IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Midlands is £40,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 220 284
Rank change year-on-year -26 +64 +34
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 10 100 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.14% 0.84% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.89% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9 87 19
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £40,200
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £47,063
90th Percentile £47,750 £50,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +1.12%

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 6,520 11,242 8,195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.38% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,801 8,341 4,592
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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 +30 5 £43,750 +2.94% 2
East Midlands -30 5 £37,500 -6.25% 5
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, IT 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 IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (70.00%) Windows
4 6 (60.00%) WAN
4 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (60.00%) Windows Server
5 5 (50.00%) Azure
5 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
5 5 (50.00%) Firewall
5 5 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (40.00%) VMware
6 4 (40.00%) DNS
6 4 (40.00%) Cisco
6 4 (40.00%) DHCP
7 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
7 3 (30.00%) VPN
7 3 (30.00%) LAN
7 3 (30.00%) Migration
7 3 (30.00%) VLAN
7 3 (30.00%) Network Security
7 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
7 3 (30.00%) Nutanix
8 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
8 2 (20.00%) Mimecast
8 2 (20.00%) Nasuni

IT 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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (50.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (30.00%) Nutanix
4 2 (20.00%) Mimecast
5 1 (10.00%) AWS
5 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) WAN
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (40.00%) DHCP
3 4 (40.00%) DNS
4 3 (30.00%) LAN
4 3 (30.00%) Network Security
4 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (30.00%) VLAN
4 3 (30.00%) VPN
5 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (10.00%) PBX
6 1 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (10.00%) SAN
6 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
6 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) PKI
1 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (10.00%) Android
5 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (20.00%) Logistics
3 2 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 2 (20.00%) Server Management
4 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (10.00%) High Availability
4 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Storage Management
4 1 (10.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) GRC
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
1 2 (20.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) Meraki
3 2 (20.00%) Nasuni
3 2 (20.00%) Rapid7
4 1 (10.00%) NetApp
4 1 (10.00%) Nimble Storage
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat