Infrastructure Analyst
UK

The median Infrastructure Analyst salary in the UK is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 669 755 905
Rank change year-on-year +86 +150 -167
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Analyst 219 222 349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.24% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 183 193 305
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £38,500 £41,750
% change year-on-year -1.30% -7.78% +9.87%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Infrastructure Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Analyst in the UK

Infrastructure Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +74 204 £42,500 -10.53% 29
UK excluding London +30 151 £38,000 -1.30% 26
Work from Home +82 74 £38,000 -27.83% 10
London +62 63 £65,000 - 10
North of England +45 50 £40,000 +1.04% 4
South East +33 41 £38,000 - 5
Yorkshire +98 34 £35,000 +2.94% 3
South West -25 22 £60,000 +60.00% 5
Midlands -5 17 £40,000 - 2
North West -11 13 £52,500 +16.67% 1
East of England +12 11 £35,000 -26.32% 4
Wales +14 9 £32,500 +16.07% 4
West Midlands +12 9 £42,500 +8.28% 1
East Midlands -15 8 £40,000 -11.11% 1
North East - 3 - -
Scotland -64 1 £56,000 +28.74% 3

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Infrastructure Analyst 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 featuring Infrastructure Analyst in the job title.

1 131 (59.82%) Azure
2 94 (42.92%) Microsoft 365
3 93 (42.47%) Windows
4 89 (40.64%) Active Directory
5 82 (37.44%) VMware
6 65 (29.68%) Windows Server
7 62 (28.31%) Microsoft
8 45 (20.55%) Microsoft Intune
9 36 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 35 (15.98%) Firewall
10 35 (15.98%) Citrix
10 35 (15.98%) Windows 10
11 34 (15.53%) DevOps
11 34 (15.53%) DNS
11 34 (15.53%) ITIL
11 34 (15.53%) Social Skills
12 31 (14.16%) Entra ID
13 30 (13.70%) VMware Infrastructure
13 30 (13.70%) Microsoft Exchange
14 29 (13.24%) WAN
14 29 (13.24%) Cisco
14 29 (13.24%) Law
14 29 (13.24%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (11.87%) SD-WAN
16 25 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
16 25 (11.42%) PowerShell
17 23 (10.50%) SQL
18 22 (10.05%) Project Management
18 22 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
19 20 (9.13%) Meraki

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (13.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.57%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.37%) CMS
4 2 (0.91%) SAS
5 1 (0.46%) IIS
5 1 (0.46%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.74%) LightWave 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 131 (59.82%) Azure
2 94 (42.92%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (14.16%) Entra ID
4 29 (13.24%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (5.94%) AWS
6 10 (4.57%) IaaS
7 9 (4.11%) PaaS
7 9 (4.11%) SaaS
8 8 (3.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (3.20%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.74%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.74%) Nutanix
10 6 (2.74%) Rubrik
11 5 (2.28%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.83%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 2 (0.91%) Power Automate
15 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 35 (15.98%) Firewall
2 34 (15.53%) DNS
3 29 (13.24%) WAN
4 26 (11.87%) SD-WAN
5 19 (8.68%) SAN
6 17 (7.76%) DHCP
7 12 (5.48%) Wireless
8 11 (5.02%) LAN
9 10 (4.57%) TCP/IP
10 9 (4.11%) VoIP
11 8 (3.65%) MPLS
11 8 (3.65%) VPN
12 5 (2.28%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (2.28%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (1.37%) Internet
13 3 (1.37%) Softphone
13 3 (1.37%) VLAN
14 2 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
14 2 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (0.91%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.31%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.11%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.46%) Data Mart
General
1 34 (15.53%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.24%) Law
3 19 (8.68%) Legal
4 15 (6.85%) Finance
4 15 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.65%) Banking
6 6 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.74%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.28%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.46%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.65%) ARM Templates
1 8 (3.65%) JSON
2 3 (1.37%) YAML
3 1 (0.46%) OAuth
3 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.57%) Data Centre
1 10 (4.57%) Driving Licence
2 6 (2.74%) Operational Technology
2 6 (2.74%) Smart Home
3 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.37%) Clustering
4 3 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (0.91%) BYOD
5 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (0.91%) iPad
5 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
5 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.46%) FMCG
6 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) iPhone
6 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 93 (42.47%) Windows
2 65 (29.68%) Windows Server
3 35 (15.98%) Windows 10
4 20 (9.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (7.31%) Linux
6 7 (3.20%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.46%) Android
9 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (15.53%) DevOps
2 34 (15.53%) ITIL
3 25 (11.42%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (10.05%) Project Management
5 19 (8.68%) Change Management
5 19 (8.68%) Customer Service
6 17 (7.76%) Roadmaps
7 13 (5.94%) Project Delivery
8 12 (5.48%) Configuration Management
8 12 (5.48%) Information Security
9 11 (5.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (5.02%) Infrastructure as Code
10 10 (4.57%) Problem Management
10 10 (4.57%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (4.11%) Change Advisory Board
11 9 (4.11%) Migration
12 8 (3.65%) Mentoring
12 8 (3.65%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.42%) PowerShell
2 23 (10.50%) SQL
3 4 (1.83%) Bicep
4 1 (0.46%) Python
4 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (6.39%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (4.57%) Degree
2 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (4.11%) Azure Certification
4 8 (3.65%) CCNP
5 7 (3.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (2.74%) CCNA
6 6 (2.74%) MCSE
7 3 (1.37%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.37%) MCP
8 2 (0.91%) HP APS
8 2 (0.91%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.46%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.20%) GDPR
2 7 (3.20%) PMO
3 4 (1.83%) SLA
4 1 (0.46%) COREP
4 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.46%) FINREP
4 1 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.46%) NCSC
System Software
1 89 (40.64%) Active Directory
2 30 (13.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (7.76%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.65%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.91%) vSphere
8 1 (0.46%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 45 (20.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (8.22%) SCCM
3 15 (6.85%) Terraform
4 8 (3.65%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.20%) Nagios
6 6 (2.74%) vRealize
7 3 (1.37%) ZENworks
8 2 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.91%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.46%) vMotion
Vendors
1 82 (37.44%) VMware
2 62 (28.31%) Microsoft
3 35 (15.98%) Citrix
4 29 (13.24%) Cisco
5 20 (9.13%) Meraki
6 17 (7.76%) SolarWinds
7 14 (6.39%) Palo Alto
8 11 (5.02%) HP
9 10 (4.57%) Splunk
10 8 (3.65%) Juniper
11 7 (3.20%) 3PAR
11 7 (3.20%) LogicMonitor
11 7 (3.20%) Veeam
12 6 (2.74%) Aderant
12 6 (2.74%) Brocade
12 6 (2.74%) Canon
12 6 (2.74%) iManage
13 5 (2.28%) AppDynamics
13 5 (2.28%) Intapp
14 4 (1.83%) CheckPoint