Infrastructure Support Job Trends in the Midlands

Infrastructure Support
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Support salary in the Midlands is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 245 207
Rank change year-on-year +64 -38 +110
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 40 3 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.51% 0.047% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.050% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 26 2 10
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,375 £33,716
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,563 £37,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £33,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.37% -25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £47,500 £36,563 £49,375
90th Percentile £56,250 £37,125 £52,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

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 7,105 6,047 5,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.20% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,323 2,822 4,284
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,059
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.59% -3.97%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Infrastructure Support job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in the Midlands

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in the Midlands

Infrastructure Support
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 Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
East Midlands - 23 £45,000 -
West Midlands +39 17 £44,000 +30.37%
Infrastructure Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Infrastructure Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 35 (87.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (85.00%) Windows
3 27 (67.50%) Azure
4 25 (62.50%) Microsoft
5 24 (60.00%) Active Directory
6 23 (57.50%) Windows Server
7 21 (52.50%) Microsoft 365
8 19 (47.50%) SaaS
9 18 (45.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 15 (37.50%) SharePoint
11 13 (32.50%) DevOps
11 13 (32.50%) DNS
11 13 (32.50%) Mentoring
12 12 (30.00%) AWS
12 12 (30.00%) GCP
12 12 (30.00%) Google
13 11 (27.50%) SQL
14 10 (25.00%) DHCP
14 10 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
14 10 (25.00%) VMware
14 10 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
15 9 (22.50%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (22.50%) BMC
15 9 (22.50%) CI/CD
15 9 (22.50%) Citrix
15 9 (22.50%) Cloud Operations
15 9 (22.50%) Customer Service
15 9 (22.50%) Darktrace
15 9 (22.50%) DTS
15 9 (22.50%) Firewall

Infrastructure Support 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 18 (45.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (37.50%) SharePoint
3 9 (22.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (67.50%) Azure
2 21 (52.50%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (47.50%) SaaS
4 12 (30.00%) AWS
4 12 (30.00%) GCP
5 9 (22.50%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (12.50%) iPaaS
7 4 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (10.00%) Entra ID
8 3 (7.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (7.50%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (7.50%) Datadog
8 3 (7.50%) IaaS
8 3 (7.50%) PaaS
9 2 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (32.50%) DNS
2 10 (25.00%) DHCP
3 9 (22.50%) Firewall
3 9 (22.50%) Skype
4 8 (20.00%) VPN
5 6 (15.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (15.00%) VLAN
6 5 (12.50%) SAN
7 1 (2.50%) Softphone
7 1 (2.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (22.50%) DTS
1 9 (22.50%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) JIRA
General
1 10 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (22.50%) Manufacturing
2 9 (22.50%) Retail
3 5 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Law
4 1 (2.50%) Back Office
4 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Onboarding
2 11 (27.50%) CMDB
3 9 (22.50%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (12.50%) Clustering
4 5 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.50%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (85.00%) Windows
2 23 (57.50%) Windows Server
3 9 (22.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (10.00%) Linux
4 4 (10.00%) Mac OS
4 4 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (87.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (32.50%) DevOps
2 13 (32.50%) Mentoring
3 10 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (22.50%) CI/CD
4 9 (22.50%) Cloud Operations
4 9 (22.50%) Customer Service
4 9 (22.50%) Infrastructure Management
4 9 (22.50%) Migration
4 9 (22.50%) Problem Management
4 9 (22.50%) Server Management
4 9 (22.50%) Service Delivery
5 7 (17.50%) Incident Management
5 7 (17.50%) ITIL
6 6 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (15.00%) Process Improvement
7 5 (12.50%) CRM
7 5 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (12.50%) High Availability
7 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) SQL
2 9 (22.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (10.00%) Degree
1 4 (10.00%) MCP
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) GDPR
2 4 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (7.50%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (22.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (12.50%) Hyper-V
5 4 (10.00%) Docker
6 3 (7.50%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (5.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) Nagios
1 9 (22.50%) ZABBIX
2 5 (12.50%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (10.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 12 (30.00%) Google
3 10 (25.00%) VMware
4 9 (22.50%) BMC
4 9 (22.50%) Citrix
4 9 (22.50%) Darktrace
4 9 (22.50%) Proofpoint
4 9 (22.50%) Red Hat
4 9 (22.50%) SolarWinds
4 9 (22.50%) Tanium
4 9 (22.50%) Trend Micro
5 5 (12.50%) ServiceNow
5 5 (12.50%) Veeam
6 4 (10.00%) Oracle