Infrastructure Specialist Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Infrastructure Specialist
South West > Bristol

The median Infrastructure Specialist daily rate in Bristol is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 66 75
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 10 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.74% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £488 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £625
75th Percentile £688 - £663
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +15.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,257 684 847
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 92.81% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 631 344 449
10th Percentile £381 £250 £232
25th Percentile £450 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -1.04% -8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £743 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £503 £513
% change year-on-year +4.48% -1.95% -4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 150 158
10th Percentile £21.35 £12.82 £17.50
25th Percentile £46.61 £18.87 £58.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £33.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +94.03% -52.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.14 £68.00 £75.00
South West median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +12.50%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Infrastructure Specialist job vacancy trend in Bristol

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in Bristol

Infrastructure Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in Bristol

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 27 September 2026, Infrastructure Specialist 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 Bristol region featuring Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) NetApp
1 6 (60.00%) Rubrik
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (10.00%) Azure
4 1 (10.00%) Brocade
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (10.00%) High Availability
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
4 1 (10.00%) SLA
4 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
4 1 (10.00%) Windows
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Rubrik
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (10.00%) Change Management
2 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (10.00%) High Availability
2 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) NetApp
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Brocade
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco