Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Oxfordshire is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 2.01% - 1.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% - 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £265 - £294
25th Percentile £288 - £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.97%
75th Percentile £363 - £341
90th Percentile £385 - £346
South East median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.00 - -
Median hourly rate £77.00 - -
75th Percentile £83.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £77.00 - £71.90
% change year-on-year - - +181.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 132 134 201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.59% 91.16% 91.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 81 150
10th Percentile £170 £170 £179
25th Percentile £222 £363 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% - -
75th Percentile £550 £525 £575
90th Percentile £640 £638 £651
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £510
% change year-on-year -0.99% -0.98% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 10 13
10th Percentile £18.87 £12.13 £25.05
25th Percentile £25.00 £19.25 £25.95
Median hourly rate £25.15 £20.50 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.68% -36.53% +90.00%
75th Percentile £77.50 £27.12 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £70.13 -
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £58.43 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.65% +11.30% +80.35%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Oxfordshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Oxford - 2 £400 - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (33.33%) GDPR
3 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) VMware