Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Infrastructure Engineer
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £404, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 1.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £336 - -
25th Percentile £361 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 - -
75th Percentile £448 - -
90th Percentile £474 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £350 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 206 90 126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.40% 96.77% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 49 71
10th Percentile £322 £410 £420
25th Percentile £424 £438 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.49% -5.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £537 £555 £659
90th Percentile £594 £638 £672
Cumbria median daily rate £488 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +3.72% -6.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 22
10th Percentile £59.75 £27.14 £45.22
25th Percentile £63.08 £38.63 £48.60
Median hourly rate £68.17 £55.48 £62.32
Median % change year-on-year +22.88% -10.98% +11.58%
75th Percentile £73.25 £58.50 £69.83
90th Percentile - £70.29 £70.90
Cumbria median hourly rate £58.12 £50.00 £55.25
% change year-on-year +16.23% -9.50% +0.45%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 18 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Barrow-in-Furness

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness

For the 6 months to 18 September 2026, Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Disk Encryption
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Ivanti
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Skype
2 1 (33.33%) Skype for Business
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VBScript
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Skype
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Disk Encryption
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) VB
2 1 (33.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (33.33%) Ivanti
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow