Infrastructure Management Jobs

Infrastructure Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Infrastructure Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Management over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 519 284
Rank change year-on-year +63 -235 +551
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Management 257 433 1,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.46% 0.42% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.50% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 192 290 106
10th Percentile £34,750 £35,155 £31,277
25th Percentile £44,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,125 £88,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +15.00%

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 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Infrastructure Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Infrastructure Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Management in the UK

Infrastructure Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Management in the UK

Infrastructure Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Management over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Management in the UK

Infrastructure Management
Top 18 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 31 May 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 +60 235 £55,000 -12.00% 177
UK excluding London +44 132 £50,000 - 106
Work from Home +50 103 £55,000 -5.17% 96
London +74 100 £70,000 -6.67% 79
North of England -15 40 £62,500 +25.00% 22
Midlands +45 32 £50,000 -9.09% 22
West Midlands +62 28 £50,000 +6.95% 11
North West -27 26 £67,500 +28.57% 13
South East +49 24 £55,000 - 27
East of England +51 19 £51,500 -8.44% 19
South West +113 10 £33,750 -46.00% 13
Yorkshire +34 10 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Scotland +80 4 £73,750 +55.26% 2
North East +48 4 £62,500 +25.00% 4
East Midlands +17 4 - - 11
Wales +35 1 £52,500 +16.67% 2
Northern Ireland +33 1 £57,500 +35.29% 3
Isle of Man - 1 £34,500 -

