Infrastructure Support Jobs 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 to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 616 788 918
Rank change year-on-year +172 +130 -235
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 222 152 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 198 138 182
10th Percentile £30,385 £26,100 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,188 £33,770 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,375 £52,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,754 84,293 127,933
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.52% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,385 53,462 75,679
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024. 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 +62 96 £45,750 +29.24% 13
South West -5 41 £36,000 -1.37% 3
London +113 33 £58,375 +16.75% 9
North of England +66 29 £42,500 +11.11% 6
Yorkshire +110 22 £42,500 +11.84% 2
Midlands +21 22 £41,250 -6.78%
West Midlands +32 16 £37,500 -4.46%
North West +17 6 £46,250 -1.18% 1
East Midlands -13 6 £47,500 -13.64%
East of England +12 1 £50,000 +24.22% 1
North East -9 1 £29,000 -27.50% 3
Infrastructure Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, 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.

1 144 (64.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 107 (48.20%) Windows
3 98 (44.14%) Azure
4 96 (43.24%) Microsoft 365
5 94 (42.34%) Active Directory
6 91 (40.99%) Microsoft
7 88 (39.64%) VMware
8 79 (35.59%) Windows Server
9 64 (28.83%) VMware Infrastructure
10 61 (27.48%) Firewall
11 53 (23.87%) Security Cleared
12 52 (23.42%) Social Skills
13 49 (22.07%) PowerShell
14 41 (18.47%) Microsoft Exchange
14 41 (18.47%) Customer Service
15 40 (18.02%) Microsoft Intune
15 40 (18.02%) SCCM
16 37 (16.67%) Windows 10
17 36 (16.22%) SC Cleared
17 36 (16.22%) VMware ESXi
18 35 (15.77%) Windows Server 2012
19 34 (15.32%) ITIL
19 34 (15.32%) Citrix
20 33 (14.86%) WAN
20 33 (14.86%) Entra ID
21 31 (13.96%) LAN
21 31 (13.96%) DNS
22 30 (13.51%) SAN
22 30 (13.51%) SharePoint
22 30 (13.51%) Problem-Solving

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 41 (18.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (13.51%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.80%) IIS
4 3 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (5.86%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.70%) LightWave 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 98 (44.14%) Azure
2 96 (43.24%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (14.86%) Entra ID
4 23 (10.36%) AWS
5 20 (9.01%) IaaS
5 20 (9.01%) SaaS
6 13 (5.86%) PaaS
7 9 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
7 9 (4.05%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.15%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.80%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.80%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.90%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.90%) OpenDNS
11 1 (0.45%) GCP
11 1 (0.45%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.45%) OCI
11 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 61 (27.48%) Firewall
2 33 (14.86%) WAN
3 31 (13.96%) DNS
3 31 (13.96%) LAN
4 30 (13.51%) SAN
5 26 (11.71%) Wi-Fi
6 21 (9.46%) VPN
7 18 (8.11%) DHCP
8 15 (6.76%) Wireless
9 13 (5.86%) SD-WAN
10 12 (5.41%) iSCSI
11 11 (4.95%) Internet
12 10 (4.50%) TCP/IP
12 10 (4.50%) WLAN
13 8 (3.60%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (3.15%) NAS
15 5 (2.25%) VLAN
16 4 (1.80%) Network Security
17 3 (1.35%) VoIP
18 2 (0.90%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.05%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.70%) MySQL
3 5 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.45%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.45%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.15%) JIRA
2 3 (1.35%) GitLab
General
1 52 (23.42%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.36%) Finance
3 22 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.50%) Law
6 7 (3.15%) Legal
6 7 (3.15%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.80%) Banking
8 2 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.45%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) LAMP
1 2 (0.90%) V-Ray
2 1 (0.45%) .NET
2 1 (0.45%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (0.45%) EDI
2 1 (0.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.91%) Driving Licence
2 16 (7.21%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (5.41%) PKI
4 11 (4.95%) Clustering
5 10 (4.50%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.15%) Replication
7 6 (2.70%) Smart Home
8 4 (1.80%) Data Centre
8 4 (1.80%) IPTV
8 4 (1.80%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.90%) BYOD
10 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.45%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.45%) FMCG
11 1 (0.45%) Life Science
11 1 (0.45%) NHS
11 1 (0.45%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 107 (48.20%) Windows
2 79 (35.59%) Windows Server
3 37 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 35 (15.77%) Windows Server 2012
5 24 (10.81%) Linux
6 16 (7.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (7.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (4.50%) Windows NT
8 8 (3.60%) Android
9 7 (3.15%) Apple iOS
10 6 (2.70%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.90%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.45%) AIX
12 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.45%) Unix
12 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.45%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (64.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (18.47%) Customer Service
3 34 (15.32%) ITIL
4 30 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (8.11%) Service Management
6 15 (6.76%) Incident Management
7 13 (5.86%) Problem Management
7 13 (5.86%) Service Delivery
8 12 (5.41%) Capacity Management
9 11 (4.95%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (4.95%) Root Cause Analysis
10 10 (4.50%) Change Management
10 10 (4.50%) Deployment Automation
10 10 (4.50%) Server Monitoring
11 9 (4.05%) Customer Requirements
11 9 (4.05%) Systems Engineering
12 8 (3.60%) Change Advisory Board
13 7 (3.15%) Patch Management
13 7 (3.15%) People Management
13 7 (3.15%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (22.07%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.41%) SQL
3 10 (4.50%) Bash
4 9 (4.05%) ActionScript
4 9 (4.05%) VB
5 3 (1.35%) Python
6 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (23.87%) Security Cleared
2 36 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.01%) DV Cleared
4 17 (7.66%) Degree
5 8 (3.60%) CCNA
5 8 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.60%) MCP
6 7 (3.15%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.35%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.90%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (0.90%) MCSE
9 1 (0.45%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.45%) CCA
9 1 (0.45%) CCDA
9 1 (0.45%) CCNP
9 1 (0.45%) GCIA
9 1 (0.45%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (13.06%) SLA
2 9 (4.05%) GDPR
3 6 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 94 (42.34%) Active Directory
2 64 (28.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (16.22%) VMware ESXi
4 27 (12.16%) Hyper-V
5 18 (8.11%) Firmware
6 12 (5.41%) XenApp
7 11 (4.95%) vSphere
8 9 (4.05%) OpenSSH
9 8 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.80%) Docker
10 4 (1.80%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.35%) XenDesktop
12 2 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 2 (0.90%) pfSense
12 2 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.90%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 40 (18.02%) Microsoft Intune
1 40 (18.02%) SCCM
2 25 (11.26%) vCenter Server
3 16 (7.21%) WSUS
4 10 (4.50%) Sysprep
5 9 (4.05%) IBM BigFix
5 9 (4.05%) PowerCLI
6 8 (3.60%) NetBackup
6 8 (3.60%) SCOM
7 6 (2.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (2.70%) SCDPM
8 3 (1.35%) Backup Exec
8 3 (1.35%) ZENworks
9 2 (0.90%) Ansible
9 2 (0.90%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.90%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.45%) NetCrunch
10 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 91 (40.99%) Microsoft
2 88 (39.64%) VMware
3 34 (15.32%) Citrix
4 25 (11.26%) Veeam
5 23 (10.36%) Cisco
6 16 (7.21%) HP
7 12 (5.41%) Meraki
7 12 (5.41%) Sophos
8 10 (4.50%) Dell
8 10 (4.50%) IBM
9 9 (4.05%) Palo Alto
10 7 (3.15%) McAfee
11 6 (2.70%) Aruba
11 6 (2.70%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (2.70%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (1.35%) 3PAR
12 3 (1.35%) Apple
12 3 (1.35%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.35%) NetApp
13 2 (0.90%) Veritas