Infrastructure Management Job Trends

Infrastructure Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Infrastructure Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 460 475
Rank change year-on-year -24 +15 +382
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Management 169 317 264
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.47% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.57% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 128 195 234
10th Percentile £30,575 £44,750 £43,070
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,375 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +12.73% +0.80%
75th Percentile £82,813 £77,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year -7.41% -2.60% +10.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,363 55,823 49,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.65% 82.88% 93.86%
Number of salaries quoted 26,894 29,023 37,931
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,532 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.04% +2.86% -

Infrastructure Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Infrastructure Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Infrastructure Management

Infrastructure Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Management over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Management in the UK

Infrastructure Management
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 Management within the UK over the 6 months to 12 November 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 -47 139 £60,000 -4.00% 117
UK excluding London -6 85 £50,000 -7.41% 84
London -16 59 £77,500 +1.31% 48
Work from Home +6 56 £72,500 +31.82% 68
Midlands +53 26 £50,000 - 10
East of England -5 25 £49,000 -9.26% 7
West Midlands +51 16 £50,000 +25.00% 4
South East +25 14 £95,000 +37.68% 29
East Midlands +18 10 £49,750 -11.56% 6
North of England -38 10 £43,700 -30.08% 19
South West +15 5 £45,000 +12.50% 9
North West -2 5 £42,750 -30.20% 11
Yorkshire -8 5 £53,700 -23.29% 8
Wales +11 3 £52,500 -19.23% 4
Northern Ireland +6 2 - - 3

