Infrastructure Engineering Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Infrastructure Engineering
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 1.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £675 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £725 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £700 £400 -
% change year-on-year +75.00% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 91 28 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 75.83% 77.78% 87.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 21 22
10th Percentile £425 £200 £105
25th Percentile £493 £275 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £375 £369
Median % change year-on-year +36.67% +1.69% -42.16%
75th Percentile £583 £500 £534
90th Percentile £725 £550 £549
Suffolk median daily rate £513 £365 £375
% change year-on-year +40.41% -2.67% -37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £15.21 £15.84 -
25th Percentile £16.01 £16.36 £14.05
Median hourly rate £17.12 £17.46 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year -1.98% +19.59% -28.99%
75th Percentile £18.75 £18.32 £15.15
90th Percentile - £18.68 -
Suffolk median hourly rate £17.06 £22.04 £14.60
% change year-on-year -22.59% +50.92% -17.89%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

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

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

Infrastructure Engineering
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared