Infrastructure Management Jobs

Infrastructure Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Infrastructure Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Management over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 513 295 833
Rank change year-on-year -218 +538 -73
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Management 427 1,220 438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 1.23% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 1.28% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 285 109 205
10th Percentile £33,100 £31,277 £41,134
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £89,500 £93,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Infrastructure Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Infrastructure Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Infrastructure Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Management in the UK

Infrastructure Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Management in the UK

Infrastructure Management
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Management in the UK

Infrastructure Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Management 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 -221 352 £62,500 +4.17% 98
UK excluding London -284 278 £50,000 -9.09% 69
Work from Home +201 172 £61,250 +4.26% 38
London +48 134 £76,250 +17.31% 37
North of England -170 88 £50,000 -4.76% 23
South East -2 52 £55,000 -8.33% 22
Midlands -152 52 £55,000 -8.33% 12
North West -153 52 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Scotland -93 46 £47,500 -9.52% 1
Yorkshire -28 30 £50,000 - 11
East Midlands -53 30 £55,000 - 2
West Midlands -129 22 £46,750 -22.08% 10
East of England -43 15 £45,000 +55.17% 6
Northern Ireland +36 10 £42,500 -
South West -51 8 £62,500 +6.38% 6
Wales +11 7 £45,000 - 2
North East - 6 £50,000 - 3

