Network Infrastructure Team Leader Job Trends

Network Infrastructure Team Lead
UK

The median Network Infrastructure Team Lead salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 796 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Team Leader 12 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.010% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - -

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 109,479 44,337 68,935
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 89.81% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 74,234 25,787 39,430
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,875 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,015 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.44% -2.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

Network Infrastructure Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Network Infrastructure Team Leader job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Infrastructure Team Leader
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for Network Infrastructure Team Leader job vacancies in the UK

Network Infrastructure Team Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Team Leader over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Network Infrastructure Team Leader in the UK

Network Infrastructure Team Leader
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Infrastructure Team Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 11 October 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 - 12 £70,000 - 3
Work from Home - 8 £70,000 - 2
UK excluding London - 8 £70,000 - 2
North of England - 8 £70,000 - 2
North West - 8 £70,000 - 2
London - 4 £52,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 11 October 2026, Network Infrastructure Team Leader 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 Team Leader in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (58.33%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 4 (33.33%) Coaching
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) DHCP
2 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 4 (33.33%) ITSM
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
2 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Service Desk Management
2 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 4 (33.33%) SLA
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Network Infrastructure Team Leader 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) DHCP
2 4 (33.33%) DNS
2 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (33.33%) Wireless
3 3 (25.00%) BGP
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (25.00%) Ethernet VPN
3 3 (25.00%) HSRP
3 3 (25.00%) MPLS
3 3 (25.00%) VRRP
3 3 (25.00%) VXLAN
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 4 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
1 4 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (58.33%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 4 (33.33%) Coaching
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 4 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (33.33%) ITSM
2 4 (33.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Service Desk Management
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (25.00%) Network Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Arista
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco