Infrastructure Security Specialist Job Trends

Infrastructure Security Specialist
UK

The median Infrastructure Security Specialist salary in the UK is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 650 740 725
Rank change year-on-year +90 -15 +405
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Specialist 2 11 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.017% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile - £56,625 £45,113
25th Percentile £26,250 £60,000 £47,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £63,750 £50,950
Median % change year-on-year -56.86% +25.12% -7.36%
75th Percentile £28,750 £65,625 £54,175
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £63,750 £50,950
% change year-on-year -56.86% +25.12% -7.36%

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 47,047 63,901 50,390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 94.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,947 35,849 38,981
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,350 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.30% -4.76% -

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Infrastructure Security Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Infrastructure Security Specialist
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Security Specialist 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 +86 2 £27,500 -56.86% 1
UK excluding London +75 2 £27,500 -56.86% 1
Work from Home +67 2 £27,500 -53.19% 1
North of England +6 2 £27,500 -56.86% 1
Yorkshire +3 2 £27,500 -56.86% 1

Infrastructure Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, Infrastructure Security Specialist 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 Security Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Drupal
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) MariaDB
1 2 (100.00%) nginx
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 2 (100.00%) WordPress

Infrastructure Security Specialist 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 2 (100.00%) Drupal
1 2 (100.00%) nginx
1 2 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MariaDB
General
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Police
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Patching
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker