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 26 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 696 648 860
Rank change year-on-year -48 +212 +10
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Transformation 34 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.005% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.005% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 25 2 6
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,375 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £90,000 £74,375 £92,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £80,750 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +37.50% -44.83% +58.47%

All Process & 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 68,523 39,694 83,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.83% 93.27% 84.12%
Number of salaries quoted 44,541 20,818 60,168
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -9.09%

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 26 May 2026.

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 26 May 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 -41 31 £70,000 -17.65% 25
UK excluding London -27 23 £55,000 +37.50% 14
London -14 8 £90,000 +5.88% 11
Midlands - 7 £50,000 - 5
South West - 7 £42,500 - 2
West Midlands - 7 £50,000 - 4
North of England - 6 £70,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 5 £70,000 - 1
Work from Home +4 2 £81,250 +103.13% 11
East of England - 2 £60,000 - 2
North West - 1 £100,000 -
South East - 1 - - 4

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 4 (11.76%) Confluence
2 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (26.47%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.82%) AWS
3 3 (8.82%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
2 3 (8.82%) LAN
2 3 (8.82%) LoRaWAN
2 3 (8.82%) LTE
2 3 (8.82%) WAN
2 3 (8.82%) WLAN
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (2.94%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (2.94%) Network Security
3 1 (2.94%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
3 1 (2.94%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 2 (5.88%) GitLab
General
1 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 8 (23.53%) Finance
3 3 (8.82%) Aerospace
3 3 (8.82%) Retail
3 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Architect
2 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (14.71%) Senior
4 4 (11.76%) Platform Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (8.82%) IT Director
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
5 3 (8.82%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Radio Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Telecoms Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Network Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Scrum Master
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Data Centre
2 4 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (8.82%) IoT
3 3 (8.82%) NB-IoT
4 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (5.88%) PMI
5 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.94%) Culture of Ownership
5 1 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Linux
2 2 (5.88%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.94%) Windows
3 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
2 9 (26.47%) Project Delivery
3 8 (23.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (20.59%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (14.71%) Agile
6 5 (14.71%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (14.71%) Roadmaps
6 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (11.76%) IT Strategy
7 4 (11.76%) Scrum
8 3 (8.82%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (8.82%) Migration
8 3 (8.82%) Network Design
8 3 (8.82%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (8.82%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 3 (8.82%) Sprint Planning
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) Security Cleared
2 5 (14.71%) Degree
2 5 (14.71%) DV Cleared
2 5 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.88%) CBAP
4 2 (5.88%) CCIE
4 2 (5.88%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.94%) CCNA
5 1 (2.94%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.94%) ISO 19650
2 1 (2.94%) PMO
2 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Ansible
1 3 (8.82%) Terraform
2 2 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) VMware
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco
3 2 (5.88%) Red Hat
3 2 (5.88%) Zscaler