IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 249 262
Rank change year-on-year +35 +13 -54
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 33 15 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.45% 0.23% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.26% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 31 15 23
10th Percentile £37,000 £40,500 £36,300
25th Percentile £37,500 - £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £46,875 £57,500
90th Percentile - £54,000 £59,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% +1.12% +4.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,838 5,770 6,912
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 90.24% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,164 3,275 4,763
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the West Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 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
Birmingham +2 11 £50,000 -9.09%
Staffordshire -24 8 £40,750 -9.44% 1
Worcestershire - 3 £45,000 -
Shropshire - 2 £36,500 -
Warwickshire - 1 £45,000 -
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 West Midlands region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 33 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (78.79%) Azure
3 24 (72.73%) Microsoft
4 23 (69.70%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (48.48%) Active Directory
5 16 (48.48%) Windows
5 16 (48.48%) Firewall
6 12 (36.36%) Hyper-V
7 11 (33.33%) VMware
7 11 (33.33%) DHCP
7 11 (33.33%) DNS
7 11 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (30.30%) SharePoint
8 10 (30.30%) SAN
8 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
8 10 (30.30%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (30.30%) Entra ID
9 8 (24.24%) Windows Server
9 8 (24.24%) Service Delivery
9 8 (24.24%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (21.21%) Cisco
11 6 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (18.18%) Migration
11 6 (18.18%) Virtual Environments
11 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (18.18%) Communications Security
11 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
12 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 10 (30.30%) SharePoint
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (78.79%) Azure
2 23 (69.70%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (30.30%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.12%) AWS
5 3 (9.09%) Google Workspace
6 2 (6.06%) Amazon S3
6 2 (6.06%) Mimecast
6 2 (6.06%) OpenDNS
7 1 (3.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (48.48%) Firewall
2 11 (33.33%) DHCP
2 11 (33.33%) DNS
3 10 (30.30%) SAN
4 8 (24.24%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (15.15%) VLAN
6 4 (12.12%) Network Security
6 4 (12.12%) TCP/IP
7 3 (9.09%) LAN
7 3 (9.09%) VPN
7 3 (9.09%) WAN
8 2 (6.06%) EIGRP
8 2 (6.06%) HSRP
8 2 (6.06%) IPsec
8 2 (6.06%) iSCSI
8 2 (6.06%) OSPF
8 2 (6.06%) PBX
8 2 (6.06%) RIP
8 2 (6.06%) VRRP
8 2 (6.06%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Law
2 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Electronics
3 2 (6.06%) Legal
3 2 (6.06%) Retail
3 2 (6.06%) Social Housing
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) LAMP
1 2 (6.06%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Housing Association
1 2 (6.06%) PKI
2 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.03%) IoT
2 1 (3.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (48.48%) Windows
2 11 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 11 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
3 10 (30.30%) Windows Server 2012
4 8 (24.24%) Windows Server
5 4 (12.12%) Linux
6 2 (6.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (24.24%) Service Delivery
3 6 (18.18%) Communications Security
3 6 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (18.18%) Migration
3 6 (18.18%) Virtual Environments
4 5 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (15.15%) ITIL
4 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.12%) Innovative Thinking
5 4 (12.12%) Server Migrations
6 3 (9.09%) Customer Service
6 3 (9.09%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (9.09%) Data Protection
6 3 (9.09%) High Availability
6 3 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
6 3 (9.09%) Server Management
7 2 (6.06%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) PowerShell
1 4 (12.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.03%) CCNA
2 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.03%) MCSE
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 16 (48.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (36.36%) Hyper-V
3 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (15.15%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (6.06%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (6.06%) Docker
5 2 (6.06%) pfSense
5 2 (6.06%) Terminal Services
5 2 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.06%) Backup Exec
3 1 (3.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 11 (33.33%) VMware
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco
4 4 (12.12%) Citrix
5 3 (9.09%) Google
5 3 (9.09%) HP
5 3 (9.09%) Veeam
6 2 (6.06%) Acronis
6 2 (6.06%) Aruba
6 2 (6.06%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (6.06%) Dell
6 2 (6.06%) EqualLogic
6 2 (6.06%) SonicWALL
6 2 (6.06%) Sophos
6 2 (6.06%) Veritas
7 1 (3.03%) Commvault
7 1 (3.03%) Ruckus Wireless
7 1 (3.03%) Zerto