Infrastructure Manager Job Trends

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the UK is £63,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 450 408
Rank change year-on-year -1 -42 +64
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 198 280 313
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.50% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.54% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 117 158 265
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £99,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,440
% change year-on-year - +8.23% -3.58%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 53,514 51,675 48,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.18% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 32,893 27,368 37,623
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Top 17 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 31 December 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 -10 172 £62,500 - 35
UK excluding London +17 137 £60,000 - 28
Work from Home +66 54 £62,500 -3.85% 22
London +3 47 £90,000 +22.03% 13
South East +15 35 £52,500 -19.23% 3
North of England +2 33 £60,000 +6.67% 8
South West +19 32 £69,000 +25.45% 3
North West +22 23 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Midlands +22 20 £61,250 -3.92% 8
Scotland +8 11 £65,000 +13.04% 4
West Midlands +19 10 £62,500 -7.41% 7
East Midlands -1 10 £60,000 -4.00% 1
Yorkshire -11 7 £75,000 +25.00% 1
East of England +17 4 - - 2
North East +10 3 - -
Wales +5 1 £100,000 +185.71% 1
Northern Ireland -4 1 - -

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Infrastructure Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 72 (36.36%) Azure
2 57 (28.79%) Windows
3 54 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 41 (20.71%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (19.19%) Active Directory
5 38 (19.19%) VMware
6 34 (17.17%) Windows Server
7 31 (15.66%) Cybersecurity
8 30 (15.15%) AWS
9 29 (14.65%) Logistics
9 29 (14.65%) NEC
9 29 (14.65%) Service Delivery
9 29 (14.65%) Sprinklr
10 27 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
11 26 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (12.63%) Service Management
13 24 (12.12%) Firewall
14 21 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
15 20 (10.10%) ITIL
15 20 (10.10%) Migration
16 19 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Intune
17 18 (9.09%) Project Delivery
18 17 (8.59%) Entra ID
18 17 (8.59%) Linux
18 17 (8.59%) Patch Management
18 17 (8.59%) Project Management
19 16 (8.08%) Budget Management
19 16 (8.08%) Business Continuity

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
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 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.01%) Confluence
3 2 (1.01%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 29 (14.65%) Sprinklr
2 4 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.02%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 72 (36.36%) Azure
2 41 (20.71%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (15.15%) AWS
4 17 (8.59%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.56%) GCP
6 6 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.53%) IaaS
7 5 (2.53%) PaaS
7 5 (2.53%) SaaS
8 4 (2.02%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.02%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.52%) IBM Cloud
10 1 (0.51%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.51%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.51%) Serverless
10 1 (0.51%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.12%) Firewall
2 16 (8.08%) VPN
3 14 (7.07%) WAN
4 11 (5.56%) LAN
5 6 (3.03%) SAN
6 5 (2.53%) SD-WAN
7 4 (2.02%) DHCP
7 4 (2.02%) DNS
7 4 (2.02%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.02%) Wireless
8 3 (1.52%) Network Security
8 3 (1.52%) VLAN
9 1 (0.51%) BGP
9 1 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.51%) MPLS
9 1 (0.51%) NAS
9 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (2.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.51%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.52%) JIRA
2 2 (1.01%) GitLab
General
1 43 (21.72%) Finance
2 37 (18.69%) Social Skills
3 30 (15.15%) Manufacturing
4 10 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.55%) Banking
6 8 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.54%) Retail
8 4 (2.02%) International Banking
9 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Law
9 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.01%) Advertising
10 2 (1.01%) Billing
10 2 (1.01%) Legal
10 2 (1.01%) Marketing
11 1 (0.51%) Local Government
11 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 12 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (4.04%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.03%) Replication
6 5 (2.53%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.53%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (2.02%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.52%) CMDB
8 3 (1.52%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.52%) PKI
8 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.01%) Clustering
9 2 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.01%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.51%) Life Science
10 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 57 (28.79%) Windows
2 34 (17.17%) Windows Server
3 17 (8.59%) Linux
4 10 (5.05%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.01%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.51%) Unix
7 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (15.66%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (14.65%) Logistics
2 29 (14.65%) Service Delivery
3 27 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
4 26 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (12.63%) Service Management
6 21 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (10.10%) ITIL
7 20 (10.10%) Migration
8 19 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (9.09%) Project Delivery
10 17 (8.59%) Patch Management
10 17 (8.59%) Project Management
11 16 (8.08%) Budget Management
11 16 (8.08%) Business Continuity
12 15 (7.58%) Coaching
12 15 (7.58%) ITSM
13 14 (7.07%) Change Management
13 14 (7.07%) People Management
13 14 (7.07%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.57%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (8.08%) Degree
2 8 (4.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (3.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 6 (3.03%) DBS Check
4 6 (3.03%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.02%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.02%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.52%) MCP
6 3 (1.52%) PMP
6 3 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.01%) CFA
7 2 (1.01%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.51%) APMP
8 1 (0.51%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.51%) MCSE
8 1 (0.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.51%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (4.04%) GDPR
4 4 (2.02%) GRC
4 4 (2.02%) PMO
5 2 (1.01%) Basel III
5 2 (1.01%) MiFID
5 2 (1.01%) NCSC
5 2 (1.01%) QA
6 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (19.19%) Active Directory
2 21 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (6.57%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.53%) Firmware
5 4 (2.02%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.02%) vSphere
6 2 (1.01%) Docker
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (5.05%) SCCM
3 5 (2.53%) Ansible
3 5 (2.53%) Terraform
4 4 (2.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.52%) Nessus
5 3 (1.52%) Proxmox
6 2 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.51%) SCOM
Vendors
1 54 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 38 (19.19%) VMware
3 29 (14.65%) NEC
4 13 (6.57%) Cisco
5 10 (5.05%) Google
6 9 (4.55%) ServiceNow
6 9 (4.55%) SolarWinds
7 7 (3.54%) Veeam
8 5 (2.53%) Meraki
9 4 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (2.02%) Dell
9 4 (2.02%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.02%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.02%) Sage
10 3 (1.52%) Citrix
10 3 (1.52%) IBM
11 2 (1.01%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.51%) Juniper
12 1 (0.51%) Red Hat