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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 83 65
Rank change year-on-year -9 -18 +30
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 152 247 203
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.72% 2.79% 3.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.18% 3.44% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 110 137 175
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,875
25th Percentile £35,625 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £49,565
Median % change year-on-year - +0.88% +10.14%
75th Percentile £73,750 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,000 £62,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -2.78% +2.86%

All Process and 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 4,786 7,178 4,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.53% 81.05% 93.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,942 3,235 3,644
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,755
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.26% +4.80% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £64,063
90th Percentile £78,750 £79,840 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 3 November 2025.

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 3 November 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 +2 91 £65,000 +21.95% 32
East Midlands -5 60 £38,750 -13.89% 21
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 35 (23.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (13.82%) SharePoint
3 15 (9.87%) Confluence
4 9 (5.92%) Skype for Business
5 5 (3.29%) CMS
6 4 (2.63%) WinCC
7 2 (1.32%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (1.32%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 73 (48.03%) Azure
2 47 (30.92%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (26.32%) AWS
4 25 (16.45%) Entra ID
5 22 (14.47%) SaaS
6 16 (10.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 15 (9.87%) Amazon EC2
8 14 (9.21%) Amazon ELB
8 14 (9.21%) Amazon Glacier
8 14 (9.21%) Amazon S3
8 14 (9.21%) AWS KMS
8 14 (9.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 13 (8.55%) GCP
10 12 (7.89%) Azure Sentinel
11 9 (5.92%) Nutanix
12 8 (5.26%) Azure Stack
13 7 (4.61%) IaaS
13 7 (4.61%) PaaS
14 6 (3.95%) GitHub
14 6 (3.95%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 58 (38.16%) Firewall
2 33 (21.71%) DNS
3 32 (21.05%) DHCP
4 28 (18.42%) VPN
5 22 (14.47%) WAN
6 19 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 18 (11.84%) VLAN
8 14 (9.21%) LAN
9 9 (5.92%) SAN
9 9 (5.92%) Skype
10 8 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
10 8 (5.26%) SD-WAN
11 7 (4.61%) Network Security
12 5 (3.29%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (2.63%) Modbus
14 3 (1.97%) MPLS
14 3 (1.97%) Softphone
15 2 (1.32%) HTTP
15 2 (1.32%) SSL
16 1 (0.66%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.53%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (5.92%) DTS
3 7 (4.61%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.32%) Data Hub
4 2 (1.32%) SQL CLR
5 1 (0.66%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (11.84%) JIRA
2 16 (10.53%) Git
2 16 (10.53%) Jenkins
3 14 (9.21%) Vagrant
4 3 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.66%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.66%) JMeter
5 1 (0.66%) Locust
5 1 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (22.37%) Public Sector
2 26 (17.11%) Social Skills
3 14 (9.21%) Law
3 14 (9.21%) Manufacturing
4 12 (7.89%) Finance
4 12 (7.89%) Retail
5 8 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.26%) Back Office
5 8 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.95%) Legal
7 4 (2.63%) Local Government
7 4 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.97%) Publishing
9 1 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (80.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 59 (38.82%) Support Engineer
3 52 (34.21%) Infrastructure Support
3 52 (34.21%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 37 (24.34%) IT Engineer
5 32 (21.05%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (12.50%) IT Support
7 15 (9.87%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (9.87%) Senior
7 15 (9.87%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (6.58%) Analyst
8 10 (6.58%) AWS Engineer
8 10 (6.58%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (4.61%) Lead
10 7 (4.61%) Support Analyst
11 6 (3.95%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (3.95%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 5 (3.29%) Applications Support
12 5 (3.29%) Applications Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.97%) EDI
3 2 (1.32%) .NET
3 2 (1.32%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.32%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.32%) Dapper ORM
3 2 (1.32%) Entity Framework
3 2 (1.32%) OAuth
3 2 (1.32%) OLE
3 2 (1.32%) SAML
4 1 (0.66%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.66%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.11%) Onboarding
2 14 (9.21%) Replication
3 11 (7.24%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.92%) CMDB
4 9 (5.92%) Video Conferencing
5 8 (5.26%) Cyberattack
5 8 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (5.26%) Operational Technology
6 7 (4.61%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.95%) Clustering
7 6 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (3.29%) Driving Licence
8 5 (3.29%) SCADA
9 4 (2.63%) NHS
10 3 (1.97%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (1.97%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (1.32%) Private Cloud
11 2 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 102 (67.11%) Windows
2 63 (41.45%) Windows Server
3 39 (25.66%) Linux
4 21 (13.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 16 (10.53%) VMS
6 15 (9.87%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (6.58%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (5.26%) Android
8 8 (5.26%) Rocky
9 7 (4.61%) Windows 10
10 5 (3.29%) Mac OS
11 3 (1.97%) Unix
12 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.66%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (26.32%) DevOps
2 30 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (13.82%) ITIL
4 20 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (12.50%) Cloud Security
5 19 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 17 (11.18%) Change Management
7 15 (9.87%) Configuration Management
7 15 (9.87%) Risk Management
8 14 (9.21%) Containerisation
8 14 (9.21%) Mentoring
9 13 (8.55%) CI/CD
10 12 (7.89%) Agile
10 12 (7.89%) Customer Service
10 12 (7.89%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (7.89%) Server Management
11 11 (7.24%) Infrastructure Management
11 11 (7.24%) Line Management
11 11 (7.24%) Storage Management
12 10 (6.58%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (24.34%) PowerShell
2 25 (16.45%) Python
3 17 (11.18%) SQL
4 15 (9.87%) Groovy
5 9 (5.92%) Bash
6 2 (1.32%) C#
7 1 (0.66%) Go
7 1 (0.66%) Java
7 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 28 (18.42%) Security Cleared
2 26 (17.11%) SC Cleared
3 19 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (9.87%) Azure Certification
5 14 (9.21%) MCP
6 12 (7.89%) Degree
6 12 (7.89%) Network+ Certification
7 11 (7.24%) A+ Certification
8 10 (6.58%) DV Cleared
9 9 (5.92%) MCSA
9 9 (5.92%) MCSE
10 8 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.97%) CISM
11 3 (1.97%) CISSP
11 3 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.66%) CCNP
12 1 (0.66%) CISA
12 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.66%) GIAC
12 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.24%) GDPR
2 7 (4.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 5 (3.29%) QA
4 4 (2.63%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.97%) SLA
6 2 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.32%) IEC 61131
6 2 (1.32%) NIST
6 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 82 (53.95%) Active Directory
2 31 (20.39%) Hyper-V
3 28 (18.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (9.21%) DFS Replication
5 11 (7.24%) Docker
5 11 (7.24%) vSphere
6 10 (6.58%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (5.26%) VMware NSX
8 3 (1.97%) XenApp
9 2 (1.32%) Firmware
9 2 (1.32%) vCloud
9 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (21.05%) Terraform
2 27 (17.76%) Ansible
3 15 (9.87%) Grafana
4 14 (9.21%) Prometheus
5 10 (6.58%) Kubernetes
6 9 (5.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (5.92%) Nagios
6 9 (5.92%) ZABBIX
7 6 (3.95%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (3.29%) SCCM
9 2 (1.32%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.32%) Puppet
9 2 (1.32%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.66%) Nessus
10 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 62 (40.79%) Microsoft
2 31 (20.39%) VMware
3 22 (14.47%) Juniper
4 21 (13.82%) Cisco
5 16 (10.53%) ServiceNow
6 14 (9.21%) Veeam
7 13 (8.55%) Citrix
8 12 (7.89%) Meraki
9 11 (7.24%) Darktrace
9 11 (7.24%) Google
10 10 (6.58%) Red Hat
10 10 (6.58%) SolarWinds
10 10 (6.58%) Tanium
11 9 (5.92%) BMC
11 9 (5.92%) Dell
11 9 (5.92%) Proofpoint
11 9 (5.92%) Trend Micro
12 8 (5.26%) 3PAR
12 8 (5.26%) Splunk
13 6 (3.95%) Rapid7