Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

Infrastructure Engineer
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Chelmsford is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford 3.23% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £425 £350 £300
% change year-on-year +21.43% +16.67% -33.33%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Chelmsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 26 5 9
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.87% 100.00% 81.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 5
10th Percentile £240 £343 £211
25th Percentile £369 £388 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +26.67% -0.79%
75th Percentile £450 £563 £438
90th Percentile £484 £608 £528
Essex median daily rate £450 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 4
10th Percentile - £70.50 -
25th Percentile £16.17 £78.75 £12.86
Median hourly rate £35.53 £95.00 £14.31
Median % change year-on-year -62.60% +563.87% -37.67%
75th Percentile £81.05 £108.75 £16.88
90th Percentile - £115.50 £18.90
Essex median hourly rate £20.60 £30.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -31.33% -45.45% +23.51%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Chelmsford

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 Chelmsford region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft