Infrastructure Manager Jobs in the South East

Infrastructure Manager
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the South East is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 305 262
Rank change year-on-year +36 -43 +172
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 28 92 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.29% 0.55% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.58% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 26 81 50
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £84,375 £72,500 £85,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,254 15,768 12,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.53% 94.01% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 11,302 8,136
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in the South East

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Manager in the South East

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the South East

Infrastructure Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Thames Valley +51 22 £65,000 +18.18% 10
Berkshire +30 12 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Oxfordshire +45 10 £65,000 -10.34% 2
Hampshire +49 3 £90,000 +50.00% 3
Surrey +47 1 £57,500 +15.00%
West Sussex +26 1 £72,500 +31.82%
East Sussex +18 1 - -
Infrastructure Manager
England

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Infrastructure Manager 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 South East region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 13 (46.43%) ITIL
2 10 (35.71%) PRINCE2
2 10 (35.71%) Windows
2 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 10 (35.71%) Server Management
3 9 (32.14%) Azure
3 9 (32.14%) People Management
3 9 (32.14%) Data Centre
3 9 (32.14%) ERP
3 9 (32.14%) Time Management
4 7 (25.00%) Cisco
4 7 (25.00%) Firewall
4 7 (25.00%) IT Strategy
5 6 (21.43%) Windows Server
5 6 (21.43%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (21.43%) AWS
5 6 (21.43%) VPN
5 6 (21.43%) Hyper-V
6 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
6 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (17.86%) High Availability
6 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
7 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (14.29%) Network Security
7 4 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
7 4 (14.29%) Linux
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Management

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (10.71%) IIS
2 1 (3.57%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) Azure
2 6 (21.43%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Serverless
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.00%) Firewall
2 6 (21.43%) VPN
3 4 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (14.29%) Network Security
4 3 (10.71%) DHCP
4 3 (10.71%) DNS
4 3 (10.71%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (10.71%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (17.86%) Manufacturing
2 4 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.71%) Clustering
2 3 (10.71%) Operational Technology
2 3 (10.71%) Replication
2 3 (10.71%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (35.71%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 4 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) ITIL
2 10 (35.71%) PRINCE2
2 10 (35.71%) Server Management
3 9 (32.14%) ERP
3 9 (32.14%) People Management
3 9 (32.14%) Time Management
4 7 (25.00%) IT Strategy
5 6 (21.43%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (17.86%) High Availability
6 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Management
6 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (14.29%) Project Management
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 3 (10.71%) Analytics
8 3 (10.71%) Business Analytics
8 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (10.71%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.57%) CISA
3 1 (3.57%) CISSP
3 1 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.57%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Hyper-V
2 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (10.71%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.57%) Ansible
2 1 (3.57%) Puppet
2 1 (3.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (10.71%) Fortinet
3 3 (10.71%) VMware