Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 113 81
Rank change year-on-year -4 -32 +73
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 162 126 377
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.23% 2.26% 2.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 2.49% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 135 92 300
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,125 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,483 5,068 12,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 90.92% 94.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,700 3,190 8,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,688 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.77% -11.67%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

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 Infrastructure Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -22 84 £52,500 +14.13% 21
East Midlands +12 78 £50,000 +25.00% 8
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 11 July 2026, Infrastructure 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 Midlands region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 152 (93.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 57 (35.19%) Azure
3 46 (28.40%) Microsoft
4 39 (24.07%) Active Directory
5 38 (23.46%) Windows
6 36 (22.22%) VMware
7 35 (21.60%) Firewall
8 34 (20.99%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (19.14%) VMware Infrastructure
10 30 (18.52%) Windows Server
11 27 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
12 26 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
13 24 (14.81%) Hyper-V
14 21 (12.96%) Entra ID
14 21 (12.96%) ITIL
15 20 (12.35%) SharePoint
16 18 (11.11%) SQL
16 18 (11.11%) VPN
17 17 (10.49%) DHCP
17 17 (10.49%) DNS
18 16 (9.88%) PowerShell
19 14 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
20 12 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
20 12 (7.41%) Mentoring
21 11 (6.79%) Cisco
21 11 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
21 11 (6.79%) Linux
21 11 (6.79%) Project Delivery
22 10 (6.17%) Cloud Security

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 27 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (12.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.47%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 57 (35.19%) Azure
2 34 (20.99%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (12.96%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.70%) AWS
5 5 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (2.47%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (2.47%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (1.85%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.23%) GitHub
8 2 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.23%) IaaS
8 2 (1.23%) PaaS
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.62%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.62%) SaaS
9 1 (0.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 35 (21.60%) Firewall
2 18 (11.11%) VPN
3 17 (10.49%) DHCP
3 17 (10.49%) DNS
4 9 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (4.94%) SAN
5 8 (4.94%) VLAN
5 8 (4.94%) WAN
6 7 (4.32%) LAN
7 5 (3.09%) Network Security
8 4 (2.47%) LoRaWAN
8 4 (2.47%) MQTT
9 3 (1.85%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.85%) Internet
9 3 (1.85%) Wireless
10 2 (1.23%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.62%) BGP
11 1 (0.62%) DMZ
11 1 (0.62%) MPLS
11 1 (0.62%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.47%) MySQL
2 4 (2.47%) Neo4j
3 2 (1.23%) KNIME
3 2 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (1.85%) Git
2 1 (0.62%) GitLab
2 1 (0.62%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.62%) JIRA
General
1 16 (9.88%) Social Skills
2 8 (4.94%) Finance
2 8 (4.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (4.94%) Law
2 8 (4.94%) Manufacturing
3 4 (2.47%) Banking
3 4 (2.47%) Investment Banking
4 3 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (1.85%) Automotive
4 3 (1.85%) Legal
4 3 (1.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.62%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.23%) Middleware
1 2 (1.23%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.94%) Clustering
1 8 (4.94%) Driving Licence
1 8 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (4.32%) Data Centre
3 5 (3.09%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (2.47%) IoT
4 4 (2.47%) Replication
5 3 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.85%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.23%) CMDB
6 2 (1.23%) PKI
6 2 (1.23%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.23%) SCADA
7 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 38 (23.46%) Windows
2 30 (18.52%) Windows Server
3 11 (6.79%) Linux
4 4 (2.47%) Mac OS
4 4 (2.47%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.23%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (93.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (12.96%) ITIL
5 12 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 12 (7.41%) Mentoring
6 11 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (6.79%) Project Delivery
7 10 (6.17%) Cloud Security
7 10 (6.17%) High Availability
7 10 (6.17%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 10 (6.17%) Roadmaps
8 9 (5.56%) Platform Engineering
9 7 (4.32%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (4.32%) Performance Tuning
9 7 (4.32%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (4.32%) Runbook
9 7 (4.32%) Service Delivery
10 6 (3.70%) Business Continuity
10 6 (3.70%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.11%) SQL
2 16 (9.88%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.09%) Scala
4 3 (1.85%) Bicep
4 3 (1.85%) Python
5 2 (1.23%) Bash
6 1 (0.62%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 6 (3.70%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.47%) Degree
4 3 (1.85%) A+ Certification
4 3 (1.85%) Azure Certification
4 3 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.23%) CCNA
5 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.23%) CISSP
5 2 (1.23%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.62%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (0.62%) CCNP
6 1 (0.62%) IISP
6 1 (0.62%) ISACA
6 1 (0.62%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.23%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (24.07%) Active Directory
2 31 (19.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (14.81%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.56%) vSphere
5 5 (3.09%) Docker
6 2 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.62%) Firmware
7 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.62%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 14 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.70%) Terraform
3 5 (3.09%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Clustering
4 4 (2.47%) Ansible
4 4 (2.47%) Galera Cluster
4 4 (2.47%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.23%) Grafana
6 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.23%) SCCM
7 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 46 (28.40%) Microsoft
2 36 (22.22%) VMware
3 11 (6.79%) Cisco
4 9 (5.56%) Veeam
5 8 (4.94%) Citrix
6 6 (3.70%) Fortinet
6 6 (3.70%) Meraki
7 3 (1.85%) SonicWALL
8 2 (1.23%) Dell
8 2 (1.23%) Isilon
8 2 (1.23%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.62%) Apple
9 1 (0.62%) Aruba
9 1 (0.62%) Commvault
9 1 (0.62%) NetApp
9 1 (0.62%) Oracle
9 1 (0.62%) Sophos
9 1 (0.62%) WatchGuard
9 1 (0.62%) Zscaler