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 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 690 745 920
Rank change year-on-year +55 +175 -170
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Analyst 217 218 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.22% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.24% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 182 187 295
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £37,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £38,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -1.30% -6.10% +9.33%

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 96,364 89,509 157,820
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.47% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 68,829 56,547 84,640
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,609
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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 25 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 25 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 +37 199 £42,500 -12.82% 34
UK excluding London +30 153 £38,000 -1.30% 25
Work from Home +57 73 £38,000 -27.83% 12
London +55 58 £65,000 +16.07% 14
North of England +52 49 £40,000 - 5
South East +17 42 £38,000 +4.71% 8
Yorkshire +100 33 £35,000 +1.45% 4
South West -30 22 £60,000 +60.00% 4
Midlands -4 17 £40,000 +3.90% 2
North West -6 13 £52,500 +16.67% 1
East of England +20 11 £35,000 -26.32% 3
Wales +17 10 £38,750 +15.67% 3
West Midlands +5 9 £42,500 +10.39% 1
East Midlands -12 8 £40,000 - 1
North East - 3 - -
Scotland - 2 £45,500 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 128 (58.99%) Azure
2 91 (41.94%) Windows
3 90 (41.47%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (40.09%) Active Directory
5 81 (37.33%) VMware
6 63 (29.03%) Windows Server
7 58 (26.73%) Microsoft
8 45 (20.74%) Microsoft Intune
9 36 (16.59%) Windows 10
10 35 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 34 (15.67%) Social Skills
11 34 (15.67%) Firewall
11 34 (15.67%) DNS
11 34 (15.67%) ITIL
12 32 (14.75%) Citrix
12 32 (14.75%) DevOps
13 30 (13.82%) VMware Infrastructure
14 29 (13.36%) WAN
15 28 (12.90%) Cisco
15 28 (12.90%) Entra ID
16 27 (12.44%) Azure DevOps
17 26 (11.98%) Microsoft Exchange
18 25 (11.52%) SD-WAN
18 25 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
19 24 (11.06%) Law
20 23 (10.60%) SQL
21 22 (10.14%) Project Management
21 22 (10.14%) PowerShell
21 22 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
22 20 (9.22%) Windows Server 2016

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 26 (11.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.38%) CMS
4 2 (0.92%) SAS
5 1 (0.46%) IIS
5 1 (0.46%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.76%) LightWave 3D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 128 (58.99%) Azure
2 90 (41.47%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (12.90%) Entra ID
4 27 (12.44%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (5.99%) AWS
6 10 (4.61%) IaaS
7 9 (4.15%) PaaS
7 9 (4.15%) SaaS
8 8 (3.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.76%) Nutanix
10 6 (2.76%) Rubrik
11 5 (2.30%) Mimecast
12 4 (1.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.84%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (1.84%) OneDrive
13 3 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
14 1 (0.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 1 (0.46%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 34 (15.67%) DNS
1 34 (15.67%) Firewall
2 29 (13.36%) WAN
3 25 (11.52%) SD-WAN
4 19 (8.76%) SAN
5 17 (7.83%) DHCP
6 11 (5.07%) LAN
6 11 (5.07%) Wireless
7 10 (4.61%) TCP/IP
8 9 (4.15%) VoIP
9 8 (3.69%) MPLS
9 8 (3.69%) VPN
10 4 (1.84%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (1.38%) Internet
11 3 (1.38%) Softphone
11 3 (1.38%) VLAN
12 2 (0.92%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (0.92%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.91%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.46%) Data Mart
General
1 34 (15.67%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.06%) Law
3 17 (7.83%) Legal
4 15 (6.91%) Finance
5 12 (5.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (3.69%) Banking
7 6 (2.76%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (2.30%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.76%) ARM Templates
1 6 (2.76%) JSON
2 3 (1.38%) YAML
3 1 (0.46%) OAuth
3 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.46%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.07%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.61%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.76%) Operational Technology
3 6 (2.76%) Smart Home
4 4 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.38%) Clustering
5 3 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.92%) BYOD
6 2 (0.92%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (0.92%) iPad
6 2 (0.92%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.92%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.46%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.46%) FMCG
7 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.46%) iPhone
7 1 (0.46%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 91 (41.94%) Windows
2 63 (29.03%) Windows Server
3 36 (16.59%) Windows 10
4 20 (9.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (7.37%) Linux
6 7 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.46%) Android
9 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (15.67%) ITIL
3 32 (14.75%) DevOps
4 25 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
5 22 (10.14%) Project Management
6 19 (8.76%) Change Management
6 19 (8.76%) Customer Service
7 17 (7.83%) Roadmaps
8 13 (5.99%) Project Delivery
9 12 (5.53%) Configuration Management
10 11 (5.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (5.07%) Infrastructure as Code
11 10 (4.61%) Information Security
11 10 (4.61%) Problem Management
11 10 (4.61%) Technical Leadership
12 9 (4.15%) Change Advisory Board
12 9 (4.15%) Migration
13 8 (3.69%) Disaster Recovery
13 8 (3.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.60%) SQL
2 22 (10.14%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.84%) Bicep
4 1 (0.46%) Python
4 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (5.99%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (4.15%) Degree
4 8 (3.69%) Azure Certification
5 7 (3.23%) CCNP
5 7 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (2.76%) CCNA
6 6 (2.76%) MCSE
7 3 (1.38%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.38%) MCP
8 2 (0.92%) HP APS
8 2 (0.92%) 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 10 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.23%) GDPR
2 7 (3.23%) PMO
3 4 (1.84%) SLA
4 1 (0.46%) COREP
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 87 (40.09%) Active Directory
2 30 (13.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (7.83%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.69%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.92%) vSphere
8 1 (0.46%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 45 (20.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (7.83%) SCCM
3 15 (6.91%) Terraform
4 8 (3.69%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.23%) Nagios
6 6 (2.76%) vRealize
7 3 (1.38%) ZENworks
8 2 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.92%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.46%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.46%) vMotion
Vendors
1 81 (37.33%) VMware
2 58 (26.73%) Microsoft
3 32 (14.75%) Citrix
4 28 (12.90%) Cisco
5 19 (8.76%) Meraki
6 15 (6.91%) SolarWinds
7 13 (5.99%) Palo Alto
8 11 (5.07%) HP
9 10 (4.61%) Splunk
10 7 (3.23%) 3PAR
10 7 (3.23%) Juniper
10 7 (3.23%) LogicMonitor
10 7 (3.23%) Veeam
11 6 (2.76%) Aderant
11 6 (2.76%) Brocade
11 6 (2.76%) Canon
11 6 (2.76%) iManage
12 5 (2.30%) AppDynamics
12 5 (2.30%) Intapp
13 4 (1.84%) CheckPoint