IT Infrastructure Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Infrastructure Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £40,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 January 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 511 555 537
Rank change year-on-year +44 -18 +219
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Analyst 5 15 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.042% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.045% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 22
10th Percentile - - £34,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% +3.90% -11.09%
75th Percentile £42,500 £41,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £49,400 £41,900 £46,675
UK median annual salary £40,500 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +1.25% +3.90% -3.75%

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 38,105 33,579 32,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 92.94% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 23,220 16,417 24,649
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,760
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

IT Infrastructure Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Infrastructure Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

IT Infrastructure Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

IT Infrastructure Analyst
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 IT Infrastructure Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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 +15 2 £40,000 - 1
South East - 2 £40,500 -
Yorkshire -15 1 £40,000 -
North West - 1 £40,000 - 1
East of England - 1 £53,000 -
IT Infrastructure Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, IT Infrastructure Analyst 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 IT Infrastructure Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (40.00%) BCP
4 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) IaaS
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (40.00%) SAN
4 2 (40.00%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
5 1 (20.00%) CCNA
5 1 (20.00%) Change Control
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) DevOps
5 1 (20.00%) Email Migration
5 1 (20.00%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (20.00%) High Availability

IT Infrastructure Analyst 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (40.00%) IaaS
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) PaaS
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Law
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) BCP
1 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (40.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Email Migration
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Nimble Storage
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Zscaler