IT Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £250 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 154 189
Rank change year-on-year +24 +35 -39
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 4 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.15% 0.26% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.28% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £229 £403 -
25th Percentile £234 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £463 £160
Median % change year-on-year -45.95% +189.06% -47.11%
75th Percentile £272 £488 -
90th Percentile £281 £491 -
England median daily rate £480 £488 £410
% change year-on-year -1.54% +18.90% +26.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,513 3,238 4,812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.92% 94.62% 95.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 2,280 3,523
10th Percentile £213 £220 £208
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +3.26% +15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £680 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 127 172
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.30 £10.52
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.17 £14.24
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.07% +14.42%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.25 £22.03
90th Percentile £52.78 £60.50 £34.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
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 IT Infrastructure Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +23 3 £275 -31.25% 1
East Midlands +14 1 £225 -52.63% 6
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) Server Management
4 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Server Management
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco