Infrastructure Security Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Infrastructure Security Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Security Engineer salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 300 -
Rank change year-on-year +53 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Security Engineer 4 18 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.057% 0.15% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.16% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 17 0
10th Percentile £38,101 £38,368 -
25th Percentile £38,679 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.89% - -
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -28.00% +19.05%

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 6,422 11,026 8,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.73% 94.31% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,856 8,249 4,756
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £29,000
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 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Security Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Security Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Security Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Security 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 Security Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 +49 3 £50,000 +11.11%
East Midlands +37 1 £40,000 -27.27%
Infrastructure Security Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Infrastructure Security 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 Security Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Law
3 2 (50.00%) SaaS
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (25.00%) NIST
4 1 (25.00%) GRC
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Legal

Infrastructure Security 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 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft