Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager salary in the UK is £58,350 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 441 756
Rank change year-on-year -37 +315 -168
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 490 713 492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.68% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.74% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 396 252 429
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,350 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £74,063 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £97,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
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 Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +16 464 £58,350 -6.64% 67
UK excluding London -135 311 £55,000 -2.65% 44
Work from Home +118 170 £62,500 - 30
London +172 162 £75,000 -10.45% 23
South East -26 88 £58,350 -2.75% 14
Midlands -38 77 £57,500 +6.48% 10
North of England +8 76 £57,500 +4.55% 12
West Midlands +15 49 £57,500 +7.98% 8
East of England -19 40 £50,000 -27.27% 1
North West 0 35 £70,000 +27.27% 7
Yorkshire +73 29 £60,000 +9.09% 4
East Midlands -53 28 £57,500 +4.55% 2
South West -62 19 £49,500 -10.00% 8
North East -9 12 £45,000 -14.29% 1
Wales +12 6 £50,000 -29.58%
Scotland -68 6 £58,036 +5.52% 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 168 (34.29%) Azure
2 134 (27.35%) Microsoft
3 131 (26.73%) Microsoft 365
4 119 (24.29%) Project Management
5 113 (23.06%) Social Skills
6 112 (22.86%) Active Directory
7 111 (22.65%) Finance
8 99 (20.20%) Windows
9 89 (18.16%) VMware
10 70 (14.29%) ITIL
11 67 (13.67%) Firewall
11 67 (13.67%) Project Delivery
12 63 (12.86%) Data Centre
13 62 (12.65%) Line Management
14 61 (12.45%) Windows Server
15 60 (12.24%) Degree
16 55 (11.22%) VMware Infrastructure
17 53 (10.82%) Entra ID
18 52 (10.61%) Agile
19 51 (10.41%) WAN
20 49 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
21 48 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
22 44 (8.98%) PRINCE2
23 43 (8.78%) Microsoft Intune
23 43 (8.78%) AWS
24 41 (8.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
24 41 (8.37%) Cisco
24 41 (8.37%) DHCP
24 41 (8.37%) DNS
25 40 (8.16%) Linux

Infrastructure Manager 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 34 (6.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (4.90%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.06%) IIS
4 6 (1.22%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.82%) nginx
6 3 (0.61%) Apache
Applications
1 21 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.20%) Sage X3
1 1 (0.20%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 168 (34.29%) Azure
2 131 (26.73%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (10.82%) Entra ID
4 43 (8.78%) AWS
5 24 (4.90%) GCP
6 12 (2.45%) SaaS
7 11 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.04%) IaaS
9 8 (1.63%) PaaS
10 7 (1.43%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (1.22%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.22%) CloudFront
12 5 (1.02%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.82%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.61%) DigitalOcean
14 3 (0.61%) PowerApps
15 2 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 67 (13.67%) Firewall
2 51 (10.41%) WAN
3 41 (8.37%) DHCP
3 41 (8.37%) DNS
4 30 (6.12%) LAN
4 30 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
5 27 (5.51%) SD-WAN
6 19 (3.88%) SAN
7 17 (3.47%) Network Security
8 16 (3.27%) iSCSI
8 16 (3.27%) VoIP
9 11 (2.24%) VPN
10 10 (2.04%) Wireless
11 9 (1.84%) TCP/IP
11 9 (1.84%) VLAN
12 8 (1.63%) MPLS
13 7 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (1.43%) WLAN
14 4 (0.82%) Fibre Channel
14 4 (0.82%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
2 5 (1.02%) Power BI
3 4 (0.82%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.20%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (1.43%) JIRA
2 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 113 (23.06%) Social Skills
2 111 (22.65%) Finance
3 29 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (4.69%) Retail
5 22 (4.49%) Banking
6 20 (4.08%) Marketing
7 16 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.86%) Law
9 13 (2.65%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.24%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.63%) Billing
12 7 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.22%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.02%) Automotive
14 5 (1.02%) French Language
14 5 (1.02%) Spanish Language