Infrastructure Management
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 32 (12.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (7.78%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.95%) CMS
4 2 (0.78%) Apache
4 2 (0.78%) Confluence
4 2 (0.78%) IIS
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.39%) CICS
5 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (1.95%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.17%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.39%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.39%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 158 (61.48%) Azure
2 98 (38.13%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (26.46%) AWS
4 44 (17.12%) Entra ID
5 22 (8.56%) GCP
6 21 (8.17%) GitHub
7 16 (6.23%) Power Platform
8 11 (4.28%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (4.28%) OneDrive
8 11 (4.28%) SaaS
8 11 (4.28%) Serverless
9 10 (3.89%) Amazon S3
9 10 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (3.89%) Google Workspace
10 9 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
12 6 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 78 (30.35%) Firewall
2 38 (14.79%) WAN
3 32 (12.45%) LAN
3 32 (12.45%) VLAN
4 23 (8.95%) DNS
5 20 (7.78%) VPN
6 19 (7.39%) DHCP
7 18 (7.00%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (4.67%) SAN
8 12 (4.67%) Wireless
9 11 (4.28%) Network Security
10 9 (3.50%) Internet
10 9 (3.50%) TCP/IP
11 7 (2.72%) SD-WAN
11 7 (2.72%) SSL
12 6 (2.33%) NAS
13 5 (1.95%) Wireshark
14 4 (1.56%) HTTPS
14 4 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (1.56%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.89%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (3.50%) Power BI
3 8 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.56%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (1.17%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.78%) MySQL
6 2 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.78%) Tableau
7 1 (0.39%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.39%) DB2
7 1 (0.39%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (5.84%) Git
2 10 (3.89%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.33%) JIRA
4 4 (1.56%) GitLab
4 4 (1.56%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.78%) Maven
6 1 (0.39%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.39%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.39%) MLflow
6 1 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 98 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 47 (18.29%) Finance
3 31 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (5.45%) Law
5 11 (4.28%) Legal
6 10 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.50%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.11%) Banking
8 8 (3.11%) Marketing
8 8 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.72%) Humanities
10 6 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (2.33%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.95%) Retail
12 4 (1.56%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.17%) Automotive
14 2 (0.78%) Front Office
14 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 33 (12.84%) Infrastructure Manager
3 31 (12.06%) Senior
4 29 (11.28%) IT Manager
5 25 (9.73%) Support Engineer
6 23 (8.95%) IT Support
7 20 (7.78%) Cloud Engineer
8 17 (6.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 17 (6.61%) 3rd Line Support
8 17 (6.61%) Administrator
9 15 (5.84%) IT Engineer
10 14 (5.45%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 14 (5.45%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
10 14 (5.45%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 14 (5.45%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (5.45%) IT Support Manager
11 12 (4.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (4.67%) Lead
11 12 (4.67%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.50%) .NET
2 7 (2.72%) CSS
3 6 (2.33%) HTML
4 4 (1.56%) AWS CDK
4 4 (1.56%) SOAP
4 4 (1.56%) Spring
4 4 (1.56%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.17%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.17%) Kafka
5 3 (1.17%) Node.js
6 2 (0.78%) JSON
6 2 (0.78%) Laravel
6 2 (0.78%) PySpark
6 2 (0.78%) React
6 2 (0.78%) Vue
6 2 (0.78%) YAML
7 1 (0.39%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.39%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (0.39%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.73%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.95%) Data Centre
3 19 (7.39%) Cloud Native
4 18 (7.00%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.11%) CMDB
6 7 (2.72%) Enterprise Cloud
6 7 (2.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.95%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.78%) Derivative
10 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.78%) Social Media
11 1 (0.39%) Clustering
11 1 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.39%) Media Streaming
11 1 (0.39%) Replication
11 1 (0.39%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 82 (31.91%) Windows
2 64 (24.90%) Windows Server
3 32 (12.45%) Linux
4 24 (9.34%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (8.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (3.50%) Mac OS
7 7 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (2.72%) Windows 10
8 6 (2.33%) Android
8 6 (2.33%) Apple iOS
9 4 (1.56%) Unix
10 3 (1.17%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.78%) Debian
11 2 (0.78%) SUSE
11 2 (0.78%) VMS
12 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (36.58%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.18%) DevOps
3 53 (20.62%) Disaster Recovery
3 53 (20.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 51 (19.84%) ITIL
5 50 (19.46%) CI/CD
6 48 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (18.68%) Mentoring
7 41 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 32 (12.45%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (11.28%) Computer Science
10 27 (10.51%) Project Management
11 25 (9.73%) Business Continuity
12 24 (9.34%) High Availability
13 23 (8.95%) Agile
13 23 (8.95%) Containerisation
13 23 (8.95%) Network Design
14 22 (8.56%) Cloud Security
14 22 (8.56%) IT Strategy
14 22 (8.56%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (27.63%) PowerShell
2 44 (17.12%) Python
3 13 (5.06%) Bash
3 13 (5.06%) SQL
4 9 (3.50%) Java
5 8 (3.11%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.56%) Scala
6 4 (1.56%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.17%) PHP
7 3 (1.17%) Ruby
7 3 (1.17%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.78%) Bicep
8 2 (0.78%) Go
9 1 (0.39%) Elixir
9 1 (0.39%) Elm
9 1 (0.39%) Erlang
9 1 (0.39%) F#
9 1 (0.39%) Haskell
9 1 (0.39%) JCL
9 1 (0.39%) PureScript
Qualifications
1 48 (18.68%) Degree
2 32 (12.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (11.28%) Azure Certification
4 21 (8.17%) AWS Certification
5 16 (6.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (4.67%) Security Cleared
8 11 (4.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.28%) CCNA
9 10 (3.89%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.72%) Postgraduate
11 5 (1.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (1.95%) Network+ Certification
12 4 (1.56%) CISSP
12 4 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
13 3 (1.17%) MCP
13 3 (1.17%) MCSA
13 3 (1.17%) MCSE
14 2 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (3.50%) GDPR
3 6 (2.33%) QA
4 4 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.17%) NIST
5 3 (1.17%) SLA
6 2 (0.78%) COBIT
6 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.39%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 83 (32.30%) Active Directory
2 53 (20.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (9.73%) Docker
4 22 (8.56%) Hyper-V
5 20 (7.78%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (6.61%) XenApp
7 13 (5.06%) vSphere
8 10 (3.89%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.56%) Firmware
10 3 (1.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.39%) pfSense
12 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.39%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 52 (20.23%) Terraform
2 41 (15.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 36 (14.01%) Kubernetes
4 30 (11.67%) Ansible
5 9 (3.50%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (3.11%) Grafana
6 8 (3.11%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (2.72%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.95%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.56%) Puppet
9 4 (1.56%) SCCM
10 3 (1.17%) Iperf
11 2 (0.78%) Autotask
11 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (0.78%) Nessus
12 1 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.39%) Argo
12 1 (0.39%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.39%) QRadar
12 1 (0.39%) WSUS
Vendors
1 105 (40.86%) Microsoft
2 67 (26.07%) Cisco
3 61 (23.74%) VMware
4 36 (14.01%) Meraki
5 28 (10.89%) SonicWALL
6 23 (8.95%) Google
7 22 (8.56%) Citrix
8 21 (8.17%) Fortinet
9 19 (7.39%) CheckPoint
10 11 (4.28%) ServiceNow
11 9 (3.50%) WatchGuard
12 7 (2.72%) Dell
13 6 (2.33%) HubSpot
13 6 (2.33%) Pure Storage
14 5 (1.95%) Apple
14 5 (1.95%) Veeam
15 4 (1.56%) Oracle
15 4 (1.56%) Red Hat
15 4 (1.56%) Sage
15 4 (1.56%) SolarWinds