Senior Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 1.03% - 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £625
75th Percentile £575 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £425 £625
% change year-on-year +29.41% -32.00% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 500 436 706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.76% 94.99% 93.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 193 409
10th Percentile £244 £264 £263
25th Percentile £425 £336 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% -10.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £675
90th Percentile £750 £635 £738
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £478
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.91% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 98 149
10th Percentile £17.96 £15.38 £17.74
25th Percentile £23.63 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £67.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £31.20 £47.50 £40.28
% change year-on-year -34.32% +17.94% +103.31%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 November 2025. 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
Stevenage - 2 £550 - 6
Hatfield - 2 - -
Broxbourne - 1 - -
Hoddesdon - 1 - - 1
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
East of England

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) DNS
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (66.67%) Azure
3 4 (66.67%) DHCP
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) Python
4 3 (50.00%) Citrix
4 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 3 (50.00%) Linux
4 3 (50.00%) Task Automation
4 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (50.00%) Zero Trust
5 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 2 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (33.33%) GitLab
5 2 (33.33%) Google
5 2 (33.33%) Google Workspace
5 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Google Workspace
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) IaaS
4 1 (16.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) DNS
2 4 (66.67%) DHCP
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (16.67%) iSCSI
4 1 (16.67%) NAS
4 1 (16.67%) SAN
4 1 (16.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) VMS
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 3 (50.00%) Zero Trust
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) BCP
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Bash
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (16.67%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (33.33%) Terraform
1 2 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 1 (16.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
4 2 (33.33%) Google
4 2 (33.33%) Veeam
4 2 (33.33%) Wyse
5 1 (16.67%) Aruba
5 1 (16.67%) HP