Infrastructure Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 29 (17.16%) SharePoint
2 15 (8.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (5.33%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.59%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (8.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (1.18%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.59%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 78 (46.15%) Azure
2 70 (41.42%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (31.36%) AWS
4 35 (20.71%) GCP
5 23 (13.61%) Entra ID
6 19 (11.24%) GitHub
7 17 (10.06%) OneDrive
8 11 (6.51%) GitHub Actions
9 10 (5.92%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (5.33%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (4.73%) Serverless
12 7 (4.14%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (3.55%) Power Platform
14 5 (2.96%) Amazon S3
14 5 (2.96%) SaaS
15 4 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
15 4 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (2.37%) Google Workspace
16 3 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
17 2 (1.18%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 31 (18.34%) WAN
2 30 (17.75%) LAN
3 25 (14.79%) Firewall
4 23 (13.61%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (11.24%) Wireless
6 11 (6.51%) SD-WAN
7 10 (5.92%) Network Security
7 10 (5.92%) VPN
8 9 (5.33%) SAN
8 9 (5.33%) Skype
9 8 (4.73%) DHCP
9 8 (4.73%) DNS
9 8 (4.73%) VoIP
10 7 (4.14%) Unified Communications
11 6 (3.55%) VLAN
12 4 (2.37%) TCP/IP
13 3 (1.78%) Internet
14 2 (1.18%) iSCSI
14 2 (1.18%) SSL
15 1 (0.59%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.33%) DTS
2 4 (2.37%) Power BI
2 4 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.18%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.18%) Metadata
3 2 (1.18%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.59%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (9.47%) Git
2 8 (4.73%) Jenkins
2 8 (4.73%) TeamCity
3 5 (2.96%) GitLab
4 4 (2.37%) Maven
5 2 (1.18%) CircleCI
5 2 (1.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.59%) CA Release Automation
6 1 (0.59%) JIRA
6 1 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 67 (39.64%) Social Skills
2 31 (18.34%) Finance
3 13 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 13 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 12 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.10%) Public Sector
4 12 (7.10%) Retail
5 11 (6.51%) Law
6 10 (5.92%) Banking
6 10 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (4.73%) Legal
7 8 (4.73%) Telecoms
8 7 (4.14%) Financial Institution
9 4 (2.37%) Front Office
9 4 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.37%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.37%) Marketing
10 3 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Back Office
11 2 (1.18%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 28 (16.57%) IT Support
2 19 (11.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (11.24%) IT Manager
2 19 (11.24%) Senior
3 18 (10.65%) Administrator
4 16 (9.47%) IT Administrator
5 14 (8.28%) Support Engineer
6 12 (7.10%) 3rd Line Support
6 12 (7.10%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (7.10%) Infrastructure Support
7 11 (6.51%) IT Support Manager
7 11 (6.51%) Support Manager
8 10 (5.92%) Head of IT
8 10 (5.92%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 9 (5.33%) Analyst
10 8 (4.73%) Software Engineer
11 7 (4.14%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
11 7 (4.14%) Head of Operations
11 7 (4.14%) Network Engineer
11 7 (4.14%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.33%) Node.js
2 4 (2.37%) OAuth
2 4 (2.37%) React
2 4 (2.37%) SAML
3 3 (1.78%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.78%) Spring
3 3 (1.78%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.78%) Vue
4 2 (1.18%) CSS
4 2 (1.18%) Django
4 2 (1.18%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.18%) Flask
4 2 (1.18%) HTML
4 2 (1.18%) Kafka
5 1 (0.59%) .NET
5 1 (0.59%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.59%) LangChain
5 1 (0.59%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.59%) LDAP
5 1 (0.59%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.47%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.28%) Data Centre
3 12 (7.10%) Video Conferencing
4 9 (5.33%) CMDB
5 8 (4.73%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.73%) Operational Technology
6 6 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.37%) Derivative
7 4 (2.37%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.78%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.78%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (33.73%) Windows
2 49 (28.99%) Windows Server
3 24 (14.20%) Linux
4 17 (10.06%) Windows 10
5 13 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (7.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (5.92%) Apple iOS
7 10 (5.92%) Mac OS
7 10 (5.92%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (5.33%) Android
9 4 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.18%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.59%) CentOS
11 1 (0.59%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (26.63%) DevOps
2 43 (25.44%) Service Delivery
3 42 (24.85%) ITIL
4 40 (23.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 37 (21.89%) Disaster Recovery
6 36 (21.30%) Cybersecurity
6 36 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (20.71%) CI/CD
8 32 (18.93%) Infrastructure as Code
9 28 (16.57%) Computer Science
10 26 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 25 (14.79%) IT Strategy
12 23 (13.61%) Business Continuity
12 23 (13.61%) Customer Service
12 23 (13.61%) Data Protection
13 22 (13.02%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (13.02%) Project Management
14 21 (12.43%) Budget Management
14 21 (12.43%) Cloud Security
15 19 (11.24%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 21 (12.43%) SQL
3 15 (8.88%) Python
4 9 (5.33%) Java
5 6 (3.55%) Go
6 4 (2.37%) Bash
6 4 (2.37%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.78%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.59%) Bicep
8 1 (0.59%) C#
8 1 (0.59%) PHP
8 1 (0.59%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (22.49%) Degree
2 21 (12.43%) Azure Certification
3 20 (11.83%) AWS Certification
3 20 (11.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (11.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 15 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (8.28%) Master's Degree
6 14 (8.28%) Security Cleared
7 13 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (7.69%) SC Cleared
8 10 (5.92%) PMI Certification
8 10 (5.92%) PMP
9 8 (4.73%) CCNP
10 5 (2.96%) MCP
10 5 (2.96%) MCTS
11 4 (2.37%) PhD
12 2 (1.18%) CCNA
12 2 (1.18%) CISSP
12 2 (1.18%) DV Cleared
12 2 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.83%) GDPR
2 13 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (5.92%) NIST
4 4 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.37%) QA
5 3 (1.78%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.18%) COBIT
6 2 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.18%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.18%) ISO 9001
6 2 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.59%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.59%) GAAP
7 1 (0.59%) GRC
7 1 (0.59%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (31.95%) Active Directory
2 38 (22.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (8.28%) Docker
3 14 (8.28%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (7.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (6.51%) Hyper-V
6 10 (5.92%) vSphere
7 2 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.18%) XenApp
8 1 (0.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (13.61%) Microsoft Intune
1 23 (13.61%) Terraform
2 16 (9.47%) Ansible
3 14 (8.28%) Kubernetes
4 10 (5.92%) Nagios
4 10 (5.92%) ZABBIX
5 7 (4.14%) SCCM
6 3 (1.78%) Grafana
6 3 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.18%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.18%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.59%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.59%) Podman
8 1 (0.59%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.59%) VxRail
Vendors
1 79 (46.75%) Microsoft
2 43 (25.44%) VMware
3 28 (16.57%) Google
4 26 (15.38%) Cisco
5 14 (8.28%) Red Hat
5 14 (8.28%) Samsung
6 12 (7.10%) Citrix
7 11 (6.51%) Fortinet
8 10 (5.92%) Meraki
9 9 (5.33%) Apple
9 9 (5.33%) BMC
9 9 (5.33%) Darktrace
9 9 (5.33%) Proofpoint
9 9 (5.33%) SolarWinds
9 9 (5.33%) Tanium
9 9 (5.33%) Trend Micro
10 5 (2.96%) Extreme Networks
11 4 (2.37%) Commvault
11 4 (2.37%) Pure Storage
12 3 (1.78%) Juniper