Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Kidlington

Infrastructure Engineer
Oxfordshire > Kidlington

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Kidlington is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026.

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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kidlington 7.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 9.52% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £250 £250 £375
% change year-on-year - -33.33% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Kidlington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kidlington. 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 Kidlington with a recognized job title 21 7 21
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 75.00% 87.50% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 14
10th Percentile - £338 £173
25th Percentile £231 £425 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £450 £267
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +68.54% -55.50%
75th Percentile £288 £475 £436
90th Percentile £399 - £593
Oxfordshire median daily rate £475 £406 £438
% change year-on-year +16.92% -7.14% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £28.72 - -
25th Percentile £35.12 - £19.25
Median hourly rate £45.78 - £19.50
75th Percentile £122.89 - £19.75
90th Percentile £169.16 - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £35.25 £46.30 £19.50
% change year-on-year -23.87% +137.44% -24.93%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kidlington

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 Kidlington.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Kidlington

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Kidlington

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kidlington

For the 6 months to 18 July 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 Kidlington region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Windows

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kidlington 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam
2 1 (50.00%) VMware