3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the East Midlands
Third Line Infrastructure Engineer
England > East Midlands
The median Third Line Infrastructure Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 170 | - | 155 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer jobs | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands | 0.19% | - | 0.029% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.21% | - | 0.031% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46,750 | - | £51,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,500 | - | £52,500 |
| 75th Percentile | £50,250 | - | £53,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median annual salary | £48,000 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.05% | +5.56% | +5.88% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the East Midlands matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 14 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the East Midlands matching a recognised job title | 6,319 | 2,089 | 3,247 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 90.04% | 92.31% | 95.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,219 | 1,363 | 1,547 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £26,000 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £30,000 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,500 | £40,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.25% | -15.79% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £73,750 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £53,056 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.09% | -7.73% | -4.17% |
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Salary Trend in the East Midlands
Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Job Locations in the East Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer jobs within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northamptonshire | - | 9 | £50,000 | - | |
| Derbyshire | - | 3 | £48,500 | - | 1 |
| Nottinghamshire | - | 1 | £48,500 | - | |
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3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands
For the 6 months to 14 November 2026, 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job ads cited 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 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job ads across the East Midlands region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Active Directory | 100.0% | 13 |
| 1 | Windows | 100.0% | 13 |
| 1 | Windows Server | 100.0% | 13 |
| 4 | Microsoft Exchange | 92.3% | 12 |
| 5 | DNS | 76.9% | 10 |
| 6 | Hyper-V | 69.2% | 9 |
| 7 | Microsoft | 61.5% | 8 |
| 8 | DHCP | 53.8% | 7 |
| 8 | Infrastructure Engineering | 53.8% | 7 |
| 10 | Failover Clustering | 46.2% | 6 |
| 10 | Microsoft Clustering | 46.2% | 6 |
| 10 | SQL | 46.2% | 6 |
| 10 | Virtual Environments | 46.2% | 6 |
| 14 | Entra ID | 30.8% | 4 |
| 14 | Firewall | 30.8% | 4 |
| 14 | Microsoft 365 | 30.8% | 4 |
| 14 | PowerShell | 30.8% | 4 |
| 14 | Security Cleared | 30.8% | 4 |
| 14 | VMware | 30.8% | 4 |
| 14 | VMware Infrastructure | 30.8% | 4 |
| 21 | Citrix | 23.1% | 3 |
| 21 | Collaborative Culture | 23.1% | 3 |
| 21 | DV Cleared | 23.1% | 3 |
| 21 | Infrastructure Management | 23.1% | 3 |
| 21 | Kerberos | 23.1% | 3 |
| 21 | LDAP | 23.1% | 3 |
| 21 | Nexthink | 23.1% | 3 |
| 21 | Problem-Solving | 23.1% | 3 |
| 21 | SAN | 23.1% | 3 |
| 21 | SC Cleared | 23.1% | 3 |
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Administrator | 69.2% | 9 |
| 2 | 3rd Line Network Engineer | 46.2% | 6 |
| 2 | Network Administrator | 46.2% | 6 |
| 2 | Network Infrastructure Engineer | 46.2% | 6 |
| 5 | IT Administrator | 23.1% | 3 |
| 5 | IT Infrastructure Engineer | 23.1% | 3 |
| 5 | Network Systems Engineer | 23.1% | 3 |
| 5 | Systems Administrator | 23.1% | 3 |
| 9 | Windows Infrastructure Engineer | 7.7% | 1 |