Head of Infrastructure Jobs in Scotland

Head of Infrastructure
UK > Scotland

The median Head of Infrastructure salary in Scotland is £95,000 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 271 207 261
Rank change year-on-year -64 +54 -70
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 5 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.073% 0.046% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.051% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £88,250 - -
25th Percentile - £107,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £115,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +43.75% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £122,500 £85,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £86,750 £95,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.68% +18.75% -5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,642 3,891 5,823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.51% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,795 2,122 3,059
10th Percentile £27,710 £30,500 £29,600
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £68,138
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Infrastructure in Scotland

Head of Infrastructure
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Infrastructure in Scotland.

Salary trend for Head of Infrastructure in Scotland

Head of Infrastructure
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Infrastructure within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -112 5 £95,000 -17.39% 4
Head of Infrastructure
UK

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Head of Infrastructure 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 Scotland region featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Fintech
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (20.00%) GCP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Fintech
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Google