Infrastructure Operations Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Operations Engineer salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 - 213
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Operations Engineer 3 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.038% - 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% - 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £42,500
75th Percentile £58,750 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - £54,750
England median annual salary £72,500 £56,500 £45,196
% change year-on-year +28.32% +25.01% -27.10%

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 7,062 6,203 4,800
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 94.23% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,285 2,917 3,993
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% +4.80% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,700 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Infrastructure Operations 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 Operations Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 January 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 £57,500 - 1
Infrastructure Operations Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, Infrastructure Operations 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 Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Meraki
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) Degree

Infrastructure Operations 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Meraki
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft