Infrastructure Manager Job Trends in the South West

Infrastructure Manager
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the South West is £69,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 161 197
Rank change year-on-year +15 +36 +39
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 32 30 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.63% 0.69% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.73% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2 20 15
10th Percentile - £30,000 £47,376
25th Percentile £68,500 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,000 £55,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year +25.45% -0.79% +5.60%
75th Percentile £69,500 £89,063 £68,750
90th Percentile - £93,750 £71,050
England median annual salary £64,250 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% +4.17% -12.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 4,733 4,101 4,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 93.74% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,248 2,296 3,265
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,392 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.41%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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 South West.

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the South West

Infrastructure Manager
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 26 December 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
Somerset +14 29 - - 2
Bristol +3 2 £69,000 +20.00% 2
Gloucestershire +16 1 - - 3
Infrastructure Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, 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 South West region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 29 (90.63%) Logistics
1 29 (90.63%) NEC
1 29 (90.63%) Sprinklr
2 3 (9.38%) Budget Management
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Security
3 2 (6.25%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) Cisco
3 2 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (6.25%) High Availability
3 2 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.25%) IT Strategy
3 2 (6.25%) Meraki
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (6.25%) Veeam
3 2 (6.25%) Windows
4 1 (3.13%) Agile
4 1 (3.13%) Change Control
4 1 (3.13%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (3.13%) Confluence
4 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) JIRA
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (3.13%) Project Delivery
4 1 (3.13%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.13%) Resource Management
4 1 (3.13%) Risk Register

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (3.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (90.63%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 29 (90.63%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
2 1 (3.13%) Finance
2 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (90.63%) Logistics
2 3 (9.38%) Budget Management
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Security
3 2 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (6.25%) High Availability
3 2 (6.25%) IT Strategy
3 2 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (3.13%) Agile
4 1 (3.13%) Change Control
4 1 (3.13%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (3.13%) Project Delivery
4 1 (3.13%) Project Planning
4 1 (3.13%) Resource Management
4 1 (3.13%) Risk Register
4 1 (3.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
1 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 29 (90.63%) NEC
2 2 (6.25%) Cisco
2 2 (6.25%) Meraki
2 2 (6.25%) Veeam
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft