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 3 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 465 523
Rank change year-on-year -57 +58 +23
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Transformation 57 20 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.078% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.090% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 46 15 12
10th Percentile £50,000 £37,500 £54,939
25th Percentile £53,188 £42,875 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £72,063 £97,125 £90,000
90th Percentile £80,625 £102,000 £93,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £78,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% +8.62% +7.41%

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 41,027 22,280 28,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.96% 86.79% 76.86%
Number of salaries quoted 28,806 13,501 17,442
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,647 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,375 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -

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 3 months to 13 August 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 3 months to 13 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -85 56 £60,000 -35.14% 56
UK excluding London -77 50 £60,000 -23.81% 30
Midlands -22 18 £55,000 -40.54% 5
Work from Home -79 14 £62,500 -32.43% 19
West Midlands -7 12 £50,000 -45.95% 2
South West -46 12 £60,000 -36.51% 5
North of England -60 10 £62,500 +31.58% 9
Yorkshire - 8 £62,500 - 3
South East -47 7 £75,000 -21.05% 5
London -52 7 £77,500 +14.81% 34
East Midlands - 6 £60,000 - 3
East of England -23 2 £121,283 +86.59% 1
North West -58 2 £45,250 -4.74% 6
Scotland -4 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 5 (6.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.41%) Confluence
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.41%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.35%) Site Server
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (35.14%) Azure
2 14 (18.92%) Entra ID
3 13 (17.57%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (16.22%) AWS
5 4 (5.41%) Miro
6 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (2.70%) SaaS
7 1 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.35%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.35%) GCP
7 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.35%) Rubrik
7 1 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 18 (24.32%) Firewall
2 10 (13.51%) WAN
3 7 (9.46%) LAN
4 6 (8.11%) Network Security
4 6 (8.11%) VPN
4 6 (8.11%) Wireless
5 5 (6.76%) DHCP
5 5 (6.76%) DNS
6 4 (5.41%) SD-WAN
7 3 (4.05%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (4.05%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (4.05%) LoRaWAN
7 3 (4.05%) LTE
7 3 (4.05%) MPLS
7 3 (4.05%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (4.05%) VXLAN
7 3 (4.05%) WLAN
8 2 (2.70%) 4G
8 2 (2.70%) 5G
8 2 (2.70%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.35%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (1.35%) Metadata
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) GitLab
General
1 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 13 (17.57%) Finance
3 5 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.05%) Aerospace
4 3 (4.05%) Retail
4 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.35%) Billing
5 1 (1.35%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (1.35%) Legal
5 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (27.03%) Senior
2 18 (24.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 16 (21.62%) Architect
4 9 (12.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Lead
5 7 (9.46%) Platform Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Consultant
6 4 (5.41%) Head of Infrastructure
6 4 (5.41%) IT Director
6 4 (5.41%) Network Consultant
6 4 (5.41%) Scrum Master
6 4 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Team Leader
7 3 (4.05%) Cloud Architect
7 3 (4.05%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Principal Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Radio Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) ModSecurity
2 1 (1.35%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 16 (21.62%) Data Centre
2 5 (6.76%) Private Cloud
3 4 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.41%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.05%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (4.05%) IoT
4 3 (4.05%) NB-IoT
4 3 (4.05%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.70%) Social Media
6 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.35%) Clustering
6 1 (1.35%) EPoS
6 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.35%) NHS
6 1 (1.35%) PMI
6 1 (1.35%) Replication
6 1 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.22%) Windows
2 11 (14.86%) Windows Server
3 10 (13.51%) Linux
4 4 (5.41%) Debian
4 4 (5.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.70%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (37.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 28 (37.84%) Project Delivery
2 26 (35.14%) Technical Leadership
3 17 (22.97%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (21.62%) Roadmaps
5 15 (20.27%) Migration
5 15 (20.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (18.92%) Platform Engineering
7 12 (16.22%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (13.51%) Agile
8 10 (13.51%) Collaborative Culture
8 10 (13.51%) DevOps
8 10 (13.51%) Technology Roadmap
9 9 (12.16%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (12.16%) High Availability
9 9 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (10.81%) Infrastructure Automation
10 8 (10.81%) ITIL
10 8 (10.81%) Mentoring
11 7 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.16%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.70%) Python
2 2 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (17.57%) Security Cleared
2 12 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.46%) Azure Certification
3 7 (9.46%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.41%) CCIE
4 4 (5.41%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (4.05%) AWS Certification
5 3 (4.05%) CCNP
5 3 (4.05%) Degree
6 2 (2.70%) CISSP
6 2 (2.70%) JNCIP
7 1 (1.35%) CCNA
7 1 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.35%) PMP
7 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.35%) HL7
4 1 (1.35%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.35%) NCSC
4 1 (1.35%) PMO
4 1 (1.35%) QA
System Software
1 10 (13.51%) Active Directory
2 9 (12.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.76%) vSphere
4 4 (5.41%) Docker
4 4 (5.41%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.35%) KVM
7 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (12.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (10.81%) Ansible
3 6 (8.11%) Terraform
4 5 (6.76%) Kubernetes
4 5 (6.76%) ZABBIX
5 4 (5.41%) Puppet
6 2 (2.70%) Nessus
6 2 (2.70%) Proxmox
6 2 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.35%) FortiGate
7 1 (1.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.57%) VMware
3 8 (10.81%) Cisco
4 2 (2.70%) Meraki
4 2 (2.70%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.70%) Tenable
4 2 (2.70%) Veeam
4 2 (2.70%) Zerto
4 2 (2.70%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.35%) Arista
5 1 (1.35%) Aruba
5 1 (1.35%) Cerner
5 1 (1.35%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.35%) Juniper
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle
5 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.35%) SolarWinds