Senior Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Cardiff is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026.

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

 6 months to
14 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.31% - 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £550 - £700

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 290 199 210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.23% 95.67% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 142 148
10th Percentile £300 £213 £130
25th Percentile £325 £294 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £413 £488
Median % change year-on-year +10.30% -15.38% +14.71%
75th Percentile £583 £495 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £632
South Wales median daily rate £461 £405 £425
% change year-on-year +13.89% -4.71% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 13
10th Percentile £13.24 - -
25th Percentile £15.75 £13.08 £15.48
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.54 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.11% -39.42% +12.94%
75th Percentile £21.10 £18.10 £25.60
90th Percentile £62.22 £22.82 £26.50
South Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £25.48
% change year-on-year -4.88% -19.54% -2.00%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 14 October 2026, Senior 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 Cardiff region featuring Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
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