Infrastructure Engineering Jobs in the West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 45 127
Rank change year-on-year -32 +82 -26
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 214 442 169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.98% 6.52% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.58% 6.73% 2.45%
Number of salaries quoted 191 130 151
10th Percentile £35,920 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,759 £42,781 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £61,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,970 6,564 6,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.17% 96.89% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,530 3,280 4,756
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Birmingham -12 71 £50,000 -2.44% 5
Staffordshire -20 41 £42,500 -5.56% 9
Warwickshire +38 24 £45,000 -35.71% 5
Coventry +19 21 £45,000 -8.16% 4
Shropshire -15 12 £35,750 +2.14% 9
Worcestershire -20 10 £36,298 -21.09% 3
Solihull -26 7 £53,750 +26.47%
West Bromwich - 4 £57,500 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 -
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 39 (18.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (10.75%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.74%) IIS
4 6 (2.80%) Apache
5 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 120 (56.07%) Azure
2 94 (43.93%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (16.36%) AWS
4 31 (14.49%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.80%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.87%) IaaS
6 4 (1.87%) PaaS
7 3 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.40%) Azure Stack
7 3 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.40%) GCP
7 3 (1.40%) GitHub
7 3 (1.40%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.40%) SaaS
7 3 (1.40%) Serverless
8 2 (0.93%) Azure App Service
8 2 (0.93%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.93%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 55 (25.70%) Firewall
2 38 (17.76%) DHCP
2 38 (17.76%) DNS
3 32 (14.95%) SAN
4 26 (12.15%) WAN
5 25 (11.68%) LAN
6 15 (7.01%) TCP/IP
6 15 (7.01%) Wireless
7 13 (6.07%) VLAN
8 11 (5.14%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (4.67%) Network Security
10 8 (3.74%) FTP
10 8 (3.74%) HTTP
10 8 (3.74%) SMTP
10 8 (3.74%) SNMP
10 8 (3.74%) SSH
10 8 (3.74%) SSL
10 8 (3.74%) Telnet
10 8 (3.74%) VPN
11 7 (3.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.48%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.54%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.87%) Amazon Aurora
3 4 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (1.87%) MySQL
3 4 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.87%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.87%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (2.34%) JIRA
2 3 (1.40%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.93%) GitLab
4 1 (0.47%) Git
General
1 35 (16.36%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.08%) Finance
3 17 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.07%) Law
5 9 (4.21%) Police
6 7 (3.27%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.80%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.87%) Games
8 4 (1.87%) Legal
9 3 (1.40%) Automotive
9 3 (1.40%) Digital Healthcare
9 3 (1.40%) Fire and Rescue
9 3 (1.40%) Local Government
9 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.93%) Advertising
10 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.93%) Electronics
10 2 (0.93%) Retail
10 2 (0.93%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 155 (72.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (19.63%) IT Engineer
3 38 (17.76%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (14.02%) Senior
5 28 (13.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (7.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 16 (7.48%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (7.01%) Support Engineer
8 14 (6.54%) Infrastructure Support
9 12 (5.61%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 11 (5.14%) Network Engineer
11 10 (4.67%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
11 10 (4.67%) 3rd Line Support
12 9 (4.21%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (4.21%) Infrastructure Manager
12 9 (4.21%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
12 9 (4.21%) Technical Engineer
13 7 (3.27%) Lead
14 6 (2.80%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (2.80%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.80%) .NET
1 6 (2.80%) .NET Framework
1 6 (2.80%) XML
2 3 (1.40%) EDI
3 2 (0.93%) LAMP
3 2 (0.93%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.47%) AWS Amplify
4 1 (0.47%) Node.js
4 1 (0.47%) React
4 1 (0.47%) React Native
4 1 (0.47%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.47%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.01%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.67%) Replication
3 9 (4.21%) Clustering
3 9 (4.21%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.74%) EFT
5 7 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.80%) PKI
7 4 (1.87%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.87%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.87%) Enterprise Storage
7 4 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.87%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.40%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.93%) BYOD
9 2 (0.93%) Housing Association
9 2 (0.93%) IBM Mainframe
9 2 (0.93%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.93%) NHS
9 2 (0.93%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 93 (43.46%) Windows
2 53 (24.77%) Windows Server
3 22 (10.28%) Linux
4 14 (6.54%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (6.07%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (6.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.80%) Unix
7 5 (2.34%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.34%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.40%) Android
8 3 (1.40%) SUSE
8 3 (1.40%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.93%) zOS
10 1 (0.47%) Debian
10 1 (0.47%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.23%) ITIL
2 35 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
3 29 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (10.28%) Customer Service
5 21 (9.81%) Agile
6 20 (9.35%) Roadmaps
7 18 (8.41%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (8.41%) High Availability
8 17 (7.94%) Line Management
9 14 (6.54%) DevOps
9 14 (6.54%) Service Delivery
10 13 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (6.07%) Data Protection
10 13 (6.07%) Incident Response
10 13 (6.07%) Migration
11 12 (5.61%) Project Management
11 12 (5.61%) Service Management
12 10 (4.67%) Change Management
12 10 (4.67%) Information Security
12 10 (4.67%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 42 (19.63%) PowerShell
2 16 (7.48%) SQL
3 7 (3.27%) Bash
4 6 (2.80%) Python
5 4 (1.87%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.93%) Bicep
6 2 (0.93%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.47%) Go
7 1 (0.47%) Java
7 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (7.48%) SC Cleared
1 16 (7.48%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.54%) Degree
3 10 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (4.67%) DV Cleared
3 10 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (4.21%) CCNA
5 6 (2.80%) MCSA
6 4 (1.87%) CCNP
6 4 (1.87%) MCSE
7 3 (1.40%) CISM
7 3 (1.40%) CISSP
7 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.47%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.47%) CCENT
9 1 (0.47%) MCP
9 1 (0.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.61%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (3.74%) NIST
3 7 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.34%) GDPR
5 3 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.93%) SLA
7 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
System Software
1 79 (36.92%) Active Directory
2 59 (27.57%) Hyper-V
3 47 (21.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (5.61%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (5.14%) Virtual Servers
6 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (2.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (2.80%) vSphere
7 5 (2.34%) Docker
8 3 (1.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.93%) pfSense
9 2 (0.93%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (14.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (9.35%) SCCM
3 16 (7.48%) Terraform
4 13 (6.07%) Ansible
5 9 (4.21%) vCenter Server
6 7 (3.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (2.34%) Kubernetes
8 5 (2.34%) WSUS
9 4 (1.87%) Data Guard
9 4 (1.87%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (1.40%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 2 (0.93%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.93%) SCOM
12 1 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.47%) Nessus
12 1 (0.47%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.47%) VxRail
Vendors
1 115 (53.74%) Microsoft
2 68 (31.78%) VMware
3 29 (13.55%) Cisco
4 24 (11.21%) Citrix
5 22 (10.28%) Veeam
6 21 (9.81%) Dell
7 16 (7.48%) HP
8 11 (5.14%) Sophos
9 9 (4.21%) SolarWinds
10 8 (3.74%) Aruba
10 8 (3.74%) EqualLogic
10 8 (3.74%) Globalscape
11 7 (3.27%) Fortinet
11 7 (3.27%) Google
12 5 (2.34%) CheckPoint
12 5 (2.34%) Meraki
12 5 (2.34%) Nimble Storage
12 5 (2.34%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.87%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.87%) NetApp