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 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 89 63
Rank change year-on-year +8 -26 +31
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 162 225 201
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.63% 2.70% 4.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.27% 3.18% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 125 121 173
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,875
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% +4.30%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,500 £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 4,960 7,072 4,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.61% 84.90% 92.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,324 3,163 3,519
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -3.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 1 December 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 1 December 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 +14 101 £57,500 +15.00% 36
East Midlands +6 60 £45,000 - 16
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 (21.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (14.20%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.56%) Skype for Business
4 8 (4.94%) Confluence
5 5 (3.09%) CMS
6 4 (2.47%) WinCC
7 2 (1.23%) FactoryTalk
8 1 (0.62%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 79 (48.77%) Azure
2 47 (29.01%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (19.14%) AWS
4 30 (18.52%) Entra ID
5 27 (16.67%) SaaS
6 14 (8.64%) GCP
7 13 (8.02%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (6.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (4.94%) Azure Stack
10 7 (4.32%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (4.32%) Amazon ELB
10 7 (4.32%) Amazon Glacier
10 7 (4.32%) Amazon S3
10 7 (4.32%) AWS KMS
10 7 (4.32%) PaaS
10 7 (4.32%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (3.70%) IaaS
11 6 (3.70%) iPaaS
11 6 (3.70%) Nutanix
12 5 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (30.86%) Firewall
2 33 (20.37%) DNS
3 29 (17.90%) DHCP
4 20 (12.35%) VPN
5 18 (11.11%) WAN
6 16 (9.88%) TCP/IP
6 16 (9.88%) VLAN
7 12 (7.41%) LAN
8 9 (5.56%) SAN
8 9 (5.56%) Skype
9 7 (4.32%) SD-WAN
10 6 (3.70%) Network Security
11 4 (2.47%) Modbus
11 4 (2.47%) MPLS
11 4 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.85%) Softphone
13 2 (1.23%) HTTP
13 2 (1.23%) NAS
13 2 (1.23%) SSL
14 1 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.56%) DTS
3 8 (4.94%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.62%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.62%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 11 (6.79%) JIRA
2 9 (5.56%) Git
3 8 (4.94%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.32%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.62%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.62%) GitLab
5 1 (0.62%) JMeter
5 1 (0.62%) Locust
5 1 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 25 (15.43%) Social Skills
2 24 (14.81%) Public Sector
3 16 (9.88%) Retail
4 15 (9.26%) Law
5 13 (8.02%) Manufacturing
6 10 (6.17%) Finance
7 7 (4.32%) Back Office
8 6 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (3.09%) Legal
10 3 (1.85%) Local Government
10 3 (1.85%) Publishing
11 2 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 131 (80.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 57 (35.19%) Support Engineer
3 48 (29.63%) Infrastructure Support
3 48 (29.63%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 42 (25.93%) IT Engineer
5 35 (21.60%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (13.58%) IT Support
7 19 (11.73%) Senior
8 18 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
8 18 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (8.02%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (6.17%) Lead
11 9 (5.56%) Analyst
11 9 (5.56%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (4.94%) Network Engineer
12 8 (4.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (4.32%) Azure Engineer
13 7 (4.32%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (4.32%) Support Analyst
14 6 (3.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.09%) OLE
2 3 (1.85%) EDI
3 2 (1.23%) OAuth
3 2 (1.23%) SAML
4 1 (0.62%) .NET
4 1 (0.62%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.62%) Dapper ORM
4 1 (0.62%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.62%) Gherkin
4 1 (0.62%) Middleware
4 1 (0.62%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.05%) Onboarding
2 11 (6.79%) Data Centre
3 9 (5.56%) CMDB
3 9 (5.56%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (4.32%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.32%) Replication
5 7 (4.32%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.70%) Clustering
6 6 (3.70%) Operational Technology
7 5 (3.09%) Driving Licence
7 5 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.47%) SCADA
9 3 (1.85%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.85%) NHS
9 3 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.62%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.62%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.62%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 85 (52.47%) Windows
2 60 (37.04%) Windows Server
3 25 (15.43%) Linux
4 20 (12.35%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (8.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (5.56%) VMS
6 9 (5.56%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (4.94%) Rocky
8 7 (4.32%) Windows 10
9 5 (3.09%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.62%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.62%) Unix
10 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (17.90%) DevOps
2 26 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (12.96%) Disaster Recovery
3 21 (12.96%) ITIL
4 20 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (10.49%) CI/CD
5 17 (10.49%) Containerisation
6 16 (9.88%) Mentoring
7 14 (8.64%) Migration
8 13 (8.02%) Cloud Security
9 12 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
10 11 (6.79%) Cloud Operations
10 11 (6.79%) Customer Service
10 11 (6.79%) Infrastructure Management
10 11 (6.79%) Server Management
11 10 (6.17%) Change Management
11 10 (6.17%) Service Delivery
12 9 (5.56%) Agile
12 9 (5.56%) Problem Management
12 9 (5.56%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (13.58%) PowerShell
2 18 (11.11%) SQL
3 10 (6.17%) Python
4 8 (4.94%) Groovy
5 1 (0.62%) Bash
5 1 (0.62%) C#
5 1 (0.62%) Go
5 1 (0.62%) Java
5 1 (0.62%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (14.20%) Security Cleared
2 18 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (8.64%) Azure Certification
5 13 (8.02%) DV Cleared
6 12 (7.41%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (6.17%) MCP
8 9 (5.56%) Degree
9 8 (4.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (4.32%) A+ Certification
11 5 (3.09%) MCSA
11 5 (3.09%) MCSE
12 3 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (1.23%) CISM
13 2 (1.23%) CISSP
14 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.62%) CCNA
14 1 (0.62%) CCNP
14 1 (0.62%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.79%) GDPR
2 7 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (3.09%) QA
5 4 (2.47%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.85%) SLA
7 2 (1.23%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.23%) IEC 61131
7 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.62%) NIST
8 1 (0.62%) WCAG
System Software
1 69 (42.59%) Active Directory
2 25 (15.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (14.20%) Hyper-V
4 10 (6.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (4.32%) DFS Replication
6 4 (2.47%) XenApp
7 3 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.85%) vSphere
8 2 (1.23%) Docker
8 2 (1.23%) Firmware
8 2 (1.23%) vCloud
8 2 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (11.11%) Terraform
2 11 (6.79%) Ansible
2 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.56%) Nagios
3 9 (5.56%) ZABBIX
4 8 (4.94%) Grafana
5 7 (4.32%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.70%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.85%) FlexNet
7 3 (1.85%) SCCM
8 2 (1.23%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.62%) Nessus
9 1 (0.62%) Puppet
Vendors
1 55 (33.95%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.28%) VMware
3 14 (8.64%) Citrix
3 14 (8.64%) Veeam
4 13 (8.02%) Cisco
5 12 (7.41%) Google
6 11 (6.79%) Darktrace
6 11 (6.79%) Meraki
6 11 (6.79%) Tanium
7 10 (6.17%) ServiceNow
7 10 (6.17%) SolarWinds
8 9 (5.56%) BMC
8 9 (5.56%) Proofpoint
8 9 (5.56%) Red Hat
8 9 (5.56%) Trend Micro
9 8 (4.94%) Dell
10 7 (4.32%) Juniper
11 4 (2.47%) CheckPoint
11 4 (2.47%) IBM
11 4 (2.47%) Siemens