Infrastructure Specialist Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Infrastructure Specialist
England > East Midlands

The median Infrastructure Specialist daily rate in the East Midlands is £490, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 70 57
Rank change year-on-year -12 -13 0
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 1 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.075% 0.25% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.27% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £485 - £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £315 £232
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% +36.07% -67.16%
75th Percentile £495 - £308
90th Percentile - - £449
England median daily rate £550 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 1,168 739 742
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.23% 91.69% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 502 445
10th Percentile £261 £200 £252
25th Percentile £402 £332 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £411 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.93% -8.61% -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £565
90th Percentile £663 £625 £621
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 70 45
10th Percentile £12.76 £16.17 £12.18
25th Percentile £13.81 £17.87 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.31 £21.25 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.84% -11.46% +25.07%
75th Percentile £26.50 £25.15 £50.00
90th Percentile £49.00 £25.29 £53.76
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £46.18
% change year-on-year +68.99% -45.54% +2.62%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Infrastructure Specialist job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the East Midlands

Infrastructure Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the East Midlands

Infrastructure Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 September 2026. 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
Nottinghamshire - 1 £490 -
Infrastructure Specialist
England

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 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 East Midlands region featuring Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware