Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Infrastructure Engineer
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Ipswich is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 3.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £418 - -
25th Percentile £514 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £700 £400 -
% change year-on-year +75.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 120 32 33
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 96.97% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 22 17
10th Percentile £313 £191 £149
25th Percentile £405 £281 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £375 £363
Median % change year-on-year +32.00% +3.45% -39.58%
75th Percentile £538 £523 £438
90th Percentile £725 £550 £538
Suffolk median daily rate £495 £358 £300
% change year-on-year +38.46% +19.17% -42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile - £16.19 -
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.22 £14.05
Median hourly rate £17.50 £17.79 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% +21.85% -15.51%
75th Percentile £18.75 £18.07 £15.15
90th Percentile - £18.58 -
Suffolk median hourly rate £15.95 £17.79 £47.50
% change year-on-year -10.34% -62.55% +174.88%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Ipswich

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Ipswich over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Ipswich

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Ipswich.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Ipswich

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

For the 6 months to 14 September 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 Ipswich region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) 4G
3 2 (50.00%) 5G
3 2 (50.00%) Application Security
3 2 (50.00%) Broadband
3 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Docker
3 2 (50.00%) Git
3 2 (50.00%) GitLab
3 2 (50.00%) IPv4
3 2 (50.00%) IPv6
3 2 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) PPP
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) UPnP
3 2 (50.00%) VMS
3 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (50.00%) Wireless
3 2 (50.00%) xDSL
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Node.js
4 1 (25.00%) QA

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) 4G
1 2 (50.00%) 5G
1 2 (50.00%) Broadband
1 2 (50.00%) IPv4
1 2 (50.00%) IPv6
1 2 (50.00%) PPP
1 2 (50.00%) UPnP
1 2 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (50.00%) Wireless
1 2 (50.00%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) Git
2 2 (50.00%) GitLab
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Wiki
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Application Security
3 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (50.00%) Scrum
3 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (25.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker