Infrastructure Specialist Jobs

Infrastructure Specialist
UK

The median Infrastructure Specialist salary in the UK is £54,793 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 650 669 921
Rank change year-on-year +19 +252 +154
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 42 228 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.23% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.24% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 29 150 54
10th Percentile £47,354 £30,385 £35,900
25th Percentile £54,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +2.33% +15.59%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £69,550 £65,063 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,475 £44,900
% change year-on-year +8.55% +12.42% -0.22%

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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Specialist
Top 11 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 1 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 +11 39 £54,793 +9.59% 25
UK excluding London +42 37 £54,793 +8.55% 20
North West +31 25 £54,793 +13.36% 2
North of England +1 25 £54,793 +4.37% 5
Work from Home +140 14 £59,000 -9.23% 14
East of England +61 5 £57,500 +15.00% 6
London +101 4 £70,500 +14.39% 3
South East +78 4 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Scotland +130 2 £51,914 -20.13%
Midlands +67 1 £52,500 +21.39% 5
East Midlands +50 1 £52,500 -19.23% 2

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 19 (45.24%) Manufacturing
1 19 (45.24%) Azure
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (40.48%) Degree
3 16 (38.10%) Project Management
4 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
4 15 (35.71%) HNC
4 15 (35.71%) Finance
4 15 (35.71%) NEBOSH
4 15 (35.71%) Customer Requirements
4 15 (35.71%) Business Case
5 12 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 12 (28.57%) Cisco
6 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
7 10 (23.81%) Coaching
7 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (23.81%) Windows
8 8 (19.05%) Entra ID
8 8 (19.05%) Windows Server
9 7 (16.67%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 7 (16.67%) Roadmaps
9 7 (16.67%) ITIL
9 7 (16.67%) Law
9 7 (16.67%) Legal
9 7 (16.67%) AWS
9 7 (16.67%) PowerShell
10 6 (14.29%) VMware

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 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.76%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (7.14%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 19 (45.24%) Azure
1 19 (45.24%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (19.05%) Entra ID
3 7 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.29%) DNS
2 5 (11.90%) DHCP
3 3 (7.14%) Firewall
3 3 (7.14%) VoIP
3 3 (7.14%) WAN
4 1 (2.38%) LAN
4 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (45.24%) Manufacturing
2 15 (35.71%) Finance
3 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
4 7 (16.67%) Law
4 7 (16.67%) Legal
5 5 (11.90%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Automotive
7 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Enterprise Cloud
2 5 (11.90%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.81%) Windows
2 8 (19.05%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.90%) Linux
4 2 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (38.10%) Project Management
2 15 (35.71%) Business Case
2 15 (35.71%) Customer Requirements
3 10 (23.81%) Coaching
4 7 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 7 (16.67%) ITIL
4 7 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 7 (16.67%) Roadmaps
5 5 (11.90%) CRM
5 5 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
6 3 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
6 3 (7.14%) Incident Management
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.14%) Server Management
7 2 (4.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (4.76%) Information Management
7 2 (4.76%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.52%) Python
3 2 (4.76%) Bash
Qualifications
1 17 (40.48%) Degree
2 15 (35.71%) HNC
3 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.14%) CCNA
4 3 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (7.14%) MCSE
4 3 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (35.71%) NEBOSH
2 7 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.76%) Docker
3 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (14.29%) Ansible
2 4 (9.52%) Terraform
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (28.57%) Cisco
3 6 (14.29%) VMware
4 5 (11.90%) Salesforce
5 4 (9.52%) Commvault
6 3 (7.14%) Acronis
6 3 (7.14%) Fortinet
6 3 (7.14%) Kaseya
6 3 (7.14%) Meraki
6 3 (7.14%) Sage
6 3 (7.14%) SonicWALL
6 3 (7.14%) WatchGuard
7 2 (4.76%) HP
7 2 (4.76%) NetApp
7 2 (4.76%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (4.76%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.38%) Dell
8 1 (2.38%) Sitecore