IT Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median IT Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 124 136
Rank change year-on-year -36 +12 +68
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Engineer 7 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.23% 0.34% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.37% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 1
10th Percentile £590 £480 -
25th Percentile - £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £700 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +55.56% -11.76%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £538 £394
% change year-on-year +6.98% +36.51% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £17.75
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 - £72.50

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 2,717 2,435 2,585
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.97% 92.69% 94.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,767 1,505 1,806
10th Percentile £230 £231 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £594 £588
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 98 118
10th Percentile £13.38 £12.67 £14.09
25th Percentile £17.14 £15.13 £16.66
Median hourly rate £25.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% +19.10% +13.90%
75th Percentile £30.00 £33.23 £33.64
90th Percentile £48.20 £50.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -13.04% +53.33%

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

IT Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies 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 19 November 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 -25 7 £700 - 1
IT Infrastructure Engineer
England

IT Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, IT 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 Midlands region featuring IT Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 6 (85.71%) Azure Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Azure Stack
2 6 (85.71%) Entra ID
2 6 (85.71%) Infrastructure Management
2 6 (85.71%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) Broadband
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 1 (14.29%) IP Telephony
3 1 (14.29%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) OSPF
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (14.29%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) Windows
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server

IT Infrastructure Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) Azure Stack
1 6 (85.71%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) BGP
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
1 1 (14.29%) IP Telephony
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) OSPF
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VoIP
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (85.71%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Azure Certification
1 6 (85.71%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCNA
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) VMware