Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 165 184
Rank change year-on-year +76 +19 -57
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 322 181 193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.75% 1.91% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.91% 2.13% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 283 117 160
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +6.97%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £61,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 11,059 8,497 10,376
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 89.68% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 8,265 4,764 7,115
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,526
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,054
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure 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 Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 +67 164 £45,000 -10.00% 18
West Midlands +43 158 £45,000 -5.26% 28
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Infrastructure 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 315 (97.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 164 (50.93%) Azure
3 150 (46.58%) Windows
4 129 (40.06%) Microsoft
5 121 (37.58%) VMware
5 121 (37.58%) Microsoft 365
6 108 (33.54%) Active Directory
7 101 (31.37%) Windows Server
8 91 (28.26%) VMware Infrastructure
9 88 (27.33%) Hyper-V
10 85 (26.40%) Firewall
11 73 (22.67%) Social Skills
12 62 (19.25%) DNS
13 57 (17.70%) AWS
14 55 (17.08%) PowerShell
15 52 (16.15%) DHCP
15 52 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
16 51 (15.84%) SAN
17 50 (15.53%) Microsoft Exchange
18 48 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
19 44 (13.66%) Data Centre
19 44 (13.66%) Linux
20 41 (12.73%) WAN
20 41 (12.73%) SharePoint
20 41 (12.73%) Microsoft Intune
21 38 (11.80%) Cisco
22 36 (11.18%) ITIL
22 36 (11.18%) Entra ID
23 35 (10.87%) Veeam
24 34 (10.56%) LAN

Infrastructure 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 50 (15.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (12.73%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.73%) IIS
4 6 (1.86%) Apache
5 2 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.62%) JBoss
5 2 (0.62%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.62%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) CATIA
2 2 (0.62%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 164 (50.93%) Azure
2 121 (37.58%) Microsoft 365
3 57 (17.70%) AWS
4 36 (11.18%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.04%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.17%) GCP
6 7 (2.17%) Mimecast
7 6 (1.86%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.86%) IaaS
7 6 (1.86%) PaaS
7 6 (1.86%) SaaS
8 5 (1.55%) Azure Pipelines
8 5 (1.55%) Nutanix
9 4 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.93%) Azure Stack
10 3 (0.93%) Serverless
11 2 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.62%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 85 (26.40%) Firewall
2 62 (19.25%) DNS
3 52 (16.15%) DHCP
4 51 (15.84%) SAN
5 41 (12.73%) WAN
6 34 (10.56%) LAN
6 34 (10.56%) TCP/IP
7 31 (9.63%) VLAN
8 27 (8.39%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (3.73%) SSL
9 12 (3.73%) Wireless
10 11 (3.42%) WLAN
11 10 (3.11%) SD-WAN
11 10 (3.11%) VPN
12 9 (2.80%) Network Security
13 8 (2.48%) FTP
13 8 (2.48%) HTTP
13 8 (2.48%) SMTP
13 8 (2.48%) SNMP
13 8 (2.48%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.04%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.11%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.86%) MySQL
4 5 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.24%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.24%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 7 (2.17%) Git
2 2 (0.62%) GitLab
2 2 (0.62%) JIRA
2 2 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 73 (22.67%) Social Skills
2 25 (7.76%) Finance
3 17 (5.28%) Retail
4 14 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.04%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.42%) Law
7 8 (2.48%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.55%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.55%) Automotive
8 5 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.55%) Legal
9 4 (1.24%) Aviation
9 4 (1.24%) Avionics
9 4 (1.24%) Games
10 3 (0.93%) Digital Healthcare
10 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.62%) Local Government
11 2 (0.62%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.86%) .NET
1 6 (1.86%) .NET Framework
1 6 (1.86%) XML
2 2 (0.62%) CSS
2 2 (0.62%) LAMP
2 2 (0.62%) Middleware
2 2 (0.62%) V-Ray
3 1 (0.31%) JSON
3 1 (0.31%) LDAP
3 1 (0.31%) SAML
3 1 (0.31%) ServiceStack
3 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (13.66%) Data Centre
2 13 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.11%) CCTV
4 9 (2.80%) Enterprise Storage
5 8 (2.48%) EFT
6 7 (2.17%) Clustering
6 7 (2.17%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.17%) Replication
7 5 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.24%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.24%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.24%) NHS
9 3 (0.93%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (0.93%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.93%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.62%) BYOD
10 2 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.62%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.62%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 150 (46.58%) Windows
2 101 (31.37%) Windows Server
3 44 (13.66%) Linux
4 23 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
5 22 (6.83%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (5.28%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (2.48%) Unix
8 5 (1.55%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.93%) Android
9 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.93%) CentOS
9 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.93%) zOS
10 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.62%) SUSE
10 2 (0.62%) VMS
10 2 (0.62%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (97.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (11.18%) ITIL
5 26 (8.07%) DevOps
5 26 (8.07%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (7.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (6.83%) Roadmaps
8 20 (6.21%) CI/CD
8 20 (6.21%) Migration
9 18 (5.59%) Infrastructure Management
10 17 (5.28%) Agile
11 16 (4.97%) Project Management
12 15 (4.66%) Change Management
12 15 (4.66%) Customer Service
13 14 (4.35%) High Availability
14 13 (4.04%) Data Protection
14 13 (4.04%) Mentoring
15 12 (3.73%) Incident Response
15 12 (3.73%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 55 (17.08%) PowerShell
2 10 (3.11%) SQL
3 8 (2.48%) Bash
4 4 (1.24%) Python
5 3 (0.93%) Bicep
5 3 (0.93%) Java
6 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 17 (5.28%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (4.04%) CCNA
3 10 (3.11%) Degree
4 8 (2.48%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.48%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (1.86%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.86%) MCSE
7 4 (1.24%) CCA
7 4 (1.24%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (0.93%) CCDA
8 3 (0.93%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.62%) CCNP
9 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.62%) MCITP
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.48%) QA
3 5 (1.55%) GDPR
3 5 (1.55%) SOC 2
4 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.24%) NIST
5 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 108 (33.54%) Active Directory
2 91 (28.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 88 (27.33%) Hyper-V
4 16 (4.97%) Docker
5 10 (3.11%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (3.11%) vSphere
6 9 (2.80%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (1.55%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.62%) pfSense
10 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 41 (12.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.83%) Ansible
3 19 (5.90%) Terraform
4 18 (5.59%) SCCM
5 12 (3.73%) Kubernetes
6 9 (2.80%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (2.80%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.17%) WSUS
8 4 (1.24%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.24%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.24%) SCOM
9 3 (0.93%) VxRail
10 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.62%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.62%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 1 (0.31%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.31%) Nessus
11 1 (0.31%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 129 (40.06%) Microsoft
2 121 (37.58%) VMware
3 38 (11.80%) Cisco
4 35 (10.87%) Veeam
5 34 (10.56%) Citrix
6 25 (7.76%) Dell
7 21 (6.52%) HP
8 14 (4.35%) Google
9 13 (4.04%) Meraki
10 12 (3.73%) Globalscape
11 11 (3.42%) Sophos
12 10 (3.11%) Acronis
13 8 (2.48%) EqualLogic
14 7 (2.17%) NetApp
14 7 (2.17%) SolarWinds
15 6 (1.86%) Oracle
16 5 (1.55%) Commvault
16 5 (1.55%) IBM
16 5 (1.55%) Nasuni
16 5 (1.55%) Rapid7