Infrastructure Specialist Jobs in Scotland

Infrastructure Specialist
UK > Scotland

The median Infrastructure Specialist salary in Scotland is £51,914 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 273 220
Rank change year-on-year +130 -53 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 2 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.071% 0.059% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.061% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,068 - £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,914 £65,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.13% +109.68% -37.06%
75th Percentile £52,761 - £31,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £54,793 £55,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year -0.38% +2.33% +15.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,557 6,524 4,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 96.85% 90.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,368 2,620 2,315
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,750 £31,569
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £73,449
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Specialist in Scotland

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist in Scotland.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Specialist in Scotland

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh - 2 £51,914 -
Infrastructure Specialist
UK

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Infrastructure Specialist 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 Scotland region featuring Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft