Infrastructure Engineering Job Trends in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 104 79
Rank change year-on-year +24 -25 -24
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 294 146 275
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.86% 2.60% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.99% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 228 98 164
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,688 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.87% +11.85% -3.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £63,375
England median annual salary £57,717 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.81% +20.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,051 4,876 7,727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.07% 86.85% 79.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,827 2,826 3,651
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 September 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 -3 151 £53,688 -23.30% 79
East Midlands +33 143 £50,000 +33.33% 49
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 32 (10.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (6.46%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.72%) IIS
4 4 (1.36%) PowerFactory
5 2 (0.68%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.34%) Confluence
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (0.34%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.36%) AutoCAD
1 4 (1.36%) Revit
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 114 (38.78%) Azure
2 54 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (13.27%) Entra ID
4 33 (11.22%) AWS
5 17 (5.78%) GCP
5 17 (5.78%) SaaS
6 13 (4.42%) PaaS
7 10 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (3.40%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (3.06%) IaaS
9 7 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (1.70%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (1.70%) Cloudflare
10 5 (1.70%) GitHub
10 5 (1.70%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.70%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.70%) Serverless
11 4 (1.36%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.36%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 55 (18.71%) Firewall
2 43 (14.63%) VPN
3 36 (12.24%) DNS
4 22 (7.48%) DHCP
5 13 (4.42%) Internet
5 13 (4.42%) Network Security
5 13 (4.42%) VLAN
6 11 (3.74%) SAN
7 9 (3.06%) LAN
8 8 (2.72%) TCP/IP
8 8 (2.72%) WAN
9 7 (2.38%) Wireless
10 6 (2.04%) MQTT
11 3 (1.02%) BGP
11 3 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (1.02%) HTTP
11 3 (1.02%) NX-OS
11 3 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.82%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.36%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.68%) KNIME
5 2 (0.68%) MySQL
5 2 (0.68%) Neo4j
5 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.34%) GIS
6 1 (0.34%) Metadata
6 1 (0.34%) Pentaho
6 1 (0.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (4.76%) Git
2 5 (1.70%) JIRA
3 3 (1.02%) GitLab
4 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.34%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (18.71%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (3.74%) Manufacturing
4 10 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (3.06%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.72%) Finance
7 7 (2.38%) Law
8 6 (2.04%) Legal
9 5 (1.70%) Automotive
9 5 (1.70%) Local Government
10 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.36%) Retail
11 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.02%) Social Housing
11 3 (1.02%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.34%) Police
Job Titles
1 182 (61.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 81 (27.55%) Senior
3 56 (19.05%) IT Engineer
4 52 (17.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 43 (14.63%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (12.59%) Network Engineer
7 32 (10.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 23 (7.82%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (7.48%) Senior Network Engineer
10 17 (5.78%) Senior IT Engineer
11 16 (5.44%) DevOps Engineer
12 15 (5.10%) Support Engineer
13 14 (4.76%) IT Support
14 12 (4.08%) Administrator
14 12 (4.08%) Systems Engineer
15 10 (3.40%) Azure Engineer
15 10 (3.40%) IT Support Engineer
15 10 (3.40%) Lead
15 10 (3.40%) Trainee
16 8 (2.72%) Junior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (8.50%) Terraform
2 4 (1.36%) Flash
3 2 (0.68%) Middleware
3 2 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (0.68%) REST
4 1 (0.34%) Java SE
4 1 (0.34%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 30 (10.20%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.10%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.10%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (5.10%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.40%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.04%) IoT
5 6 (2.04%) Operational Technology
5 6 (2.04%) Private Cloud
6 5 (1.70%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (1.36%) Low-Code
7 4 (1.36%) PKI
7 4 (1.36%) SCADA
8 3 (1.02%) CCTV
8 3 (1.02%) Clustering
8 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 79 (26.87%) Windows
2 59 (20.07%) Windows Server
3 35 (11.90%) Linux
4 7 (2.38%) Mac OS
4 7 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.36%) VMS
5 4 (1.36%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.02%) Android
6 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.02%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (12.59%) Disaster Recovery
2 37 (12.59%) Infrastructure as Code
3 35 (11.90%) DevOps
4 33 (11.22%) Mentoring
5 32 (10.88%) CI/CD
5 32 (10.88%) Cloud Security
6 30 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (9.86%) Cybersecurity
8 28 (9.52%) Platform Engineering
9 22 (7.48%) Project Delivery
10 21 (7.14%) Containerisation
10 21 (7.14%) Incident Management
11 20 (6.80%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 19 (6.46%) ITIL
13 18 (6.12%) Observability
14 15 (5.10%) High Availability
14 15 (5.10%) Roadmaps
14 15 (5.10%) Root Cause Analysis
14 15 (5.10%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (11.22%) PowerShell
2 26 (8.84%) SQL
3 12 (4.08%) Python
4 10 (3.40%) Shell Script
5 5 (1.70%) Scala
6 4 (1.36%) Bicep
7 3 (1.02%) Bash
7 3 (1.02%) Java
8 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.34%) R
8 1 (0.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (7.48%) Degree
2 18 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.44%) SC Cleared
4 9 (3.06%) CCNA
4 9 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.72%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.04%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.04%) CCNP
7 5 (1.70%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.02%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.02%) MCSE
8 3 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.68%) CISSP
9 2 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.34%) IISP
10 1 (0.34%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.70%) SLA
3 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (1.02%) GDPR
4 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.34%) GRC
4 1 (0.34%) GxP
4 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.34%) QA
4 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 71 (24.15%) Active Directory
2 41 (13.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (11.56%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.78%) Docker
5 9 (3.06%) vSphere
6 6 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.02%) Firmware
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.34%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 28 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.06%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.38%) Ansible
4 5 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.36%) Backup Exec
6 3 (1.02%) FortiGate
6 3 (1.02%) SCCM
7 2 (0.68%) Galera Cluster
7 2 (0.68%) Grafana
7 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.68%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.34%) Argo
8 1 (0.34%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.34%) Podman
Vendors
1 99 (33.67%) Microsoft
2 45 (15.31%) VMware
3 20 (6.80%) Cisco
4 14 (4.76%) Google
5 11 (3.74%) Veeam
6 9 (3.06%) Citrix
7 7 (2.38%) Fortinet
8 5 (1.70%) Oracle
8 5 (1.70%) Zoho
9 4 (1.36%) Datto
9 4 (1.36%) DIgSILENT
9 4 (1.36%) NetApp
10 3 (1.02%) Apple
10 3 (1.02%) Dell
10 3 (1.02%) Meraki
10 3 (1.02%) Nimble Storage
10 3 (1.02%) SonicWALL
11 2 (0.68%) BMC
11 2 (0.68%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.68%) SOTI