IT Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Midlands is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 292 318
Rank change year-on-year +71 +26 -58
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 102 32 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.84% 0.35% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.39% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 89 19 33
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,800 £32,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,813 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £43,750 £45,375 £57,500
90th Percentile £50,000 £50,500 £59,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - +5.88%

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 11,421 8,155 10,435
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.42% 89.69% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,440 4,585 7,006
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,565
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
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 £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

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 19 May 2024.

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 19 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 +43 69 £40,000 +33.33% 8
West Midlands +29 33 £42,500 -5.56% 1
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, 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.

1 102 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (58.82%) Windows
3 54 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (49.02%) Azure
5 42 (41.18%) Microsoft
6 41 (40.20%) VMware
7 38 (37.25%) Active Directory
8 36 (35.29%) Windows Server
9 32 (31.37%) Firewall
10 31 (30.39%) Cybersecurity
11 30 (29.41%) DNS
12 28 (27.45%) VMware Infrastructure
13 26 (25.49%) Hyper-V
13 26 (25.49%) Social Skills
14 24 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
15 23 (22.55%) Wi-Fi
16 22 (21.57%) DHCP
17 21 (20.59%) SharePoint
18 20 (19.61%) Microsoft Exchange
18 20 (19.61%) Windows Server 2016
19 19 (18.63%) Data Centre
19 19 (18.63%) Entra ID
20 18 (17.65%) Cisco
21 17 (16.67%) TCP/IP
21 17 (16.67%) Migration
22 16 (15.69%) Disaster Recovery
22 16 (15.69%) Veeam
22 16 (15.69%) Windows Server 2019
23 15 (14.71%) VLAN
23 15 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune

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 21 (20.59%) SharePoint
2 20 (19.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.96%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.98%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (49.02%) Azure
3 19 (18.63%) Entra ID
4 7 (6.86%) AWS
4 7 (6.86%) Mimecast
5 5 (4.90%) Nutanix
6 3 (2.94%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.96%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.96%) OpenDNS
8 1 (0.98%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (31.37%) Firewall
2 30 (29.41%) DNS
3 23 (22.55%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (21.57%) DHCP
5 17 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 15 (14.71%) VLAN
7 13 (12.75%) SAN
8 8 (7.84%) WAN
9 7 (6.86%) Network Security
10 5 (4.90%) SD-WAN
11 3 (2.94%) LAN
11 3 (2.94%) VPN
12 2 (1.96%) EIGRP
12 2 (1.96%) IPsec
12 2 (1.96%) OSPF
12 2 (1.96%) PBX
12 2 (1.96%) RIP
12 2 (1.96%) VRRP
12 2 (1.96%) Wireless
12 2 (1.96%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.98%) MySQL
2 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 9 (8.82%) Finance
2 9 (8.82%) Telecoms
3 5 (4.90%) Aerospace
3 5 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (4.90%) Automotive
4 4 (3.92%) Law
4 4 (3.92%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.92%) Retail
5 2 (1.96%) Electronics
5 2 (1.96%) Legal
5 2 (1.96%) Social Housing
6 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.96%) LAMP
1 2 (1.96%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 19 (18.63%) Data Centre
2 10 (9.80%) CCTV
3 4 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.94%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.94%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.96%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.96%) PKI
6 1 (0.98%) Clustering
6 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) IoT
6 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 60 (58.82%) Windows
2 36 (35.29%) Windows Server
3 20 (19.61%) Windows Server 2016
4 16 (15.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (9.80%) Linux
5 10 (9.80%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.96%) Unix
7 1 (0.98%) Android
7 1 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.98%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (30.39%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (16.67%) Migration
5 16 (15.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (7.84%) Service Delivery
8 7 (6.86%) Customer Service
8 7 (6.86%) ITIL
8 7 (6.86%) Logistics
9 6 (5.88%) Communications Security
9 6 (5.88%) Server Management
9 6 (5.88%) Virtual Environments
10 5 (4.90%) Preventative Maintenance
11 4 (3.92%) Incident Response
11 4 (3.92%) Infrastructure Management
11 4 (3.92%) Innovative Thinking
11 4 (3.92%) Storage Management
12 3 (2.94%) Capacity Management
12 3 (2.94%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.92%) PowerShell
1 4 (3.92%) SQL
2 1 (0.98%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (3.92%) CCNA
1 4 (3.92%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (3.92%) MCSE
1 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (2.94%) Degree
2 3 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.98%) CCNP
4 1 (0.98%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 38 (37.25%) Active Directory
2 28 (27.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (25.49%) Hyper-V
4 7 (6.86%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.94%) vSphere
6 2 (1.96%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (1.96%) Docker
6 2 (1.96%) pfSense
6 2 (1.96%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.98%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.88%) SCCM
3 2 (1.96%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.98%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 42 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 41 (40.20%) VMware
3 18 (17.65%) Cisco
4 16 (15.69%) Veeam
5 10 (9.80%) Acronis
6 9 (8.82%) Meraki
7 5 (4.90%) Nasuni
7 5 (4.90%) Rapid7
8 4 (3.92%) Barracuda Networks
8 4 (3.92%) Citrix
8 4 (3.92%) CyberArk
8 4 (3.92%) Cylance
8 4 (3.92%) McAfee
9 3 (2.94%) Google
9 3 (2.94%) HP
10 2 (1.96%) Aruba
10 2 (1.96%) Dell
10 2 (1.96%) EqualLogic
10 2 (1.96%) SonicWALL
10 2 (1.96%) Veritas