Head of Infrastructure Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Head of Infrastructure
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Infrastructure salary for remote or hybrid work is £91,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 567 645
Rank change year-on-year +160 +78 +163
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 6 22 26
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.065% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.068% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 4 21 22
10th Percentile £70,725 £65,000 £60,375
25th Percentile £71,063 £71,250 £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,250 £86,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.10% -25.22% +66.94%
75th Percentile £121,875 £97,500 £124,375
90th Percentile £134,250 £117,500 £129,750
UK median annual salary £95,000 £86,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +10.47% -9.47% +15.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,568 32,486 41,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 95.98% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 9,888 24,950 29,138
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,116 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,451 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -9.68% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -

Head of Infrastructure
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Head of Infrastructure in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of Infrastructure trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Head of Infrastructure.

Head of Infrastructure salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Head of Infrastructure over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Head of Infrastructure salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Head of Infrastructure 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) GDPR
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) High Availability
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Web Development
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Web Filtering
4 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Moodle
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Law
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Learning Management System
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) High Availability
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Web Development
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
4 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
4 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper