Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the East Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 43 29
Rank change year-on-year -86 -14 +90
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 27 207 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.01% 4.38% 8.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 5.57% 8.55%
Number of salaries quoted 14 178 36
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,313 £37,500 £41,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £45,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.89% -12.20% +7.89%
75th Percentile £55,972 £53,750 £56,250
90th Percentile £60,725 £58,750 £58,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,457 3,715 2,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 92.33% 78.59% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 915 2,597 1,233
10th Percentile £25,550 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £44,500 £50,498
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% -11.88% +6.31%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the East Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the East Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the East Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Derbyshire -19 13 £32,500 -33.33% 26
Leicestershire +20 6 £56,000 +17.89% 13
Northamptonshire -15 3 £52,500 +23.53% 16
Nottinghamshire -8 2 £54,388 +8.78% 21
Lincolnshire -33 1 £47,500 +18.75% 19
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 4 (14.81%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (3.70%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (48.15%) Azure
2 8 (29.63%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
3 4 (14.81%) Nutanix
4 3 (11.11%) AWS
4 3 (11.11%) IaaS
4 3 (11.11%) Mimecast
5 2 (7.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (7.41%) PaaS
6 1 (3.70%) Cloudflare
6 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
6 1 (3.70%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 12 (44.44%) VPN
2 9 (33.33%) DHCP
3 8 (29.63%) Cisco IOS
3 8 (29.63%) DNS
3 8 (29.63%) Firewall
4 6 (22.22%) WAN
5 5 (18.52%) SD-WAN
5 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
6 4 (14.81%) VLAN
6 4 (14.81%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (11.11%) LAN
7 3 (11.11%) Network Security
8 1 (3.70%) 5G
8 1 (3.70%) Bluetooth
8 1 (3.70%) Internet
8 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (3.70%) LTE
8 1 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (3.70%) SAN
8 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (11.11%) Legal
2 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Electronics
3 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 26 (96.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (25.93%) IT Engineer
2 7 (25.93%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Senior
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Senior DevOps
5 2 (7.41%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (29.63%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Cyberattack
2 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
3 3 (11.11%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.70%) Clustering
4 1 (3.70%) IoT
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) NB-IoT
4 1 (3.70%) Replication
4 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (85.19%) Windows
2 15 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 11 (40.74%) Linux
4 9 (33.33%) Android
5 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) DevOps
1 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (33.33%) Task Automation
3 8 (29.63%) Line Management
3 8 (29.63%) Mathematics
3 8 (29.63%) Platform Engineering
3 8 (29.63%) Risk Management
3 8 (29.63%) Storage Management
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
5 3 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 3 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (11.11%) Identity Management
5 3 (11.11%) Migration
5 3 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
5 3 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (11.11%) SIEM
6 2 (7.41%) Cost Control
6 2 (7.41%) Cost Management
6 2 (7.41%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (62.96%) PowerShell
2 9 (33.33%) Bash
2 9 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Azure Certification
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (3.70%) CCNP
2 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (3.70%) MCITP
2 1 (3.70%) MCSA
2 1 (3.70%) MCSE
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (3.70%) GDPR
1 1 (3.70%) GRC
1 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.70%) QA
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
1 12 (44.44%) Hyper-V
2 9 (33.33%) vSphere
3 8 (29.63%) Docker
3 8 (29.63%) VMware NSX
4 5 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (7.41%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) Ansible
1 9 (33.33%) Terraform
2 6 (22.22%) SCCM
3 3 (11.11%) SCOM
4 1 (3.70%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (3.70%) Puppet
4 1 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 13 (48.15%) Cisco
3 8 (29.63%) 3PAR
3 8 (29.63%) Juniper
3 8 (29.63%) Splunk
4 6 (22.22%) VMware
5 4 (14.81%) Meraki
6 3 (11.11%) Nasuni
6 3 (11.11%) Rapid7
7 1 (3.70%) HP
7 1 (3.70%) Imperva
7 1 (3.70%) Isilon
7 1 (3.70%) Red Hat
7 1 (3.70%) Veeam