Infrastructure Manager Job Trends in the Midlands

Infrastructure Manager
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 217 189
Rank change year-on-year +17 -28 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 21 25 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.27% 0.38% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.40% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 28
10th Percentile £42,950 £53,375 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,750 £56,470
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +12.89% -5.88%
75th Percentile £70,000 £100,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £101,250 £78,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 7,056 6,282 4,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.44% 94.28% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,274 2,965 3,933
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,450 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the Midlands

Infrastructure Manager
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 Infrastructure Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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 Midlands 0 11 £60,000 -4.00% 2
West Midlands +7 10 £62,500 -7.41% 7
Infrastructure Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 Midlands region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 8 (38.10%) Data Security
2 7 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (23.81%) Azure
3 5 (23.81%) People Management
3 5 (23.81%) VMware
4 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
4 4 (19.05%) Budgeting
4 4 (19.05%) Business Continuity
4 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
4 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
5 3 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (14.29%) Degree
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (14.29%) IT Strategy
5 3 (14.29%) OneDrive
5 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
5 3 (14.29%) SQL
6 2 (9.52%) Agile
6 2 (9.52%) High Availability
6 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Regulatory Compliance

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (14.29%) OneDrive
4 2 (9.52%) SaaS
5 1 (4.76%) AWS
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Retail
3 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Replication
2 2 (9.52%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Data Security
2 7 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (23.81%) People Management
4 4 (19.05%) Budgeting
4 4 (19.05%) Business Continuity
4 4 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (19.05%) Security Operations
4 4 (19.05%) Service Delivery
5 3 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) IT Strategy
6 2 (9.52%) Agile
6 2 (9.52%) High Availability
6 2 (9.52%) Incident Response
6 2 (9.52%) Performance Improvement
6 2 (9.52%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (9.52%) Strategic Planning
7 1 (4.76%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) MCSE
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) VMware
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft