Lead Infrastructure Architect Job Trends in Wales

Lead Infrastructure Architect
UK > Wales

The median Lead Infrastructure Architect salary in Wales is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Infrastructure Architect 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £66,995 - -
25th Percentile £71,872 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £115,000 -
% change year-on-year -30.43% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,614 440 1,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 86.96% 92.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 259 1,313
10th Percentile £29,525 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,375 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,124 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.22% +11.39% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Lead Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Lead Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in Wales

Lead Infrastructure Architect
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Infrastructure Architect in Wales over the 6 months to 23 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead Infrastructure Architect in Wales

Lead Infrastructure Architect
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Infrastructure Architect within the Wales region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
West Wales - 3 £80,000 - 2
Lead Infrastructure Architect
UK

Lead Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 23 May 2026, Lead Infrastructure Architect 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 across the Wales region featuring Lead Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Data Security
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) WLAN

Lead Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Unified Communications
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) WLAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Data Security
1 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft