Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in South Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 41 40
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 +11
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 8 16 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.32% 3.04% 4.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.60% 3.19% 4.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 15 36
10th Percentile £355 - £313
25th Percentile £416 £513 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +18.41% -4.72%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £588
90th Percentile £665 £700 £628
Wales median daily rate £600 £550 £475
% change year-on-year +9.09% +15.79% -2.56%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 308 501 877
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.28% 95.07% 97.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 228 388 652
10th Percentile £169 £177 £200
25th Percentile £345 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £573 £575
90th Percentile £640 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 27 36
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.85 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.60 £11.97
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £26.06
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.25 £47.14
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.67%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in South Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in South Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in South Wales over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in South Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in South Wales

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 23 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
Cardiff +18 5 £575 +22.34% 3
Newport -6 3 £600 +9.09%
Infrastructure Engineer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Wales region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Azure
3 4 (50.00%) DevOps
3 4 (50.00%) Terraform
3 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Windows
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
5 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (25.00%) Scrum
5 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) Unix
5 2 (25.00%) SAN
5 2 (25.00%) Line Management
5 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
5 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (25.00%) Community of Practice
5 2 (25.00%) Azure Pipelines
5 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (25.00%) Public Sector

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (12.50%) WebLogic
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Azure Pipelines
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Adabas
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) CA Gen
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Unix
3 1 (12.50%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Community of Practice
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (25.00%) Line Management
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (25.00%) Scrum
4 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Natural
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (12.50%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Brocade
2 1 (12.50%) CA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Dell
2 1 (12.50%) Dynatrace
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) NetApp
2 1 (12.50%) New Relic
2 1 (12.50%) PagerDuty
2 1 (12.50%) Rackspace
2 1 (12.50%) Veritas