Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 91 163
Rank change year-on-year -74 +72 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 85 322 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.22% 2.76% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 2.93% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 66 284 117
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £53,300 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £59,625 £57,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

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 6,335 11,005 8,554
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 94.31% 89.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,841 8,241 4,752
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,775
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 £60,567
% change year-on-year +7.48% -11.67% +0.95%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer 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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
West Midlands -24 66 £45,000 - 22
East Midlands -65 19 £52,500 +16.67% 15
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 82 (96.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 56 (65.88%) Windows
3 55 (64.71%) Microsoft
4 51 (60.00%) Active Directory
4 51 (60.00%) Windows Server
5 45 (52.94%) Azure
6 37 (43.53%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (40.00%) Firewall
8 30 (35.29%) VMware
9 28 (32.94%) PowerShell
10 27 (31.76%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (30.59%) WAN
12 24 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (27.06%) VMware Infrastructure
14 20 (23.53%) VPN
15 19 (22.35%) Hyper-V
16 18 (21.18%) DNS
16 18 (21.18%) DHCP
16 18 (21.18%) LAN
16 18 (21.18%) Disaster Recovery
17 17 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
17 17 (20.00%) ITIL
18 16 (18.82%) Social Skills
18 16 (18.82%) VLAN
19 13 (15.29%) AWS
19 13 (15.29%) Data Centre
19 13 (15.29%) Public Sector
20 12 (14.12%) Azure Certification
20 12 (14.12%) Degree
20 12 (14.12%) MCP

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 17 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (12.94%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.35%) IIS
4 1 (1.18%) CMS
4 1 (1.18%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.18%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.18%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Cloud Services
1 45 (52.94%) Azure
2 37 (43.53%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (15.29%) AWS
4 10 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 7 (8.24%) IaaS
5 7 (8.24%) PaaS
5 7 (8.24%) SaaS
6 5 (5.88%) OneDrive
7 4 (4.71%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (4.71%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (4.71%) Route 53
8 3 (3.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (2.35%) GCP
10 1 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (1.18%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (1.18%) Cloudflare
10 1 (1.18%) Dropbox
10 1 (1.18%) Serverless
10 1 (1.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (40.00%) Firewall
2 26 (30.59%) WAN
3 20 (23.53%) VPN
4 18 (21.18%) DHCP
4 18 (21.18%) DNS
4 18 (21.18%) LAN
5 16 (18.82%) VLAN
6 12 (14.12%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (10.59%) SD-WAN
8 8 (9.41%) Network Security
8 8 (9.41%) SAN
9 6 (7.06%) TCP/IP
10 4 (4.71%) HTTPS
11 2 (2.35%) 5G
11 2 (2.35%) Bluetooth
11 2 (2.35%) LTE
11 2 (2.35%) NAS
12 1 (1.18%) Internet
12 1 (1.18%) Skype
12 1 (1.18%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Bitbucket Server
1 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (18.82%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.29%) Public Sector
3 10 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (9.41%) Law
5 4 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.71%) Finance
5 4 (4.71%) Legal
5 4 (4.71%) Police
6 3 (3.53%) Electronics
6 3 (3.53%) Local Government
6 3 (3.53%) Retail
7 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.18%) Advertising
8 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.18%) ODBC
3 1 (1.18%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.29%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.24%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.53%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.53%) Enterprise Storage
3 3 (3.53%) NHS
4 2 (2.35%) Clustering
4 2 (2.35%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (2.35%) IoT
4 2 (2.35%) NB-IoT
4 2 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.18%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (1.18%) iPhone
5 1 (1.18%) PKI
5 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) Replication
5 1 (1.18%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 56 (65.88%) Windows
2 51 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 10 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
4 8 (9.41%) Linux
5 7 (8.24%) Windows 10
5 7 (8.24%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.35%) Android
7 2 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.18%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (96.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (21.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (20.00%) ITIL
5 11 (12.94%) Server Management
6 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Management
6 10 (11.76%) Roadmaps
7 9 (10.59%) Cloud Security
7 9 (10.59%) Collaborative Culture
7 9 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (10.59%) Cost Management
7 9 (10.59%) Project Management
8 8 (9.41%) Availability Management
8 8 (9.41%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (9.41%) Identity Management
8 8 (9.41%) Logistics
8 8 (9.41%) Network Virtualisation
8 8 (9.41%) Release Management
9 7 (8.24%) Mentoring
9 7 (8.24%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 28 (32.94%) PowerShell
2 8 (9.41%) Python
2 8 (9.41%) SQL
3 4 (4.71%) Bash
4 2 (2.35%) Perl
5 1 (1.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (31.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (14.12%) Azure Certification
2 12 (14.12%) Degree
2 12 (14.12%) MCP
2 12 (14.12%) MCSA
3 11 (12.94%) A+ Certification
4 7 (8.24%) AWS Certification
4 7 (8.24%) MCSE
5 6 (7.06%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
6 4 (4.71%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (3.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (3.53%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.35%) CCNA
8 2 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.35%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (1.18%) MCITP
9 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.53%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.35%) GDPR
3 2 (2.35%) NIST
4 1 (1.18%) GRC
4 1 (1.18%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 23 (27.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (22.35%) Hyper-V
4 7 (8.24%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.35%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.35%) vSphere
6 1 (1.18%) BitLocker
6 1 (1.18%) Docker
6 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.06%) SCOM
2 6 (7.06%) Terraform
3 5 (5.88%) Ansible
3 5 (5.88%) SCCM
4 4 (4.71%) Puppet
5 2 (2.35%) Failover Clustering
5 2 (2.35%) Nessus
5 2 (2.35%) Progress Chef
5 2 (2.35%) WSUS
6 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.18%) Proxmox
6 1 (1.18%) SCOrch
6 1 (1.18%) SCSM
6 1 (1.18%) VxRail
Vendors
1 55 (64.71%) Microsoft
2 30 (35.29%) VMware
3 7 (8.24%) Acronis
3 7 (8.24%) Cisco
4 6 (7.06%) Citrix
4 6 (7.06%) WatchGuard
5 4 (4.71%) Dell
5 4 (4.71%) Isilon
5 4 (4.71%) Veeam
6 3 (3.53%) HP
7 2 (2.35%) ArcSight
7 2 (2.35%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.35%) Google
7 2 (2.35%) Red Hat
7 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.35%) Sophos
7 2 (2.35%) Splunk
7 2 (2.35%) TP-LINK
8 1 (1.18%) Nasuni
8 1 (1.18%) Netskope