9
Midlands +68 28 £32,500 -21.21% 6
West Midlands +72 22 £35,000 -6.67% 4
North of England +39 22 £43,750 +2.94% 2
North West +14 19 £40,000 -20.00%
East Midlands +39 6 £32,500 -31.58% 2
Yorkshire +48 3 £45,000 +5.88% 1
East of England +45 3 £47,500 -5.00% 3
South West +71 1 £30,000 -18.92% 4
Infrastructure Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Infrastructure Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 122 (79.74%) Windows
2 96 (62.75%) Microsoft
3 95 (62.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 93 (60.78%) Active Directory
5 66 (43.14%) Windows Server
6 63 (41.18%) Azure
6 63 (41.18%) VMware
7 60 (39.22%) Microsoft 365
8 57 (37.25%) Microsoft Exchange
9 49 (32.03%) PowerShell
10 45 (29.41%) Degree
11 44 (28.76%) VMware Infrastructure
11 44 (28.76%) WAN
12 41 (26.80%) LAN
13 38 (24.84%) Security Cleared
14 35 (22.88%) DNS
15 33 (21.57%) DHCP
15 33 (21.57%) Linux
16 31 (20.26%) ITIL
17 29 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
18 28 (18.30%) SAN
18 28 (18.30%) Firewall
19 27 (17.65%) DV Cleared
19 27 (17.65%) Hyper-V
19 27 (17.65%) Social Skills
20 26 (16.99%) High Availability
20 26 (16.99%) Patch Management
20 26 (16.99%) Citrix
21 25 (16.34%) Disaster Recovery
22 23 (15.03%) AWS

Infrastructure Support 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 57 (37.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.23%) IIS
3 7 (4.58%) SharePoint
4 4 (2.61%) Confluence
5 1 (0.65%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.96%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 63 (41.18%) Azure
2 60 (39.22%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (15.03%) AWS
4 9 (5.88%) OpenShift
5 8 (5.23%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.92%) GCP
7 5 (3.27%) IaaS
8 4 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.61%) Amazon ELB
8 4 (2.61%) Amazon Glacier
8 4 (2.61%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.61%) AWS KMS
8 4 (2.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.31%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.65%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 44 (28.76%) WAN
2 41 (26.80%) LAN
3 35 (22.88%) DNS
4 33 (21.57%) DHCP
5 28 (18.30%) Firewall
5 28 (18.30%) SAN
6 21 (13.73%) NAS
7 18 (11.76%) Wireless
8 17 (11.11%) Internet
9 14 (9.15%) TCP/IP
10 10 (6.54%) Network Security
10 10 (6.54%) SD-WAN
11 8 (5.23%) SMTP
11 8 (5.23%) VPN
12 6 (3.92%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (3.92%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (3.92%) VLAN
13 4 (2.61%) IP Telephony
13 4 (2.61%) SNMP
14 3 (1.96%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.15%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.54%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Git
1 4 (2.61%) JIRA
1 4 (2.61%) Vagrant
2 3 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 27 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 23 (15.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (7.19%) Public Sector
3 11 (7.19%) Retail
4 5 (3.27%) Games
4 5 (3.27%) Telecoms
5 4 (2.61%) Finance
6 3 (1.96%) Automotive
6 3 (1.96%) Back Office
6 3 (1.96%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.65%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.65%) Banking
7 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.92%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.07%) Clustering
2 17 (11.11%) Virtual Team
3 15 (9.80%) Data Centre
4 12 (7.84%) PKI
5 10 (6.54%) Driving Licence
6 6 (3.92%) CCTV
6 6 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.61%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.96%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.96%) Replication
9 1 (0.65%) AS400
9 1 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 122 (79.74%) Windows
2 66 (43.14%) Windows Server
3 33 (21.57%) Linux
4 18 (11.76%) Windows 10
5 14 (9.15%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (6.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.92%) Mac OS X
8 4 (2.61%) Unix
8 4 (2.61%) VMS
8 4 (2.61%) Windows 7
9 2 (1.31%) AIX
9 2 (1.31%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.31%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.31%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.65%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (62.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (20.26%) ITIL
3 29 (18.95%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (16.99%) High Availability
4 26 (16.99%) Patch Management
5 25 (16.34%) Disaster Recovery
6 20 (13.07%) Virtual Environments
7 19 (12.42%) Customer Service
7 19 (12.42%) Kalman Filter
8 18 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (11.11%) Computer Science
10 13 (8.50%) Server Building
11 12 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (7.84%) Migration
12 10 (6.54%) Antivirus Management
12 10 (6.54%) IT Strategy
12 10 (6.54%) Web Filtering
13 9 (5.88%) Change Management
13 9 (5.88%) Task Automation
13 9 (5.88%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (32.03%) PowerShell
2 22 (14.38%) SQL
3 6 (3.92%) Python
4 3 (1.96%) Groovy
5 2 (1.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 45 (29.41%) Degree
2 38 (24.84%) Security Cleared
3 27 (17.65%) DV Cleared
4 22 (14.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (11.76%) SC Cleared
6 17 (11.11%) Master's Degree
6 17 (11.11%) MBA
7 15 (9.80%) A+ Certification
8 14 (9.15%) MCP
8 14 (9.15%) MCSA
9 12 (7.84%) HND
10 11 (7.19%) MCSE
11 8 (5.23%) CCNA
11 8 (5.23%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (3.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (3.27%) Azure Certification
13 5 (3.27%) CCNP
13 5 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (3.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.11%) SLA
2 5 (3.27%) GDPR
3 3 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 93 (60.78%) Active Directory
2 44 (28.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (17.65%) Hyper-V
4 13 (8.50%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (4.58%) BitLocker
5 7 (4.58%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (4.58%) Terminal Services
5 7 (4.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (4.58%) vSphere
6 6 (3.92%) Docker
7 3 (1.96%) DFS Replication
8 2 (1.31%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.65%) NFS
Systems Management
1 20 (13.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (11.11%) SCCM
3 15 (9.80%) Ansible
4 12 (7.84%) Terraform
5 9 (5.88%) Kubernetes
6 8 (5.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (4.58%) vCenter Server
7 7 (4.58%) vMotion
8 6 (3.92%) Nagios
8 6 (3.92%) Puppet
9 5 (3.27%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (2.61%) Grafana
10 4 (2.61%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.96%) Backup Exec
11 3 (1.96%) WSUS
12 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 96 (62.75%) Microsoft
2 63 (41.18%) VMware
3 26 (16.99%) Citrix
4 22 (14.38%) Cisco
5 17 (11.11%) Unisys
6 12 (7.84%) Veeam
7 7 (4.58%) Meraki
8 6 (3.92%) CheckPoint
8 6 (3.92%) Google
8 6 (3.92%) HP
8 6 (3.92%) MobileIron
8 6 (3.92%) Riverbed
8 6 (3.92%) SAP
8 6 (3.92%) Symantec
8 6 (3.92%) Trend Micro
9 5 (3.27%) Red Hat
10 4 (2.61%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.61%) Juniper
10 4 (2.61%) McAfee
10 4 (2.61%) ServiceNow