Infrastructure Architect Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Infrastructure Architect
Surrey > Guildford

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in Guildford is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 8 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 14.71% 3.85% -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.71% 3.85% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Surrey median daily rate £400 £550 -
% change year-on-year -27.27% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Guildford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Guildford. 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 Guildford with a recognized job title 34 26 56
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 96.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 44
10th Percentile £216 £220 £215
25th Percentile £283 £250 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £263 £513
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% -48.78% +20.59%
75th Percentile £438 £495 £617
90th Percentile £500 £598 £850
Surrey median daily rate £498 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +4.74% - -6.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 5
10th Percentile £47.70 £21.50 -
25th Percentile - £23.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £26.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +126.42% -44.21% +265.38%
75th Percentile £67.50 £29.44 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £32.03 £56.98
Surrey median hourly rate £65.00 £24.18 £47.70
% change year-on-year +168.82% -49.31% +5.99%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in Guildford

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Guildford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Guildford

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford

For the 6 months to 18 February 2026, Infrastructure Architect 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 Guildford region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) GCP
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) VPN

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 5 (100.00%) Public Cloud
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware