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 leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 664 664 784
Rank change year-on-year 0 +120 -178
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 116 64 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.13% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 99 54 81
10th Percentile £41,150 £43,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,125 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,500 £72,125 £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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -19 38 £52,500 -12.50% 6
North of England +38 37 £50,000 -12.78% 8
Yorkshire +79 20 £55,000 -16.98% 3
Midlands -31 18 £48,500 -7.62% 3
North West -10 16 £50,000 -8.26% 5
West Midlands -9 12 £52,125 -0.71% 1
South West -31 12 £50,000 +5.26% 2
East of England - 9 £41,250 -
East Midlands -24 6 £48,500 -53.81% 2
Scotland -73 2 £61,250 +36.11% 1
Wales +13 1 £45,000 -37.93% 1
North East - 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 12 June 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 41 (35.34%) Microsoft
2 36 (31.03%) Azure
3 35 (30.17%) Windows
4 32 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (26.72%) VMware
6 30 (25.86%) Active Directory
7 29 (25.00%) Social Skills
8 28 (24.14%) Firewall
9 25 (21.55%) Cybersecurity
9 25 (21.55%) Windows Server
10 24 (20.69%) Degree
11 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (13.79%) ITIL
13 15 (12.93%) Project Management
13 15 (12.93%) VMware Infrastructure
14 14 (12.07%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (12.07%) WAN
15 13 (11.21%) SC Cleared
15 13 (11.21%) Security Cleared
15 13 (11.21%) Entra ID
16 12 (10.34%) Line Management
16 12 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
16 12 (10.34%) Project Delivery
16 12 (10.34%) Azure Certification
16 12 (10.34%) Network Security
16 12 (10.34%) Cisco
17 11 (9.48%) LAN
17 11 (9.48%) Mentoring
17 11 (9.48%) Coaching
18 10 (8.62%) Data Centre

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 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (31.03%) Azure
2 32 (27.59%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.21%) Entra ID
4 9 (7.76%) AWS
5 7 (6.03%) OneDrive
6 4 (3.45%) GCP
7 2 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.86%) IaaS
8 1 (0.86%) PaaS
8 1 (0.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (24.14%) Firewall
2 14 (12.07%) WAN
2 14 (12.07%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (10.34%) Network Security
4 11 (9.48%) LAN
5 9 (7.76%) DHCP
5 9 (7.76%) DNS
6 5 (4.31%) Wireless
7 4 (3.45%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (3.45%) iSCSI
7 4 (3.45%) SD-WAN
7 4 (3.45%) SNMP
7 4 (3.45%) VoIP
7 4 (3.45%) VPN
7 4 (3.45%) WLAN
8 3 (2.59%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (2.59%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.59%) VLAN
9 2 (1.72%) Internet
9 2 (1.72%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 29 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.76%) Marketing
4 7 (6.03%) Finance
4 7 (6.03%) Retail
5 3 (2.59%) Banking
5 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.72%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.72%) Social Housing
6 2 (1.72%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.62%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.31%) EPoS
4 4 (3.45%) CCTV
4 4 (3.45%) IPTV
4 4 (3.45%) Replication
5 3 (2.59%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.72%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.72%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.86%) CMDB
7 1 (0.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.86%) Tandem
7 1 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 35 (30.17%) Windows
2 25 (21.55%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.76%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.45%) VMS
5 2 (1.72%) Android
5 2 (1.72%) Linux
6 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (21.55%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (13.79%) ITIL
4 15 (12.93%) Project Management
5 12 (10.34%) Line Management
5 12 (10.34%) Project Delivery
6 11 (9.48%) Coaching
6 11 (9.48%) Mentoring
7 10 (8.62%) Information Security
8 9 (7.76%) Computer Science
8 9 (7.76%) Contract Management
8 9 (7.76%) Contract Negotiation
8 9 (7.76%) Demand Management
8 9 (7.76%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (7.76%) IT Strategy
8 9 (7.76%) Logistics
9 7 (6.03%) Infrastructure Management
10 6 (5.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (5.17%) Server Management
10 6 (5.17%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (20.69%) Degree
2 13 (11.21%) SC Cleared
2 13 (11.21%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.34%) Azure Certification
4 10 (8.62%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (6.03%) CCNA
6 7 (6.03%) MCSE
7 6 (5.17%) CCNP
8 5 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.31%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (3.45%) CISSP
9 4 (3.45%) MCP
10 3 (2.59%) CCAA
10 3 (2.59%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (2.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.72%) CCIE
11 2 (1.72%) MCSA
11 2 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.86%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.03%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (5.17%) GDPR
2 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.31%) NCSC
4 2 (1.72%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (25.86%) Active Directory
2 15 (12.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (6.03%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.45%) pfSense
5 1 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.86%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 41 (35.34%) Microsoft
2 31 (26.72%) VMware
3 12 (10.34%) Cisco
4 8 (6.90%) Dell
4 8 (6.90%) Veeam
5 7 (6.03%) Citrix
6 6 (5.17%) Apple
7 5 (4.31%) Zerto
8 4 (3.45%) BroadSoft
8 4 (3.45%) Brocade
8 4 (3.45%) Dell Compellent
8 4 (3.45%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.45%) QNAP
8 4 (3.45%) Ubiquiti
9 3 (2.59%) Google
9 3 (2.59%) HP
10 2 (1.72%) Adobe
10 2 (1.72%) Meraki
11 1 (0.86%) Aruba
11 1 (0.86%) Sophos