Infrastructure Analyst
UK

The median Infrastructure Analyst salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 661 762 864
Rank change year-on-year +101 +102 -142
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Analyst 234 247 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.23% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.25% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 198 214 307
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% -6.10% +6.49%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 91,973 98,868 146,086
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.69% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 66,504 61,753 85,740
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,308 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Top 16 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 16 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
England +106 220 £47,500 - 24
UK excluding London +55 152 £40,000 +3.90% 19
Work from Home +82 82 £42,750 -18.57% 9
London +91 77 £65,000 +4.00% 7
North of England +59 51 £42,500 +6.80% 6
South East +45 37 £38,000 -1.30% 5
Yorkshire +102 36 £35,000 +1.45% 1
South West -3 23 £67,500 +80.00% 3
Midlands +20 20 £40,000 - 2
East of England +37 12 £35,000 -24.32% 1
North West +6 12 £52,500 +23.53% 5
West Midlands +42 11 £41,250 +3.13%
East Midlands -12 9 £40,000 -11.11% 2
Wales +8 8 £32,500 +44.44% 3
North East - 3 - -
Scotland -52 1 £56,000 +28.74%

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 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.

1 136 (58.12%) Azure
2 101 (43.16%) Microsoft 365
3 99 (42.31%) Windows
4 94 (40.17%) Active Directory
5 86 (36.75%) VMware
6 79 (33.76%) Microsoft
7 69 (29.49%) Windows Server
8 50 (21.37%) Citrix
9 42 (17.95%) Microsoft Exchange
10 40 (17.09%) Microsoft Intune
11 39 (16.67%) DevOps
12 37 (15.81%) Firewall
12 37 (15.81%) ITIL
12 37 (15.81%) Law
12 37 (15.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 34 (14.53%) Azure DevOps
13 34 (14.53%) VMware Infrastructure
14 33 (14.10%) Social Skills
15 32 (13.68%) Cisco
16 31 (13.25%) PowerShell
16 31 (13.25%) Entra ID
16 31 (13.25%) SD-WAN
17 30 (12.82%) DNS
18 29 (12.39%) Windows 10
19 28 (11.97%) WAN
19 28 (11.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 24 (10.26%) SAN
20 24 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
21 23 (9.83%) SolarWinds
21 23 (9.83%) SQL Server

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 42 (17.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.28%) CMS
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.56%) LightWave 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 136 (58.12%) Azure
2 101 (43.16%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (14.53%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (13.25%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.98%) AWS
6 9 (3.85%) IaaS
7 8 (3.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 8 (3.42%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (2.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (2.99%) PaaS
8 7 (2.99%) Rubrik
8 7 (2.99%) SaaS
9 6 (2.56%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.56%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.71%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.28%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 37 (15.81%) Firewall
2 31 (13.25%) SD-WAN
3 30 (12.82%) DNS
4 28 (11.97%) WAN
5 24 (10.26%) SAN
6 18 (7.69%) DHCP
7 11 (4.70%) TCP/IP
7 11 (4.70%) Wireless
8 10 (4.27%) LAN
9 9 (3.85%) VoIP
9 9 (3.85%) VPN
10 8 (3.42%) MPLS
11 6 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
13 3 (1.28%) VLAN
14 2 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.85%) SNMP
14 2 (0.85%) WPA
15 1 (0.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.83%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.85%) Power BI
General
1 37 (15.81%) Law
2 33 (14.10%) Social Skills
3 28 (11.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (8.55%) Legal
5 16 (6.84%) Finance
6 8 (3.42%) Banking
7 6 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.56%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.14%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.43%) Back Office
9 1 (0.43%) Games
9 1 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.41%) JSON
2 14 (5.98%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.43%) OAuth
3 1 (0.43%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.43%) SAML
3 1 (0.43%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.27%) Driving Licence
2 9 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.56%) Operational Technology
3 6 (2.56%) Smart Home
4 4 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.28%) Clustering
5 3 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.85%) BYOD
6 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (0.85%) iPad
6 2 (0.85%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.43%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.43%) FMCG
7 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.43%) iPhone
7 1 (0.43%) Life Science
7 1 (0.43%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 99 (42.31%) Windows
2 69 (29.49%) Windows Server
3 29 (12.39%) Windows 10
4 21 (8.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (5.98%) Linux
6 5 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.43%) Android
8 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (16.67%) DevOps
2 37 (15.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (15.81%) ITIL
3 24 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (9.40%) Project Management
6 21 (8.97%) Customer Service
7 18 (7.69%) Roadmaps
8 17 (7.26%) Change Management
9 13 (5.56%) Configuration Management
9 13 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (5.56%) Information Security
10 12 (5.13%) Project Delivery
11 11 (4.70%) Problem Management
12 10 (4.27%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (3.85%) Change Advisory Board
13 9 (3.85%) High Availability
13 9 (3.85%) Infrastructure as Code
13 9 (3.85%) Mentoring
13 9 (3.85%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 31 (13.25%) PowerShell
2 22 (9.40%) SQL
3 4 (1.71%) Bicep
4 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (8.12%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (6.41%) Degree
3 13 (5.56%) Azure Certification
3 13 (5.56%) CCNP
4 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (2.56%) CCNA
6 6 (2.56%) MCSE
7 3 (1.28%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.28%) MCP
8 2 (0.85%) HP APS
8 2 (0.85%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.43%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (2.99%) GDPR
2 7 (2.99%) PMO
3 5 (2.14%) SLA
4 1 (0.43%) COBIT
4 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 94 (40.17%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.14%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.85%) vSphere
7 1 (0.43%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.43%) Firmware
7 1 (0.43%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.43%) XenApp
7 1 (0.43%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 40 (17.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (7.26%) SCCM
3 14 (5.98%) Terraform
4 8 (3.42%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.99%) Nagios
6 6 (2.56%) vRealize
7 3 (1.28%) ZENworks
8 2 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.85%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.43%) Ansible
9 1 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.43%) Puppet
9 1 (0.43%) vMotion
Vendors
1 86 (36.75%) VMware
2 79 (33.76%) Microsoft
3 50 (21.37%) Citrix
4 32 (13.68%) Cisco
5 23 (9.83%) SolarWinds
6 20 (8.55%) Meraki
7 19 (8.12%) Palo Alto
8 13 (5.56%) Juniper
9 11 (4.70%) HP
10 10 (4.27%) Splunk
11 8 (3.42%) Veeam
12 7 (2.99%) 3PAR
12 7 (2.99%) Aderant
12 7 (2.99%) LogicMonitor
13 6 (2.56%) Brocade
13 6 (2.56%) Canon
13 6 (2.56%) iManage
14 5 (2.14%) AppDynamics
14 5 (2.14%) CheckPoint
14 5 (2.14%) Intapp