Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

Infrastructure Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in Birmingham is £54,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 107 147
Rank change year-on-year -4 +40 -38
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 42 24 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.40% 1.33% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.43% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 38 22 47
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,750 £34,400
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - +16.40%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £58,850 £68,600
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,844 1,680 2,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 92.92% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,293 1,329 2,264
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,914 £70,600 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Birmingham

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Birmingham

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 Birmingham region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (90.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (80.95%) Azure
3 26 (61.90%) Microsoft
4 25 (59.52%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (42.86%) Windows
6 17 (40.48%) Active Directory
7 16 (38.10%) VMware
8 14 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
9 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
9 12 (28.57%) Entra ID
10 11 (26.19%) Veeam
10 11 (26.19%) DNS
10 11 (26.19%) DHCP
10 11 (26.19%) Citrix
11 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Exchange
11 10 (23.81%) Firewall
11 10 (23.81%) Hyper-V
12 9 (21.43%) AWS
12 9 (21.43%) SAN
12 9 (21.43%) Windows Server
13 8 (19.05%) LAN
13 8 (19.05%) ITIL
13 8 (19.05%) Service Delivery
14 7 (16.67%) HP
14 7 (16.67%) Sophos
14 7 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
14 7 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.76%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.38%) JBoss
4 1 (2.38%) Tomcat
4 1 (2.38%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 34 (80.95%) Azure
2 25 (59.52%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 9 (21.43%) AWS
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Stack
6 2 (4.76%) Amazon S3
6 2 (4.76%) Mimecast
6 2 (4.76%) OpenDNS
7 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.38%) IaaS
7 1 (2.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (26.19%) DHCP
1 11 (26.19%) DNS
2 10 (23.81%) Firewall
3 9 (21.43%) SAN
4 8 (19.05%) LAN
5 7 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (14.29%) WAN
7 5 (11.90%) WLAN
8 4 (9.52%) TCP/IP
9 2 (4.76%) EIGRP
9 2 (4.76%) FTP
9 2 (4.76%) HTTP
9 2 (4.76%) OSPF
9 2 (4.76%) RIP
9 2 (4.76%) SMTP
9 2 (4.76%) SNMP
9 2 (4.76%) SSL
9 2 (4.76%) Telnet
9 2 (4.76%) VPN
9 2 (4.76%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) GitLab
General
1 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (7.14%) Digital Healthcare
3 3 (7.14%) Law
3 3 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (2.38%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) CSS
1 2 (4.76%) LAMP
1 2 (4.76%) V-Ray
2 1 (2.38%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (9.52%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.52%) Replication
3 2 (4.76%) BYOD
3 2 (4.76%) EFT
3 2 (4.76%) NHS
3 2 (4.76%) PKI
3 2 (4.76%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) CCTV
4 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (42.86%) Windows
2 9 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 7 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (11.90%) Linux
4 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (4.76%) Android
5 2 (4.76%) Apple iOS
5 2 (4.76%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.76%) SUSE
5 2 (4.76%) Ubuntu
5 2 (4.76%) Unix
5 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (2.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (90.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (19.05%) ITIL
2 8 (19.05%) Service Delivery
3 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (11.90%) Communications Security
4 5 (11.90%) DevOps
4 5 (11.90%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (11.90%) Systems Engineering
4 5 (11.90%) Virtual Environments
5 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (4.76%) Coaching
6 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (4.76%) Mentoring
6 2 (4.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 2 (4.76%) Operational Stability
6 2 (4.76%) Security Architecture
6 2 (4.76%) Server Management
6 2 (4.76%) Server Patching
6 2 (4.76%) Storage Management
6 2 (4.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.14%) Bicep
3 2 (4.76%) Bash
3 2 (4.76%) Python
3 2 (4.76%) SQL
4 1 (2.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (7.14%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (40.48%) Active Directory
2 12 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (23.81%) Hyper-V
4 4 (9.52%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.76%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 2 (4.76%) Docker
5 2 (4.76%) pfSense
5 2 (4.76%) Terminal Services
5 2 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 14 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (11.90%) Terraform
3 2 (4.76%) Backup Exec
3 2 (4.76%) SCCM
3 2 (4.76%) Trend Micro Deep Security
3 2 (4.76%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (38.10%) VMware
3 11 (26.19%) Citrix
3 11 (26.19%) Veeam
4 7 (16.67%) HP
4 7 (16.67%) Sophos
5 2 (4.76%) Acronis
5 2 (4.76%) Aruba
5 2 (4.76%) Cisco
5 2 (4.76%) Commvault
5 2 (4.76%) Globalscape
5 2 (4.76%) Oracle
5 2 (4.76%) SolarWinds
5 2 (4.76%) SonicWALL
5 2 (4.76%) Veritas
5 2 (4.76%) Zerto
6 1 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.38%) Okta