Infrastructure Security Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Infrastructure Security Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in Birmingham is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 129 -
Rank change year-on-year +35 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.13% 0.049% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.052% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,935 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.80% - -
West Midlands median annual salary £48,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,460 1,939 1,114
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 94.68% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 1,014 928
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £40,446
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,250 £71,991 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -2.91%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 12 December 2025, Infrastructure Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Infrastructure Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Tanium
2 1 (50.00%) Tenable
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler

Infrastructure Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) NAS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Tanium
2 1 (50.00%) Tenable
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler