Infrastructure Support Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Infrastructure Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Support salary for remote or hybrid work is £42,500 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 383 514 601
Rank change year-on-year +131 +87 +159
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 30 75 70
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.22% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.23% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 25 65 65
10th Percentile £31,750 £35,300 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.37% +7.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50,116 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £76,750 - £59,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -2.44%

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% -

Infrastructure Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Infrastructure Support trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Infrastructure Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Infrastructure Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Infrastructure Support 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 Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 27 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (73.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 19 (63.33%) Active Directory
3 19 (63.33%) Windows
4 18 (60.00%) VMware
5 17 (56.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 17 (56.67%) Microsoft 365
6 15 (50.00%) PowerShell
7 14 (46.67%) Azure
7 14 (46.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (40.00%) SAN
9 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
10 10 (33.33%) Citrix
10 10 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
10 10 (33.33%) NAS
10 10 (33.33%) High Availability
11 9 (30.00%) Customer Service
12 8 (26.67%) LAN
12 8 (26.67%) WAN
13 7 (23.33%) Linux
13 7 (23.33%) Business Continuity
13 7 (23.33%) Migration
13 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (23.33%) Stress Testing
13 7 (23.33%) Data Protection
13 7 (23.33%) Statistics
13 7 (23.33%) Budget Management
13 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
13 7 (23.33%) Windows Server

Infrastructure Support 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 17 (56.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (10.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.33%) CMS
3 1 (3.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (46.67%) Azure
3 4 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.00%) AWS
5 2 (6.67%) IaaS
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.33%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 12 (40.00%) SAN
2 10 (33.33%) NAS
3 8 (26.67%) LAN
3 8 (26.67%) WAN
4 7 (23.33%) SD-WAN
5 4 (13.33%) Firewall
6 3 (10.00%) DHCP
6 3 (10.00%) DNS
6 3 (10.00%) VoIP
7 1 (3.33%) NetScaler
7 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 5 (16.67%) Games
4 3 (10.00%) Automotive
4 3 (10.00%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Banking
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Clustering
2 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.67%) PKI
3 1 (3.33%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 19 (63.33%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Linux
2 7 (23.33%) Windows Server
3 3 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (6.67%) AIX
5 1 (3.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (73.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (46.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (33.33%) High Availability
4 9 (30.00%) Customer Service
5 7 (23.33%) Budget Management
5 7 (23.33%) Business Continuity
5 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (23.33%) Data Protection
5 7 (23.33%) Migration
5 7 (23.33%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (23.33%) Statistics
5 7 (23.33%) Stress Testing
6 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
7 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (13.33%) ITIL
7 4 (13.33%) Server Management
8 3 (10.00%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 15 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.67%) SQL
3 1 (3.33%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) CCNA
1 6 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (20.00%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 4 (13.33%) MCSE
3 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 2 (6.67%) CCNP
5 2 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
6 1 (3.33%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) GDPR
1 5 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (63.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (23.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (20.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (3.33%) BitLocker
6 1 (3.33%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (3.33%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (3.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) SCCM
2 2 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.33%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (60.00%) VMware
3 10 (33.33%) Citrix
4 4 (13.33%) Cisco
5 3 (10.00%) Acronis
5 3 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 3 (10.00%) Kaseya
5 3 (10.00%) Meraki
5 3 (10.00%) Sage
5 3 (10.00%) SonicWALL
5 3 (10.00%) WatchGuard
6 2 (6.67%) Veeam
7 1 (3.33%) Apple
7 1 (3.33%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.33%) Veritas