Infrastructure Manager Jobs in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the Thames Valley is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 212 226
Rank change year-on-year +55 +14 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 23 32 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.68% 0.48% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.51% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 22 26 12
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,875 £42,700
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £46,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +4.76% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,125 £86,250
90th Percentile - £75,000 £103,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,845 6,336 5,333
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.75% 94.68% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,251 4,430 3,144
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,183 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Manager in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Manager
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Berkshire +40 12 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Oxfordshire +44 11 £65,000 -10.34% 2
Infrastructure Manager
South East

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 15 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 Thames Valley region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 11 (47.83%) ITIL
1 11 (47.83%) PRINCE2
2 10 (43.48%) Windows
2 10 (43.48%) ERP
2 10 (43.48%) Time Management
2 10 (43.48%) People Management
2 10 (43.48%) Server Management
3 9 (39.13%) Data Centre
4 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
5 7 (30.43%) Cisco
5 7 (30.43%) Firewall
5 7 (30.43%) Azure
6 6 (26.09%) AWS
6 6 (26.09%) VPN
6 6 (26.09%) Hyper-V
6 6 (26.09%) Windows Server
6 6 (26.09%) IT Strategy
6 6 (26.09%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (21.74%) High Availability
8 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Management
8 4 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (17.39%) Network Security
8 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing
8 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
8 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
9 3 (13.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 3 (13.04%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (13.04%) Security Posture

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (13.04%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 6 (26.09%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) Firewall
2 6 (26.09%) VPN
3 4 (17.39%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (17.39%) Network Security
4 3 (13.04%) DHCP
4 3 (13.04%) DNS
4 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (17.39%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Clustering
2 3 (13.04%) Operational Technology
2 3 (13.04%) Replication
2 3 (13.04%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.35%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Windows
2 6 (26.09%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) ITIL
1 11 (47.83%) PRINCE2
2 10 (43.48%) ERP
2 10 (43.48%) People Management
2 10 (43.48%) Server Management
2 10 (43.48%) Time Management
3 6 (26.09%) IT Strategy
3 6 (26.09%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (21.74%) High Availability
5 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
5 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) Analytics
6 3 (13.04%) Business Analytics
6 3 (13.04%) Business Continuity
6 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.04%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 3 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Hyper-V
2 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
3 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (13.04%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (30.43%) Cisco
3 3 (13.04%) Fortinet
3 3 (13.04%) VMware