Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Oxfordshire is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 24 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 5.32% 2.03% -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.38% 2.27% -
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 0
10th Percentile - £265 -
25th Percentile £225 £288 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - -
75th Percentile £450 £363 -
90th Percentile - £385 -
South East median daily rate £559 £462 £450
% change year-on-year +20.97% +2.64% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £77.00 -
South East median hourly rate £77.50 £77.00 -
% change year-on-year +0.65% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 376 132 140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.37% 89.19% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 80 84
10th Percentile £225 £170 £163
25th Percentile £366 £222 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £406 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -9.72% -
75th Percentile £594 £550 £503
90th Percentile £738 £630 £638
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £505
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% -0.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 12 12
10th Percentile £13.60 - £12.18
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.15 £15.05
Median hourly rate £37.00 £25.83 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.27% +25.98% -36.53%
75th Percentile £53.75 £84.66 £26.37
90th Percentile £63.75 £89.63 £63.50
South East median hourly rate £48.46 £25.15 £58.49
% change year-on-year +92.66% -57.00% +12.48%

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 4 October 2026.

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 4 October 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wantage - 10 £250 -
Kidlington - 6 £400 - 2
Abingdon - 2 - - 1
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 4 October 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 13 (54.17%) Windows
4 12 (50.00%) PowerShell
5 10 (41.67%) Privileged Access Management
6 8 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (25.00%) Azure
7 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
7 6 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
8 5 (20.83%) IaaS
8 5 (20.83%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (16.67%) Information Security
9 4 (16.67%) Windows 10
10 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
11 2 (8.33%) Configuration Management
11 2 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
11 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
11 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
11 2 (8.33%) ITIL
11 2 (8.33%) Linux
11 2 (8.33%) Load Balancing
11 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (8.33%) NCSC
11 2 (8.33%) Patch Management
11 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 6 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (20.83%) IaaS
4 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) DHCP
1 1 (4.17%) DNS
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.17%) VLAN
1 1 (4.17%) VPN
General
1 10 (41.67%) Marketing
2 2 (8.33%) Military
2 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Windows
2 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (41.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 6 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 4 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (16.67%) Information Security
5 2 (8.33%) Configuration Management
5 2 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (8.33%) ITIL
5 2 (8.33%) Load Balancing
5 2 (8.33%) Patch Management
5 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Security Hardening
5 2 (8.33%) Server Management
5 2 (8.33%) Virtual Environments
5 2 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (8.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 12 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.83%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.17%) Google
2 1 (4.17%) Veeam
2 1 (4.17%) VMware