Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the South West is £537 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 83 78
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 84 97 108
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.65% 2.66% 2.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% 2.88% 3.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 73 81
10th Percentile £375 £270 £288
25th Percentile £486 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% +16.67% +23.29%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £538
90th Percentile £648 £722 £600
England median daily rate £463 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £65.18 - -
25th Percentile £67.31 £82.00 -
Median hourly rate £72.75 £84.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.39% - -
75th Percentile £76.31 £86.00 -
90th Percentile £77.33 - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £62.99
% change year-on-year -65.38% +3.20% +62.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 2,957 3,370 3,554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 92.56% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,895 2,526 2,536
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 273 207
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.17 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +9.30%
75th Percentile £70.66 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £69.36
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire -14 30 £525 -4.55% 16
Bristol +15 22 £488 -7.14% 11
Devon +9 13 £600 +155.32% 6
Gloucestershire +2 12 £500 - 15
Dorset +5 4 £650 +23.81% 1
Somerset +3 3 £600 - 5
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Infrastructure Engineer contract 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 contract job ads across the South West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 84 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 67 (79.76%) Security Cleared
3 43 (51.19%) VMware
4 40 (47.62%) SC Cleared
5 37 (44.05%) VMware Infrastructure
6 35 (41.67%) Firewall
7 28 (33.33%) DV Cleared
8 26 (30.95%) vCenter Server
9 20 (23.81%) Public Sector
10 19 (22.62%) DNS
10 19 (22.62%) vSphere
11 18 (21.43%) Windows
11 18 (21.43%) Data Centre
12 17 (20.24%) ITIL
12 17 (20.24%) Active Directory
12 17 (20.24%) Service Management
13 16 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (19.05%) CCNA
13 16 (19.05%) Cisco
13 16 (19.05%) Microsoft
14 15 (17.86%) Azure
14 15 (17.86%) Private Cloud
14 15 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
15 14 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
15 14 (16.67%) Linux
16 13 (15.48%) Virtual Infrastructure
16 13 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (15.48%) Social Skills
17 12 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
17 12 (14.29%) Resource Management

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (11.90%) Confluence
2 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (5.95%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.57%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.19%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.86%) Azure
2 8 (9.52%) Entra ID
3 5 (5.95%) Azure Logic Apps
3 5 (5.95%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (5.95%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.76%) AWS
4 4 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.57%) PaaS
6 2 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.38%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.19%) IaaS
7 1 (1.19%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.19%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.19%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (41.67%) Firewall
2 19 (22.62%) DNS
3 11 (13.10%) Network Security
4 9 (10.71%) VSAN
5 8 (9.52%) DHCP
6 7 (8.33%) SAN
7 6 (7.14%) NAS
8 5 (5.95%) WAN
9 4 (4.76%) SD-WAN
10 3 (3.57%) BGP
10 3 (3.57%) NGFW
10 3 (3.57%) VPN
11 2 (2.38%) LAN
11 2 (2.38%) Skype
11 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
11 2 (2.38%) Unified Communications
11 2 (2.38%) VLAN
11 2 (2.38%) Wireless
12 1 (1.19%) Software-Defined Networking
12 1 (1.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.95%) Power BI
2 4 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 10 (11.90%) JIRA
2 2 (2.38%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.19%) Bitbucket
General
1 20 (23.81%) Public Sector
2 13 (15.48%) Social Skills
3 12 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.38%) Local Government
5 2 (2.38%) Military
6 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.19%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.14%) Flash
2 1 (1.19%) .NET
2 1 (1.19%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.43%) Data Centre
2 15 (17.86%) Private Cloud
3 10 (11.90%) PKI
4 8 (9.52%) Clustering
5 1 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.19%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.19%) NHS
5 1 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.19%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.43%) Windows
2 14 (16.67%) Linux
3 11 (13.10%) Windows Server
4 6 (7.14%) VMS
5 4 (4.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.38%) Unix
7 2 (2.38%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.38%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (1.19%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (20.24%) ITIL
2 17 (20.24%) Service Management
3 15 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (15.48%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 12 (14.29%) Resource Management
6 11 (13.10%) Penetration Testing
7 10 (11.90%) Agile
7 10 (11.90%) Containerisation
8 9 (10.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 8 (9.52%) Critical Thinking
9 8 (9.52%) Load Balancing
10 7 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (8.33%) Migration
10 7 (8.33%) NsoIT
10 7 (8.33%) System Testing
10 7 (8.33%) Validation
10 7 (8.33%) Virtual Environments
10 7 (8.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.52%) SQL
2 5 (5.95%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.76%) Bash
4 2 (2.38%) C#
4 2 (2.38%) Java
4 2 (2.38%) Python
5 1 (1.19%) C
Qualifications
1 67 (79.76%) Security Cleared
2 40 (47.62%) SC Cleared
3 28 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 16 (19.05%) CCNA
4 16 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (11.90%) Degree
6 9 (10.71%) CCNP
7 7 (8.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (7.14%) Master's Degree
9 4 (4.76%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.19%) MCP
10 1 (1.19%) MCSA
10 1 (1.19%) MCSE
10 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.57%) Government Security Classifications
1 3 (3.57%) NIST
2 1 (1.19%) NIST 800
System Software
1 37 (44.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (22.62%) vSphere
3 17 (20.24%) Active Directory
4 14 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (13.10%) VMware NSX
6 6 (7.14%) Hyper-V
6 6 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (5.95%) Docker
8 2 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (1.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 26 (30.95%) vCenter Server
2 6 (7.14%) Ansible
2 6 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (4.76%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.76%) SCCM
4 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (2.38%) Puppet
4 2 (2.38%) SCOM
4 2 (2.38%) WSUS
5 1 (1.19%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.19%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.19%) Terraform
5 1 (1.19%) VxRail
Vendors
1 43 (51.19%) VMware
2 16 (19.05%) Cisco
2 16 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 12 (14.29%) Atlassian
4 8 (9.52%) Fortinet
5 6 (7.14%) CA
5 6 (7.14%) Dell
5 6 (7.14%) Veeam
6 3 (3.57%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.38%) Splunk
8 1 (1.19%) Oracle
8 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.19%) Veritas