IT Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in Leeds

IT Infrastructure Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Leeds is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 65 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.85% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £331 - -
25th Percentile £399 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £538 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £475 -
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 576 688 1,076
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.63% 92.10% 97.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 449 754
10th Percentile £311 £350 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £500 £541
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% -7.62% +8.25%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £625
90th Percentile £625 £655 £707
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 27 13
10th Percentile £25.15 £17.18 £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £19.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £29.56 £24.18 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.23% +27.26% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £48.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £79.33 - £23.45
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £17.64
% change year-on-year +106.78% +37.07% -11.80%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings that featured IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in Leeds

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Leeds

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in Leeds

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, IT Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Leeds region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) Oracle
3 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Linux
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (60.00%) Bash
3 3 (60.00%) Oracle Database
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (60.00%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) Microservices
4 2 (40.00%) Server Management
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Security Management
4 2 (40.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 2 (40.00%) Perl
4 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (40.00%) SOA
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Local Government

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) IaaS
2 1 (20.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Security Management
2 2 (40.00%) Server Management
2 2 (40.00%) SOA
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Bash
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Perl
2 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Meraki
4 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) Veeam
4 1 (20.00%) VMware