Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 151 159
Rank change year-on-year +38 +8 -34
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 162 133 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.24% 1.97% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 2.19% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 141 85 113
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,500 £30,650
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £57,000 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.38%

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 6,806 6,079 6,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.99% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,153 3,364 4,759
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,912 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the West Midlands

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 Infrastructure Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Birmingham +13 50 £50,000 - 3
Staffordshire -4 29 £40,000 -11.11% 10
Warwickshire +71 22 £45,000 - 3
Coventry +37 17 £45,000 -5.26% 2
Shropshire +10 11 £35,000 - 6
Solihull -1 7 £53,750 +29.52%
Worcestershire -23 4 £46,919 +2.50% 1
Brierley Hill - 1 £35,000 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 155 (95.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 99 (61.11%) Azure
3 85 (52.47%) Microsoft
4 71 (43.83%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (42.59%) Windows
6 56 (34.57%) Active Directory
7 52 (32.10%) VMware
8 46 (28.40%) Hyper-V
9 40 (24.69%) Windows Server
10 38 (23.46%) VMware Infrastructure
10 38 (23.46%) Firewall
11 35 (21.60%) PowerShell
12 32 (19.75%) Social Skills
13 31 (19.14%) SAN
13 31 (19.14%) AWS
14 30 (18.52%) DNS
14 30 (18.52%) ITIL
14 30 (18.52%) DHCP
15 26 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
16 25 (15.43%) Microsoft Exchange
17 23 (14.20%) Entra ID
18 22 (13.58%) Citrix
19 21 (12.96%) LAN
19 21 (12.96%) Microsoft Intune
20 20 (12.35%) WAN
20 20 (12.35%) SharePoint
21 18 (11.11%) Linux
21 18 (11.11%) Cisco
21 18 (11.11%) Finance
22 17 (10.49%) High Availability

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 25 (15.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (12.35%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.32%) IIS
4 6 (3.70%) Apache
5 2 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.23%) JBoss
5 2 (1.23%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 99 (61.11%) Azure
2 71 (43.83%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (19.14%) AWS
4 23 (14.20%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.09%) Amazon S3
5 5 (3.09%) PaaS
6 4 (2.47%) Azure Stack
7 3 (1.85%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.85%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.85%) Serverless
8 2 (1.23%) Azure App Service
8 2 (1.23%) GCP
8 2 (1.23%) GitHub
8 2 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.23%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.23%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.62%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (23.46%) Firewall
2 31 (19.14%) SAN
3 30 (18.52%) DHCP
3 30 (18.52%) DNS
4 21 (12.96%) LAN
5 20 (12.35%) WAN
6 15 (9.26%) TCP/IP
7 13 (8.02%) VLAN
8 10 (6.17%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (6.17%) Wireless
9 8 (4.94%) FTP
9 8 (4.94%) HTTP
9 8 (4.94%) SMTP
9 8 (4.94%) SNMP
9 8 (4.94%) SSH
9 8 (4.94%) SSL
9 8 (4.94%) Telnet
10 6 (3.70%) WLAN
11 5 (3.09%) Network Security
12 3 (1.85%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.41%) Amazon RDS
1 12 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.47%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (2.47%) MySQL
2 4 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.47%) RDBMS
2 4 (2.47%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.62%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (1.23%) GitLab
1 2 (1.23%) JIRA
1 2 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 32 (19.75%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.11%) Finance
3 12 (7.41%) Law
4 7 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.70%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.47%) Games
7 4 (2.47%) Legal
8 3 (1.85%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (1.85%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (1.85%) Local Government
9 2 (1.23%) Advertising
9 2 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.23%) Electronics
9 2 (1.23%) Retail
9 2 (1.23%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.70%) .NET
1 6 (3.70%) .NET Framework
1 6 (3.70%) XML
2 2 (1.23%) CSS
2 2 (1.23%) LAMP
2 2 (1.23%) Middleware
2 2 (1.23%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.88%) Data Centre
2 9 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.94%) Clustering
3 8 (4.94%) EFT
4 6 (3.70%) Replication
5 5 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.47%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.47%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (1.23%) BYOD
7 2 (1.23%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.23%) IBM Mainframe
7 2 (1.23%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.23%) NHS
7 2 (1.23%) PKI
7 2 (1.23%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.62%) CCTV
8 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 69 (42.59%) Windows
2 40 (24.69%) Windows Server
3 18 (11.11%) Linux
4 14 (8.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (8.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (8.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (4.32%) Unix
7 4 (2.47%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.85%) SUSE
8 3 (1.85%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.23%) Android
9 2 (1.23%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.23%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.23%) Windows 10
9 2 (1.23%) zOS
10 1 (0.62%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (95.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (18.52%) ITIL
3 26 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (10.49%) High Availability
5 15 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (8.64%) DevOps
7 13 (8.02%) Data Protection
7 13 (8.02%) Roadmaps
8 12 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
8 12 (7.41%) Service Delivery
9 11 (6.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (6.17%) Incident Response
10 10 (6.17%) Strategic Roadmap
11 9 (5.56%) Virtual Environments
12 8 (4.94%) Customer Service
12 8 (4.94%) Infrastructure Management
12 8 (4.94%) Server Patching
13 7 (4.32%) CI/CD
13 7 (4.32%) Communications Security
13 7 (4.32%) Server Migrations
Programming Languages
1 35 (21.60%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.56%) SQL
3 5 (3.09%) Bash
4 3 (1.85%) Bicep
4 3 (1.85%) Java
4 3 (1.85%) Python
5 1 (0.62%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (3.70%) SC Cleared
1 6 (3.70%) Security Cleared
2 4 (2.47%) CCNA
2 4 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (2.47%) Degree
3 3 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.23%) CCNP
4 2 (1.23%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.62%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.62%) MCSA
5 1 (0.62%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (3.09%) GDPR
1 5 (3.09%) NIST
2 3 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 56 (34.57%) Active Directory
2 46 (28.40%) Hyper-V
3 38 (23.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (6.17%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.09%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.47%) Docker
7 3 (1.85%) vSphere
8 2 (1.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.23%) pfSense
8 2 (1.23%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.62%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (12.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (9.88%) Terraform
3 12 (7.41%) Ansible
4 11 (6.79%) SCCM
5 9 (5.56%) vCenter Server
6 6 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (3.09%) WSUS
8 4 (2.47%) Data Guard
8 4 (2.47%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (2.47%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.85%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 2 (1.23%) Backup Exec
10 2 (1.23%) VxRail
11 1 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.62%) Nessus
11 1 (0.62%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 85 (52.47%) Microsoft
2 52 (32.10%) VMware
3 22 (13.58%) Citrix
4 18 (11.11%) Cisco
5 16 (9.88%) Dell
6 12 (7.41%) Veeam
7 8 (4.94%) EqualLogic
7 8 (4.94%) Globalscape
7 8 (4.94%) HP
8 7 (4.32%) Sophos
9 6 (3.70%) Oracle
9 6 (3.70%) SolarWinds
10 5 (3.09%) Nimble Storage
11 4 (2.47%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (2.47%) NetApp
12 3 (1.85%) Aruba
12 3 (1.85%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.85%) Fortinet
12 3 (1.85%) Google
12 3 (1.85%) Meraki