Infrastructure Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

Infrastructure Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Support salary for remote or hybrid work is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 June 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 577 822
Rank change year-on-year +54 +245 -253
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 79 56 79
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.22% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 68 50 66
10th Percentile £35,525 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,563 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +18.42%
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,672 £61,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% +6.25%

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 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Infrastructure Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Infrastructure Support over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

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 20 June 2024, 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 remote work options featuring Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 70 (88.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (69.62%) VMware
3 41 (51.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 40 (50.63%) Windows
5 37 (46.84%) Azure
6 36 (45.57%) Windows Server
7 32 (40.51%) Microsoft
7 32 (40.51%) Active Directory
8 30 (37.97%) SLA
9 28 (35.44%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (32.91%) Windows Server 2012
11 25 (31.65%) Citrix
12 24 (30.38%) VMware ESXi
12 24 (30.38%) PowerShell
13 23 (29.11%) vCenter Server
14 22 (27.85%) Social Skills
15 19 (24.05%) Microsoft Intune
16 16 (20.25%) Degree
16 16 (20.25%) LAN
17 15 (18.99%) ITIL
17 15 (18.99%) Firewall
17 15 (18.99%) Finance
18 14 (17.72%) IBM
18 14 (17.72%) XenApp
18 14 (17.72%) vSphere
18 14 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
19 13 (16.46%) PowerCLI
19 13 (16.46%) Customer Requirements
19 13 (16.46%) Customer Service
19 13 (16.46%) IBM BigFix

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 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.27%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (46.84%) Azure
2 28 (35.44%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (16.46%) Entra ID
4 11 (13.92%) SaaS
5 9 (11.39%) AWS
6 3 (3.80%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.80%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.53%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.27%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.27%) IaaS
8 1 (1.27%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.25%) LAN
2 15 (18.99%) Firewall
3 13 (16.46%) Internet
3 13 (16.46%) WAN
4 11 (13.92%) SAN
5 9 (11.39%) WLAN
6 6 (7.59%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (6.33%) VPN
8 3 (3.80%) SD-WAN
8 3 (3.80%) TCP/IP
9 2 (2.53%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (2.53%) DHCP
9 2 (2.53%) DNS
9 2 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (2.53%) Network Security
9 2 (2.53%) VLAN
9 2 (2.53%) Wireless
10 1 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.59%) MySQL
2 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.27%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (7.59%) JIRA
General
1 22 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.99%) Finance
3 11 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.66%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.53%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Clustering
1 13 (16.46%) PKI
2 10 (12.66%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.80%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.53%) BYOD
5 1 (1.27%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 40 (50.63%) Windows
2 36 (45.57%) Windows Server
3 26 (32.91%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (12.66%) Linux
5 8 (10.13%) Windows 10
5 8 (10.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (8.86%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (7.59%) Ubuntu
8 3 (3.80%) Windows NT
9 1 (1.27%) AIX
9 1 (1.27%) Unix
9 1 (1.27%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (88.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (18.99%) ITIL
3 14 (17.72%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (16.46%) Customer Requirements
4 13 (16.46%) Customer Service
4 13 (16.46%) Problem Management
5 10 (12.66%) Capacity Management
5 10 (12.66%) Root Cause Analysis
6 9 (11.39%) Systems Engineering
7 7 (8.86%) Incident Management
8 6 (7.59%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.06%) Application Packaging
9 4 (5.06%) Service Management
10 3 (3.80%) Deployment Automation
10 3 (3.80%) SIEM
11 2 (2.53%) Acceptance Criteria
11 2 (2.53%) Collaborative Working
11 2 (2.53%) Internal Audit
11 2 (2.53%) Performance Optimisation
11 2 (2.53%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 24 (30.38%) PowerShell
2 13 (16.46%) ActionScript
2 13 (16.46%) VB
3 7 (8.86%) Bash
4 2 (2.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (20.25%) Degree
2 6 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.80%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.27%) GCIA
6 1 (1.27%) GCWN
6 1 (1.27%) IBM Certification
6 1 (1.27%) LPIC
6 1 (1.27%) MCP
6 1 (1.27%) MCSE
6 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.27%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (37.97%) SLA
2 2 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (2.53%) GDPR
System Software
1 41 (51.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (40.51%) Active Directory
3 24 (30.38%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (17.72%) vSphere
4 14 (17.72%) XenApp
5 13 (16.46%) OpenSSH
6 3 (3.80%) Firmware
7 2 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (1.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 23 (29.11%) vCenter Server
2 19 (24.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (16.46%) IBM BigFix
3 13 (16.46%) PowerCLI
4 6 (7.59%) SCCM
5 3 (3.80%) Sysprep
5 3 (3.80%) WSUS
5 3 (3.80%) ZENworks
6 1 (1.27%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (1.27%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 55 (69.62%) VMware
2 32 (40.51%) Microsoft
3 25 (31.65%) Citrix
4 14 (17.72%) IBM
5 12 (15.19%) Cisco
6 9 (11.39%) HP
6 9 (11.39%) Sophos
6 9 (11.39%) Veeam
7 6 (7.59%) Meraki
7 6 (7.59%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (2.53%) Apple
9 1 (1.27%) 3PAR
9 1 (1.27%) Commvault
9 1 (1.27%) EMC
9 1 (1.27%) Intel
9 1 (1.27%) Ivanti
9 1 (1.27%) NetApp
9 1 (1.27%) Oracle
9 1 (1.27%) Splunk
9 1 (1.27%) Zerto