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 15 September 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
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 21 28
Rank change year-on-year -5 +7 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 2.82% 0.61% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% 0.67% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £294
25th Percentile - - £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.97%
75th Percentile £269 - £341
90th Percentile £280 - £346
South East median daily rate £483 £456 £500
% change year-on-year +5.75% -8.75% +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 - £62.63
% change year-on-year - - +145.60%

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 128 149 223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 91.41% 92.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 93 150
10th Percentile £176 £171 £180
25th Percentile £222 £325 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.28% - -
75th Percentile £550 £513 £600
90th Percentile £623 £630 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 20
10th Percentile - - £24.31
25th Percentile £25.15 £12.18 £25.95
Median hourly rate £25.83 £20.50 £30.23
Median % change year-on-year +25.98% -32.19% +77.82%
75th Percentile £84.66 £22.81 £36.74
90th Percentile £89.63 £27.35 £50.00
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.26% +15.00% +108.33%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer 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
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 15 September 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 - 1 - - 2
Wantage - 1 £275 -
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Infrastructure Engineer 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 Oxfordshire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (50.00%) Logistics
4 1 (25.00%) GDPR
4 1 (25.00%) vCenter Server
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) JIRA
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow