Infrastructure Support Jobs in the South East

Infrastructure Support
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Support salary in the South East is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 308 343
Rank change year-on-year +65 +35 +93
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 69 93 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.71% 0.55% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.59% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 60 92 48
10th Percentile £35,775 £31,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,750 £35,400
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +29.24% -13.66%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £52,300
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +9.76% -3.53%

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 8,398 15,863 12,949
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.96% 94.01% 90.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,556 11,342 8,189
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 £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in the South East

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support in the South East

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the South East over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in the South East

Infrastructure Support
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 Support within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 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
Surrey +82 31 £40,000 -4.76% 2
Thames Valley +49 28 £40,000 -11.11% 8
Oxfordshire +49 22 £40,000 -5.88% 2
Hampshire +44 7 £57,500 +18.56%
Berkshire +16 6 £32,500 -27.78% 2
Kent +29 3 £37,500 +19.05%
Infrastructure Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Infrastructure Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 60 (86.96%) Windows
2 45 (65.22%) Microsoft
3 44 (63.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (56.52%) Active Directory
5 38 (55.07%) Degree
6 37 (53.62%) VMware
7 34 (49.28%) Microsoft Exchange
8 29 (42.03%) PowerShell
9 26 (37.68%) LAN
9 26 (37.68%) WAN
9 26 (37.68%) SAN
10 25 (36.23%) VMware Infrastructure
10 25 (36.23%) High Availability
10 25 (36.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (34.78%) Security Cleared
12 20 (28.99%) NAS
12 20 (28.99%) Azure
13 19 (27.54%) Virtual Team
13 19 (27.54%) Master's Degree
13 19 (27.54%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (27.54%) Wireless
13 19 (27.54%) MBA
13 19 (27.54%) Internet
13 19 (27.54%) Unisys
13 19 (27.54%) DV Cleared
14 18 (26.09%) Clustering
14 18 (26.09%) Windows Server
15 17 (24.64%) Virtual Environments
15 17 (24.64%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (24.64%) Kalman Filter

Infrastructure Support 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 34 (49.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.99%) Azure
2 17 (24.64%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (8.70%) AWS
3 6 (8.70%) GCP
3 6 (8.70%) OpenShift
4 5 (7.25%) IaaS
5 2 (2.90%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 26 (37.68%) LAN
1 26 (37.68%) SAN
1 26 (37.68%) WAN
2 20 (28.99%) NAS
3 19 (27.54%) Internet
3 19 (27.54%) Wireless
4 11 (15.94%) DNS
5 10 (14.49%) DHCP
6 8 (11.59%) Firewall
6 8 (11.59%) SMTP
7 7 (10.14%) SD-WAN
8 6 (8.70%) Network Security
8 6 (8.70%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (4.35%) IP Telephony
9 3 (4.35%) SNMP
9 3 (4.35%) TCP/IP
9 3 (4.35%) VLAN
10 1 (1.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.70%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
General
1 25 (36.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (18.84%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.70%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.25%) Games
5 3 (4.35%) Retail
6 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.54%) Virtual Team
2 18 (26.09%) Clustering
3 12 (17.39%) PKI
4 6 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.35%) Blackberry
5 3 (4.35%) CCTV
5 3 (4.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 60 (86.96%) Windows
2 18 (26.09%) Windows Server
3 12 (17.39%) Linux
4 3 (4.35%) Mac OS X
4 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (2.90%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (63.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (36.23%) High Availability
3 19 (27.54%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (24.64%) Kalman Filter
4 17 (24.64%) Virtual Environments
5 16 (23.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (21.74%) Computer Science
7 14 (20.29%) Customer Service
8 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (14.49%) Server Building
10 9 (13.04%) Antivirus Management
10 9 (13.04%) IT Strategy
10 9 (13.04%) Patch Management
10 9 (13.04%) Web Filtering
11 8 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (10.14%) Change Control
12 7 (10.14%) Data Protection
12 7 (10.14%) Mobile Device Management
12 7 (10.14%) Statistics
12 7 (10.14%) Stress Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (42.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (55.07%) Degree
2 24 (34.78%) Security Cleared
3 19 (27.54%) DV Cleared
3 19 (27.54%) Master's Degree
3 19 (27.54%) MBA
4 11 (15.94%) HND
5 5 (7.25%) Azure Certification
5 5 (7.25%) CCNA
5 5 (7.25%) CCNP
5 5 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (7.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (5.80%) SC Cleared
7 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.45%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.59%) SLA
2 5 (7.25%) GDPR
3 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (56.52%) Active Directory
2 25 (36.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (18.84%) Hyper-V
4 12 (17.39%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (10.14%) BitLocker
5 7 (10.14%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (10.14%) Terminal Services
5 7 (10.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (8.70%) Docker
6 6 (8.70%) vSphere
7 1 (1.45%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) vCenter Server
1 7 (10.14%) vMotion
2 6 (8.70%) Ansible
2 6 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 6 (8.70%) Nagios
2 6 (8.70%) Puppet
3 5 (7.25%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (5.80%) SCCM
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 45 (65.22%) Microsoft
2 37 (53.62%) VMware
3 19 (27.54%) Unisys
4 14 (20.29%) Citrix
5 8 (11.59%) Veeam
6 6 (8.70%) Google
6 6 (8.70%) HP
6 6 (8.70%) Symantec
7 3 (4.35%) Cisco
7 3 (4.35%) McAfee
7 3 (4.35%) MobileIron
7 3 (4.35%) Riverbed
7 3 (4.35%) SAP
7 3 (4.35%) Trend Micro
8 1 (1.45%) Apple
8 1 (1.45%) Sophos