Infrastructure Architect Jobs

The median annual salary for an Infrastructure Architect was £70,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

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

Infrastructure Architect UK
Location	3 months to 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	592	553	540
Rank change year-on-year	-39	-13
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect	291	397	509
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.33%	0.40%	0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.34%	0.42%	0.48%
Number of salaries quoted	225	324	387
Median salary	£70,000	£70,000	£70,000
90% offered a salary of more than	£50,000	£52,500	£52,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£87,500	£90,000	£95,000
UK excluding London median salary	£62,500	£68,500	£62,500
% change year-on-year	-8.75%	+9.60%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles UK
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	85523	94943	107102
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	95.96%	96.54%	96.59%
Number of salaries quoted	69945	79998	88268
Median salary	£46,250	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.63%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£26,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£74,000	£70,000	£71,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised that featured Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Architect in the UK

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Architect in the UK

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Architect in the UK

Infrastructure Architect
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 23 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-23	273	£70,000	-	34
London	-22	122	£75,000	+7.14%	3
Yorkshire	-1	38	£70,000	+12.00%	8
Leeds	+17	36	£70,000	+16.66%
West Yorkshire	+4	36	£70,000	+12.00%	3
South East	+33	35	£62,500	-13.79%	9
East of England	+8	22	£52,500	-10.63%	4
City of London	+18	17	£71,250	-10.93%	1
South West	-15	15	£57,500	-20.68%	5
West Midlands	-10	13	£57,500	-10.85%	1
North West	-40	13	£52,500	-25.00%
Manchester	-13	12	£52,500	-25.00%
Bedfordshire	+29	11	£52,500	-4.54%
East Midlands	+25	10	£42,500	-26.08%	3
Scotland	+6	10	£70,000	+3.70%	1
Somerset	-1	10	£70,000	-
Bath	-	10	£70,000	-
Surrey	+28	9	£70,000	-30.00%	3
Berkshire	+18	9	£67,500	-10.00%
Edinburgh	-4	9	£70,000	+2.94%
Nottinghamshire	+9	7	£42,500	-44.80%	2
Nottingham	+5	7	£42,500	-44.80%	2
Dunstable	0	7	£50,000	-9.09%
Coventry	-2	7	£51,250	-2.38%
Hampshire	+10	6	£90,000	+67.44%	1
Newcastle upon Tyne	+25	5	£69,000	+20.24%	1
North East	+21	5	£69,000	+20.24%	1
Tyne and Wear	+20	5	£69,000	+20.24%	1
Birmingham	+1	5	£70,000	+34.61%	1
Hertfordshire	-2	5	£85,000	+47.82%	2

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 June 2017, Infrastructure Architect job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1	266 (45.32%)	VMware
2	205 (34.92%)	Microsoft
3	202 (34.41%)	Microsoft Azure
4	183 (31.18%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	178 (30.32%)	Windows
6	176 (29.98%)	Amazon AWS
7	133 (22.66%)	Active Directory
8	131 (22.32%)	Linux
9	127 (21.64%)	Oracle
10	122 (20.78%)	Finance
11	115 (19.59%)	Data Centre
12	114 (19.42%)	Cisco
13	112 (19.08%)	ITIL
14	111 (18.91%)	SAN
15	104 (17.72%)	Hyper-V

16	103 (17.55%)	IT Strategy
17	102 (17.38%)	SQL Server
17	102 (17.38%)	Agile Software Development
18	101 (17.21%)	TOGAF
19	96 (16.35%)	Enterprise Architecture
20	93 (15.84%)	Office 365
21	84 (14.31%)	Firewall
22	82 (13.97%)	IaaS
23	78 (13.29%)	WAN
24	71 (12.10%)	SQL
25	67 (11.41%)	Retail
26	66 (11.24%)	E-Commerce
26	66 (11.24%)	Citrix
27	63 (10.73%)	Stakeholder Management
28	62 (10.56%)	Windows Server

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	36 (6.13%)	SharePoint
2	33 (5.62%)	WebSphere
3	26 (4.43%)	MS Exchange
4	25 (4.26%)	Apache
5	22 (3.75%)	Tomcat
6	21 (3.58%)	Exchange Server 2010
6	21 (3.58%)	WebLogic
7	20 (3.41%)	Oracle SOA Suite
8	14 (2.39%)	Oracle Coherence
9	13 (2.21%)	Skype for Business
10	12 (2.04%)	IIS
11	11 (1.87%)	JBoss
12	9 (1.53%)	OpenStack
13	8 (1.36%)	BizTalk Server
14	7 (1.19%)	DataSynapse
14	7 (1.19%)	Documentum
14	7 (1.19%)	Exchange Server 2013
14	7 (1.19%)	Oracle HTTP Server
15	6 (1.02%)	SharePoint 2013
16	4 (0.68%)	GlassFish

Applications
1	25 (4.26%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (0.68%)	MS Visio

Business Applications
1	27 (4.60%)	Oracle Retail
2	22 (3.75%)	Oracle Financials
2	22 (3.75%)	PeopleSoft Financials
3	9 (1.53%)	Dynamics CRM
4	7 (1.19%)	RMDS
5	6 (1.02%)	Dynamics AX
6	5 (0.85%)	Oracle CRM
7	4 (0.68%)	Oracle BPM
8	3 (0.51%)	SAP CRM
9	2 (0.34%)	Remedy ITSM
9	2 (0.34%)	SAP S/4HANA
10	1 (0.17%)	Markit EDM
10	1 (0.17%)	Oracle EBS R12
10	1 (0.17%)	Teamcenter

Cloud Services
1	202 (34.41%)	Microsoft Azure
2	176 (29.98%)	Amazon AWS
3	93 (15.84%)	Office 365
4	82 (13.97%)	IaaS
5	59 (10.05%)	PaaS
6	48 (8.18%)	SaaS
7	30 (5.11%)	Cloud Computing
8	9 (1.53%)	Azure Active Directory
8	9 (1.53%)	GitHub
9	8 (1.36%)	Google Cloud Platform
10	6 (1.02%)	AWS CloudFormation
11	4 (0.68%)	Amazon CloudWatch
11	4 (0.68%)	Bluemix
11	4 (0.68%)	IBM Cloud
12	3 (0.51%)	Amazon S3
12	3 (0.51%)	SoftLayer
13	2 (0.34%)	Amazon EC2
14	1 (0.17%)	AWS OpsWorks
14	1 (0.17%)	CloudFront
14	1 (0.17%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	111 (18.91%)	SAN
2	84 (14.31%)	Firewall
3	78 (13.29%)	WAN
4	59 (10.05%)	LAN
5	52 (8.86%)	DNS
6	48 (8.18%)	NAS
7	33 (5.62%)	iSCSI
8	25 (4.26%)	Fibre Channel
9	23 (3.92%)	TCP/IP
10	22 (3.75%)	DHCP
11	21 (3.58%)	VoIP
12	20 (3.41%)	Internet
13	19 (3.24%)	VPN
14	14 (2.39%)	FCoE
14	14 (2.39%)	Multicast
15	13 (2.21%)	MPLS
16	12 (2.04%)	Cisco IOS
17	11 (1.87%)	Cisco Nexus
18	10 (1.70%)	HTTP
18	10 (1.70%)	LDAP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	102 (17.38%)	SQL Server
2	33 (5.62%)	Apache Cassandra
3	28 (4.77%)	Hadoop
4	25 (4.26%)	SQL Server 2008
5	24 (4.09%)	MongoDB
5	24 (4.09%)	NoSQL
6	18 (3.07%)	SQL Server 2012
7	17 (2.90%)	Oracle Database
8	15 (2.56%)	Big Data
8	15 (2.56%)	SQL Server 2005
9	14 (2.39%)	HBase
10	12 (2.04%)	Data Warehouse
10	12 (2.04%)	RDBMS
10	12 (2.04%)	Relational Database
11	10 (1.70%)	MySQL
12	9 (1.53%)	Oracle Database 11g
13	8 (1.36%)	PostgreSQL
13	8 (1.36%)	SQL Server 2016
14	7 (1.19%)	Oracle Reports
15	6 (1.02%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	34 (5.79%)	Git (software)
2	20 (3.41%)	Jenkins
3	8 (1.36%)	JIRA
4	7 (1.19%)	Selenium
5	6 (1.02%)	Bitbucket
6	5 (0.85%)	Visual Studio
7	2 (0.34%)	Atlassian Bamboo
7	2 (0.34%)	MorphX
8	1 (0.17%)	Rational DOORS
8	1 (0.17%)	Subversion
8	1 (0.17%)	TeamCity

General
1	122 (20.78%)	Finance
2	67 (11.41%)	Retail
3	36 (6.13%)	Banking
4	30 (5.11%)	Marketing
5	24 (4.09%)	Telecoms
6	19 (3.24%)	Games
7	17 (2.90%)	Law
8	8 (1.36%)	Investment Banking
8	8 (1.36%)	Pharmaceutical
9	7 (1.19%)	Back Office
10	5 (0.85%)	Legal
11	3 (0.51%)	Advertising
12	2 (0.34%)	Manufacturing
12	2 (0.34%)	Publishing
12	2 (0.34%)	Retail Banking
13	1 (0.17%)	Military

