Infrastructure Specialist Jobs

Infrastructure Specialist
UK

The median Infrastructure Specialist salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 670 790 1161
Rank change year-on-year +120 +371 -245
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 173 97 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.12% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.13% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 118 50 95
10th Percentile £30,385 £36,235 £36,450
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +12.90% -7.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £66,188 £74,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £46,800 £46,500
% change year-on-year +6.84% +0.65% +1.34%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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 +106 163 £50,000 -4.76% 16
UK excluding London +65 155 £50,000 +6.84% 14
North of England +75 94 £56,250 +22.55% 10
North East +26 40 £55,000 +15.37% 2
Work from Home +30 39 £65,000 +36.35% 8
Yorkshire +82 37 £60,500 +51.19% 6
South West +6 24 £30,385 -
North West -3 17 £50,000 +11.11% 2
London +66 15 £69,000 +6.15% 3
South East +14 15 £45,000 - 3
East of England - 8 £49,293 - 1
Midlands -23 7 £50,000 -4.76% 1
West Midlands -5 6 £50,000 -9.09%
Scotland -39 5 £50,000 +61.29%
East Midlands -28 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £65,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £65,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Infrastructure Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 69 (39.88%) Azure
2 68 (39.31%) Windows
3 63 (36.42%) Active Directory
3 63 (36.42%) VMware
4 54 (31.21%) Microsoft
5 53 (30.64%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (30.64%) Windows Server
6 38 (21.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 37 (21.39%) Entra ID
8 33 (19.08%) SAN
9 30 (17.34%) Migration
10 29 (16.76%) Security Cleared
10 29 (16.76%) SC Cleared
11 28 (16.18%) Roadmaps
12 27 (15.61%) Driving Licence
12 27 (15.61%) VMware Infrastructure
13 25 (14.45%) Finance
13 25 (14.45%) OneDrive
14 23 (13.29%) Law
15 22 (12.72%) Mentoring
15 22 (12.72%) Preventative Maintenance
16 21 (12.14%) VMware ESXi
16 21 (12.14%) AWS
17 20 (11.56%) vCenter Server
18 19 (10.98%) NAS
18 19 (10.98%) Cisco
19 17 (9.83%) PowerShell
20 16 (9.25%) Microsoft Intune
20 16 (9.25%) Firewall
20 16 (9.25%) Wireless

Infrastructure Specialist 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 13 (7.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 69 (39.88%) Azure
2 53 (30.64%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (21.39%) Entra ID
4 25 (14.45%) OneDrive
5 21 (12.14%) AWS
6 6 (3.47%) SaaS
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.58%) IaaS
7 1 (0.58%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.58%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (19.08%) SAN
2 19 (10.98%) NAS
3 16 (9.25%) Firewall
3 16 (9.25%) Wireless
4 7 (4.05%) DNS
4 7 (4.05%) LAN
5 6 (3.47%) DHCP
5 6 (3.47%) Structured Cabling
5 6 (3.47%) WAN
6 2 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (1.16%) Network Security
6 2 (1.16%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.16%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.58%) Internet
7 1 (0.58%) VPN
7 1 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.58%) GitLab
General
1 25 (14.45%) Finance
2 23 (13.29%) Law
3 9 (5.20%) Social Skills
4 7 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (1.73%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.73%) Local Government
6 2 (1.16%) Publishing
6 2 (1.16%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.89%) YAML
2 4 (2.31%) CSS
3 1 (0.58%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (15.61%) Driving Licence
2 10 (5.78%) Data Centre
3 8 (4.62%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.47%) Clustering
5 5 (2.89%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.16%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.16%) NHS
7 2 (1.16%) Replication
7 2 (1.16%) Smart Energy
8 1 (0.58%) PKI
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (39.31%) Windows
2 53 (30.64%) Windows Server
3 12 (6.94%) Linux
4 11 (6.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (4.62%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (3.47%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (1.73%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.16%) Kali Linux
8 2 (1.16%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (21.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (17.34%) Migration
3 28 (16.18%) Roadmaps
4 22 (12.72%) Mentoring
4 22 (12.72%) Preventative Maintenance
5 15 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
6 13 (7.51%) ITIL
6 13 (7.51%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (6.36%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (5.78%) Cost Management
8 10 (5.78%) Performance Optimisation
9 9 (5.20%) Energy Management
9 9 (5.20%) Operations Management
10 7 (4.05%) Computer Science
11 6 (3.47%) High Availability
11 6 (3.47%) Problem Management
12 5 (2.89%) Capacity Management
12 5 (2.89%) DevOps
12 5 (2.89%) Security Hardening
12 5 (2.89%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.83%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.47%) VBScript
3 5 (2.89%) Python
4 1 (0.58%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.58%) SQL
4 1 (0.58%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (16.76%) SC Cleared
1 29 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 13 (7.51%) Degree
2 13 (7.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.73%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.73%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.16%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.16%) MCSA
4 2 (1.16%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.20%) GDPR
2 8 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.47%) SOC 2
4 5 (2.89%) SOC 1
5 4 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.16%) NIST
7 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (36.42%) Active Directory
2 27 (15.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (12.14%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (6.36%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.16%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.58%) Docker
6 1 (0.58%) OpenSSH
6 1 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.58%) vSphere
6 1 (0.58%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 20 (11.56%) vCenter Server
2 16 (9.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (6.36%) SCCM
4 6 (3.47%) Ansible
5 5 (2.89%) Terraform
6 2 (1.16%) SCVMM
6 2 (1.16%) SELinux
7 1 (0.58%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.58%) IBM BigFix
7 1 (0.58%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.58%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.58%) SCOM
7 1 (0.58%) SCSM
Vendors
1 63 (36.42%) VMware
2 54 (31.21%) Microsoft
3 19 (10.98%) Cisco
4 14 (8.09%) IBM
5 8 (4.62%) Commvault
6 6 (3.47%) Citrix
7 4 (2.31%) HP
7 4 (2.31%) Nimble Storage
7 4 (2.31%) Oracle
8 3 (1.73%) Meraki
9 1 (0.58%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.58%) Datto
9 1 (0.58%) Dell
9 1 (0.58%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.58%) F5
9 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.58%) NetApp
9 1 (0.58%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.58%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.58%) Veeam