IT Infrastructure Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Infrastructure Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 664 687 784
Rank change year-on-year +23 +97 -190
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 111 67 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 95 56 77
10th Percentile £40,950 £46,250 £41,700
25th Percentile £46,750 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,913 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.15% +3.48% +0.46%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £69,375 £67,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%

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 70,239 51,739 70,521
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.92% 89.07% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 49,597 29,705 42,866
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%
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%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Manager
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 IT Infrastructure Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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 +8 38 £52,500 -12.50% 6
North of England +74 36 £50,000 -12.78% 6
Yorkshire +92 20 £55,000 -16.98% 3
Midlands 0 18 £48,500 -7.62% 3
North West +18 15 £50,000 -8.26% 3
West Midlands +10 12 £52,125 -0.71% 1
East of England - 9 £41,250 -
South West -23 7 £49,500 +4.10% 3
East Midlands -10 6 £48,500 -53.81% 2
Scotland -61 3 £61,250 +22.50%
North East - 1 £45,000 -
Wales - 1 £45,000 -
IT Infrastructure Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, IT Infrastructure Manager 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 IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 42 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 38 (34.23%) Azure
3 36 (32.43%) Windows
4 35 (31.53%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (29.73%) VMware
6 32 (28.83%) Active Directory
7 30 (27.03%) Firewall
8 29 (26.13%) Social Skills
9 26 (23.42%) Windows Server
10 24 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
10 24 (21.62%) Degree
11 17 (15.32%) ITIL
11 17 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (14.41%) VMware Infrastructure
13 15 (13.51%) WAN
13 15 (13.51%) Project Management
14 13 (11.71%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (11.71%) Project Delivery
14 13 (11.71%) Entra ID
15 12 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
15 12 (10.81%) Line Management
15 12 (10.81%) Mentoring
15 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
16 11 (9.91%) Coaching
16 11 (9.91%) Data Centre
16 11 (9.91%) Azure Certification
16 11 (9.91%) Network Security
16 11 (9.91%) Cisco
16 11 (9.91%) LAN
17 10 (9.01%) Cisco Certification

IT Infrastructure Manager 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 8 (7.21%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (34.23%) Azure
2 35 (31.53%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.71%) Entra ID
4 9 (8.11%) AWS
5 7 (6.31%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.60%) GCP
7 2 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.90%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (27.03%) Firewall
2 15 (13.51%) WAN
3 13 (11.71%) Wi-Fi
4 11 (9.91%) LAN
4 11 (9.91%) Network Security
5 8 (7.21%) DHCP
5 8 (7.21%) DNS
6 5 (4.50%) SD-WAN
6 5 (4.50%) VPN
6 5 (4.50%) Wireless
6 5 (4.50%) WLAN
7 4 (3.60%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (3.60%) iSCSI
7 4 (3.60%) SNMP
7 4 (3.60%) TCP/IP
7 4 (3.60%) VoIP
8 3 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (2.70%) VLAN
9 2 (1.80%) Internet
9 2 (1.80%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
General
1 29 (26.13%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (8.11%) Marketing
4 7 (6.31%) Finance
4 7 (6.31%) Retail
5 3 (2.70%) Banking
5 3 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.80%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.80%) Social Housing
6 2 (1.80%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.91%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.50%) EPoS
3 4 (3.60%) CCTV
3 4 (3.60%) IPTV
3 4 (3.60%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.70%) Replication
5 2 (1.80%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.80%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.90%) Clustering
6 1 (0.90%) CMDB
6 1 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.90%) Tandem
6 1 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 36 (32.43%) Windows
2 26 (23.42%) Windows Server
3 10 (9.01%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.60%) VMS
5 2 (1.80%) Android
5 2 (1.80%) Linux
6 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (15.32%) ITIL
2 17 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (13.51%) Project Management
4 13 (11.71%) Project Delivery
5 12 (10.81%) Line Management
5 12 (10.81%) Mentoring
6 11 (9.91%) Coaching
7 10 (9.01%) Contract Management
7 10 (9.01%) Logistics
8 9 (8.11%) Computer Science
8 9 (8.11%) Contract Negotiation
8 9 (8.11%) Demand Management
8 9 (8.11%) Information Security
8 9 (8.11%) IT Strategy
9 8 (7.21%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (6.31%) Infrastructure Management
11 6 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (5.41%) Customer Service
11 6 (5.41%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (21.62%) Degree
2 11 (9.91%) Azure Certification
3 10 (9.01%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (8.11%) SC Cleared
4 9 (8.11%) Security Cleared
5 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (6.31%) CCNA
6 7 (6.31%) MCSE
7 6 (5.41%) CCNP
8 5 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.50%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (3.60%) CISSP
9 4 (3.60%) MCP
10 3 (2.70%) CCAA
10 3 (2.70%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (2.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.80%) CCIE
11 2 (1.80%) MCSA
11 2 (1.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.90%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (4.50%) GDPR
2 5 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.60%) NCSC
4 2 (1.80%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (28.83%) Active Directory
2 16 (14.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.31%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.60%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 42 (37.84%) Microsoft
2 33 (29.73%) VMware
3 11 (9.91%) Cisco
4 7 (6.31%) Citrix
4 7 (6.31%) Dell
4 7 (6.31%) Veeam
5 6 (5.41%) Apple
6 4 (3.60%) BroadSoft
6 4 (3.60%) Brocade
6 4 (3.60%) Dell Compellent
6 4 (3.60%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.60%) QNAP
6 4 (3.60%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (3.60%) Zerto
7 3 (2.70%) Google
7 3 (2.70%) HP
8 2 (1.80%) Adobe
9 1 (0.90%) Meraki
9 1 (0.90%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.90%) Sophos