IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Midlands is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 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
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 294 318
Rank change year-on-year +72 +24 -55
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 103 28 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.88% 0.29% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.33% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 90 15 30
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 - £36,962
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £43,750 £46,875 £56,250
90th Percentile £50,000 £54,000 £58,875
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +2.27% +3.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,008 8,542 10,293
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 89.44% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,237 4,748 7,093
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,635 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.45% +0.95% +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
East Midlands +34 68 £40,000 -11.11% 7
West Midlands +43 35 £42,500 -5.56% 2
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, IT Infrastructure Engineer 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 Midlands region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 103 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (58.25%) Windows
3 54 (52.43%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (50.49%) Azure
5 44 (42.72%) Microsoft
6 42 (40.78%) VMware
7 37 (35.92%) Active Directory
8 36 (34.95%) Windows Server
9 33 (32.04%) Firewall
10 31 (30.10%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (28.16%) VMware Infrastructure
11 29 (28.16%) DNS
12 27 (26.21%) Hyper-V
13 26 (25.24%) Social Skills
14 24 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
15 23 (22.33%) SharePoint
16 22 (21.36%) Wi-Fi
17 21 (20.39%) DHCP
17 21 (20.39%) Windows Server 2016
18 19 (18.45%) Data Centre
18 19 (18.45%) Microsoft Exchange
18 19 (18.45%) Cisco
19 18 (17.48%) Entra ID
20 17 (16.50%) Windows Server 2019
20 17 (16.50%) TCP/IP
21 16 (15.53%) Migration
21 16 (15.53%) Disaster Recovery
21 16 (15.53%) Veeam
22 15 (14.56%) VLAN
23 14 (13.59%) Microsoft Intune

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 23 (22.33%) SharePoint
2 19 (18.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.94%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.97%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (12.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (52.43%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (50.49%) Azure
3 18 (17.48%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.80%) AWS
4 7 (6.80%) Mimecast
5 5 (4.85%) Nutanix
6 3 (2.91%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.94%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.94%) OpenDNS
7 2 (1.94%) PaaS
8 1 (0.97%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 33 (32.04%) Firewall
2 29 (28.16%) DNS
3 22 (21.36%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (20.39%) DHCP
5 17 (16.50%) TCP/IP
6 15 (14.56%) VLAN
7 14 (13.59%) SAN
8 8 (7.77%) Network Security
8 8 (7.77%) WAN
9 5 (4.85%) SD-WAN
10 3 (2.91%) LAN
10 3 (2.91%) VPN
11 2 (1.94%) EIGRP
11 2 (1.94%) IPsec
11 2 (1.94%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.94%) OSPF
11 2 (1.94%) PBX
11 2 (1.94%) RIP
11 2 (1.94%) VRRP
11 2 (1.94%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.91%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.97%) MySQL
General
1 26 (25.24%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.74%) Finance
2 9 (8.74%) Telecoms
3 5 (4.85%) Aerospace
3 5 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (4.85%) Automotive
3 5 (4.85%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.88%) Law
4 4 (3.88%) Retail
5 2 (1.94%) Electronics
5 2 (1.94%) Legal
5 2 (1.94%) Social Housing
6 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.94%) LAMP
1 2 (1.94%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.45%) Data Centre
2 9 (8.74%) CCTV
3 4 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.91%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.91%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.94%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.94%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.94%) PKI
6 1 (0.97%) Clustering
6 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.97%) IoT
6 1 (0.97%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.97%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 60 (58.25%) Windows
2 36 (34.95%) Windows Server
3 21 (20.39%) Windows Server 2016
4 17 (16.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (10.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (9.71%) Linux
7 2 (1.94%) Unix
8 1 (0.97%) Android
8 1 (0.97%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.97%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (30.10%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (23.30%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (15.53%) Disaster Recovery
4 16 (15.53%) Migration
5 9 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (7.77%) Service Delivery
7 7 (6.80%) Customer Service
7 7 (6.80%) ITIL
8 6 (5.83%) Communications Security
8 6 (5.83%) Logistics
8 6 (5.83%) Server Management
8 6 (5.83%) Virtual Environments
9 5 (4.85%) Innovative Thinking
9 5 (4.85%) Preventative Maintenance
9 5 (4.85%) Server Migrations
10 4 (3.88%) Incident Response
10 4 (3.88%) Infrastructure Management
10 4 (3.88%) Storage Management
11 3 (2.91%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.83%) PowerShell
1 6 (5.83%) SQL
2 1 (0.97%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3 (2.91%) CCNA
1 3 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (2.91%) MCSE
1 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (2.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (1.94%) Degree
2 2 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (35.92%) Active Directory
2 29 (28.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (26.21%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.80%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.91%) vSphere
6 2 (1.94%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (1.94%) Docker
6 2 (1.94%) pfSense
6 2 (1.94%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.94%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (13.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.85%) SCCM
3 2 (1.94%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.97%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 44 (42.72%) Microsoft
2 42 (40.78%) VMware
3 19 (18.45%) Cisco
4 16 (15.53%) Veeam
5 10 (9.71%) Acronis
6 9 (8.74%) Meraki
7 5 (4.85%) Nasuni
7 5 (4.85%) Rapid7
8 4 (3.88%) Barracuda Networks
8 4 (3.88%) Citrix
8 4 (3.88%) CyberArk
8 4 (3.88%) Cylance
8 4 (3.88%) McAfee
9 3 (2.91%) Google
9 3 (2.91%) HP
10 2 (1.94%) Aruba
10 2 (1.94%) Dell
10 2 (1.94%) EqualLogic
10 2 (1.94%) SonicWALL
10 2 (1.94%) Veritas