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	61 (10.39%)	Middleware
2	54 (9.20%)	Web Services
3	30 (5.11%)	.NET
4	20 (3.41%)	SAML
5	12 (2.04%)	Oracle Fusion
6	11 (1.87%)	Elastic Stack
7	10 (1.70%)	XMPP
8	8 (1.36%)	HTML
8	8 (1.36%)	REST
8	8 (1.36%)	SOAP
8	8 (1.36%)	XML
9	7 (1.19%)	Rendezvous
9	7 (1.19%)	Ultra Messaging
9	7 (1.19%)	XSLT
10	6 (1.02%)	Oracle GoldenGate
11	5 (0.85%)	.NET Framework
12	4 (0.68%)	EJB 3.0
12	4 (0.68%)	Java EE
12	4 (0.68%)	Java SE
12	4 (0.68%)	OAuth

Miscellaneous
1	115 (19.59%)	Data Centre
2	38 (6.47%)	Management Information System
3	30 (5.11%)	Hybrid Cloud
4	26 (4.43%)	Clustering
5	20 (3.41%)	PKI
6	19 (3.24%)	Analytical Skills
7	18 (3.07%)	Public Cloud
8	17 (2.90%)	Private Cloud
9	16 (2.73%)	FlexPod
10	13 (2.21%)	Enterprise Storage
11	9 (1.53%)	Enterprise Software
11	9 (1.53%)	Fintech
11	9 (1.53%)	Linux Command Line
12	8 (1.36%)	Greenfield Project
13	7 (1.19%)	Computer Science
14	6 (1.02%)	User Experience
15	5 (0.85%)	Social Media
16	4 (0.68%)	EPoS
16	4 (0.68%)	Replication
16	4 (0.68%)	Video Conferencing

Operating Systems
1	178 (30.32%)	Windows
2	131 (22.32%)	Linux
3	62 (10.56%)	Windows Server
4	42 (7.16%)	Unix
5	31 (5.28%)	Windows Server 2012
6	30 (5.11%)	Windows Server 2008
7	25 (4.26%)	Solaris
8	19 (3.24%)	Windows 7
9	14 (2.39%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10	10 (1.70%)	CentOS
10	10 (1.70%)	Windows 8
11	7 (1.19%)	Oracle Linux
12	4 (0.68%)	Windows Server 2003
13	3 (0.51%)	Debian
13	3 (0.51%)	Ubuntu
13	3 (0.51%)	Windows 10
14	1 (0.17%)	Android
14	1 (0.17%)	Apple iOS
14	1 (0.17%)	HPUX

Processes & Methodologies
1	112 (19.08%)	ITIL
2	103 (17.55%)	IT Strategy
3	102 (17.38%)	Agile Software Development
4	101 (17.21%)	TOGAF
5	96 (16.35%)	Enterprise Architecture
6	66 (11.24%)	E-Commerce
7	63 (10.73%)	Stakeholder Management
8	61 (10.39%)	High Availability
9	57 (9.71%)	Presales
10	55 (9.37%)	Project Management
11	54 (9.20%)	PRINCE2
12	52 (8.86%)	Technical Architecture
13	47 (8.01%)	CRM
13	47 (8.01%)	Load Balancing
14	43 (7.33%)	Migration
15	39 (6.64%)	DevOps
16	35 (5.96%)	Service Delivery
17	32 (5.45%)	SOA
18	31 (5.28%)	Business Analysis
19	30 (5.11%)	Mentoring

Programming Languages
1	71 (12.10%)	SQL
2	36 (6.13%)	PowerShell
3	24 (4.09%)	Java
4	15 (2.56%)	Bash Shell
5	14 (2.39%)	Python
6	13 (2.21%)	JavaScript
7	12 (2.04%)	Shell Script
8	8 (1.36%)	Perl
9	7 (1.19%)	C
10	5 (0.85%)	C#
11	4 (0.68%)	AWK
12	3 (0.51%)	Korn
12	3 (0.51%)	Ruby
13	2 (0.34%)	X++
14	1 (0.17%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	42 (7.16%)	Microsoft Certification
2	38 (6.47%)	Degree
3	33 (5.62%)	MCSE
4	31 (5.28%)	Cisco Certification
5	23 (3.92%)	Security Cleared
6	21 (3.58%)	CCNP
7	18 (3.07%)	CISSP
8	16 (2.73%)	MCSA
9	15 (2.56%)	MCITP
10	13 (2.21%)	ISEB
10	13 (2.21%)	ITIL Certification
11	11 (1.87%)	SC Cleared
12	10 (1.70%)	CCDP
12	10 (1.70%)	CCNA
13	9 (1.53%)	MCP
14	7 (1.19%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15	5 (0.85%)	CCIE
15	5 (0.85%)	DV Cleared
16	4 (0.68%)	AWS Certification
16	4 (0.68%)	Master's Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	27 (4.60%)	PCI DSS
2	11 (1.87%)	SLA
3	10 (1.70%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	7 (1.19%)	Disclosure Scotland
5	6 (1.02%)	Data Quality
5	6 (1.02%)	QA
6	3 (0.51%)	PMO
7	2 (0.34%)	Cyber Essentials
7	2 (0.34%)	GCP
8	1 (0.17%)	GDPR
8	1 (0.17%)	ISO 9001
8	1 (0.17%)	MiFID

