Infrastructure Analyst Jobs

Infrastructure Analyst
UK

The median Infrastructure Analyst salary in the UK is £40,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 674 684 952
Rank change year-on-year +10 +268 -145
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Analyst 168 206 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.26% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.28% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 128 157 282
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £38,576
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £47,500 £45,612
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% +4.14% -3.98%
75th Percentile £53,375 £61,250 £55,859
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -11.11% +12.50%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Infrastructure Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England -24 139 £40,000 -20.00% 6
UK excluding London -31 105 £38,000 -5.00% 8
Work from Home +44 61 £38,000 -27.72% 2
London +33 49 £45,000 -18.40%
North of England +7 33 £35,000 -12.50% 3
South East +2 23 £38,000 -5.59% 2
Yorkshire +63 21 £35,000 - 2
South West -7 19 £48,500 +27.63%
North West -15 12 £47,000 +4.44% 1
Midlands -21 11 £42,500 +4.59%
Scotland -35 8 £45,500 +21.33% 1
Wales +32 7 £45,000 +18.42% 1
West Midlands -3 7 £48,750 +18.90%
East of England -5 4 £45,000 -5.26% 1
East Midlands -28 4 £40,000 -0.67%

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Infrastructure Analyst 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 Infrastructure Analyst in the job title.

1 95 (56.55%) Azure
2 73 (43.45%) Windows
3 67 (39.88%) Active Directory
4 64 (38.10%) VMware
5 60 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (30.36%) Microsoft
7 48 (28.57%) Windows Server
8 45 (26.79%) Windows 10
9 36 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
10 35 (20.83%) DNS
11 31 (18.45%) Firewall
12 26 (15.48%) WAN
13 25 (14.88%) SQL
13 25 (14.88%) DevOps
13 25 (14.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 24 (14.29%) Cisco
15 21 (12.50%) Change Management
15 21 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
15 21 (12.50%) Social Skills
16 20 (11.90%) ITIL
17 19 (11.31%) Linux
17 19 (11.31%) Customer Service
18 18 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
18 18 (10.71%) DHCP
18 18 (10.71%) LAN
19 17 (10.12%) Entra ID
19 17 (10.12%) Azure DevOps
20 16 (9.52%) SCCM
21 15 (8.93%) AWS
21 15 (8.93%) Roadmaps

Infrastructure Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (5.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.98%) Confluence
2 5 (2.98%) SAS
3 3 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.60%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (56.55%) Azure
2 60 (35.71%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (10.12%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (10.12%) Entra ID
4 15 (8.93%) AWS
5 10 (5.95%) IaaS
5 10 (5.95%) SaaS
6 9 (5.36%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (5.36%) PaaS
7 8 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (3.57%) Mimecast
8 6 (3.57%) Rubrik
9 4 (2.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (1.79%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.19%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 35 (20.83%) DNS
2 31 (18.45%) Firewall
3 26 (15.48%) WAN
4 18 (10.71%) DHCP
4 18 (10.71%) LAN
5 11 (6.55%) TCP/IP
5 11 (6.55%) VPN
6 10 (5.95%) Wireless
7 8 (4.76%) SD-WAN
8 7 (4.17%) IP Telephony
8 7 (4.17%) VLAN
9 6 (3.57%) Internet
9 6 (3.57%) Softphone
10 5 (2.98%) FTP
10 5 (2.98%) HTTP
10 5 (2.98%) HTTPS
10 5 (2.98%) PABX
11 4 (2.38%) SAN
12 3 (1.79%) VoIP
13 2 (1.19%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.95%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.38%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.60%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 5 (2.98%) Jenkins
1 5 (2.98%) JIRA
General
1 21 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 11 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (6.55%) Finance
3 6 (3.57%) Banking
3 6 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (2.38%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (1.19%) Law
5 2 (1.19%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.60%) Games
6 1 (0.60%) Legal
6 1 (0.60%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.57%) YAML
2 5 (2.98%) LDAP
3 4 (2.38%) ISPF
4 2 (1.19%) ADO
5 1 (0.60%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.95%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.57%) Mainframe
4 5 (2.98%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.98%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.98%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (2.38%) Housing Association
5 4 (2.38%) IBM Mainframe
5 4 (2.38%) Life Science
6 3 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.79%) Replication
7 2 (1.19%) BYOD
7 2 (1.19%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.60%) Clustering
8 1 (0.60%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.60%) FMCG
8 1 (0.60%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 73 (43.45%) Windows
2 48 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 45 (26.79%) Windows 10
4 19 (11.31%) Linux
5 14 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (5.95%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.98%) CentOS
7 5 (2.98%) Debian
8 3 (1.79%) Android
8 3 (1.79%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.79%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (14.88%) DevOps
1 25 (14.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (12.50%) Change Management
3 20 (11.90%) ITIL
4 19 (11.31%) Customer Service
5 18 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (8.93%) Roadmaps
7 13 (7.74%) Information Security
8 12 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (6.55%) Infrastructure as Code
9 11 (6.55%) Project Management
10 10 (5.95%) Business Continuity
10 10 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (5.95%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (5.36%) Incident Management
12 8 (4.76%) Technology Roadmap
13 7 (4.17%) Project Delivery
13 7 (4.17%) Project Roadmap
13 7 (4.17%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.88%) SQL
2 12 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.57%) JCL
3 6 (3.57%) REXX
4 5 (2.98%) Bash
4 5 (2.98%) C#
4 5 (2.98%) Java
5 4 (2.38%) Bicep
6 3 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (5.36%) Degree
2 7 (4.17%) Azure Certification
2 7 (4.17%) CCNA
2 7 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.79%) AWS Certification
3 3 (1.79%) MCP
4 2 (1.19%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (1.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.60%) CCNP
5 1 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.60%) HP APS
5 1 (0.60%) MCSE
5 1 (0.60%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.17%) SLA
3 6 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (1.79%) GDPR
6 1 (0.60%) COREP
6 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.60%) FINREP
6 1 (0.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.60%) NCSC
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 67 (39.88%) Active Directory
2 21 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.19%) RACF
4 2 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.19%) XenApp
4 2 (1.19%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.60%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.60%) Firmware
5 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.60%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (9.52%) SCCM
3 13 (7.74%) Terraform
4 5 (2.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (2.38%) CA Endevor
6 3 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.79%) ZENworks
7 2 (1.19%) Ansible
7 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 2 (1.19%) Norton AntiVirus
7 2 (1.19%) SCDPM
7 2 (1.19%) zSecure
8 1 (0.60%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.60%) Nessus
Vendors
1 64 (38.10%) VMware
2 51 (30.36%) Microsoft
3 24 (14.29%) Cisco
4 11 (6.55%) Meraki
5 10 (5.95%) SolarWinds
6 9 (5.36%) Citrix
7 8 (4.76%) HP
8 6 (3.57%) Canon
9 5 (2.98%) Apple
10 4 (2.38%) CA
10 4 (2.38%) IBM
11 3 (1.79%) AppDynamics
11 3 (1.79%) Splunk
12 2 (1.19%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.19%) Ivanti
12 2 (1.19%) Mitel
12 2 (1.19%) MobileIron
12 2 (1.19%) Palo Alto
12 2 (1.19%) Symantec
12 2 (1.19%) Zscaler