Infrastructure Architect Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Architect
England > London

The median Infrastructure Architect salary in London is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 409 354
Rank change year-on-year +58 -55 +266
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 23 24 98
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.17% 0.16% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.17% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 18 13 80
10th Percentile £96,000 £71,250 £62,500
25th Percentile £99,063 £77,500 £73,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £85,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -22.73% +31.74%
75th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 -
90th Percentile £108,250 £109,500 -
England median annual salary £93,500 £75,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +24.67% -11.76% +8.28%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,668 14,309 17,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 92.69% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,385 8,261 14,080
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,216
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in London

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in London

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Architect in London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Architect in London

Infrastructure Architect
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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
East London - 10 £105,000 -
Central London +33 3 £116,250 +25.68%
Infrastructure Architect
England

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Infrastructure Architect 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 London region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 16 (69.57%) AWS
2 15 (65.22%) Roadmaps
3 14 (60.87%) Cloud Security
4 13 (56.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (56.52%) Infrastructure as Code
4 13 (56.52%) Technical Leadership
5 12 (52.17%) Ansible
5 12 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (52.17%) Jenkins
5 12 (52.17%) Product Roadmap
5 12 (52.17%) Security Architecture
6 8 (34.78%) Azure
7 5 (21.74%) Firewall
8 4 (17.39%) Cisco
8 4 (17.39%) VMware
8 4 (17.39%) Windows
9 3 (13.04%) AWS Certification
9 3 (13.04%) CISSP
9 3 (13.04%) Degree
9 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
9 3 (13.04%) Linux
9 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
9 3 (13.04%) NIST
9 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
9 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
9 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
9 3 (13.04%) Terraform
9 3 (13.04%) TOGAF
9 3 (13.04%) TOGAF Certification

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 16 (69.57%) AWS
2 8 (34.78%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.35%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
4 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) DHCP
2 2 (8.70%) DNS
2 2 (8.70%) Network Security
2 2 (8.70%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (52.17%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (60.87%) Finance
2 12 (52.17%) Banking
3 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Electronics
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 16 (69.57%) Data Centre
2 15 (65.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (56.52%) Public Cloud
4 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (4.35%) Private Cloud
5 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Roadmaps
2 14 (60.87%) Cloud Security
3 13 (56.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (56.52%) Infrastructure as Code
3 13 (56.52%) Technical Leadership
4 12 (52.17%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (52.17%) Product Roadmap
4 12 (52.17%) Security Architecture
5 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.04%) TOGAF
6 2 (8.70%) Cloud Operations
6 2 (8.70%) DevOps
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (8.70%) SIEM
6 2 (8.70%) SOAR
6 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.70%) Threat Modelling
7 1 (4.35%) Code Quality
7 1 (4.35%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 1 (4.35%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) Bash
2 1 (4.35%) Bicep
2 1 (4.35%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) AWS Certification
1 3 (13.04%) CISSP
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
1 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (8.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (8.70%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.35%) CISM
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (13.04%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (52.17%) Ansible
2 3 (13.04%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
1 4 (17.39%) VMware
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) Fortinet
3 2 (8.70%) NetApp
3 2 (8.70%) Palo Alto
3 2 (8.70%) Tenable
4 1 (4.35%) EMC
4 1 (4.35%) F5
4 1 (4.35%) SAP