Infrastructure Support Job Trends in England

Infrastructure Support
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Support salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 599 542
Rank change year-on-year +125 -57 +274
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 143 80 138
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.27% 0.17% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.18% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 84 52 119
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £36,080
25th Percentile £35,500 £39,750 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £80,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £82,125 - £57,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% +12.50%

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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Infrastructure Support job vacancy trend in England

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in England

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 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 +80 53 £68,750 -14.06% 1
Midlands +56 37 £44,000 +30.37%
North of England +30 34 £37,500 - 6
Yorkshire +10 24 £27,500 -26.67% 2
East Midlands - 21 £45,000 -
West Midlands +34 16 £44,000 +30.37%
South East +28 16 £52,500 +31.25% 6
North West +24 10 £41,625 +30.08% 2
South West +5 3 £40,000 +25.00%
Infrastructure Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Infrastructure Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 78 (54.55%) Windows
2 69 (48.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 62 (43.36%) Microsoft
4 59 (41.26%) Azure
5 58 (40.56%) Microsoft 365
6 49 (34.27%) Active Directory
7 46 (32.17%) AWS
8 40 (27.97%) ITIL
8 40 (27.97%) Linux
9 34 (23.78%) VMware
10 32 (22.38%) VMware Infrastructure
10 32 (22.38%) Windows Server
11 31 (21.68%) SaaS
11 31 (21.68%) ServiceNow
12 29 (20.28%) SQL
13 28 (19.58%) Red Hat
14 27 (18.88%) Degree
14 27 (18.88%) SLA
15 26 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
16 25 (17.48%) DevOps
17 24 (16.78%) Python
18 22 (15.38%) AWS Certification
18 22 (15.38%) Change Management
18 22 (15.38%) Firewall
18 22 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
18 22 (15.38%) Unix
19 21 (14.69%) Cloud Operations
20 20 (13.99%) Migration
21 18 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
21 18 (12.59%) ITIL Certification

Infrastructure Support 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 26 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (12.59%) SharePoint
3 15 (10.49%) WebSphere
4 12 (8.39%) Tomcat
5 11 (7.69%) WebSphere Application Server
6 8 (5.59%) Skype for Business
7 5 (3.50%) Drupal
7 5 (3.50%) nginx
7 5 (3.50%) WordPress
8 1 (0.70%) Appian
Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 59 (41.26%) Azure
2 58 (40.56%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (32.17%) AWS
4 31 (21.68%) SaaS
5 11 (7.69%) GCP
6 9 (6.29%) Entra ID
7 8 (5.59%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (4.90%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (4.90%) IaaS
9 6 (4.20%) OneDrive
10 5 (3.50%) iPaaS
11 4 (2.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (2.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (2.10%) Datadog
12 3 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (2.10%) PaaS
13 2 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (1.40%) Amazon S3
13 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (1.40%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 22 (15.38%) Firewall
2 18 (12.59%) VPN
3 16 (11.19%) DNS
3 16 (11.19%) SAN
4 14 (9.79%) SSL
5 13 (9.09%) DHCP
5 13 (9.09%) VLAN
6 12 (8.39%) TCP/IP
7 9 (6.29%) VoIP
8 8 (5.59%) Skype
9 5 (3.50%) WAN
10 4 (2.80%) DMZ
10 4 (2.80%) SD-WAN
10 4 (2.80%) STUN
10 4 (2.80%) Wireless
11 2 (1.40%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.70%) Network Security
12 1 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (0.70%) Telnet
12 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.49%) SQL Server
2 14 (9.79%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (8.39%) DB2
4 8 (5.59%) DTS
5 5 (3.50%) MariaDB
6 4 (2.80%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (4.90%) JIRA
2 6 (4.20%) Git
2 6 (4.20%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (30.07%) Social Skills
2 32 (22.38%) Finance
3 22 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 18 (12.59%) Banking
5 11 (7.69%) Advertising
6 10 (6.99%) Investment Banking
7 9 (6.29%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (5.59%) Retail
9 7 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (3.50%) Law
10 5 (3.50%) Local Government
10 5 (3.50%) Police
10 5 (3.50%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.10%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.40%) Front Office
12 2 (1.40%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.49%) LDAP
2 11 (7.69%) LAPP Stack
2 11 (7.69%) WebSphere MQ
3 4 (2.80%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.29%) Onboarding
2 14 (9.79%) Management Information System
3 12 (8.39%) Clustering
3 12 (8.39%) Video Conferencing
4 11 (7.69%) CMDB
4 11 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (6.29%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (4.90%) Public Cloud
7 6 (4.20%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.50%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.80%) iPad
9 4 (2.80%) iPhone
9 4 (2.80%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (54.55%) Windows
2 40 (27.97%) Linux
3 32 (22.38%) Windows Server
4 22 (15.38%) Unix
5 17 (11.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (11.89%) Windows 10
6 8 (5.59%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (4.90%) Mac OS
8 5 (3.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (2.80%) Apple iOS
9 4 (2.80%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (48.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (27.97%) ITIL
3 25 (17.48%) DevOps
4 22 (15.38%) Change Management
4 22 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (14.69%) Cloud Operations
6 20 (13.99%) Migration
7 18 (12.59%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (11.19%) CI/CD
8 16 (11.19%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (10.49%) Project Delivery
9 15 (10.49%) User Acceptance Testing
10 14 (9.79%) Infrastructure Management
11 13 (9.09%) Customer Service
11 13 (9.09%) ITSM
11 13 (9.09%) Mentoring
11 13 (9.09%) Problem Management
11 13 (9.09%) Service Delivery
12 12 (8.39%) Root Cause Analysis
13 11 (7.69%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (20.28%) SQL
2 24 (16.78%) Python
3 10 (6.99%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (18.88%) Degree
2 22 (15.38%) AWS Certification
3 18 (12.59%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.80%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.80%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.10%) MCP
6 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CCNA
7 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (18.88%) SLA
2 13 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (6.29%) ISO 9001
3 9 (6.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (5.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (3.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 49 (34.27%) Active Directory
2 32 (22.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.99%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.29%) Docker
4 9 (6.29%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (5.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (3.50%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 4 (2.80%) Kamailio
8 2 (1.40%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (11.89%) SCCM
2 14 (9.79%) Ansible
3 12 (8.39%) Nagios
3 12 (8.39%) ZABBIX
4 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (5.59%) Terraform
6 5 (3.50%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (2.80%) Kubernetes
7 4 (2.80%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.10%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 62 (43.36%) Microsoft
2 34 (23.78%) VMware
3 31 (21.68%) ServiceNow
4 28 (19.58%) Red Hat
5 17 (11.89%) SolarWinds
6 15 (10.49%) IBM
7 11 (7.69%) Citrix
7 11 (7.69%) Google
8 8 (5.59%) BMC
8 8 (5.59%) Darktrace
8 8 (5.59%) Proofpoint
8 8 (5.59%) Tanium
8 8 (5.59%) Trend Micro
9 7 (4.90%) Symantec
10 5 (3.50%) Juniper
10 5 (3.50%) Oracle
10 5 (3.50%) Veeam
11 4 (2.80%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.80%) Salesforce
12 3 (2.10%) CheckPoint