Infrastructure Manager Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Manager
England > London

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in London is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 338 340
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +181
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 60 70 153
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.35% 0.52% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.57% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 42 35 130
10th Percentile £67,969 £54,300 £51,125
25th Percentile £73,125 £58,375 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -13.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £91,875
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,250 £110,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% -8.37%

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 15,517 12,346 20,600
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 90.91% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 10,356 7,588 16,391
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,750 £75,000 £72,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% +4.17% -1.81%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £108,750 £121,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in London

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in London

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in London over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager in London

Infrastructure Manager
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 Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Central London +14 25 £95,000 +43.03% 5
West London - 1 - -
Infrastructure Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 March 2026, Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 23 (38.33%) Azure
2 17 (28.33%) Microsoft
3 16 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (26.67%) Windows
4 15 (25.00%) Migration
5 13 (21.67%) Entra ID
6 12 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 12 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 12 (20.00%) Windows Server
7 11 (18.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (18.33%) Service Delivery
7 11 (18.33%) Service Management
8 10 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (16.67%) ITIL
8 10 (16.67%) SIEM
8 10 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (15.00%) AWS
9 9 (15.00%) Project Delivery
10 8 (13.33%) Budget Management
10 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
10 8 (13.33%) VPN
11 7 (11.67%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (11.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (11.67%) Firewall
11 7 (11.67%) GDPR
11 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
11 7 (11.67%) Project Management
11 7 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management

Infrastructure Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (38.33%) Azure
2 16 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (21.67%) Entra ID
4 9 (15.00%) AWS
5 5 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (5.00%) GCP
7 2 (3.33%) IBM Cloud
7 2 (3.33%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.67%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.67%) IaaS
8 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.67%) PaaS
8 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.67%) SaaS
8 1 (1.67%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.33%) VPN
2 7 (11.67%) Firewall
3 5 (8.33%) LAN
3 5 (8.33%) WAN
4 3 (5.00%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.33%) Network Security
5 2 (3.33%) VLAN
6 1 (1.67%) NAS
6 1 (1.67%) SAN
6 1 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 20 (33.33%) Finance
2 11 (18.33%) Banking
3 6 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (10.00%) International Banking
3 6 (10.00%) Law
4 4 (6.67%) Financial Institution
4 4 (6.67%) Social Skills
5 3 (5.00%) Billing
5 3 (5.00%) Marketing
6 2 (3.33%) Advertising
6 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.67%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) Guava
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 10 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 4 (6.67%) CMDB
3 4 (6.67%) PMI
3 4 (6.67%) Product Ownership
3 4 (6.67%) Security Posture
4 3 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.33%) NHS
5 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.33%) PKI
5 2 (3.33%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (26.67%) Windows
2 12 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.33%) Linux
3 2 (3.33%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.00%) Migration
2 12 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 11 (18.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (18.33%) Service Delivery
3 11 (18.33%) Service Management
4 10 (16.67%) ITIL
4 10 (16.67%) SIEM
4 10 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (15.00%) Project Delivery
6 8 (13.33%) Budget Management
6 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (11.67%) Project Management
7 7 (11.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (10.00%) Business Development
8 6 (10.00%) Cloud Security
8 6 (10.00%) Coaching
8 6 (10.00%) PRINCE2
8 6 (10.00%) Zero Trust
9 5 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 5 (8.33%) Degree
3 2 (3.33%) APMP
3 2 (3.33%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (3.33%) CFA
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (3.33%) PMP
3 2 (3.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (11.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (11.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 7 (11.67%) GDPR
3 3 (5.00%) PMO
4 2 (3.33%) Basel III
4 2 (3.33%) GRC
4 2 (3.33%) MiFID
4 2 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.67%) GAAP
5 1 (1.67%) IFRS
System Software
1 12 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.33%) Nessus
3 2 (3.33%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.67%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (28.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) VMware
3 4 (6.67%) Cisco
4 3 (5.00%) Juniper
5 2 (3.33%) IBM
5 2 (3.33%) Planview
5 2 (3.33%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.67%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.67%) Citrix
6 1 (1.67%) Meraki
6 1 (1.67%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.67%) Veeam