Network Infrastructure Specialist Job Trends

Network Infrastructure Specialist
UK

The median Network Infrastructure Specialist salary in the UK is £44,927 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 - 710
Rank change year-on-year - - +320
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Specialist 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £54,248
25th Percentile £43,866 - £55,896
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,927 - £63,264
75th Percentile £45,987 - £67,887
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £55,700

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 53,514 51,440 48,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.14% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,905 27,168 37,760
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Network Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Network Infrastructure Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Network Infrastructure Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Network Infrastructure Specialist
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Infrastructure Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 1 January 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 - 3 £44,927 - 2
London - 2 - - 1

Network Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Network Infrastructure Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Network Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) Ansible
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (33.33%) Bicep
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco

Network Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 2 (66.67%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) SEO
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Bicep
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
1 2 (66.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Barracuda Networks
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Meraki
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 1 (33.33%) Remedy