Infrastructure Tester Job Trends

Infrastructure Tester
UK

The median Infrastructure Tester salary in the UK is £43,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 709 -
Rank change year-on-year +61 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Tester 3 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% 0.004% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.004% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 - -
75th Percentile £44,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

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 51,440 48,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.14% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,905 27,168 37,760
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £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 £77,500
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 Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Infrastructure Tester job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Tester
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Tester job vacancies in the UK

Infrastructure Tester
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 Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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 +77 3 £43,500 - 2
South East - 2 - -
UK excluding London - 2 - -
London +29 1 £43,500 - 2
Work from Home - 1 £43,500 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Infrastructure Tester 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 Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Bash
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Ansible
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (33.33%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery

Infrastructure Tester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) Robot Framework
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Defect Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Bash
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
2 1 (33.33%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) Grafana
2 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (33.33%) Nessus
2 1 (33.33%) Prometheus