Infrastructure Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £50,950 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 719 756
Rank change year-on-year +164 +37 -122
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 202 32 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.052% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.058% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 135 22 73
10th Percentile £30,385 £35,075 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £36,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,950 £44,900 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.47% -0.22% -7.69%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £46,500
% change year-on-year +2.33% +15.59% -7.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 66,472 55,237 67,618
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.31% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 47,163 31,304 42,933
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Specialist in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Specialist in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Specialist in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
North of England +129 107 £55,000 +22.49% 6
Yorkshire +127 45 £57,500 +41.10% 3
North East +34 37 £41,500 -33.60% 2
South East +58 35 £55,000 +33.33% 2
South West - 30 £30,385 - 2
North West +27 25 £46,674 -11.10% 1
Midlands +21 16 £43,250 -30.24%
West Midlands +39 14 £41,500 -33.06%
Northern Ireland - 5 £65,000 -
Scotland -58 4 £65,000 +109.68% 4
Wales - 4 £65,000 -
East of England - 1 £50,000 - 3
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 -
Infrastructure Specialist
UK

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Infrastructure Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 74 (36.63%) Windows
2 67 (33.17%) Active Directory
2 67 (33.17%) Azure
3 62 (30.69%) Windows Server
4 56 (27.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 55 (27.23%) Microsoft
5 55 (27.23%) VMware
6 45 (22.28%) Microsoft 365
7 37 (18.32%) Security Cleared
8 36 (17.82%) Entra ID
9 35 (17.33%) SAN
10 31 (15.35%) SC Cleared
11 29 (14.36%) Migration
12 26 (12.87%) Finance
12 26 (12.87%) Roadmaps
13 25 (12.38%) Windows Server 2016
13 25 (12.38%) ITIL
14 24 (11.88%) Driving Licence
15 23 (11.39%) OneDrive
16 22 (10.89%) Windows Server 2012
16 22 (10.89%) SCCM
16 22 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
17 21 (10.40%) Oracle
17 21 (10.40%) IBM
17 21 (10.40%) Firewall
18 20 (9.90%) Law
18 20 (9.90%) Cisco
18 20 (9.90%) CSS
18 20 (9.90%) Microsoft Intune
18 20 (9.90%) Mentoring

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (6.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 67 (33.17%) Azure
2 45 (22.28%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (17.82%) Entra ID
4 23 (11.39%) OneDrive
5 12 (5.94%) AWS
6 6 (2.97%) SaaS
7 1 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.50%) IaaS
7 1 (0.50%) OCI
7 1 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (17.33%) SAN
2 21 (10.40%) Firewall
3 18 (8.91%) Wireless
4 14 (6.93%) NAS
5 12 (5.94%) DNS
6 11 (5.45%) LAN
7 9 (4.46%) DHCP
7 9 (4.46%) WAN
8 6 (2.97%) Structured Cabling
9 3 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.49%) Network Security
9 3 (1.49%) Unified Communications
9 3 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.99%) VPN
10 2 (0.99%) WLAN
11 1 (0.50%) Internet
11 1 (0.50%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.49%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (12.87%) Finance
2 20 (9.90%) Law
3 9 (4.46%) Social Skills
4 3 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (1.49%) Retail
5 1 (0.50%) Legal
5 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.90%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.88%) Driving Licence
2 20 (9.90%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.47%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.97%) Clustering
5 5 (2.48%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (1.49%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.49%) Smart Energy
7 2 (0.99%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.99%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.99%) NHS
7 2 (0.99%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.50%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.50%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.50%) PKI
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 74 (36.63%) Windows
2 62 (30.69%) Windows Server
3 25 (12.38%) Windows Server 2016
4 22 (10.89%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (6.93%) Linux
5 14 (6.93%) Windows 10
6 12 (5.94%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (5.45%) Windows NT
8 9 (4.46%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.49%) Kali Linux
9 3 (1.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (27.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 29 (14.36%) Migration
3 26 (12.87%) Roadmaps
4 25 (12.38%) ITIL
5 20 (9.90%) Mentoring
6 16 (7.92%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (6.93%) Preventative Maintenance
8 13 (6.44%) Cost Management
8 13 (6.44%) Performance Optimisation
9 12 (5.94%) Customer Service
9 12 (5.94%) Energy Management
9 12 (5.94%) Operations Management
10 11 (5.45%) Deployment Automation
10 11 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (5.45%) Service Management
11 8 (3.96%) Root Cause Analysis
12 7 (3.47%) Decision-Making
12 7 (3.47%) Network Virtualisation
13 6 (2.97%) Network Design
13 6 (2.97%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.93%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.46%) VBScript
3 1 (0.50%) ActionScript
3 1 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (18.32%) Security Cleared
2 31 (15.35%) SC Cleared
3 15 (7.43%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (6.93%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.94%) Degree
6 2 (0.99%) MCSE
7 1 (0.50%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.50%) MCSA
7 1 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.46%) GDPR
3 6 (2.97%) SOC 2
4 5 (2.48%) SOC 1
5 3 (1.49%) NIST
6 2 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.50%) QA
System Software
1 67 (33.17%) Active Directory
2 22 (10.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (8.42%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (7.43%) Hyper-V
5 11 (5.45%) Firmware
6 3 (1.49%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.99%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.50%) OpenSSH
8 1 (0.50%) vSphere
8 1 (0.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (10.89%) SCCM
2 20 (9.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (7.43%) vCenter Server
4 11 (5.45%) Sysprep
4 11 (5.45%) WSUS
5 3 (1.49%) SCVMM
5 3 (1.49%) SELinux
6 2 (0.99%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.50%) IBM BigFix
7 1 (0.50%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.50%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 55 (27.23%) Microsoft
1 55 (27.23%) VMware
2 21 (10.40%) IBM
2 21 (10.40%) Oracle
3 20 (9.90%) Cisco
4 6 (2.97%) Citrix
5 2 (0.99%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (0.99%) Fortinet
5 2 (0.99%) NetApp
5 2 (0.99%) Veeam
5 2 (0.99%) Veritas
6 1 (0.50%) Capita
6 1 (0.50%) Dell
6 1 (0.50%) Meraki