Infrastructure Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Support salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 559 644 708
Rank change year-on-year +85 +64 -166
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 201 110 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.21% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 191 99 120
10th Percentile £29,346 £24,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,625 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £40,625
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £51,750 £47,500 £48,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £53,400 £54,125
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.59% -5.29% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,946 52,777 68,977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.21% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 47,984 30,164 42,468
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Support
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
South East +36 93 £45,750 +29.24% 10
South West +21 42 £37,000 - 6
North of England +58 29 £42,500 +11.84% 3
Yorkshire +97 21 £42,500 +18.06% 3
Midlands +6 20 £41,250 +0.61% 2
Scotland -63 16 £27,400 -14.38% 9
West Midlands +18 14 £37,500 -4.46% 1
North West +2 7 £50,000 +6.84%
East Midlands -10 6 £47,500 -13.64% 1
East of England -3 1 £50,000 +17.65% 1
North East -4 1 £29,000 -27.50%
Infrastructure Support
UK

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 131 (65.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 93 (46.27%) Windows
3 86 (42.79%) Microsoft 365
4 84 (41.79%) Active Directory
5 77 (38.31%) Azure
6 76 (37.81%) Microsoft
7 74 (36.82%) Windows Server
8 66 (32.84%) Security Cleared
9 65 (32.34%) VMware
10 56 (27.86%) Firewall
11 43 (21.39%) VMware Infrastructure
12 40 (19.90%) Social Skills
13 39 (19.40%) PowerShell
14 36 (17.91%) Customer Service
14 36 (17.91%) SC Cleared
14 36 (17.91%) Microsoft Intune
15 34 (16.92%) SCCM
16 33 (16.42%) DV Cleared
17 30 (14.93%) Citrix
17 30 (14.93%) DNS
17 30 (14.93%) Windows 10
18 29 (14.43%) ITIL
19 28 (13.93%) WAN
20 27 (13.43%) Microsoft Exchange
20 27 (13.43%) LAN
20 27 (13.43%) SAN
21 26 (12.94%) SLA
22 25 (12.44%) SharePoint
22 25 (12.44%) Wi-Fi
22 25 (12.44%) VMware ESXi

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (13.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (12.44%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.49%) IIS
4 2 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 11 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.99%) LightWave 3D
Cloud Services
1 86 (42.79%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (38.31%) Azure
3 20 (9.95%) AWS
3 20 (9.95%) IaaS
4 18 (8.96%) Entra ID
5 13 (6.47%) PaaS
6 11 (5.47%) SaaS
7 10 (4.98%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.48%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (2.49%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.99%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.00%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.00%) OpenDNS
12 1 (0.50%) Google Workspace
12 1 (0.50%) OCI
12 1 (0.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 56 (27.86%) Firewall
2 30 (14.93%) DNS
3 28 (13.93%) WAN
4 27 (13.43%) LAN
4 27 (13.43%) SAN
5 25 (12.44%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (7.96%) DHCP
6 16 (7.96%) VPN
7 13 (6.47%) Internet
8 12 (5.97%) iSCSI
8 12 (5.97%) Wireless
9 11 (5.47%) SD-WAN
10 9 (4.48%) TCP/IP
10 9 (4.48%) WLAN
11 8 (3.98%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (3.48%) NAS
13 4 (1.99%) VLAN
14 3 (1.49%) Network Security
14 3 (1.49%) VoIP
15 2 (1.00%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.99%) MySQL
1 6 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.99%) JIRA
2 3 (1.49%) GitLab
General
1 40 (19.90%) Social Skills
2 20 (9.95%) Finance
3 14 (6.97%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (4.98%) Law
5 8 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.48%) Legal
6 7 (3.48%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.50%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.00%) LAMP
1 2 (1.00%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.95%) Driving Licence
2 13 (6.47%) PKI
3 12 (5.97%) Clustering
4 6 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.99%) Smart Home
5 5 (2.49%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.49%) Replication
6 4 (1.99%) IPTV
6 4 (1.99%) Operational Technology
7 3 (1.49%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.50%) FMCG
9 1 (0.50%) Life Science
9 1 (0.50%) NHS
9 1 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 93 (46.27%) Windows
2 74 (36.82%) Windows Server
3 30 (14.93%) Windows 10
4 24 (11.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (8.46%) Linux
6 11 (5.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (5.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (3.98%) Android
7 8 (3.98%) Windows NT
8 7 (3.48%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.99%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (65.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (17.91%) Customer Service
3 29 (14.43%) ITIL
4 16 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (7.96%) Service Management
5 15 (7.46%) Incident Management
6 13 (6.47%) Problem Management
6 13 (6.47%) Service Delivery
7 12 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (5.47%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (4.98%) Customer Requirements
9 10 (4.98%) Server Monitoring
10 9 (4.48%) Change Management
10 9 (4.48%) Systems Engineering
11 8 (3.98%) Change Advisory Board
11 8 (3.98%) Deployment Automation
12 7 (3.48%) Patch Management
12 7 (3.48%) People Management
12 7 (3.48%) Release Management
12 7 (3.48%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (19.40%) PowerShell
2 10 (4.98%) ActionScript
2 10 (4.98%) VB
3 7 (3.48%) Bash
4 6 (2.99%) SQL
5 1 (0.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 66 (32.84%) Security Cleared
2 36 (17.91%) SC Cleared
3 33 (16.42%) DV Cleared
4 16 (7.96%) Degree
5 7 (3.48%) MCP
6 6 (2.99%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.49%) CCNA
7 5 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.49%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.00%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.50%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.50%) CCA
10 1 (0.50%) CCAA
10 1 (0.50%) CCDA
10 1 (0.50%) CCNP
10 1 (0.50%) MCTS
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (12.94%) SLA
2 7 (3.48%) GDPR
3 6 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 84 (41.79%) Active Directory
2 43 (21.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (12.44%) VMware ESXi
4 24 (11.94%) Hyper-V
5 16 (7.96%) Firmware
6 12 (5.97%) vSphere
7 10 (4.98%) OpenSSH
7 10 (4.98%) XenApp
8 6 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.99%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (1.00%) Docker
10 2 (1.00%) pfSense
10 2 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.50%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 36 (17.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (16.92%) SCCM
3 16 (7.96%) vCenter Server
4 13 (6.47%) WSUS
5 10 (4.98%) IBM BigFix
5 10 (4.98%) PowerCLI
6 8 (3.98%) NetBackup
6 8 (3.98%) SCOM
6 8 (3.98%) Sysprep
7 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (2.99%) SCDPM
8 2 (1.00%) Backup Exec
8 2 (1.00%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.50%) NetCrunch
9 1 (0.50%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 76 (37.81%) Microsoft
2 65 (32.34%) VMware
3 30 (14.93%) Citrix
4 24 (11.94%) Veeam
5 17 (8.46%) Cisco
6 16 (7.96%) HP
7 12 (5.97%) Meraki
7 12 (5.97%) Sophos
8 10 (4.98%) Dell
8 10 (4.98%) IBM
9 8 (3.98%) Palo Alto
10 7 (3.48%) McAfee
11 6 (2.99%) Aruba
11 6 (2.99%) Dell Compellent
11 6 (2.99%) Ubiquiti
12 3 (1.49%) 3PAR
12 3 (1.49%) Atlassian
13 2 (1.00%) Barracuda Networks
13 2 (1.00%) Fortinet
13 2 (1.00%) SonicWALL