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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 43 124
Rank change year-on-year -41 +81 -25
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 208 426 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.83% 6.66% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.42% 6.89% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 184 126 157
10th Percentile £36,019 £37,901 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,268 £43,656 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +16.47% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,000 £57,500 £53,750
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 6,087 6,187 6,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.84% 96.76% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,555 3,195 4,738
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 8 May 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 8 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
Birmingham -18 65 £50,000 -4.76% 5
Staffordshire -27 42 £45,000 - 11
Warwickshire +34 26 £45,000 -35.71% 4
Coventry +11 18 £47,100 -7.65% 5
Shropshire -24 11 £35,000 -12.50% 5
Worcestershire -22 10 £36,298 -21.09% 4
Solihull -22 7 £53,750 -4.02% 1
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 (18.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (9.13%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.85%) IIS
4 6 (2.88%) Apache
5 2 (0.96%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 110 (52.88%) Azure
2 90 (43.27%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (16.83%) AWS
4 28 (13.46%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.88%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.92%) IaaS
7 3 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.44%) GCP
7 3 (1.44%) GitHub
7 3 (1.44%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.44%) SaaS
7 3 (1.44%) Serverless
8 2 (0.96%) Azure Stack
8 2 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.96%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (0.96%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.96%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.48%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 50 (24.04%) Firewall
2 34 (16.35%) DHCP
2 34 (16.35%) DNS
3 32 (15.38%) SAN
4 26 (12.50%) WAN
5 25 (12.02%) LAN
6 15 (7.21%) TCP/IP
7 14 (6.73%) Wireless
8 12 (5.77%) VLAN
9 10 (4.81%) VPN
10 9 (4.33%) Network Security
11 8 (3.85%) FTP
11 8 (3.85%) HTTP
11 8 (3.85%) SMTP
11 8 (3.85%) SNMP
11 8 (3.85%) SSH
11 8 (3.85%) SSL
11 8 (3.85%) Telnet
11 8 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (3.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.73%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.92%) Amazon Aurora
3 4 (1.92%) MySQL
3 4 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.92%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.92%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (2.40%) JIRA
2 3 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.96%) GitLab
4 1 (0.48%) Git
General
1 33 (15.87%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.50%) Finance
3 15 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (4.33%) Law
4 9 (4.33%) Police
5 5 (2.40%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.40%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.92%) Games
6 4 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.44%) Automotive
7 3 (1.44%) Digital Healthcare
7 3 (1.44%) Legal
7 3 (1.44%) Retail
8 2 (0.96%) Advertising
8 2 (0.96%) Electronics
8 2 (0.96%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (0.96%) Local Government
8 2 (0.96%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.48%) Back Office
9 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 148 (71.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (17.79%) IT Engineer
3 35 (16.83%) Senior
4 33 (15.87%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 32 (15.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (7.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 15 (7.21%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (6.73%) Support Engineer
8 13 (6.25%) Infrastructure Support
9 12 (5.77%) Network Engineer
10 11 (5.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 10 (4.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
11 10 (4.81%) 3rd Line Support
12 9 (4.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (4.33%) Infrastructure Manager
12 9 (4.33%) Technical Engineer
13 8 (3.85%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
14 7 (3.37%) Administrator
14 7 (3.37%) Lead
15 6 (2.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.88%) .NET
1 6 (2.88%) .NET Framework
1 6 (2.88%) XML
2 3 (1.44%) EDI
3 2 (0.96%) LAMP
3 2 (0.96%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.48%) AWS Amplify
4 1 (0.48%) Node.js
4 1 (0.48%) React
4 1 (0.48%) React Native
4 1 (0.48%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.48%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.73%) Data Centre
2 8 (3.85%) EFT
3 7 (3.37%) Replication
4 6 (2.88%) Clustering
4 6 (2.88%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.88%) PKI
4 6 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.92%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.92%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (1.92%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.92%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.96%) BYOD
8 2 (0.96%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.96%) IBM Mainframe
8 2 (0.96%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.96%) NHS
8 2 (0.96%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 86 (41.35%) Windows
2 48 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 21 (10.10%) Linux
4 12 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (5.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 11 (5.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (2.40%) Unix
6 5 (2.40%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.92%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.44%) Android
8 3 (1.44%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.96%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.96%) SUSE
9 2 (0.96%) zOS
10 1 (0.48%) Debian
10 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (25.96%) ITIL
2 35 (16.83%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (10.58%) Customer Service
5 21 (10.10%) Roadmaps
6 20 (9.62%) Agile
7 17 (8.17%) Line Management
8 15 (7.21%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (6.25%) Data Protection
9 13 (6.25%) High Availability
9 13 (6.25%) Incident Response
9 13 (6.25%) Migration
10 12 (5.77%) Service Delivery
10 12 (5.77%) Service Management
11 11 (5.29%) DevOps
11 11 (5.29%) Project Management
12 10 (4.81%) Change Management
12 10 (4.81%) Information Security
12 10 (4.81%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 38 (18.27%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.77%) SQL
3 7 (3.37%) Bash
4 6 (2.88%) Python
5 4 (1.92%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.96%) Bicep
6 2 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.48%) Go
7 1 (0.48%) Java
7 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (9.13%) SC Cleared
1 19 (9.13%) Security Cleared
2 14 (6.73%) Degree
3 12 (5.77%) DV Cleared
4 10 (4.81%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (3.85%) CCNA
7 5 (2.40%) CCNP
7 5 (2.40%) MCSA
8 4 (1.92%) MCSE
9 3 (1.44%) CISM
9 3 (1.44%) CISSP
9 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.96%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.48%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.48%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.37%) NIST
3 5 (2.40%) GDPR
4 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
System Software
1 74 (35.58%) Active Directory
2 56 (26.92%) Hyper-V
3 45 (21.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (5.29%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (3.85%) vSphere
7 6 (2.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (2.40%) Docker
9 2 (0.96%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.96%) pfSense
9 2 (0.96%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 29 (13.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (9.62%) SCCM
3 16 (7.69%) Terraform
4 13 (6.25%) Ansible
5 9 (4.33%) vCenter Server
6 7 (3.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.40%) WSUS
8 4 (1.92%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.92%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.44%) Kubernetes
9 3 (1.44%) SCOM
9 3 (1.44%) VxRail
10 2 (0.96%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.96%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 1 (0.48%) ITRS Geneos
11 1 (0.48%) Nessus
11 1 (0.48%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 106 (50.96%) Microsoft
2 67 (32.21%) VMware
3 27 (12.98%) Cisco
4 24 (11.54%) Dell
5 23 (11.06%) Citrix
6 20 (9.62%) Veeam
7 17 (8.17%) HP
8 11 (5.29%) Sophos
9 9 (4.33%) SolarWinds
10 8 (3.85%) Aruba
10 8 (3.85%) EqualLogic
10 8 (3.85%) Globalscape
11 7 (3.37%) Google
12 6 (2.88%) CheckPoint
12 6 (2.88%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.88%) ServiceNow
13 5 (2.40%) Meraki
13 5 (2.40%) Nimble Storage
14 4 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.92%) Ruckus Wireless