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 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 714 662 812
Rank change year-on-year -52 +150 -3
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Transformation 63 17 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.062% 0.034% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.038% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 49 13 12
10th Percentile £49,500 £37,500 -
25th Percentile £53,000 £39,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -26.76% +24.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £96,250 £92,813
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,350 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £61,250 £90,000
% change year-on-year -2.04% -31.94% +74.10%

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 74,612 44,363 71,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.65% 89.74% 81.45%
Number of salaries quoted 51,478 25,172 48,522
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 27 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Transformation in the UK

Infrastructure Transformation
Top 14 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 27 July 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 -28 59 £60,000 -25.00% 42
UK excluding London -32 50 £60,000 -2.04% 26
Midlands -13 18 £55,000 -40.54% 4
West Midlands -13 13 £50,000 -45.95% 1
Work from Home -21 13 £62,500 -32.43% 16
South West -49 12 £51,250 -45.77% 5
London -7 10 £77,500 +14.81% 20
North of England -25 10 £70,000 +47.37% 12
Yorkshire - 8 £66,250 - 5
South East -20 6 £75,000 -21.05% 3
East Midlands - 5 £60,000 - 3
East of England -12 3 £90,641 +39.45%
North West -9 2 £100,000 +110.53% 7
Scotland +11 1 - - 2

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 5 (7.94%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.35%) Confluence
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (4.76%) OpenStack
4 1 (1.59%) Site Server
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (30.16%) Azure
2 10 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 8 (12.70%) AWS
5 4 (6.35%) Miro
6 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.59%) GCP
6 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (17.46%) Firewall
2 8 (12.70%) WAN
3 6 (9.52%) LAN
4 4 (6.35%) Wireless
5 3 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (4.76%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (4.76%) LoRaWAN
5 3 (4.76%) LTE
5 3 (4.76%) Network Security
5 3 (4.76%) SD-WAN
5 3 (4.76%) VXLAN
5 3 (4.76%) WLAN
6 2 (3.17%) VPN
7 1 (1.59%) 4G
7 1 (1.59%) DHCP
7 1 (1.59%) DNS
7 1 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.59%) MPLS
7 1 (1.59%) NAS
7 1 (1.59%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.59%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.59%) Metadata
2 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) JIRA
2 2 (3.17%) GitLab
General
1 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.05%) Finance
3 3 (4.76%) Retail
3 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.17%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (1.59%) Legal
5 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (26.98%) Senior
2 15 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (20.63%) Architect
4 8 (12.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) Platform Architect
6 6 (9.52%) Lead
7 4 (6.35%) Consultant
7 4 (6.35%) IT Director
7 4 (6.35%) Network Consultant
7 4 (6.35%) Scrum Master
8 3 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
8 3 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (4.76%) Head of Infrastructure
8 3 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Radio Engineer
8 3 (4.76%) Team Leader
8 3 (4.76%) Telecoms Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Cloud Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Head of IT Infrastructure
9 2 (3.17%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) FHIR
1 1 (1.59%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.22%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.76%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (4.76%) IoT
3 3 (4.76%) NB-IoT
4 2 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.17%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.17%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.59%) Clustering
5 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.59%) EPoS
5 1 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.59%) NHS
5 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Replication
5 1 (1.59%) Social Media
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.70%) Linux
2 6 (9.52%) Windows
2 6 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.76%) Debian
3 3 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (3.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (34.92%) Project Delivery
3 18 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
4 15 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 13 (20.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (19.05%) Platform Engineering
8 10 (15.87%) Migration
9 9 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
10 8 (12.70%) Agile
10 8 (12.70%) Collaborative Culture
10 8 (12.70%) DevOps
10 8 (12.70%) Technology Roadmap
11 7 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
12 6 (9.52%) Infrastructure Automation
12 6 (9.52%) IT Strategy
12 6 (9.52%) ITIL
12 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (7.94%) Business Continuity
13 5 (7.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.46%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.52%) Azure Certification
3 6 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (6.35%) CCIE
5 3 (4.76%) Degree
5 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (3.17%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.17%) CCNP
7 1 (1.59%) CCNA
7 1 (1.59%) CISSP
7 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.59%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (6.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (3.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.59%) HL7
4 1 (1.59%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.59%) NCSC
4 1 (1.59%) PMO
4 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.94%) Active Directory
3 4 (6.35%) vSphere
4 3 (4.76%) Docker
4 3 (4.76%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) Ansible
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.35%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.35%) Terraform
3 3 (4.76%) Puppet
3 3 (4.76%) ZABBIX
4 2 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.59%) Nessus
5 1 (1.59%) Proxmox
5 1 (1.59%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.87%) VMware
3 7 (11.11%) Cisco
4 2 (3.17%) Red Hat
4 2 (3.17%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.59%) Aruba
5 1 (1.59%) Cerner
5 1 (1.59%) Meraki
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) Tenable
5 1 (1.59%) Veeam
5 1 (1.59%) Zerto