The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Infrastructure Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Engineer
Rank 101 87 80
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 17 13 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.000% 0.877% 0.818%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.056% 0.914% 0.857%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 11
Average salary £32,750 £37,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.66% +20.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 £33,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Engineer
West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Infrastructure Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Infrastructure Engineer Salary Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Infrastructure Engineer Salary Histogram

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Infrastructure Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Engineer in their job title.

1 22 (75.86%) Windows
2 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
3 12 (41.38%) VPN
4 11 (37.93%) Citrix
4 11 (37.93%) MS Exchange
4 11 (37.93%) Firewall
4 11 (37.93%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (34.48%) MCSE
6 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
6 9 (31.03%) Exchange Server 2010
7 8 (27.59%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (24.14%) Finance
8 7 (24.14%) VMware
8 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2003
8 7 (24.14%) SCCM
8 7 (24.14%) SCOM
9 6 (20.69%) Lync
9 6 (20.69%) MS Excel
10 5 (17.24%) SSL
10 5 (17.24%) Cisco
10 5 (17.24%) SAN
10 5 (17.24%) NetBackup
10 5 (17.24%) Backup Exec
10 5 (17.24%) Exchange Server 2007
11 4 (13.79%) SharePoint 2010
11 4 (13.79%) WSUS
11 4 (13.79%) XenDesktop
11 4 (13.79%) MCITP
11 4 (13.79%) VMware ESX

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Infrastructure Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.448%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 11 (37.93%) MS Exchange
2 9 (31.03%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (20.69%) Lync
5 5 (17.24%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (13.79%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
7 2 (6.897%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (6.897%) Apache
7 2 (6.897%) Tomcat
8 1 (3.448%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.448%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (41.38%) VPN
2 11 (37.93%) Firewall
3 5 (17.24%) SSL
3 5 (17.24%) SAN
4 4 (13.79%) IPsec
5 2 (6.897%) DNS
5 2 (6.897%) DHCP
5 2 (6.897%) Ethernet
5 2 (6.897%) FTP
5 2 (6.897%) HTTP
5 2 (6.897%) Kerberos
5 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.448%) ADSL
6 1 (3.448%) LAN
6 1 (3.448%) SDH
6 1 (3.448%) WAN
6 1 (3.448%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 7 (24.14%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.448%) Electronics
3 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.448%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Replication
1 2 (6.897%) Clustering
2 1 (3.448%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (75.86%) Windows
2 11 (37.93%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (27.59%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (13.79%) Linux
5 2 (6.897%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.34%) ITIL
1 3 (10.34%) Migration
1 3 (10.34%) Business Continuity
2 2 (6.897%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (6.897%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (6.897%) Information Management
2 2 (6.897%) High Availability
2 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (3.448%) Project Management
3 1 (3.448%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (3.448%) Network Design
3 1 (3.448%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) SQL
2 3 (10.34%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.897%) Bash shell
3 2 (6.897%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.448%) VBScript
4 1 (3.448%) VB
4 1 (3.448%) C++
4 1 (3.448%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (34.48%) MCSE
2 4 (13.79%) MCITP
3 3 (10.34%) MCP
3 3 (10.34%) CCNA
3 3 (10.34%) CCA
3 3 (10.34%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.897%) VCP5
5 1 (3.448%) Degree
5 1 (3.448%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 9 (31.03%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.79%) XenDesktop
2 4 (13.79%) VMware ESX
3 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.897%) XenServer
4 2 (6.897%) ISA Server
5 1 (3.448%) Terminal Services
5 1 (3.448%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) SCCM
1 7 (24.14%) SCOM
2 5 (17.24%) NetBackup
2 5 (17.24%) Backup Exec
3 4 (13.79%) WSUS
4 2 (6.897%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 11 (37.93%) Citrix
3 7 (24.14%) VMware
4 5 (17.24%) Cisco
5 4 (13.79%) Juniper
6 2 (6.897%) Veritas
6 2 (6.897%) EMC
7 1 (3.448%) NetApp
7 1 (3.448%) Avaya
7 1 (3.448%) CheckPoint
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills required (to 3rd line): - Windows 2003/2008 - Active Directory administration - SQL Server 2005/2008 admin - Hyper-V/VMware/Virtualisation support - Good networking knowledge Desirable skills: - Citrix The...
Venturi
Salary: £32000 - £35000.00 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - VMWare, Cisco, Microsoft Server 2008/2012, Active Directory, Exchange - Birmingham An experienced Virtualisation, VMWare professional is needed to be responsible for the technical design, support...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013