Infrastructure Support Jobs in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Support
South East > Thames Valley

The median Infrastructure Support salary in the Thames Valley is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 207 236
Rank change year-on-year +52 +29 +35
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 24 36 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.71% 0.54% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.57% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24 36 25
10th Percentile £33,875 £31,250 £23,000
25th Percentile - £35,563 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £29,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +53.85% -26.88%
75th Percentile - £55,000 £35,400
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £40,000 £45,750 £35,400
% change year-on-year -12.57% +29.24% -13.66%

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 2,840 6,366 5,349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.70% 94.69% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 4,464 3,144
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,375 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £64,813 £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 Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in the Thames Valley

Infrastructure Support
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 Support within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Oxfordshire +48 21 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Berkshire +12 3 £32,500 -27.78% 4
Infrastructure Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Thames Valley region featuring Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 22 (91.67%) Windows
2 19 (79.17%) LAN
2 19 (79.17%) WAN
2 19 (79.17%) Unisys
2 19 (79.17%) Internet
2 19 (79.17%) MBA
2 19 (79.17%) Wireless
2 19 (79.17%) Degree
2 19 (79.17%) Master's Degree
2 19 (79.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 19 (79.17%) Virtual Team
3 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (16.67%) Azure
3 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.50%) CCNP
4 3 (12.50%) CCNA
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (12.50%) SLA
4 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (12.50%) SAN
4 3 (12.50%) SAML
4 3 (12.50%) Project Management
4 3 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 3 (12.50%) Veeam
4 3 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (12.50%) PKI
4 3 (12.50%) VMware

Infrastructure Support 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.50%) IaaS
3 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 19 (79.17%) Internet
1 19 (79.17%) LAN
1 19 (79.17%) WAN
1 19 (79.17%) Wireless
2 3 (12.50%) SAN
General
1 19 (79.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (79.17%) Virtual Team
2 3 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 22 (91.67%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (12.50%) Innovative Thinking
2 3 (12.50%) Presales
2 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (4.17%) Budgeting
3 1 (4.17%) Change Management
3 1 (4.17%) Contract Management
3 1 (4.17%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (4.17%) ITIL
3 1 (4.17%) Mentoring
3 1 (4.17%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (4.17%) Programme Management
3 1 (4.17%) Server Management
3 1 (4.17%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 19 (79.17%) Degree
1 19 (79.17%) Master's Degree
1 19 (79.17%) MBA
2 3 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 3 (12.50%) CCNA
2 3 (12.50%) CCNP
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 3 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (79.17%) Unisys
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.50%) Veeam
3 3 (12.50%) VMware