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

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 38 118
Rank change year-on-year -41 +80 -19
Permanent jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 236 390 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.83% 6.80% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.53% 7.03% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 206 113 148
10th Percentile £35,585 £39,140 £30,350
25th Percentile £39,451 £43,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £55,666
90th Percentile £65,000 £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 6,692 5,544 7,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.32% 96.67% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,750 3,139 4,863
10th Percentile £26,725 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £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 June 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 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
Birmingham -18 68 £50,945 +1.89% 7
Staffordshire -16 54 £50,000 +11.11% 6
Warwickshire +22 38 £45,000 -35.71% 5
Coventry -11 12 £53,250 +1.43% 4
Shropshire -23 11 £35,000 -22.22%
Worcestershire -27 10 £36,298 -23.58% 4
Solihull -24 7 £53,750 +26.47% 2
West Bromwich - 4 £57,500 -
Brierley Hill - 2 £33,750 -
Smethwick - 1 £42,500 -
Wednesbury - 1 - - 1
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 (16.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (7.63%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.39%) IIS
4 6 (2.54%) Apache
5 2 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 119 (50.42%) Azure
2 92 (38.98%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (14.83%) AWS
4 33 (13.98%) Entra ID
5 6 (2.54%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.69%) IaaS
7 3 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.27%) GitHub
7 3 (1.27%) Google Workspace
7 3 (1.27%) SaaS
7 3 (1.27%) Serverless
8 2 (0.85%) Azure Stack
8 2 (0.85%) GCP
8 2 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.85%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.85%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.42%) Amazon Cognito
9 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 51 (21.61%) Firewall
2 35 (14.83%) SAN
3 34 (14.41%) DNS
4 32 (13.56%) DHCP
5 27 (11.44%) WAN
6 26 (11.02%) LAN
7 15 (6.36%) Wireless
8 14 (5.93%) VLAN
9 13 (5.51%) TCP/IP
10 12 (5.08%) VPN
11 10 (4.24%) Network Security
12 8 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (3.39%) WLAN
13 7 (2.97%) VSAN
14 6 (2.54%) FTP
14 6 (2.54%) SMTP
14 6 (2.54%) SNMP
14 6 (2.54%) SSH
14 6 (2.54%) SSL
14 6 (2.54%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.93%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.69%) Amazon Aurora
3 4 (1.69%) MySQL
3 4 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.69%) RDBMS
3 4 (1.69%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.42%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (2.12%) JIRA
2 3 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 1 (0.42%) Git
General
1 31 (13.14%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.02%) Finance
3 12 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (3.81%) Law
4 9 (3.81%) Police
5 6 (2.54%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.12%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.12%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.69%) Games
7 4 (1.69%) Retail
8 3 (1.27%) Automotive
8 3 (1.27%) Digital Healthcare
8 3 (1.27%) Legal
9 2 (0.85%) Advertising
9 2 (0.85%) Electronics
9 2 (0.85%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 175 (74.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 47 (19.92%) Senior
3 44 (18.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 40 (16.95%) IT Engineer
5 36 (15.25%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (5.93%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 14 (5.93%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (5.93%) Network Engineer
7 13 (5.51%) Support Engineer
8 12 (5.08%) Infrastructure Support
9 11 (4.66%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (4.66%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.24%) Administrator
10 10 (4.24%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 9 (3.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
11 9 (3.81%) 3rd Line Support
11 9 (3.81%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.81%) Infrastructure Manager
12 8 (3.39%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 8 (3.39%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.54%) .NET
1 6 (2.54%) .NET Framework
1 6 (2.54%) XML
2 3 (1.27%) EDI
3 2 (0.85%) LAMP
3 2 (0.85%) V-Ray
4 1 (0.42%) AWS Amplify
4 1 (0.42%) Node.js
4 1 (0.42%) React
4 1 (0.42%) React Native
4 1 (0.42%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.42%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.08%) Data Centre
2 8 (3.39%) Replication
3 6 (2.54%) Clustering
3 6 (2.54%) EFT
3 6 (2.54%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (2.54%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.54%) PKI
3 6 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.69%) Client/Server
4 4 (1.69%) Driving Licence
4 4 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
4 4 (1.69%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.85%) BYOD
6 2 (0.85%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.85%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (0.85%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.85%) NHS
6 2 (0.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (36.86%) Windows
2 49 (20.76%) Windows Server
3 22 (9.32%) Linux
4 12 (5.08%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (4.66%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (4.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (2.54%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (2.12%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.27%) Android
9 3 (1.27%) Unix
9 3 (1.27%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.85%) SUSE
10 2 (0.85%) zOS
11 1 (0.42%) AIX
11 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (22.46%) ITIL
2 35 (14.83%) Cybersecurity
3 26 (11.02%) Roadmaps
4 24 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (8.90%) Customer Service
6 18 (7.63%) Agile
7 17 (7.20%) Line Management
8 16 (6.78%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (6.36%) Migration
10 14 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (5.93%) Data Protection
11 13 (5.51%) Incident Response
11 13 (5.51%) Service Delivery
12 12 (5.08%) Service Management
12 12 (5.08%) Strategic Roadmap
13 11 (4.66%) DevOps
13 11 (4.66%) Information Security
13 11 (4.66%) Logistics
13 11 (4.66%) Project Management
13 11 (4.66%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (15.25%) PowerShell
2 11 (4.66%) SQL
3 6 (2.54%) Bash
4 5 (2.12%) Python
5 4 (1.69%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.85%) Bicep
6 2 (0.85%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.42%) Go
7 1 (0.42%) Java
7 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (11.44%) Security Cleared
2 25 (10.59%) SC Cleared
3 16 (6.78%) Degree
4 14 (5.93%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (4.24%) CCNA
8 6 (2.54%) CCNP
8 6 (2.54%) MCSE
9 5 (2.12%) MCSA
10 3 (1.27%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.27%) CISM
10 3 (1.27%) CISSP
10 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.42%) MCP
12 1 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (2.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (2.12%) GDPR
3 5 (2.12%) NIST
4 3 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
System Software
1 77 (32.63%) Active Directory
2 57 (24.15%) Hyper-V
3 47 (19.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (5.93%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (5.51%) Virtual Servers
5 13 (5.51%) vSphere
6 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (1.69%) Docker
9 2 (0.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.85%) pfSense
9 2 (0.85%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.42%) Firmware
10 1 (0.42%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 32 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (8.47%) SCCM
3 16 (6.78%) Terraform
4 12 (5.08%) Ansible
5 11 (4.66%) vCenter Server
6 6 (2.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.12%) SCOM
7 5 (2.12%) VxRail
8 4 (1.69%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.69%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.69%) WSUS
9 2 (0.85%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.85%) Kubernetes
9 2 (0.85%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 1 (0.42%) ITRS Geneos
10 1 (0.42%) Nessus
10 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 105 (44.49%) Microsoft
2 74 (31.36%) VMware
3 27 (11.44%) Dell
4 25 (10.59%) Cisco
5 24 (10.17%) Citrix
6 22 (9.32%) Veeam
7 18 (7.63%) HP
8 11 (4.66%) Sophos
9 9 (3.81%) SolarWinds
10 8 (3.39%) Aruba
10 8 (3.39%) EqualLogic
11 7 (2.97%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.54%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.54%) Globalscape
12 6 (2.54%) Google
12 6 (2.54%) Meraki
13 5 (2.12%) CheckPoint
13 5 (2.12%) CrowdStrike
13 5 (2.12%) Ruckus Wireless
14 4 (1.69%) NetApp