Infrastructure Analyst
UK

The median Infrastructure Analyst salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 679 748 893
Rank change year-on-year +69 +145 -167
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Analyst 227 226 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.24% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 191 196 302
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,375 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.29% +5.28% +4.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £38,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year +3.90% -6.10% +6.49%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Infrastructure Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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 +96 213 £42,500 -10.53% 20
UK excluding London +47 155 £40,000 +3.90% 15
Work from Home +73 79 £38,000 -27.72% 7
London +58 67 £65,000 - 7
North of England +66 54 £41,250 +3.66% 4
South East +22 40 £38,000 +4.71% 4
Yorkshire +109 38 £35,000 +2.94% 2
South West -23 22 £65,000 +73.33% 1
Midlands -8 19 £40,000 - 1
North West +4 13 £52,500 +23.53% 2
East of England +27 11 £35,000 -24.32% 3
West Midlands +10 10 £41,250 +5.10%
East Midlands -12 9 £40,000 -11.11% 1
Wales +8 8 £32,500 +16.07% 3
North East - 3 - -
Scotland -65 1 £56,000 +28.74%

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Infrastructure Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Infrastructure Analyst in the job title.

1 136 (59.91%) Azure
2 101 (44.49%) Microsoft 365
3 96 (42.29%) Windows
4 91 (40.09%) Active Directory
5 85 (37.44%) VMware
6 68 (29.96%) Microsoft
7 67 (29.52%) Windows Server
8 44 (19.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 38 (16.74%) Citrix
9 38 (16.74%) ITIL
10 36 (15.86%) Microsoft Exchange
10 36 (15.86%) Firewall
10 36 (15.86%) DevOps
10 36 (15.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 33 (14.54%) Social Skills
11 33 (14.54%) DNS
11 33 (14.54%) Law
12 32 (14.10%) Entra ID
12 32 (14.10%) Windows 10
12 32 (14.10%) VMware Infrastructure
13 31 (13.66%) Azure DevOps
14 30 (13.22%) WAN
15 29 (12.78%) Cisco
16 28 (12.33%) PowerShell
17 27 (11.89%) SD-WAN
18 25 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
19 23 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
19 23 (10.13%) SQL
20 22 (9.69%) Project Management
20 22 (9.69%) SAN

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (15.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.29%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.32%) CMS
4 2 (0.88%) SAS
5 1 (0.44%) IIS
5 1 (0.44%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 15 (6.61%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.64%) LightWave 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 136 (59.91%) Azure
2 101 (44.49%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (14.10%) Entra ID
4 31 (13.66%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (5.73%) AWS
6 11 (4.85%) IaaS
7 9 (3.96%) PaaS
7 9 (3.96%) SaaS
8 8 (3.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 6 (2.64%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (2.64%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.64%) Nutanix
9 6 (2.64%) Rubrik
10 4 (1.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.76%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.32%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.86%) Firewall
2 33 (14.54%) DNS
3 30 (13.22%) WAN
4 27 (11.89%) SD-WAN
5 22 (9.69%) SAN
6 18 (7.93%) DHCP
7 13 (5.73%) Wireless
8 12 (5.29%) LAN
9 11 (4.85%) TCP/IP
10 9 (3.96%) VoIP
11 8 (3.52%) MPLS
11 8 (3.52%) VPN
12 6 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (2.20%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (1.32%) VLAN
15 2 (0.88%) Internet
15 2 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
15 2 (0.88%) SNMP
15 2 (0.88%) Softphone
15 2 (0.88%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.93%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.88%) Power BI
5 1 (0.44%) Data Mart
General
1 33 (14.54%) Law
1 33 (14.54%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.81%) Legal
3 18 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (6.61%) Finance
5 8 (3.52%) Banking
6 6 (2.64%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.64%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.64%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.44%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.41%) ARM Templates
1 10 (4.41%) JSON
2 3 (1.32%) YAML
3 1 (0.44%) OAuth
3 1 (0.44%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.41%) Driving Licence
2 9 (3.96%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.64%) Operational Technology
3 6 (2.64%) Smart Home
4 4 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.32%) Clustering
5 3 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.88%) BYOD
6 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (0.88%) iPad
6 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.44%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.44%) FMCG
7 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.44%) iPhone
7 1 (0.44%) Life Science
7 1 (0.44%) Replication
7 1 (0.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 96 (42.29%) Windows
2 67 (29.52%) Windows Server
3 32 (14.10%) Windows 10
4 20 (8.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (6.61%) Linux
6 7 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.44%) Android
9 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (16.74%) ITIL
2 36 (15.86%) DevOps
2 36 (15.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (9.69%) Project Management
6 20 (8.81%) Customer Service
7 19 (8.37%) Change Management
8 17 (7.49%) Roadmaps
9 13 (5.73%) Configuration Management
9 13 (5.73%) Project Delivery
10 12 (5.29%) Information Security
10 12 (5.29%) Problem Management
11 11 (4.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (4.85%) Infrastructure as Code
12 10 (4.41%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (3.96%) Change Advisory Board
13 9 (3.96%) Mentoring
13 9 (3.96%) Migration
14 8 (3.52%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.33%) PowerShell
2 23 (10.13%) SQL
3 4 (1.76%) Bicep
4 1 (0.44%) Python
4 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (6.61%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (4.85%) Degree
3 10 (4.41%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (3.96%) CCNP
5 7 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (2.64%) CCNA
6 6 (2.64%) MCSE
7 3 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.32%) MCP
8 2 (0.88%) HP APS
8 2 (0.88%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.44%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.44%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.08%) GDPR
2 7 (3.08%) PMO
3 5 (2.20%) SLA
4 1 (0.44%) COBIT
4 1 (0.44%) COREP
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.44%) FINREP
4 1 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.44%) NCSC
System Software
1 91 (40.09%) Active Directory
2 32 (14.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (7.93%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.52%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.88%) vSphere
8 1 (0.44%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.44%) Firmware
8 1 (0.44%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 44 (19.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (7.93%) SCCM
3 15 (6.61%) Terraform
4 8 (3.52%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.08%) Nagios
6 6 (2.64%) vRealize
7 3 (1.32%) ZENworks
8 2 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.88%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.44%) vMotion
Vendors
1 85 (37.44%) VMware
2 68 (29.96%) Microsoft
3 38 (16.74%) Citrix
4 29 (12.78%) Cisco
5 22 (9.69%) Meraki
6 18 (7.93%) SolarWinds
7 15 (6.61%) Palo Alto
8 11 (4.85%) HP
9 10 (4.41%) Splunk
10 9 (3.96%) Juniper
11 7 (3.08%) 3PAR
11 7 (3.08%) Aderant
11 7 (3.08%) iManage
11 7 (3.08%) LogicMonitor
11 7 (3.08%) Veeam
12 6 (2.64%) Brocade
12 6 (2.64%) Canon
12 6 (2.64%) Intapp
13 5 (2.20%) AppDynamics
14 4 (1.76%) CheckPoint