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 £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 621 712
Rank change year-on-year +56 +91 -148
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 208 112 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.20% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 197 101 123
10th Percentile £29,589 £24,000 £26,300
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £51,750 £47,672 £50,313
90th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
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 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
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 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
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 2 June 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 2 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 +27 92 £46,500 +31.36% 8
South West +11 50 £45,000 +20.00% 5
North of England +39 24 £42,500 +11.11% 2
Scotland -55 21 £27,400 -14.38% 8
Midlands -5 20 £41,250 +1.23%
Yorkshire +72 17 £42,500 +18.06% 2
West Midlands -6 14 £37,500 -4.46%
East Midlands -13 6 £47,500 -13.64%
North West -13 6 £50,000 +6.84%
East of England -10 1 £50,000 +11.11% 1
North East -15 1 £29,000 -31.76%
Infrastructure Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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.

1 136 (65.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 87 (41.83%) Windows
3 81 (38.94%) Active Directory
4 79 (37.98%) Microsoft 365
5 77 (37.02%) Azure
6 71 (34.13%) Microsoft
6 71 (34.13%) Windows Server
7 68 (32.69%) VMware
8 65 (31.25%) Security Cleared
9 55 (26.44%) Firewall
10 43 (20.67%) VMware Infrastructure
11 41 (19.71%) PowerShell
12 40 (19.23%) Social Skills
13 37 (17.79%) SC Cleared
14 36 (17.31%) Microsoft Intune
15 33 (15.87%) SCCM
16 32 (15.38%) SLA
16 32 (15.38%) DNS
17 31 (14.90%) Citrix
17 31 (14.90%) DV Cleared
17 31 (14.90%) Customer Service
18 27 (12.98%) ITIL
19 26 (12.50%) SAN
19 26 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
19 26 (12.50%) Veeam
19 26 (12.50%) Windows 10
20 25 (12.02%) Hyper-V
20 25 (12.02%) SharePoint
20 25 (12.02%) WAN
21 24 (11.54%) Finance

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 25 (12.02%) SharePoint
2 23 (11.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.40%) IIS
4 2 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.88%) LightWave 3D
Cloud Services
1 79 (37.98%) Microsoft 365
2 77 (37.02%) Azure
3 21 (10.10%) AWS
3 21 (10.10%) IaaS
4 14 (6.73%) Entra ID
4 14 (6.73%) PaaS
5 12 (5.77%) SaaS
6 11 (5.29%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.37%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (2.40%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.92%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.96%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.96%) OpenDNS
11 1 (0.48%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.48%) OCI
11 1 (0.48%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 55 (26.44%) Firewall
2 32 (15.38%) DNS
3 26 (12.50%) SAN
4 25 (12.02%) WAN
5 23 (11.06%) LAN
6 22 (10.58%) Wi-Fi
7 17 (8.17%) DHCP
7 17 (8.17%) VPN
8 16 (7.69%) Internet
9 12 (5.77%) iSCSI
9 12 (5.77%) SD-WAN
9 12 (5.77%) TCP/IP
10 11 (5.29%) Wireless
11 9 (4.33%) WLAN
12 7 (3.37%) NAS
12 7 (3.37%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (2.40%) VLAN
13 5 (2.40%) VoIP
14 4 (1.92%) IPsec
15 3 (1.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.88%) MySQL
1 6 (2.88%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.88%) JIRA
2 3 (1.44%) GitLab
General
1 40 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.54%) Finance
3 14 (6.73%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (3.85%) Law
5 7 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.37%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.88%) Legal
7 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.48%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.96%) LAMP
1 2 (0.96%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.58%) Driving Licence
2 15 (7.21%) PKI
3 14 (6.73%) Clustering
4 6 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.88%) Smart Home
5 4 (1.92%) IPTV
5 4 (1.92%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.92%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.92%) Replication
6 3 (1.44%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.48%) FMCG
8 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 87 (41.83%) Windows
2 71 (34.13%) Windows Server
3 26 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 24 (11.54%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (8.17%) Linux
6 9 (4.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (3.37%) Android
9 6 (2.88%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.88%) Ubuntu
9 6 (2.88%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.48%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (65.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (14.90%) Customer Service
3 27 (12.98%) ITIL
4 17 (8.17%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (7.21%) Incident Management
5 15 (7.21%) Problem Management
6 14 (6.73%) Service Management
7 13 (6.25%) Service Delivery
8 12 (5.77%) Customer Requirements
9 11 (5.29%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (5.29%) Root Cause Analysis
10 10 (4.81%) Server Monitoring
11 9 (4.33%) Change Management
11 9 (4.33%) Systems Engineering
12 8 (3.85%) Change Advisory Board
12 8 (3.85%) Patch Management
13 7 (3.37%) People Management
13 7 (3.37%) Performance Management
13 7 (3.37%) Release Management
14 6 (2.88%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 41 (19.71%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.77%) ActionScript
2 12 (5.77%) VB
3 8 (3.85%) SQL
4 7 (3.37%) Bash
5 1 (0.48%) Python
Qualifications
1 65 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 37 (17.79%) SC Cleared
3 31 (14.90%) DV Cleared
4 18 (8.65%) Degree
5 7 (3.37%) MCP
6 6 (2.88%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.92%) CCNA
7 4 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.44%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.96%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.48%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.48%) CCA
10 1 (0.48%) CCAA
10 1 (0.48%) CCDA
10 1 (0.48%) CCNP
10 1 (0.48%) MCTS
10 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.38%) SLA
2 6 (2.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 81 (38.94%) Active Directory
2 43 (20.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
4 25 (12.02%) Hyper-V
5 14 (6.73%) Firmware
5 14 (6.73%) vSphere
6 12 (5.77%) OpenSSH
6 12 (5.77%) XenApp
7 7 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.44%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.96%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.96%) Docker
9 2 (0.96%) pfSense
9 2 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 36 (17.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (15.87%) SCCM
3 18 (8.65%) vCenter Server
4 12 (5.77%) IBM BigFix
4 12 (5.77%) PowerCLI
5 11 (5.29%) WSUS
6 8 (3.85%) NetBackup
6 8 (3.85%) SCOM
7 6 (2.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 6 (2.88%) SCDPM
7 6 (2.88%) Sysprep
8 2 (0.96%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.96%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.48%) NetCrunch
9 1 (0.48%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 71 (34.13%) Microsoft
2 68 (32.69%) VMware
3 31 (14.90%) Citrix
4 26 (12.50%) Veeam
5 17 (8.17%) Cisco
6 16 (7.69%) HP
7 12 (5.77%) IBM
7 12 (5.77%) Sophos
8 10 (4.81%) Dell
9 9 (4.33%) Meraki
10 8 (3.85%) Palo Alto
11 7 (3.37%) McAfee
12 6 (2.88%) Aruba
12 6 (2.88%) Dell Compellent
12 6 (2.88%) Ubiquiti
13 3 (1.44%) Atlassian
14 2 (0.96%) 3PAR
14 2 (0.96%) Barracuda Networks
14 2 (0.96%) Fortinet
14 2 (0.96%) SonicWALL