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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 154 176
Rank change year-on-year +63 +22 -54
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 320 165 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.65% 1.82% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.80% 2.03% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 282 112 154
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,525 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,734 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,875 £57,500 £61,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%

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 11,430 8,135 10,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 89.72% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,444 4,581 7,045
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,526
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%

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 20 May 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 20 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 +68 166 £45,000 -10.00% 22
West Midlands +44 154 £45,000 -5.26% 28
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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.

1 314 (98.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 160 (50.00%) Azure
3 139 (43.44%) Windows
4 121 (37.81%) Microsoft
5 119 (37.19%) Microsoft 365
6 113 (35.31%) VMware
7 102 (31.88%) Active Directory
8 91 (28.44%) Windows Server
9 85 (26.56%) Firewall
9 85 (26.56%) Hyper-V
10 83 (25.94%) VMware Infrastructure
11 69 (21.56%) Social Skills
12 58 (18.13%) DNS
13 56 (17.50%) AWS
14 50 (15.63%) SAN
15 48 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
15 48 (15.00%) PowerShell
15 48 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
15 48 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
16 47 (14.69%) Linux
16 47 (14.69%) DHCP
17 43 (13.44%) Data Centre
18 42 (13.13%) Microsoft Intune
19 40 (12.50%) SharePoint
19 40 (12.50%) WAN
20 37 (11.56%) Entra ID
21 36 (11.25%) Cisco
21 36 (11.25%) Veeam
22 34 (10.63%) ITIL
23 33 (10.31%) LAN

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 48 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.75%) IIS
4 6 (1.88%) Apache
5 2 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.31%) JBoss
6 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.31%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.63%) CATIA
2 2 (0.63%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 160 (50.00%) Azure
2 119 (37.19%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (17.50%) AWS
4 37 (11.56%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.75%) Google Workspace
6 8 (2.50%) SaaS
7 7 (2.19%) Mimecast
8 6 (1.88%) Amazon S3
8 6 (1.88%) Nutanix
9 5 (1.56%) Azure Pipelines
9 5 (1.56%) GCP
9 5 (1.56%) IaaS
9 5 (1.56%) PaaS
10 4 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.94%) Azure Stack
11 3 (0.94%) Serverless
12 2 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 85 (26.56%) Firewall
2 58 (18.13%) DNS
3 50 (15.63%) SAN
4 47 (14.69%) DHCP
5 40 (12.50%) WAN
6 33 (10.31%) LAN
6 33 (10.31%) TCP/IP
7 30 (9.38%) VLAN
8 27 (8.44%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (3.75%) Wireless
10 11 (3.44%) SD-WAN
10 11 (3.44%) SSL
11 10 (3.13%) VPN
11 10 (3.13%) WLAN
12 7 (2.19%) FTP
12 7 (2.19%) HTTP
12 7 (2.19%) NAS
12 7 (2.19%) Network Security
12 7 (2.19%) SMTP
12 7 (2.19%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.06%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.88%) MySQL
4 5 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.25%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 9 (2.81%) Git
2 2 (0.63%) GitLab
2 2 (0.63%) JIRA
2 2 (0.63%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 69 (21.56%) Social Skills
2 24 (7.50%) Finance
3 16 (5.00%) Retail
4 12 (3.75%) Telecoms
5 11 (3.44%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.44%) Law
6 7 (2.19%) Public Sector
7 5 (1.56%) Aerospace
7 5 (1.56%) Automotive
7 5 (1.56%) Legal
8 4 (1.25%) Aviation
8 4 (1.25%) Avionics
8 4 (1.25%) Games
9 3 (0.94%) Digital Healthcare
9 3 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.63%) Fire and Rescue
10 2 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.63%) Local Government
10 2 (0.63%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.88%) .NET
1 6 (1.88%) .NET Framework
1 6 (1.88%) XML
2 2 (0.63%) CSS
2 2 (0.63%) LAMP
2 2 (0.63%) V-Ray
3 1 (0.31%) JSON
3 1 (0.31%) LDAP
3 1 (0.31%) Middleware
3 1 (0.31%) SAML
3 1 (0.31%) ServiceStack
3 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.44%) Data Centre
2 12 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (3.44%) CCTV
4 9 (2.81%) Enterprise Storage
5 7 (2.19%) Clustering
5 7 (2.19%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.19%) EFT
5 7 (2.19%) Replication
6 5 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.25%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.25%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.25%) NHS
8 3 (0.94%) IBM Mainframe
8 3 (0.94%) Mainframe
8 3 (0.94%) Operational Technology
9 2 (0.63%) BYOD
9 2 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.63%) PKI
9 2 (0.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 139 (43.44%) Windows
2 91 (28.44%) Windows Server
3 47 (14.69%) Linux
4 22 (6.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (4.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (2.19%) Unix
8 5 (1.56%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.94%) Android
9 3 (0.94%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.94%) CentOS
9 3 (0.94%) zOS
10 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.63%) SUSE
10 2 (0.63%) VMS
10 2 (0.63%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (98.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (10.63%) ITIL
4 28 (8.75%) DevOps
5 25 (7.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (7.81%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (7.50%) CI/CD
7 23 (7.19%) Roadmaps
8 22 (6.88%) Agile
9 21 (6.56%) Migration
10 19 (5.94%) Infrastructure Management
11 16 (5.00%) Project Management
12 15 (4.69%) Change Management
13 14 (4.38%) Customer Service
14 13 (4.06%) Data Protection
14 13 (4.06%) Infrastructure as Code
15 12 (3.75%) Analytics
15 12 (3.75%) Mentoring
15 12 (3.75%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 48 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 8 (2.50%) Bash
2 8 (2.50%) SQL
3 4 (1.25%) Python
4 3 (0.94%) Bicep
5 2 (0.63%) Java
6 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 17 (5.31%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (4.06%) CCNA
3 11 (3.44%) Degree
4 9 (2.81%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.81%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (1.88%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.88%) MCSE
7 4 (1.25%) CCA
7 4 (1.25%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (1.25%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.94%) CCDA
8 3 (0.94%) CCNP
9 2 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.63%) MCITP
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.31%) MCP
10 1 (0.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (3.13%) QA
2 5 (1.56%) GDPR
2 5 (1.56%) SOC 2
3 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (1.25%) NIST
4 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 102 (31.88%) Active Directory
2 85 (26.56%) Hyper-V
3 83 (25.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.56%) Docker
5 11 (3.44%) vSphere
6 9 (2.81%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (2.81%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (1.56%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.63%) pfSense
10 1 (0.31%) Firmware
10 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (13.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (6.88%) Ansible
3 20 (6.25%) Terraform
4 17 (5.31%) SCCM
5 14 (4.38%) Kubernetes
6 10 (3.13%) Docker Swarm
7 8 (2.50%) vCenter Server
8 6 (1.88%) WSUS
9 4 (1.25%) Data Guard
9 4 (1.25%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (1.25%) SCOM
9 4 (1.25%) VxRail
10 2 (0.63%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.63%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.31%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.31%) Nessus
11 1 (0.31%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 121 (37.81%) Microsoft
2 113 (35.31%) VMware
3 36 (11.25%) Cisco
3 36 (11.25%) Veeam
4 33 (10.31%) Citrix
5 26 (8.13%) Dell
6 22 (6.88%) HP
7 12 (3.75%) Google
7 12 (3.75%) Meraki
8 11 (3.44%) Globalscape
8 11 (3.44%) Sophos
9 10 (3.13%) Acronis
10 8 (2.50%) EqualLogic
11 7 (2.19%) NetApp
11 7 (2.19%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.88%) Oracle
13 5 (1.56%) Commvault
13 5 (1.56%) IBM
13 5 (1.56%) Nasuni
13 5 (1.56%) Rapid7