The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 17 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Engineer
Rank 164 160 146
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -14
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 43 29 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.866% 0.644% 0.578%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.903% 0.671% 0.603%
Number of salaries quoted 36 29 22
Average salary £34,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.42% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £26,275
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £47,500 £39,550
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4760 4322 3982
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.87% 95.98% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3980 3784 3409
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Infrastructure Engineer Salary Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands Infrastructure Engineer Salary Histogram

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -24 15 £32,750 -12.66%
Warwickshire +16 9 £35,000 +7.69%
Shropshire +3 7 £32,500 +6.55%
Staffordshire -6 5 £35,000 +12.90%
Worcestershire +6 2 £33,250 +2.30%
Coventry - 1 £25,000 -
Solihull - 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 £37,500 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 63 (78.75%) Windows
2 44 (55.00%) VMware
3 38 (47.50%) Active Directory
4 36 (45.00%) Microsoft
5 34 (42.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 31 (38.75%) MS Exchange
7 30 (37.50%) Cisco
8 28 (35.00%) SAN
9 25 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (28.75%) Citrix
11 22 (27.50%) Windows Server 2003
12 19 (23.75%) NetApp
12 19 (23.75%) MCSE
12 19 (23.75%) SQL Server
13 18 (22.50%) VMware Infrastructure
13 18 (22.50%) Exchange Server 2010
14 17 (21.25%) SQL
15 16 (20.00%) Firewall
15 16 (20.00%) SCOM
16 15 (18.75%) MCITP
16 15 (18.75%) SharePoint
16 15 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
17 14 (17.50%) CCNA
18 13 (16.25%) Exchange Server 2003
18 13 (16.25%) SCCM
18 13 (16.25%) MS Excel
18 13 (16.25%) LAN
18 13 (16.25%) WAN
18 13 (16.25%) Linux
19 12 (15.00%) VPN

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 (1.250%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 31 (38.75%) MS Exchange
2 18 (22.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 15 (18.75%) SharePoint
4 13 (16.25%) Exchange Server 2003
5 8 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (8.750%) Lync
7 5 (6.250%) IIS
8 3 (3.750%) Apache
8 3 (3.750%) Tomcat
9 2 (2.500%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (2.500%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (1.250%) nginx
10 1 (1.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (1.250%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 13 (16.25%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.250%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 28 (35.00%) SAN
2 16 (20.00%) Firewall
3 13 (16.25%) LAN
3 13 (16.25%) WAN
4 12 (15.00%) VPN
5 9 (11.25%) DNS
6 8 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 8 (10.00%) DHCP
7 5 (6.250%) SDH
7 5 (6.250%) ADSL
8 4 (5.000%) SSL
8 4 (5.000%) IPsec
8 4 (5.000%) Internet
9 3 (3.750%) NAS
9 3 (3.750%) VoIP
10 2 (2.500%) Ethernet
10 2 (2.500%) FTP
10 2 (2.500%) HTTP
10 2 (2.500%) Kerberos
10 2 (2.500%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (23.75%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.500%) MySQL
3 2 (2.500%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (1.250%) Subversion
1 1 (1.250%) TeamCity
General
1 6 (7.500%) Telecoms
1 6 (7.500%) Finance
2 5 (6.250%) Electronics
3 2 (2.500%) Financial Institution
3 2 (2.500%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.000%) Clustering
2 3 (3.750%) Computer Science
2 3 (3.750%) SaaS
3 2 (2.500%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.500%) Replication
3 2 (2.500%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.250%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.250%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 63 (78.75%) Windows
2 34 (42.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (27.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (16.25%) Linux
5 3 (3.750%) Windows XP
6 2 (2.500%) UNIX
6 2 (2.500%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.250%) CentOS
7 1 (1.250%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (8.750%) Business Continuity
2 6 (7.500%) Problem Management
3 5 (6.250%) Software Engineering
4 4 (5.000%) ITIL
5 3 (3.750%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (3.750%) Migration
6 2 (2.500%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (2.500%) Information Management
6 2 (2.500%) Network Design
6 2 (2.500%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (2.500%) Benchmarking
6 2 (2.500%) Project Management
6 2 (2.500%) Incident Management
6 2 (2.500%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (2.500%) High Availability
7 1 (1.250%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.250%) Change Control
7 1 (1.250%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.250%) Time Management
7 1 (1.250%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.25%) SQL
2 6 (7.500%) Java
3 5 (6.250%) C++
3 5 (6.250%) VB
3 5 (6.250%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.750%) Bash shell
5 2 (2.500%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.250%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (31.25%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (23.75%) MCSE
3 15 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (18.75%) MCITP
4 14 (17.50%) CCNA
5 9 (11.25%) VCP5
6 8 (10.00%) Degree
6 8 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (8.750%) CCNP
8 6 (7.500%) MCSA
9 5 (6.250%) MCP
10 4 (5.000%) Citrix Certification
10 4 (5.000%) Security Cleared
11 3 (3.750%) CCA
12 1 (1.250%) NCDA
12 1 (1.250%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.250%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (47.50%) Active Directory
2 18 (22.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (13.75%) Hyper-V
4 10 (12.50%) ISA Server
5 5 (6.250%) VMware ESX
5 5 (6.250%) XenDesktop
6 4 (5.000%) vSphere
6 4 (5.000%) XenApp
7 2 (2.500%) XenServer
7 2 (2.500%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (1.250%) Shibboleth
8 1 (1.250%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.250%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 16 (20.00%) SCOM
2 13 (16.25%) SCCM
3 5 (6.250%) EMC NetWorker
3 5 (6.250%) NetBackup
3 5 (6.250%) Backup Exec
4 4 (5.000%) WSUS
5 3 (3.750%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 44 (55.00%) VMware
2 36 (45.00%) Microsoft
3 30 (37.50%) Cisco
4 23 (28.75%) Citrix
5 19 (23.75%) NetApp
6 10 (12.50%) EMC
7 9 (11.25%) HP
8 6 (7.500%) Veritas
9 5 (6.250%) Juniper
10 4 (5.000%) IBM
11 3 (3.750%) Dell
11 3 (3.750%) McAfee
12 2 (2.500%) Altiris
12 2 (2.500%) ProCurve
12 2 (2.500%) Riverbed
13 1 (1.250%) CheckPoint
13 1 (1.250%) Compaq
13 1 (1.250%) Intel
13 1 (1.250%) Avaya
13 1 (1.250%) Websense
Shropshire
Install, configure and maintain windows server 2003/2008R2... * VM Ware -Vsphere... Essential Skills * Exchange server. * VM WARE. * Active Directory. * Knowledge of SAN. * Working Knowledge of Switch, routes and...
Roc Search
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 14 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
West Bromwich, West Midlands (County)
You will join a team of 7 and will be responsible for carrying out carry out the timely delivery of business critical IT projects to include Migrations, Implementations...
Experis IT
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
The successful candidate will have strong technical skills for the role with good knowledge of Windows Servers; VMware; Exchange; Active Directory; Cisco; WAN/LAN; NetApp SAN and SQL...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Car/Allowance & Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Warwickshire
Candidates Require: CCNA working towards CCNP Windows Server 2003-2008 SAN VMWare or Hyper-V The position will require occasional travel to remote sites inclusive of European data...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oswestry, Shropshire
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer MCSE, Cisco Certified Network Engineer (or Professional) CCNE or CCNP o In-depth knowledge of IM&T systems and server infrastructure, acquired through a...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £22000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate will have strong skills around Security including: Firewalls, SSL VPN and Web Proxy... In addition, knowledge and experience of Microsoft Lync would be highly advantageous.
TEKsystems
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013