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 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 666 678 867
Rank change year-on-year +12 +189 +244
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 45 234 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.23% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.24% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 31 154 50
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,887 £36,095
25th Percentile £54,647 £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 £60,625 £65,000 £65,250
90th Percentile £72,750 £65,438 £88,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +9.59% +5.26% +5.56%

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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £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 £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

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 28 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 28 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 -3 42 £54,793 +9.59% 35
UK excluding London +23 37 £54,793 +9.59% 28
North West -2 25 £54,793 +9.59% 11
North of England -50 25 £54,793 -0.38% 19
Work from Home +71 14 £59,000 -9.23% 27
London +117 7 £70,500 +11.44% 6
East of England +43 5 £57,500 +18.35% 3
South East +64 4 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Scotland +119 2 £51,914 +3.83%
West Midlands +51 1 - - 1
Midlands +46 1 - - 3

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 (42.22%) Azure
1 19 (42.22%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (40.00%) Degree
2 18 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 15 (33.33%) Finance
3 15 (33.33%) HNC
3 15 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 15 (33.33%) Project Management
3 15 (33.33%) NEBOSH
3 15 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
3 15 (33.33%) Business Case
4 13 (28.89%) Cisco
5 12 (26.67%) Active Directory
5 12 (26.67%) Windows
6 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
7 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (22.22%) Windows Server
7 10 (22.22%) Coaching
8 8 (17.78%) Entra ID
8 8 (17.78%) ITIL
8 8 (17.78%) VMware
9 7 (15.56%) Law
9 7 (15.56%) Legal
9 7 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (15.56%) Mentoring
9 7 (15.56%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (15.56%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (15.56%) PowerShell
9 7 (15.56%) AWS
9 7 (15.56%) Capacity Planning

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 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.44%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (6.67%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 19 (42.22%) Azure
1 19 (42.22%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (17.78%) Entra ID
3 7 (15.56%) AWS
4 2 (4.44%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (13.33%) DNS
2 5 (11.11%) DHCP
3 4 (8.89%) Firewall
4 3 (6.67%) VoIP
4 3 (6.67%) WAN
5 1 (2.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
General
1 18 (40.00%) Manufacturing
2 15 (33.33%) Finance
3 11 (24.44%) Social Skills
4 7 (15.56%) Law
4 7 (15.56%) Legal
5 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Automotive
7 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.22%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) YAML
2 1 (2.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Enterprise Cloud
2 5 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.44%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (2.22%) AS400
4 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.67%) Windows
2 10 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 5 (11.11%) Linux
4 3 (6.67%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (33.33%) Business Case
1 15 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
1 15 (33.33%) Project Management
2 10 (22.22%) Coaching
3 8 (17.78%) ITIL
4 7 (15.56%) Capacity Planning
4 7 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (15.56%) Mentoring
4 7 (15.56%) Roadmaps
5 5 (11.11%) CRM
5 5 (11.11%) Service Delivery
6 4 (8.89%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (6.67%) Computer Science
7 3 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (6.67%) Incident Management
7 3 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (6.67%) Server Management
8 2 (4.44%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.89%) Python
3 2 (4.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 18 (40.00%) Degree
2 15 (33.33%) HNC
3 10 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.67%) CCNA
4 3 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.67%) MCSE
4 3 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (33.33%) NEBOSH
2 7 (15.56%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) Ansible
2 4 (8.89%) Terraform
3 2 (4.44%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.22%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 15 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (28.89%) Cisco
3 8 (17.78%) VMware
4 5 (11.11%) Salesforce
5 4 (8.89%) Commvault
5 4 (8.89%) Fortinet
6 3 (6.67%) Acronis
6 3 (6.67%) Kaseya
6 3 (6.67%) Meraki
6 3 (6.67%) Sage
6 3 (6.67%) SonicWALL
6 3 (6.67%) WatchGuard
7 2 (4.44%) Citrix
7 2 (4.44%) HP
7 2 (4.44%) NetApp
7 2 (4.44%) Nimble Storage
7 2 (4.44%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.22%) Zscaler