Infrastructure Operations Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Infrastructure Operations Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
27 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Operations Engineer 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.92% - 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% - 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £503 - £408
25th Percentile £507 - £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £431
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.96%
75th Percentile - - £447
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £600 - £411
% change year-on-year - - -16.08%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 739 150 369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.73% 92.59% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 110 277
10th Percentile £362 £273 £275
25th Percentile £456 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £464 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.15% -2.32% -
75th Percentile £600 £584 £575
90th Percentile £638 £644 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 7 24
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.27 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.19 £17.91
Median hourly rate £16.35 £17.87 £22.55
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% -20.75% +71.35%
75th Percentile £39.63 £37.13 £30.00
90th Percentile - £60.25 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £16.35 £15.25 £23.22
% change year-on-year +7.21% -34.31% +32.66%

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, Infrastructure Operations 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Citrix
1 4 (57.14%) High Availability
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
2 2 (28.57%) Linux
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) CCA
3 1 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) NCDA
3 1 (14.29%) NetApp
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Veeam
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) High Availability
1 4 (57.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCA
1 1 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) NCDA
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) NetApp
2 1 (14.29%) Veeam
Infrastructure Operations Engineer jobs