IT Infrastructure Manager Jobs in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Manager salary in England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 639 692 843
Rank change year-on-year +53 +151 +195
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 37 149 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.075% 0.17% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.18% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 29 131 71
10th Percentile £52,330 £42,500 £47,600
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £101,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +4.35%

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 45,035 81,793 81,009
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 94.57% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 24,190 60,845 51,652
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
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% -

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
London +103 22 £65,000 -18.75% 5
North of England +13 6 £55,000 +10.00% 6
South East +53 4 £72,750 +38.57% 1
Yorkshire +47 4 £55,000 -2.22% 6
South West +119 2 £56,373 +13.88% 2
West Midlands +47 2 £67,500 +29.50% 2
Midlands +45 2 £67,500 +39.18% 3
North West -13 2 £55,000 +10.00%
East of England +34 1 £58,000 +40.61% 2
IT Infrastructure Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, IT 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 IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 16 (43.24%) Azure
2 15 (40.54%) ITIL
3 14 (37.84%) Windows
3 14 (37.84%) Project Management
4 11 (29.73%) Microsoft
4 11 (29.73%) Agile
5 10 (27.03%) VMware
5 10 (27.03%) Firewall
5 10 (27.03%) Finance
6 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
6 8 (21.62%) Degree
6 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
7 7 (18.92%) Project Delivery
7 7 (18.92%) Data Centre
7 7 (18.92%) Hyper-V
7 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (16.22%) AWS
8 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
8 6 (16.22%) PRINCE2
8 6 (16.22%) SQL Server
8 6 (16.22%) ITSM
8 6 (16.22%) Service Delivery
8 6 (16.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
8 6 (16.22%) Strategic Thinking
9 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (13.51%) IT Strategy
9 5 (13.51%) Failover Clustering

IT 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 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) Moodle
3 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 16 (43.24%) Azure
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (16.22%) AWS
4 4 (10.81%) Azure Monitor
4 4 (10.81%) Datadog
4 4 (10.81%) GCP
5 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
6 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.70%) IaaS
7 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.70%) PaaS
7 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (27.03%) Firewall
2 5 (13.51%) Network Security
2 5 (13.51%) WAN
3 4 (10.81%) SD-WAN
4 3 (8.11%) VPN
5 2 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (2.70%) DNS
6 1 (2.70%) Internet
6 1 (2.70%) LAN
6 1 (2.70%) Unified Communications
6 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.70%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) Power BI
3 2 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
General
1 10 (27.03%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Legal
5 2 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.41%) Retail
6 1 (2.70%) Law
6 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Data Centre
2 5 (13.51%) Clustering
2 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
3 4 (10.81%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (10.81%) Replication
4 3 (8.11%) Onboarding
5 2 (5.41%) Learning Management System
5 2 (5.41%) Operational Technology
5 2 (5.41%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (37.84%) Windows
2 6 (16.22%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) ITIL
2 14 (37.84%) Project Management
3 11 (29.73%) Agile
4 8 (21.62%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (18.92%) Project Delivery
6 6 (16.22%) Computer Science
6 6 (16.22%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (16.22%) ITSM
6 6 (16.22%) PRINCE2
6 6 (16.22%) Service Delivery
6 6 (16.22%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (13.51%) Budget Management
7 5 (13.51%) Business Continuity
7 5 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.51%) CRM
7 5 (13.51%) IT Strategy
8 4 (10.81%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (10.81%) Decision-Making
8 4 (10.81%) Observability
8 4 (10.81%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) Bash
1 4 (10.81%) JavaScript
1 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
1 4 (10.81%) Python
1 4 (10.81%) SQL
1 4 (10.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Degree
2 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.41%) DBS Check
3 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.70%) MCSE
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.70%) PMP
4 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (8.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (8.11%) GDPR
3 3 (8.11%) SLA
4 1 (2.70%) ISO 22301
4 1 (2.70%) NCSC
4 1 (2.70%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.92%) Hyper-V
3 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (10.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) Failover Clustering
2 4 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 4 (10.81%) Prometheus
2 4 (10.81%) Terraform
3 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.03%) VMware
3 3 (8.11%) CheckPoint
3 3 (8.11%) Cisco
3 3 (8.11%) Citrix
3 3 (8.11%) Meraki
4 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
4 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.70%) arcserve
5 1 (2.70%) Concur
5 1 (2.70%) Forcepoint
5 1 (2.70%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.70%) Sage
5 1 (2.70%) Sophos