Infrastructure Analyst Contracts in the North of England

Infrastructure Analyst
England > North of England

The median Infrastructure Analyst daily rate in the North of England is £358, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 175 204
Rank change year-on-year +15 +29 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Analyst 6 10 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.18% 0.21% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.23% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 14
10th Percentile - £406 -
25th Percentile - £481 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 £610 £363
Median % change year-on-year -41.31% +68.28% +9.43%
75th Percentile - £620 £488
90th Percentile - £623 £505
England median daily rate £400 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,078 4,441 5,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 93.14% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,038 2,789 3,920
10th Percentile £230 £263 £285
25th Percentile £364 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.29% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £600
90th Percentile £646 £673 £680
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 394 162
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.02 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.16 £12.53 £18.82
Median hourly rate £24.50 £19.34 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +26.68% -36.67% +65.08%
75th Percentile £49.38 £45.97 £49.40
90th Percentile £80.22 £60.00 £65.68
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Infrastructure Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the North of England

Infrastructure Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the North of England

Infrastructure Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Analyst in the North of England

Infrastructure Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +20 6 £358 -41.62%
Infrastructure Analyst
England

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Infrastructure Analyst 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 North of England region featuring Infrastructure Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) Change Management
2 5 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) Business Continuity
2 5 (83.33%) Risk Assessment
2 5 (83.33%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (83.33%) BCP
2 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) vSphere
2 5 (83.33%) High Availability
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (83.33%) IaaS
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (83.33%) Business Continuity Planning
2 5 (83.33%) Line Management
2 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
2 5 (83.33%) Network Security

Infrastructure Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) IaaS
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (83.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
1 5 (83.33%) BCP
1 5 (83.33%) Business Continuity
1 5 (83.33%) Business Continuity Planning
1 5 (83.33%) Change Management
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 5 (83.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 5 (83.33%) High Availability
1 5 (83.33%) Information Security
1 5 (83.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (83.33%) Line Management
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Project Delivery
1 5 (83.33%) Risk Assessment
1 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 5 (83.33%) Web Operations
2 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Azure Certification
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (83.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (83.33%) VMware