System Software
1	183 (31.18%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	133 (22.66%)	Active Directory
3	104 (17.72%)	Hyper-V
4	47 (8.01%)	vSphere
5	34 (5.79%)	Docker
6	31 (5.28%)	XenApp
7	24 (4.09%)	Oracle RAC
8	21 (3.58%)	VMware ESXi
9	20 (3.41%)	vCloud
10	17 (2.90%)	NFS
11	16 (2.73%)	KVM
11	16 (2.73%)	XenDesktop
12	14 (2.39%)	SRDF
12	14 (2.39%)	Xen
13	10 (1.70%)	Virtual Servers
14	9 (1.53%)	Virtual Desktop
15	2 (0.34%)	ISA Server
15	2 (0.34%)	LXC
15	2 (0.34%)	Varnish
16	1 (0.17%)	Forefront TMG

Systems Management
1	60 (10.22%)	Puppet
2	31 (5.28%)	SCCM
3	21 (3.58%)	Microsoft Clustering
4	18 (3.07%)	Opscode Chef
4	18 (3.07%)	SCOM
5	16 (2.73%)	Ansible
5	16 (2.73%)	Kubernetes
6	15 (2.56%)	SCSM
6	15 (2.56%)	ZABBIX
7	11 (1.87%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
8	7 (1.19%)	Packer
8	7 (1.19%)	Terraform
9	6 (1.02%)	Consul
9	6 (1.02%)	Rsyslog
9	6 (1.02%)	yum
10	5 (0.85%)	Backup Exec
11	4 (0.68%)	CA Single Sign-On
11	4 (0.68%)	Control-M
11	4 (0.68%)	MIMEsweeper
11	4 (0.68%)	Norton AntiVirus

Vendors
1	266 (45.32%)	VMware
2	205 (34.92%)	Microsoft
3	127 (21.64%)	Oracle
4	114 (19.42%)	Cisco
5	66 (11.24%)	Citrix
6	53 (9.03%)	NetApp
7	36 (6.13%)	EMC
8	33 (5.62%)	Google
9	24 (4.09%)	F5
10	23 (3.92%)	Red Hat
11	22 (3.75%)	ATG
11	22 (3.75%)	Hyperion
11	22 (3.75%)	PeopleSoft
11	22 (3.75%)	Retek
12	21 (3.58%)	HP
12	21 (3.58%)	IBM
13	20 (3.41%)	Brocade
14	16 (2.73%)	Dell
15	15 (2.56%)	SolarWinds
15	15 (2.56%)	SonicWALL

Infrastructure Architect - Reigate

Redhill, Surrey

TLP Consultancy Ltd.

Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Exc Bonus + Benefits

Posted: 14 hours ago

Infrastructure Architect Azure Finance

Reigate, Surrey

Client Server

Salary: £50k to £60k + bonus + benefits

Posted: 18 hours ago

Infrastructure Architect - York - AWS, Cloud

York, North Yorkshire

Fruition IT Resources Limited

Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum

Posted: 21 hours ago

Infrastructure Architect, Bradford

Bradford, West Yorkshire

Fruition IT Resources Limited

Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + Car, Bonus, Pension

Posted: 21 hours ago

Technical Design Architect (Infrastructure Architecture)

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing

Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + 6K Car Allowance + Benefits

Posted: 20 hours ago

Infrastructure Architect Azure ( Finance )

Reigate

Client Server

Salary: £50k to £60k + bonus + benefits

Posted: 19 hours ago

Infrastructure Solution Architect

Bristol, Avon

HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Salary: £59000.00 per annum

Posted: 3 days ago

Infrastructure Architect - Virtualisation , Networks, Refresh

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing

Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + 10% Car Allowance + benefits

Posted: Yesterday

Cloud Infrastructure Architect - Data , Azure

Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Experis Ltd

Salary: £550 - £650 per day

Posted: 2 days ago

Lead Solution Architect - Infrastructure

Bradford, West Yorkshire

Amsource Technology Ltd

Salary: From £70,000 to £70,000 per annum £5,000 car allowance

Posted: 3 days ago

Infrastructure Architect - FTSE 50 (Cheltenham)

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing

Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £6k Car Allowance + 10% Bonus

Posted: 4 days ago

Cloud Infrastructure Architect - London - Up to £80,000

London

Montash

Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum

Posted: 14 hours ago

Senior Technical Architect (VMware / Citrix / TOGAF / Infrastructure)

Lincoln, Lincolnshire

ANSON MCCADE