IT Infrastructure Manager Jobs in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Manager salary in England is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 862 1001
Rank change year-on-year +196 +139 -262
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 149 84 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.088% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.097% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 131 69 119
10th Percentile £42,500 £49,520 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +7.48%
75th Percentile £66,445 £67,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £101,250 £78,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +5.50%

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 79,522 86,974 124,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 59,823 54,838 76,240
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,386
25th Percentile £38,087 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 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 +12 39 £52,500 -16.00% 5
London +163 38 £80,000 +25.49% 3
North of England +80 35 £50,000 -9.09% 1
Yorkshire +115 21 £58,750 -12.96%
Midlands +26 21 £57,500 +9.52% 2
West Midlands +39 15 £57,500 +9.52% 1
North West +23 13 £50,000 -9.09%
East of England +42 10 £42,500 -2.86% 1
South West -2 7 £49,500 +3.99% 3
East Midlands -10 6 £54,250 -48.33% 1
North East -5 1 £45,000 -18.18% 1
IT Infrastructure Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 52 (34.90%) Microsoft
2 50 (33.56%) Windows
3 45 (30.20%) Active Directory
4 43 (28.86%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (28.19%) Azure
6 38 (25.50%) VMware
7 34 (22.82%) Project Management
7 34 (22.82%) Social Skills
8 33 (22.15%) Firewall
8 33 (22.15%) Windows Server
9 28 (18.79%) Finance
9 28 (18.79%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (18.79%) Line Management
10 27 (18.12%) Degree
11 26 (17.45%) Data Centre
12 23 (15.44%) ITIL
13 21 (14.09%) VMware Infrastructure
13 21 (14.09%) Project Delivery
14 20 (13.42%) WAN
15 18 (12.08%) Banking
16 16 (10.74%) Entra ID
16 16 (10.74%) Wi-Fi
16 16 (10.74%) Agile
16 16 (10.74%) LAN
16 16 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
17 14 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
18 13 (8.72%) Microsoft Intune
18 13 (8.72%) Mentoring
18 13 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 12 (8.05%) Windows 10

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 10 (6.71%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 43 (28.86%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (28.19%) Azure
3 16 (10.74%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.71%) AWS
5 7 (4.70%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.03%) GCP
7 2 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 33 (22.15%) Firewall
2 20 (13.42%) WAN
3 16 (10.74%) LAN
3 16 (10.74%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (8.05%) DNS
5 11 (7.38%) DHCP
5 11 (7.38%) Network Security
6 7 (4.70%) VPN
6 7 (4.70%) WLAN
7 6 (4.03%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.36%) SD-WAN
9 4 (2.68%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (2.68%) iSCSI
9 4 (2.68%) SNMP
9 4 (2.68%) VLAN
9 4 (2.68%) Wireless
10 3 (2.01%) NAS
10 3 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (2.01%) SAN
10 3 (2.01%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.01%) SQL Server
General
1 34 (22.82%) Social Skills
2 28 (18.79%) Finance
3 18 (12.08%) Banking
4 13 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (6.04%) Retail
7 8 (5.37%) Financial Institution
7 8 (5.37%) Law
7 8 (5.37%) Marketing
8 4 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (2.01%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.34%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.34%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.67%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.45%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.70%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (4.03%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.36%) CCTV
4 5 (3.36%) EPoS
5 4 (2.68%) IPTV
6 3 (2.01%) Replication
7 2 (1.34%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.34%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.67%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.67%) Clustering
8 1 (0.67%) CMDB
8 1 (0.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.67%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.67%) Tandem
8 1 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 50 (33.56%) Windows
2 33 (22.15%) Windows Server
3 12 (8.05%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.68%) Linux
4 4 (2.68%) VMS
5 2 (1.34%) Android
5 2 (1.34%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.67%) AIX
6 1 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (22.82%) Project Management
2 28 (18.79%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (18.79%) Line Management
3 23 (15.44%) ITIL
4 21 (14.09%) Project Delivery
5 16 (10.74%) Agile
5 16 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (8.72%) Mentoring
8 12 (8.05%) Contract Management
8 12 (8.05%) IT Strategy
9 11 (7.38%) Coaching
9 11 (7.38%) Information Security
9 11 (7.38%) Logistics
10 10 (6.71%) Computer Science
10 10 (6.71%) Contract Negotiation
10 10 (6.71%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (6.71%) PRINCE2
10 10 (6.71%) Roadmaps
11 9 (6.04%) Demand Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.37%) SQL
2 7 (4.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (18.12%) Degree
2 9 (6.04%) Azure Certification
2 9 (6.04%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (6.04%) SC Cleared
2 9 (6.04%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (4.70%) MCSE
5 6 (4.03%) CCNA
5 6 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.36%) CCNP
6 5 (3.36%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (2.68%) CISSP
7 4 (2.68%) MCP
8 3 (2.01%) CCAA
8 3 (2.01%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (2.01%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.01%) PMP
8 3 (2.01%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (2.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.68%) GRC
2 3 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.01%) GDPR
2 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.34%) NCSC
3 2 (1.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 45 (30.20%) Active Directory
2 21 (14.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (6.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.68%) pfSense
5 1 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (8.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.67%) Ansible
2 1 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (0.67%) SCOM
2 1 (0.67%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 52 (34.90%) Microsoft
2 38 (25.50%) VMware
3 11 (7.38%) Cisco
4 8 (5.37%) Veeam
5 7 (4.70%) Apple
5 7 (4.70%) Citrix
5 7 (4.70%) Dell
6 4 (2.68%) BroadSoft
6 4 (2.68%) Brocade
6 4 (2.68%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.68%) Dell Compellent
6 4 (2.68%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.68%) Google
6 4 (2.68%) HP
6 4 (2.68%) QNAP
6 4 (2.68%) Qualys
6 4 (2.68%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (2.68%) Zerto
7 3 (2.01%) Adobe
8 2 (1.34%) Meraki