Infrastructure Engineering Contract Job Trends in Herefordshire

Infrastructure Engineering
West Midlands > Herefordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Herefordshire requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 7 21
Rank change year-on-year +5 +14 -9
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 20 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in Herefordshire 40.82% 19.51% 6.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 45.45% 22.86% 7.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 4
10th Percentile - £569 -
25th Percentile £588 £678 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £685
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +2.19% +24.55%
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 - -
75th Percentile £71.36 - -
90th Percentile £72.54 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £63.14 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Herefordshire

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Herefordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44 35 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire 89.80% 85.37% 82.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 25 40
10th Percentile £491 £420 £550
25th Percentile £522 £500 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £619
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +5.09% +15.07%
75th Percentile - £700 £695
90th Percentile £671 - £850
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £516
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.05% +3.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 0
10th Percentile - £20.99 -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +151.03% - -
75th Percentile £70.50 - -
90th Percentile £72.54 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.60 £24.34 £22.05
% change year-on-year +21.61% +10.41% -19.84%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Herefordshire.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in Herefordshire

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Herefordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Herefordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Herefordshire citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Herefordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering within the Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Hereford +4 18 - -
Infrastructure Engineering
West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Herefordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DHCP
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
1 1 (5.00%) Firewall
1 1 (5.00%) SAN
1 1 (5.00%) Skype
1 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (95.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Architect
2 1 (5.00%) Storage Architect
2 1 (5.00%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (5.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (5.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
1 5 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.00%) CentOS
2 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (20.00%) Containerisation
2 4 (20.00%) Information Security
2 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 4 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (5.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (5.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.00%) Load Balancing
3 1 (5.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (20.00%) Bash
2 4 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (65.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (30.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (20.00%) CCNA
4 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (20.00%) MCSE
4 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (20.00%) RHCA
4 4 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (20.00%) Docker
3 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Ansible
1 4 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (20.00%) Podman
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) VMware
2 4 (20.00%) Atlassian
2 4 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) EMC
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) NetApp
3 1 (5.00%) Pure Storage
3 1 (5.00%) Veeam