Senior Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Oxfordshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.73% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South East median daily rate £537 £650 £465
% change year-on-year -17.46% +39.79% +3.33%

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 229 95 191
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.88% 95.96% 84.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 53 123
10th Percentile £203 £249 £133
25th Percentile £291 £306 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +25.00% -13.98%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £506
90th Percentile £638 £683 £575
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 29
10th Percentile £15.88 £22.97 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.34 £23.50 £15.48
Median hourly rate £21.09 £27.76 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.03% +42.36% -24.86%
75th Percentile £25.15 £46.30 £26.00
90th Percentile £32.90 £46.54 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +50.77% -31.58% +5.56%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 16 April 2026, Senior 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 Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Server Management
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Environments

Senior 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Server Management
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft