Infrastructure Analyst Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Infrastructure Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Analyst daily rate in the Midlands is £310, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 124 120
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +68
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Analyst 32 2 15
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 1.01% 0.087% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 0.093% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 2 12
10th Percentile £263 £462 £178
25th Percentile £291 £480 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 £510 £363
Median % change year-on-year -39.22% +40.69% -12.12%
75th Percentile £328 £540 £369
90th Percentile £422 £558 £413
England median daily rate £325 £350 £400
% change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% -11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,817 2,143 2,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.09% 93.26% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,771 1,365 1,689
10th Percentile £213 £209 £213
25th Percentile £370 £358 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -2.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £676
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 84 107
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.12 £14.20
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.84
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.71 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +18.55% +13.70%
75th Percentile £26.25 £30.83 £33.88
90th Percentile £35.60 £48.13 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Infrastructure Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Infrastructure Analyst job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Infrastructure Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Infrastructure Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Analyst in the Midlands

Infrastructure Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Analyst job vacancies in the Midlands

Infrastructure Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 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
West Midlands +1 31 £310 -31.11% 4
East Midlands -19 1 - -
Infrastructure Analyst
England

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Infrastructure Analyst 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 Midlands region featuring Infrastructure Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (81.25%) VMware
2 25 (78.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (75.00%) Cisco
4 23 (71.88%) Agile
4 23 (71.88%) AWS
4 23 (71.88%) vRealize
4 23 (71.88%) vSphere
5 21 (65.63%) IBM
5 21 (65.63%) Linux
6 13 (40.63%) AppDynamics
6 13 (40.63%) Azure
6 13 (40.63%) Commvault
6 13 (40.63%) Datadog
6 13 (40.63%) SolarWinds
6 13 (40.63%) VxRail
7 12 (37.50%) VSAN
8 11 (34.38%) Dell
8 11 (34.38%) HP
9 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (25.00%) Flash
10 8 (25.00%) GPFS
10 8 (25.00%) NFS
10 8 (25.00%) Oracle
10 8 (25.00%) ServiceNow
10 8 (25.00%) Ticket Management
10 8 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
11 7 (21.88%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (21.88%) Confluence
11 7 (21.88%) MS Visio
12 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (21.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (71.88%) AWS
2 13 (40.63%) Azure
2 13 (40.63%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 12 (37.50%) VSAN
General
1 8 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (15.63%) Public Sector
3 4 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (25.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 21 (65.63%) Linux Command Line
2 8 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (65.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (71.88%) Agile
2 10 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (25.00%) Ticket Management
4 4 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 4 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 2 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.13%) Business Analysis
6 1 (3.13%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (3.13%) Proactive Management
6 1 (3.13%) Scrum
6 1 (3.13%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) Degree
System Software
1 25 (78.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (71.88%) vSphere
3 8 (25.00%) GPFS
3 8 (25.00%) NFS
3 8 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 23 (71.88%) vRealize
2 13 (40.63%) VxRail
Vendors
1 26 (81.25%) VMware
2 24 (75.00%) Cisco
3 21 (65.63%) IBM
4 13 (40.63%) AppDynamics
4 13 (40.63%) Commvault
4 13 (40.63%) SolarWinds
5 11 (34.38%) Dell
5 11 (34.38%) HP
6 8 (25.00%) Oracle
6 8 (25.00%) ServiceNow
7 3 (9.38%) Microsoft