Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 161 182
Rank change year-on-year +80 +21 -60
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 372 152 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.74% 1.79% 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.90% 2.00% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 314 109 160
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,700 £33,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,125 £39,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,375 £56,250 £55,389
90th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £61,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

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 12,845 7,603 10,825
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 89.48% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9,247 4,493 7,084
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,625
25th Percentile £34,535 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

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 Infrastructure Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 June 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 +77 187 £45,000 -10.00% 21
West Midlands +55 185 £45,000 -5.26% 26
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 Midlands region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 362 (97.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 179 (48.12%) Azure
3 144 (38.71%) Windows
4 130 (34.95%) Microsoft
4 130 (34.95%) Microsoft 365
5 125 (33.60%) VMware
6 112 (30.11%) Active Directory
7 97 (26.08%) Windows Server
8 91 (24.46%) Firewall
9 89 (23.92%) VMware Infrastructure
10 87 (23.39%) Hyper-V
11 71 (19.09%) Social Skills
12 62 (16.67%) DNS
13 58 (15.59%) AWS
14 53 (14.25%) SAN
15 51 (13.71%) Linux
16 50 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
17 49 (13.17%) Microsoft Exchange
18 48 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
19 47 (12.63%) DHCP
19 47 (12.63%) PowerShell
20 45 (12.10%) Microsoft Intune
21 44 (11.83%) WAN
22 43 (11.56%) Data Centre
23 42 (11.29%) SharePoint
23 42 (11.29%) Veeam
24 41 (11.02%) Entra ID
25 39 (10.48%) Cisco
26 35 (9.41%) TCP/IP
26 35 (9.41%) Citrix