Infrastructure Management
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 62 (14.52%) Apache
2 33 (7.73%) SharePoint
3 23 (5.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.58%) Confluence
5 8 (1.87%) nginx
5 8 (1.87%) Skype for Business
6 5 (1.17%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.94%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.11%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (1.64%) Magento
3 2 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 166 (38.88%) Azure
2 93 (21.78%) AWS
3 85 (19.91%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (16.86%) Amazon S3
5 23 (5.39%) GCP
6 20 (4.68%) Cloud Computing
7 19 (4.45%) GitHub
8 18 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
8 18 (4.22%) Power Platform
9 17 (3.98%) SaaS
10 16 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (3.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 14 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (3.28%) Serverless
13 13 (3.04%) Entra ID
13 13 (3.04%) Route 53
14 12 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (1.41%) Azure Pipelines
16 6 (1.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 152 (35.60%) Firewall
2 91 (21.31%) VPN
3 86 (20.14%) Internet
4 65 (15.22%) LAN
5 63 (14.75%) WAN
6 55 (12.88%) SNMP
7 54 (12.65%) IPsec
8 39 (9.13%) DNS
9 26 (6.09%) Network Security
10 24 (5.62%) SAN
10 24 (5.62%) TCP/IP
11 21 (4.92%) DHCP
12 19 (4.45%) NAS
13 18 (4.22%) Wireless
14 17 (3.98%) VLAN
14 17 (3.98%) VoIP
15 16 (3.75%) SD-WAN
16 12 (2.81%) MPLS
17 10 (2.34%) BGP
17 10 (2.34%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (13.82%) Elasticsearch
2 54 (12.65%) MongoDB
3 23 (5.39%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (3.51%) MySQL
5 7 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
5 7 (1.64%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.64%) Redis
6 5 (1.17%) DB2
6 5 (1.17%) Power BI
6 5 (1.17%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.70%) Tableau
8 2 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.47%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 26 (6.09%) Jenkins
2 20 (4.68%) Git
3 12 (2.81%) Bitbucket
3 12 (2.81%) GitLab
3 12 (2.81%) JIRA
4 11 (2.58%) Subversion
5 10 (2.34%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.70%) git-flow
7 1 (0.23%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.23%) GDB
7 1 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.23%) Valgrind
General
1 106 (24.82%) Finance
1 106 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (7.96%) Manufacturing
4 27 (6.32%) Telecoms
5 23 (5.39%) Law
6 18 (4.22%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.04%) Marketing
9 9 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.41%) Banking
11 6 (1.41%) Retail
12 5 (1.17%) Games
13 4 (0.94%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.94%) Legal
14 3 (0.70%) Billing
14 3 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.47%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.47%) Police
Job Titles
1 72 (16.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 57 (13.35%) Consultant
3 54 (12.65%) NetApp Consultant
4 38 (8.90%) Network Engineer
5 35 (8.20%) IT Engineer
6 34 (7.96%) IT Manager
7 29 (6.79%) Principal Engineer
8 28 (6.56%) Cloud Engineer
8 28 (6.56%) Lead
9 27 (6.32%) Infrastructure Manager
10 23 (5.39%) Architect
11 22 (5.15%) AWS Engineer
11 22 (5.15%) Senior
12 18 (4.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
14 16 (3.75%) Analyst
15 15 (3.51%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.51%) Principal Network Engineer
16 14 (3.28%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
16 14 (3.28%) Manufacturing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (13.11%) YAML
2 54 (12.65%) RabbitMQ
3 14 (3.28%) SAML
4 8 (1.87%) .NET
4 8 (1.87%) 802.1X
4 8 (1.87%) EDI
5 7 (1.64%) Middleware
6 6 (1.41%) .NET Framework
6 6 (1.41%) ATL
6 6 (1.41%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (1.17%) Node.js
7 5 (1.17%) WebSphere MQ
8 4 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.70%) LAMP
9 3 (0.70%) LEMP Stack
10 2 (0.47%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.47%) Azure Blueprints
10 2 (0.47%) JSON
10 2 (0.47%) Kafka
10 2 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 114 (26.70%) Data Centre
2 45 (10.54%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.75%) Client/Server
4 13 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (2.58%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.34%) PKI
7 9 (2.11%) Driving Licence
7 9 (2.11%) NHS
8 8 (1.87%) IoT
8 8 (1.87%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (1.64%) Enterprise Storage
9 7 (1.64%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.41%) Clustering
10 6 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.17%) Security Posture
11 5 (1.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 160 (37.47%) Windows
2 126 (29.51%) Linux
3 62 (14.52%) Windows Server
4 54 (12.65%) Data ONTAP
5 12 (2.81%) Android
5 12 (2.81%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.87%) Unix
7 6 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.17%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.94%) CentOS
10 3 (0.70%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.47%) VMS
11 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (43.56%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (21.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 88 (20.61%) Project Management
4 75 (17.56%) Cybersecurity
5 67 (15.69%) DevOps
6 63 (14.75%) Roadmaps
7 60 (14.05%) CI/CD
7 60 (14.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 59 (13.82%) Project Planning
8 59 (13.82%) Storage Management
9 57 (13.35%) Migration
10 56 (13.11%) Infrastructure as Code
10 56 (13.11%) Release Management
11 55 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 54 (12.65%) Actionable Insight
13 52 (12.18%) Computer Science
14 50 (11.71%) ITIL
15 48 (11.24%) Customer Experience
16 40 (9.37%) Service Management
17 39 (9.13%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 92 (21.55%) Python
2 31 (7.26%) SQL
3 20 (4.68%) Bash
4 16 (3.75%) PowerShell
5 15 (3.51%) Java
6 10 (2.34%) Swift
7 4 (0.94%) PHP
7 4 (0.94%) X++
8 3 (0.70%) C#
8 3 (0.70%) Go
9 2 (0.47%) Korn
9 2 (0.47%) Ruby
9 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 102 (23.89%) Degree
2 39 (9.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (3.98%) Cisco Certification
5 14 (3.28%) HNC
6 13 (3.04%) Security Cleared
7 12 (2.81%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.81%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.81%) MCSE
8 10 (2.34%) CCNA
8 10 (2.34%) TOGAF Certification
9 9 (2.11%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.11%) CISSP
9 9 (2.11%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.87%) CCNP
10 8 (1.87%) SC Cleared
11 6 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 5 (1.17%) RHCA
13 4 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (5.85%) GDPR
2 18 (4.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (3.51%) QA
4 10 (2.34%) SLA
5 9 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.17%) HIPAA
6 5 (1.17%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.70%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.47%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.47%) NIST
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 109 (25.53%) Docker
2 108 (25.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (16.63%) Active Directory
4 31 (7.26%) Hyper-V
5 16 (3.75%) vSphere
6 11 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (1.17%) Firmware
8 5 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.70%) KVM
11 1 (0.23%) etcd
Systems Management
1 113 (26.46%) Kubernetes
2 107 (25.06%) Ansible
3 60 (14.05%) Prometheus
4 55 (12.88%) vCenter Server
5 38 (8.90%) Terraform
6 21 (4.92%) Docker Swarm
7 15 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (3.04%) Puppet
9 12 (2.81%) Progress Chef
10 11 (2.58%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (2.58%) ZABBIX
11 10 (2.34%) Packer
12 9 (2.11%) Nagios
13 8 (1.87%) Grafana
13 8 (1.87%) SCOM
14 6 (1.41%) FortiGate
14 6 (1.41%) Salt
15 5 (1.17%) Failover Clustering
16 3 (0.70%) Graphite
17 2 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 162 (37.94%) Microsoft
2 119 (27.87%) VMware
3 63 (14.75%) Red Hat
4 59 (13.82%) NetApp
5 55 (12.88%) Palo Alto
6 54 (12.65%) SolidFire
7 37 (8.67%) Cisco
8 30 (7.03%) Juniper
9 29 (6.79%) Fortinet
10 22 (5.15%) Sandvine
11 21 (4.92%) Oracle
12 16 (3.75%) Citrix
12 16 (3.75%) Epicor
13 14 (3.28%) CheckPoint
14 12 (2.81%) Atlassian
15 11 (2.58%) IBM
16 9 (2.11%) IFS
16 9 (2.11%) JD Edwards
17 8 (1.87%) Google
17 8 (1.87%) HP