Infrastructure Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 405 379
Rank change year-on-year +15 -26 -19
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 136 176 172
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.47% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.51% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 83 111 152
10th Percentile £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,875 £52,500 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year - +8.23% -3.58%
75th Percentile £68,375 £69,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £71,575
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +4.00% +6.38% -9.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,994 34,827 29,365
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 93.37% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23,048 17,337 22,235
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +15 35 £52,500 -19.23% 23
South West +19 32 £69,000 +25.45% 7
North of England +8 31 £61,250 +8.89% 22
Midlands +22 21 £61,250 -3.92% 25
North West +20 21 £60,000 +9.09% 14
Scotland +16 11 £65,000 +13.04% 4
West Midlands +14 11 £62,500 -7.41% 17
East Midlands -6 10 £60,000 -4.00% 8
Yorkshire -4 7 £75,000 +25.00% 7
East of England +15 4 - - 11
North East +6 3 - - 1
Wales 0 1 £100,000 +185.71% 4
Northern Ireland -6 1 - -
Infrastructure Manager
UK

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 40 (29.41%) Azure
1 40 (29.41%) Windows
2 29 (21.32%) Logistics
2 29 (21.32%) Microsoft
2 29 (21.32%) NEC
2 29 (21.32%) Sprinklr
2 29 (21.32%) VMware
3 26 (19.12%) Active Directory
4 24 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (16.91%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (15.44%) Windows Server
7 20 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (13.24%) Service Delivery
9 17 (12.50%) AWS
10 16 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 15 (11.03%) Linux
12 14 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (10.29%) Firewall
12 14 (10.29%) Patch Management
13 13 (9.56%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (9.56%) Hyper-V
14 12 (8.82%) Degree
14 12 (8.82%) ITSM
14 12 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
15 11 (8.09%) Business Continuity
15 11 (8.09%) Mentoring
15 11 (8.09%) Microsoft Intune
15 11 (8.09%) People Management
15 11 (8.09%) Security Operations
16 10 (7.35%) Cisco

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.47%) IIS
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 29 (21.32%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.41%) Azure
2 24 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (12.50%) AWS
4 6 (4.41%) GCP
5 4 (2.94%) SaaS
6 2 (1.47%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.47%) IaaS
6 2 (1.47%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.47%) PaaS
6 2 (1.47%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (0.74%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.29%) Firewall
2 7 (5.15%) VPN
3 6 (4.41%) WAN
4 4 (2.94%) LAN
4 4 (2.94%) SAN
4 4 (2.94%) Wireless
5 2 (1.47%) DHCP
5 2 (1.47%) DNS
5 2 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.74%) BGP
6 1 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.47%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 31 (22.79%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.06%) Manufacturing
3 19 (13.97%) Finance
4 9 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.15%) Retail
6 3 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.47%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.74%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.74%) Legal
8 1 (0.74%) Local Government
8 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.03%) Data Centre
2 5 (3.68%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.94%) Replication
4 3 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.47%) Clustering
5 2 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.74%) Life Science
6 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 40 (29.41%) Windows
2 21 (15.44%) Windows Server
3 15 (11.03%) Linux
4 8 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.47%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.32%) Logistics
2 23 (16.91%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (13.24%) Service Delivery
5 16 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (10.29%) Patch Management
7 13 (9.56%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (8.82%) ITSM
9 11 (8.09%) Business Continuity
9 11 (8.09%) Mentoring
9 11 (8.09%) People Management
9 11 (8.09%) Security Operations
10 10 (7.35%) Coaching
10 10 (7.35%) High Availability
10 10 (7.35%) Project Delivery
11 9 (6.62%) Computer Science
11 9 (6.62%) IT Strategy
11 9 (6.62%) ITIL
11 9 (6.62%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.35%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (8.82%) Degree
2 6 (4.41%) DBS Check
2 6 (4.41%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.94%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (1.47%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.74%) MCSE
6 1 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (19.12%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.56%) Hyper-V
3 12 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.68%) Firmware
5 4 (2.94%) vSphere
6 2 (1.47%) Docker
7 1 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (8.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (6.62%) SCCM
3 4 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (2.94%) Ansible
3 4 (2.94%) Terraform
4 2 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 29 (21.32%) Microsoft
1 29 (21.32%) NEC
1 29 (21.32%) VMware
2 10 (7.35%) Cisco
3 8 (5.88%) Google
3 8 (5.88%) ServiceNow
3 8 (5.88%) SolarWinds
4 6 (4.41%) Veeam
5 4 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (2.94%) Dell
5 4 (2.94%) Fortinet
5 4 (2.94%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.21%) Meraki
7 1 (0.74%) Citrix
7 1 (0.74%) Red Hat