3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Third Line Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Third Line Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Midlands is £59,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 297 305
Rank change year-on-year +50 +8 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 4 21 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.057% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.19% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 19
10th Percentile £52,550 - £37,150
25th Percentile £54,500 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.26% -13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 -
90th Percentile - £53,750 -
England median annual salary £53,000 £47,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year +11.58% -4.04% +4.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 6,422 11,026 8,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 94.31% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,856 8,249 4,756
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
East Midlands +46 3 £59,500 +25.26%
West Midlands +37 1 - - 1
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
England

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 3rd Line 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 Midlands region featuring 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (75.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) SCOM
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Cloudflare
4 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (25.00%) Imperva
4 1 (25.00%) Virtual Environments

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Cloudflare
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) Skype
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Law
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (75.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
1 3 (75.00%) SCOM
2 1 (25.00%) SCOrch
2 1 (25.00%) SCSM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Imperva