Head of Infrastructure Jobs in the Midlands

Head of Infrastructure
England > Midlands

The median Head of Infrastructure salary in the Midlands is £83,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 253 341 299
Rank change year-on-year +88 -42 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 2 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.030% 0.035% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.037% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £74,375 £72,750 £73,250
25th Percentile £77,188 - £74,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £89,688 £89,000 £79,375
90th Percentile £92,125 - £79,750
England median annual salary £110,000 £86,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +27.91% -9.47% +31.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,152 13,544 7,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.24% 89.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,865 9,578 4,509
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Head of Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Infrastructure in the Midlands

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Infrastructure in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Head of Infrastructure in the Midlands

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Infrastructure in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Infrastructure in the Midlands

Head of Infrastructure
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Infrastructure within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
West Midlands +76 1 £92,500 +7.56% 2
East Midlands +55 1 £75,000 - 2
Head of Infrastructure
England

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Head of Infrastructure 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 Midlands region featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree