Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Northampton

Infrastructure Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Northampton is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 20 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northampton 0.81% 1.90% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 2.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £475 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £475 £525 -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median daily rate £450 £500 -
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 230 86 89
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 81.90% 97.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 72 69
10th Percentile £312 £315 £219
25th Percentile £360 £356 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £396 £489
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -19.12% +16.85%
75th Percentile £475 £475 £534
90th Percentile £550 £575 £567
Northamptonshire median daily rate £424 £400 £453
% change year-on-year +5.91% -11.70% +10.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.10%
75th Percentile - - £19.59
90th Percentile - - £38.11
Northamptonshire median hourly rate - £24.20 £14.00
% change year-on-year - +72.86% -20.99%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Northampton

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Northampton.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Northampton

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Northampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Northampton.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Northampton

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, 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 Northampton region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Dell
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Dell