Infrastructure Manager Jobs

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the UK is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2025.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 445 509
Rank change year-on-year -82 +64 +307
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 198 560 513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.51% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.54% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 127 440 242
10th Percentile £49,073 £43,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £58,330 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.15% -6.67% +1.63%
75th Percentile £74,250 £72,500 £80,938
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,200 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.82% - -

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 50,444 103,306 84,719
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 94.76% 91.22%
Number of salaries quoted 26,548 73,046 55,145
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,572 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 11 June 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 -89 193 £62,500 +7.19% 124
UK excluding London +3 149 £58,200 +5.82% 111
North of England +31 73 £54,793 -0.38% 20
North West +18 52 £54,793 -8.68% 2
London -16 51 £70,000 -9.68% 24
Work from Home -8 43 £59,250 -1.25% 58
South East -4 23 £65,000 +8.33% 39
Yorkshire +45 21 £58,200 +16.40% 17
Midlands +24 19 £67,500 +17.39% 21
East of England +18 19 £57,500 +15.00% 19
West Midlands +38 15 £77,500 +34.78% 14
South West +107 10 £56,373 +12.75% 8
Scotland +104 5 £57,500 -11.54% 2
East Midlands +27 4 £60,000 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 2025, Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 75 (37.88%) Project Management
2 73 (36.87%) Azure
3 57 (28.79%) Finance
4 56 (28.28%) Degree
5 55 (27.78%) Manufacturing
6 50 (25.25%) Business Case
7 49 (24.75%) Microsoft
8 44 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 41 (20.71%) Social Skills
10 39 (19.70%) ITIL
11 33 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
12 32 (16.16%) Customer Requirements
13 31 (15.66%) Infrastructure Management
13 31 (15.66%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (15.15%) HNC
14 30 (15.15%) NEBOSH
15 28 (14.14%) Data Centre
15 28 (14.14%) VMware
16 27 (13.64%) Windows
17 25 (12.63%) Agile
18 23 (11.62%) PRINCE2
18 23 (11.62%) Cisco
19 21 (10.61%) Firewall
19 21 (10.61%) Project Delivery
20 19 (9.60%) Law
20 19 (9.60%) WAN
21 18 (9.09%) Business Strategy
22 17 (8.59%) Legal
23 16 (8.08%) Service Delivery
23 16 (8.08%) PowerShell

Infrastructure Manager 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 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.52%) Apache Solr
2 3 (1.52%) CMS
3 2 (1.01%) Moodle
4 1 (0.51%) CICS
4 1 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.51%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.03%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.51%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 73 (36.87%) Azure
2 33 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (5.56%) AWS
4 6 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.03%) GitHub
4 6 (3.03%) OneDrive
5 4 (2.02%) IaaS
5 4 (2.02%) PaaS
5 4 (2.02%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.02%) Serverless
6 3 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.52%) Cloudflare
6 3 (1.52%) SaaS
7 2 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.01%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.01%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (1.01%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.61%) Firewall
2 19 (9.60%) WAN
3 16 (8.08%) SD-WAN
4 8 (4.04%) VPN
4 8 (4.04%) Wireless
5 7 (3.54%) Network Security
6 6 (3.03%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.53%) BGP
7 5 (2.53%) MPLS
7 5 (2.53%) OSPF
8 4 (2.02%) Internet
8 4 (2.02%) LAN
9 3 (1.52%) DNS
9 3 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.52%) SAN
10 2 (1.01%) DHCP
10 2 (1.01%) NAS
11 1 (0.51%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.02%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (1.52%) MySQL
2 3 (1.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Git
2 3 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 57 (28.79%) Finance
2 55 (27.78%) Manufacturing
3 41 (20.71%) Social Skills
4 19 (9.60%) Law
5 17 (8.59%) Legal
6 10 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.53%) Banking
7 5 (2.53%) Humanities
7 5 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (2.53%) Tech for Good
8 4 (2.02%) Retail
8 4 (2.02%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.01%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.51%) German Language
10 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) Web Services
2 2 (1.01%) Middleware
3 1 (0.51%) .NET
3 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.14%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.04%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.54%) Enterprise Cloud
4 5 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.02%) Operational Technology
6 3 (1.52%) Clustering
6 3 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.52%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.01%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.01%) NHS
7 2 (1.01%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.01%) PMI
7 2 (1.01%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.51%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (0.51%) IoT
8 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (13.64%) Windows
2 14 (7.07%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.04%) Linux
4 4 (2.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (37.88%) Project Management
2 50 (25.25%) Business Case
3 44 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (19.70%) ITIL
5 32 (16.16%) Customer Requirements
6 31 (15.66%) Infrastructure Management
6 31 (15.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (12.63%) Agile
8 23 (11.62%) PRINCE2
9 21 (10.61%) Project Delivery
10 18 (9.09%) Business Strategy
11 16 (8.08%) Service Delivery
12 14 (7.07%) Budget Management
12 14 (7.07%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (6.57%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (6.57%) DevOps
13 13 (6.57%) Manufacturing Engineering
13 13 (6.57%) Migration
13 13 (6.57%) Requirements Management
14 12 (6.06%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.08%) PowerShell
2 9 (4.55%) SQL
3 4 (2.02%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.02%) Python
4 1 (0.51%) Bash
4 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (28.28%) Degree
2 30 (15.15%) HNC
3 14 (7.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 8 (4.04%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.54%) PMI Certification
6 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.03%) PMP
7 5 (2.53%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (2.53%) Postgraduate
8 4 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.52%) CCIE
9 3 (1.52%) CCNP
9 3 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (1.52%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.52%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.01%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.15%) NEBOSH
2 13 (6.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.03%) QA
3 6 (3.03%) SLA
4 4 (2.02%) GDPR
5 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.51%) NCSC
6 1 (0.51%) NIST
6 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.56%) Hyper-V
2 11 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.03%) Docker
4 4 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.01%) Firmware
7 1 (0.51%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (5.05%) Kubernetes
1 10 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 10 (5.05%) Terraform
2 9 (4.55%) FortiGate
3 5 (2.53%) WSUS
4 4 (2.02%) Ansible
5 3 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.01%) SCCM
6 2 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 49 (24.75%) Microsoft
2 28 (14.14%) VMware
3 23 (11.62%) Cisco
4 6 (3.03%) NEC
5 5 (2.53%) Citrix
5 5 (2.53%) Draytek
5 5 (2.53%) Ubiquiti
6 3 (1.52%) CheckPoint
6 3 (1.52%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.52%) Meraki
6 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.01%) Forcepoint
7 2 (1.01%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.51%) arcserve
8 1 (0.51%) Aruba
8 1 (0.51%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.51%) Planview
8 1 (0.51%) Sage
8 1 (0.51%) SAP
8 1 (0.51%) Sophos