15 4 (0.82%) Legal
15 4 (0.82%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.22%) LDAP
1 6 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (0.41%) EDI
2 2 (0.41%) Middleware
3 1 (0.20%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.20%) Flash
3 1 (0.20%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (0.20%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 63 (12.86%) Data Centre
2 16 (3.27%) PMI
3 15 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (2.24%) Clustering
5 7 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (1.43%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.22%) Blog
6 6 (1.22%) CCTV
6 6 (1.22%) Driving Licence
6 6 (1.22%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
7 5 (1.02%) EPoS
8 4 (0.82%) IPTV
9 3 (0.61%) CMDB
9 3 (0.61%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.61%) Reference Data
9 3 (0.61%) Replication
10 2 (0.41%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 99 (20.20%) Windows
2 61 (12.45%) Windows Server
3 40 (8.16%) Linux
4 17 (3.47%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.43%) Android
6 4 (0.82%) VMS
7 3 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.61%) Unix
7 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.20%) AIX
9 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (24.29%) Project Management
2 70 (14.29%) ITIL
3 67 (13.67%) Project Delivery
4 62 (12.65%) Line Management
5 52 (10.61%) Agile
6 49 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 48 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (8.98%) PRINCE2
9 41 (8.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 40 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (7.35%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
13 34 (6.94%) Migration
14 28 (5.71%) Change Management
15 27 (5.51%) Infrastructure Management
15 27 (5.51%) Mentoring
16 26 (5.31%) IT Strategy
17 24 (4.90%) Coaching
17 24 (4.90%) Decision-Making
18 22 (4.49%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.04%) SQL
3 1 (0.20%) Bash
Qualifications
1 60 (12.24%) Degree
2 24 (4.90%) PMI Certification
3 21 (4.29%) Security Cleared
4 16 (3.27%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (3.06%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 12 (2.45%) PMP
7 11 (2.24%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.24%) CCNA
7 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (1.84%) MCSE
8 9 (1.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 8 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.22%) CCNP
12 5 (1.02%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.02%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.82%) APMP
13 4 (0.82%) CISSP
13 4 (0.82%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (1.43%) GRC
3 6 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.02%) GDPR
5 4 (0.82%) PMO
6 3 (0.61%) NCSC
6 3 (0.61%) NIST
7 2 (0.41%) GAAP
7 2 (0.41%) IFRS
7 2 (0.41%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.41%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.20%) QA
8 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 112 (22.86%) Active Directory
2 55 (11.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (7.96%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.24%) Docker
4 11 (2.24%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.82%) pfSense
6 3 (0.61%) KVM
6 3 (0.61%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.41%) Firmware
7 2 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (8.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.47%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 13 (2.65%) ZABBIX
5 12 (2.45%) Opsgenie
5 12 (2.45%) VxRail
6 10 (2.04%) Ansible
7 9 (1.84%) Terraform
8 7 (1.43%) Microsoft Clustering
8 7 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.43%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.82%) WSUS
10 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.20%) Cacti
11 1 (0.20%) Grafana
11 1 (0.20%) Nagios
11 1 (0.20%) PaperCut
11 1 (0.20%) Puppet
11 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 134 (27.35%) Microsoft
2 89 (18.16%) VMware
3 41 (8.37%) Cisco
4 19 (3.88%) Dell
5 18 (3.67%) Veeam
6 16 (3.27%) Fortinet
7 13 (2.65%) SolarWinds
8 12 (2.45%) NetApp
9 11 (2.24%) Apple
10 8 (1.63%) Citrix
10 8 (1.63%) Sun
11 7 (1.43%) Commvault
11 7 (1.43%) Meraki
11 7 (1.43%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.43%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (1.02%) HP
13 4 (0.82%) Brocade
13 4 (0.82%) Dell Compellent
13 4 (0.82%) Google
13 4 (0.82%) Qualys