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 49 (13.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (11.29%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.49%) IIS
4 6 (1.61%) Apache
5 2 (0.54%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.27%) JBoss
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.27%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.54%) CATIA
2 2 (0.54%) NASTRAN
3 1 (0.27%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.54%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 179 (48.12%) Azure
2 130 (34.95%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (15.59%) AWS
4 41 (11.02%) Entra ID
5 10 (2.69%) Google Workspace
5 10 (2.69%) SaaS
6 9 (2.42%) Mimecast
6 9 (2.42%) Nutanix
7 6 (1.61%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.34%) Azure Pipelines
8 5 (1.34%) IaaS
8 5 (1.34%) PaaS
9 4 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.08%) GCP
10 3 (0.81%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.81%) Azure Stack
10 3 (0.81%) Serverless
11 2 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.54%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 91 (24.46%) Firewall
2 62 (16.67%) DNS
3 53 (14.25%) SAN
4 47 (12.63%) DHCP
5 44 (11.83%) WAN
6 35 (9.41%) LAN
6 35 (9.41%) TCP/IP
7 34 (9.14%) VLAN
8 29 (7.80%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (4.03%) VPN
10 14 (3.76%) SD-WAN
11 13 (3.49%) Wireless
12 10 (2.69%) SSL
12 10 (2.69%) WLAN
13 8 (2.15%) Network Security
14 7 (1.88%) NAS
15 6 (1.61%) FTP
15 6 (1.61%) SMTP
15 6 (1.61%) SNMP
15 6 (1.61%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (2.69%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.61%) MySQL
4 5 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.08%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.08%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 9 (2.42%) Git
2 3 (0.81%) JIRA
3 2 (0.54%) GitLab
3 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 71 (19.09%) Social Skills
2 26 (6.99%) Finance
3 14 (3.76%) Retail
4 12 (3.23%) Telecoms
5 11 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (2.96%) Law
6 7 (1.88%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.34%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.34%) Automotive
7 5 (1.34%) Legal
8 4 (1.08%) Aviation
8 4 (1.08%) Avionics
8 4 (1.08%) Games
9 3 (0.81%) Digital Healthcare
9 3 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.54%) Advertising
10 2 (0.54%) Electronics
10 2 (0.54%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.61%) .NET
1 6 (1.61%) .NET Framework
1 6 (1.61%) XML
2 2 (0.54%) CSS
2 2 (0.54%) LAMP
2 2 (0.54%) V-Ray
3 1 (0.27%) JSON
3 1 (0.27%) LDAP
3 1 (0.27%) Middleware
3 1 (0.27%) SAML
3 1 (0.27%) ServiceStack
3 1 (0.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.56%) Data Centre
2 14 (3.76%) CCTV
3 12 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (2.42%) Enterprise Storage
5 8 (2.15%) Replication
6 7 (1.88%) Clustering
6 7 (1.88%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.61%) EFT
7 6 (1.61%) NHS
8 5 (1.34%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.08%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.08%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.81%) IBM Mainframe
10 3 (0.81%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.81%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.54%) BYOD
11 2 (0.54%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.54%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 144 (38.71%) Windows
2 97 (26.08%) Windows Server
3 51 (13.71%) Linux
4 24 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 24 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (4.03%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.88%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.34%) Unix
8 3 (0.81%) Android
8 3 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.81%) CentOS
8 3 (0.81%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.81%) zOS
9 2 (0.54%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.54%) SUSE
9 2 (0.54%) VMS
9 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (97.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 50 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (9.41%) ITIL
5 28 (7.53%) DevOps
6 27 (7.26%) Roadmaps
7 26 (6.99%) CI/CD
7 26 (6.99%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 24 (6.45%) Migration
10 22 (5.91%) Agile
11 19 (5.11%) Infrastructure Management
12 16 (4.30%) Customer Service
12 16 (4.30%) Project Management
13 15 (4.03%) Change Management
14 14 (3.76%) Analytics
14 14 (3.76%) Data Protection
14 14 (3.76%) Logistics
15 13 (3.49%) Infrastructure as Code
15 13 (3.49%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.63%) PowerShell
2 8 (2.15%) Bash
2 8 (2.15%) SQL
3 4 (1.08%) Python
4 3 (0.81%) Bicep
5 2 (0.54%) Java
6 1 (0.27%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 18 (4.84%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (4.03%) Security Cleared
3 14 (3.76%) CCNA
4 13 (3.49%) SC Cleared
5 11 (2.96%) Degree
6 10 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (2.42%) MCSE
8 8 (2.15%) Azure Certification
8 8 (2.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (1.34%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.08%) CCA
10 4 (1.08%) Citrix Certification
10 4 (1.08%) MCITP
11 3 (0.81%) CCDA
11 3 (0.81%) CCNP
12 2 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
13 1 (0.27%) MCP
13 1 (0.27%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (2.69%) QA
2 5 (1.34%) GDPR
2 5 (1.34%) SOC 2
3 4 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.54%) NIST
5 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 112 (30.11%) Active Directory
2 89 (23.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 87 (23.39%) Hyper-V
4 23 (6.18%) Docker
5 16 (4.30%) vSphere
6 13 (3.49%) Virtual Servers
7 10 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.61%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 2 (0.54%) pfSense
11 1 (0.27%) Firmware
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 45 (12.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (5.91%) Ansible
3 20 (5.38%) Terraform
4 19 (5.11%) SCCM
5 14 (3.76%) Kubernetes
6 11 (2.96%) vCenter Server
7 10 (2.69%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (1.61%) WSUS
9 5 (1.34%) SCOM
9 5 (1.34%) VxRail
10 4 (1.08%) Data Guard
10 4 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.54%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.54%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 1 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.27%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.27%) Nessus
12 1 (0.27%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 130 (34.95%) Microsoft
2 125 (33.60%) VMware
3 42 (11.29%) Veeam
4 39 (10.48%) Cisco
5 35 (9.41%) Citrix
6 27 (7.26%) Dell
7 24 (6.45%) HP
8 15 (4.03%) Meraki
9 12 (3.23%) Sophos
10 10 (2.69%) Acronis
10 10 (2.69%) Globalscape
10 10 (2.69%) Google
11 8 (2.15%) Commvault
11 8 (2.15%) EqualLogic
12 7 (1.88%) IBM
12 7 (1.88%) Nasuni
12 7 (1.88%) NetApp
12 7 (1.88%) Rapid7
12 7 (1.88%) SolarWinds
13 6 (1.61%) Oracle