Head of Infrastructure Architecture Jobs

Head of Infrastructure Architecture
UK

The median Head of Infrastructure Architecture salary in the UK is £92,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 724 - 921
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure Architecture 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91,250 - £101,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - £107,500
75th Percentile £93,750 - £113,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £92,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,846 103,839 82,652
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.78% 94.80% 91.12%
Number of salaries quoted 27,051 73,437 54,215
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £38,750 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.47%

Head of Infrastructure Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Infrastructure Architecture in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Infrastructure Architecture in the UK

Head of Infrastructure Architecture
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Infrastructure Architecture.

Salary trend for Head of Infrastructure Architecture in the UK

Head of Infrastructure Architecture
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Infrastructure Architecture within the UK over the 6 months to 25 June 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
England - 2 £92,500 - 4
Work from Home - 2 £92,500 - 4
UK excluding London - 2 £92,500 - 4
North of England - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 £92,500 - 2
North West - 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 £92,500 - 2

Head of Infrastructure Architecture Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, Head of Infrastructure Architecture 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 featuring Head of Infrastructure Architecture in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Head of Infrastructure Architecture Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree