Head of Infrastructure Job Trends in Leicester

Head of Infrastructure
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Head of Infrastructure salary in Leicester is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 751 177 370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.91% 96.72% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 486 99 258
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +7.61% -6.19%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £50,000 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +3.09% +7.78% -10.00%

Head of Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Head of Infrastructure job vacancy trend in Leicester

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for Head of Infrastructure job vacancies in Leicester.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Infrastructure job vacancies in Leicester

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 27 July 2026, Head of Infrastructure 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 Leicester region featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable