Hybrid/Remote Infrastructure Specialist Job Trends

Infrastructure Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Specialist salary for remote/hybrid work is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 433 441
Rank change year-on-year +68 +8 +247
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 9 8 48
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.059% 0.049% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.051% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 47
10th Percentile - £56,063 £46,306
25th Percentile £26,250 £58,594 £46,917
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £88,750 £67,969 £65,000
90th Percentile - £76,688 £66,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 14,192 15,786 20,712
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 96.08% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,246 9,506 16,952
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £35,514
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,057 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,244 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Specialist' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Specialist job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure Specialist over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Infrastructure Specialist salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) AWS
1 9 (100.00%) AWS Certification
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (55.56%) Docker
2 5 (55.56%) Drupal
2 5 (55.56%) ISO 9001
2 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (55.56%) MariaDB
2 5 (55.56%) nginx
2 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) Security Patching
2 5 (55.56%) WordPress
3 4 (44.44%) Ansible
3 4 (44.44%) Change Management
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
3 4 (44.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (44.44%) SLA
3 4 (44.44%) Symantec
3 4 (44.44%) Unix
3 4 (44.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 4 (44.44%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (55.56%) Drupal
1 5 (55.56%) nginx
1 5 (55.56%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) MariaDB
General
1 5 (55.56%) Local Government
1 5 (55.56%) Police
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Clustering
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (55.56%) Security Patching
2 4 (44.44%) Change Management
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Virtual Infrastructure
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) AWS Certification
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (55.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (55.56%) ISO 9001
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Docker
2 4 (44.44%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Red Hat
1 4 (44.44%) Symantec
1 4 (44.44%) VMware