Infrastructure Engineering Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland
Infrastructure Engineering
UK > Northern Ireland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland citing Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 33 | - | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -4 |
| Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland | 0.50% | - | 0.51% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.57% | - | 0.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £550 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland
Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.
| 6 months to 11 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 176 | 224 | 154 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland | 88.00% | 89.60% | 78.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 86 | 89 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | £252 | £260 | £147 |
| 25th Percentile | £356 | £325 | £169 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | - | +15.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £644 | £563 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £694 | £638 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -1.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 38 | 55 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.55 | £12.81 | £21.19 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.97 | £14.78 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £43.96 | £17.30 | £24.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +154.10% | -28.45% | +79.64% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £25.15 | £39.28 |
| 90th Percentile | £44.50 | - | £42.88 |
| UK median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | -18.13% |
Infrastructure Engineering Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.
Infrastructure Engineering Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Infrastructure Engineering.
Infrastructure Engineering Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 11 November 2026. 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Antrim | - | 1 | £600 | - | 21 |
| Infrastructure Engineering UK |
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Infrastructure Engineering Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AI | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Analytics | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cloud Operations | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cost Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cost Optimisation | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Data Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Identity Access Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Identity Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Machine Learning | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Platform Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Site Reliability Engineering | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Storage Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Technology Transformation | 100.0% | 1 |