Infrastructure Transformation Job Trends

Infrastructure Transformation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Infrastructure Transformation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 608 719 687
Rank change year-on-year +111 -32 +298
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Transformation 24 23 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.035% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.041% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 17 19 27
10th Percentile £43,550 £52,500 £37,880
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,522 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £94,500 £76,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.34% +68.89% -35.71%
75th Percentile £105,000 £90,000 £76,875
90th Percentile - £93,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £94,750 £81,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +15.90% +81.67% -43.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure Transformation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,531 55,918 47,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.16% 85.44% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27,749 29,151 36,831
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £99,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

Infrastructure Transformation
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure Transformation relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Transformation job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Transformation
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Infrastructure Transformation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Infrastructure Transformation

Infrastructure Transformation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Transformation over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Transformation in the UK

Infrastructure Transformation
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Transformation within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +107 23 £94,750 +24.67% 7
UK excluding London +90 17 £94,750 +15.90% 8
Work from Home +93 10 £100,000 +11.11% 5
South East - 8 £100,000 - 4
London +67 7 £67,500 +22.73% 3
North of England +50 5 £47,500 -17.39% 1
North West +49 5 £47,500 -17.39% 1
East of England +33 1 £65,000 -
South West +24 1 £94,500 +5.00% 2
Midlands - 1 £92,500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £92,500 - 1
Scotland - 1 £40,000 -

Infrastructure Transformation
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 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (70.83%) Azure
2 9 (37.50%) AWS
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 2 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (8.33%) Serverless
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (4.17%) GCP
6 1 (4.17%) IaaS
6 1 (4.17%) PaaS
6 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) WAN
2 9 (37.50%) SD-WAN
3 8 (33.33%) LAN
3 8 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (29.17%) Unified Communications
4 7 (29.17%) VoIP
4 7 (29.17%) VPN
5 5 (20.83%) Firewall
6 3 (12.50%) SAN
7 2 (8.33%) iSCSI
7 2 (8.33%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (4.17%) NetScaler
8 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
8 1 (4.17%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (4.17%) Power BI
3 1 (4.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Mandarin Language
3 2 (8.33%) Retail
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Head of IT
1 7 (29.17%) Head of IT Operations
1 7 (29.17%) Head of Operations
2 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) IT Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Head of Architecture
4 2 (8.33%) Head of Infrastructure
4 2 (8.33%) Head of Infrastructure Architecture
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) IT Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Senior IT Consultant
5 1 (4.17%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Operational Technology
2 4 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 3 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (41.67%) Business Continuity
2 10 (41.67%) ITIL
2 10 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 9 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (33.33%) Budget Management
4 8 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 8 (33.33%) ERP
4 8 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (29.17%) Budgeting
5 7 (29.17%) Data Protection
5 7 (29.17%) DevOps
5 7 (29.17%) Infrastructure Management
5 7 (29.17%) ITSM
5 7 (29.17%) Logistics
5 7 (29.17%) Problem Management
5 7 (29.17%) Project Management
5 7 (29.17%) Service Delivery
5 7 (29.17%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (37.50%) Azure Certification
2 9 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (29.17%) AWS Certification
3 7 (29.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 7 (29.17%) CCNP
3 7 (29.17%) Master's Degree
3 7 (29.17%) PMI Certification
3 7 (29.17%) PMP
4 2 (8.33%) CCNA
4 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.33%) DBS Check
4 2 (8.33%) MCSE
4 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (29.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (12.50%) vSphere
4 2 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) SCCM
2 2 (8.33%) vCenter Server
3 1 (4.17%) Terraform
3 1 (4.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 14 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 9 (37.50%) Cisco
3 8 (33.33%) VMware
4 3 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (4.17%) Dell
5 1 (4.17%) Google
5 1 (4.17%) Meraki
5 1 (4.17%) NetApp
5 1 (4.17%) SolarWinds